The ranking of the most listened to titles in France in 2024 on online platforms has just fallen and, surprise, the hit Those we were by Pierre Garnier does not even appear in the top three. Who has stood out to listeners in recent months?
With 2024 over, it is time to take stock. In different areas, rankings abound to put into perspective what we liked and disliked, such as that of the most notable events in recent months, or the always highly anticipated list of Favorite Personalities of French people in the JDD. This one also reveals some surprises, particularly on the political level since Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen are very far ahead of the other key figures in the French landscape. On the Music side, we now know who are the artists who caused a sensation, both in terms of best album sales and number of plays of their tracks on the platforms of streaming.
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Looking in the rearview mirror, one might have thought that the tube Those we were of Pierre Garnier – designated French-speaking song of the year NRJ Music Awards 2024 in November – would appear on the podium. This is not the case. With a total of 96 million streams, the song climbs to sixth place. In front of him, we find several hits by French rappers, two of which belong to the repertoire of BORN.
French rap hits hard in 2024
The ex-member of Sexion d’Assaut who was first called Maître Gims when he began his solo career a little over ten years ago takes first place with his title Spidershared with Dystinctand listened to more than 136 million times over the period. It’s an exceptional score worthy of the biggest international stars like Dua Lipa or Taylor Swift. Besides, neither of these two appears in the top ten developed by purecharts.frspecialized music site. GIMS ranks a second title: Don’t be shy is fifth thanks to 110 million streams in 2024.
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-Jumbled together, we find Jungle in second position with Little genius (126 378 904 streams), Carbonne with Imagine (114,906,462 streams), third, ahead Benson Bounce et Beautiful Things which totals 111 million streams online. Booba is seventh with Sweet Camara (95,714,136 streams). On the other hand, Pierre Garnier can boast of doing better than these with his album Every second published in June. Indeed, according to our colleagues, the young Normand is fifth in sales with 172,700 checkout visits recorded. We find before him Verona with Pyramidsolid leader (276,900 sales), PLK with Room 140 (262,500 sales) and the group Indochina on the last step of the podium with his record Babylon Babylon (176,700 sales). Also, the American Billie Eilish stands out with Hit Me Hard And Soft et Zaho de Sagazan with his first opus The symphony of lightning which dates from… 2023.
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Pierre Garnier joins Les Enfoirés
In the list of flops which is based on data provided by the SNEP, we note the poor performance of Calogero with Xan album which contains a duet with one of his daughters, new releases from Katy Perry, Sia and even Lenny Kravitz, Thomas Dutronc, Justin Timberlake and Amir, whose sales are judged to fall short of expectations.
For Pierre Garnier, the year 2025 promises to be just as intense and crowned with success. The winner of the 11th season of Star Academy is in fact preparing to kick off a major tour which will stop at the biggest venues in the country and will keep him busy for several months. At the same time, he is expected in Montpellier next week to join the troupe of Bastards. A first for him! He is one of the 55 artists that viewers will cheer on stage during the troupe’s annual show which will be recorded, edited, and broadcast on television, on TF1, at the beginning of March. The profits from this musical adventure will be donated to Restos du Cœur.
