What is the secret to longevity Mylène Farmer ? Crowned with success, the “Nevermore” era ended in October with three giant concerts at the Stade de France and an influx of 660,000 spectators over the entirety of this pharaonic tour, the largest undertaking by a female artist in France. In the process, the singer set a record number of cinema admissions with the film of her concert, directed by François Hanss, before inviting herself under the Christmas trees with the DVD of the show – which is selling like children. breads. A success that has lasted for 40 years and Mylène Farmer hard to explain. “ My songs have accompanied this audience at various times in their existence. I think that when you write, when you sing with sincerity, people listen with their hearts. It’s a link that I would almost describe as irrational. The emotion of intimate memories » she advances in the pages of Paris-Matchmeasuring her luck at having entered people’s lives: “ I feel like I give them everything and they give it back to me a hundredfold. It’s a true love story… that lasts ».
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A new platinum record
And the good news continues to come for the star. Three years and four months after its initial release, a disc of Mylène Farmer crosses the symbolic camp of 100,000 sales. Which ? “Grow More”, his best-of focusing on the years from 1986 to 1996 – the most prosperous of his career. If this disc release was criticized by fans because it was orchestrated by his former record company, which held the rights to all his albums until 1997, it was able to seduce the general public thanks to its golden tracklist composed of legendary songs like “Libertine”, “Sans counterfeit”, “So be I…”, “Provided they are sweet”, “I love you melancholy”, “XXL”, “Dream” and of course “Disenchantée”, as well as live recordings including the duet “La Poupée qui fait non” with Khaled. Released on August 20, 2021, the best of “Plus Grow” rose to number one in the Top Albums in France with 13,100 sales in one week.
Since then, the project has found its way onto the shelves of music lovers since the SNEP announces that it has awarded it a platinum disc certification for more than 100,000 recorded purchases, streaming included! “ Awesome », « The queen », « I bought it on 33 rpm », « 0 concurrence » can we read among the reactions aroused by this new feat. In fact, thanks to “Plus Grow”, all the compilations of Mylène Farmer have at least received platinum certification. This is the case of the albums “Histoires de…” (2020), “2001-2011” (2011) and “Les mots”, published in 2011 and which holds the record for the best-selling best of by a French artist history with nearly two million sales under the counter.
