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In terms of sales, he is the highest selling artist ever in France of each studio albums, compilations, live albums, EPs, physical singles and music videos.”
The biggest french music seller outside frence is Celine, and even Celine total is far behind Johnny,so...
Hi Jackie!
I'm French and lived there for 25 years, plus I have plenty of in-house data which enables me to be very accurate on this market. I'll definitely get into big artists from Mexico, Brazil, Germany or Japan soon though 🙂
Hello Daydreamer !
There is various French artists who sold more abroad like Jarre, Richard Clayderman, Daft Punk, David Guetta or even Edith Piaf but in terms of overall CSPC units nobody comes close to Johnny !
Hi Romi !
You have to download Spotify software and then you only need to mouseover the popularity bar of the song which you are looking for 🙂
Je vous suis très reconnaissant pour la qualité de votre travail. Fan de Johnny depuis toujours, je savais qu'il cumulait des chiffres de ventes impressionnants. Pouvoir précisément connaître les chiffres de tous ses opus est incroyable......... Grâce à vous, certains peuvent mesurer l'impact de cette immense star qui restera gravé à jamais dans notre cœur.....
France Gall has died. I believe she's among those who had the most successful french songs abroad in the 60's, isn't she ?
I've just gone through it, too quickly, but I'm going to look at it more carefully. That's already the best level of Johnny sales research I've ever seen. This is a titanic job and must be difficult, as there is so much missing data.
I am fairly familiar with Johnny's career and have read quite a few books, some of which contain first-hand accounts. His artistic directors, record company heads. Everyone agrees that some times were more difficult.
66/67,74/75,81/84. Concerts were not always full and the hits were rarer. Outside, from what I've seen, it's not always reflected in your figures.
Maybe in its own country, Roberto Carlos is a kind of Johnny Hallyday.
Hi Rell!
Yes, she definitely is. Maybe more impressively, Ella Elle L'A also did wonders all over continental Europe, as did Babacar. Obviously Poupée de Cire Poupée de Son was her biggest international hit during the 60s. It is reputed to have sold a million copies in Japan, and while this is most likely wrong (300k to 500k is a more realistic ballpark) it was definitely a smash there. It shipped 25,000 units upon release in the Netherlands and 10,000 units in Spain. It was a #1 hit in Norway and #2 in Germany. Except in continental Europe, she mostly remained a one-hit wonder elsewhere though.
Hi MJD!
I've read that Mon pays c'est l'amour has already sold 890,000 (!!!) copies in France in the weeks since its release. Of course, given the circumstances and Johnny Hallyday's stature that doesn't actually feel too surprising, but comprehensively speaking, how do you see it performing in the long-run compared to the rest of his discography? Also, do you have a ballpark figure of how much his CSPC results may have increased in the year since his passing?
Hi Orange!
Yes, it sold 888k pure units in its first two weeks. Not sure it will do that well in the long run (except in the run of Christmas of course), it's sales aren't reflective of an organic success. It's mostly down to nostalgia effect added to the most insane promotion campaign that have ever been. Even main TV channels stopped their programs at midnight to stream live the album, to be honest it felt kind of nonsense. All jornalists and all were saying how utterly essential / great the album is even before listening parties had happen.
I haven't keep track in detail of his sales recently but they should top 2 million EAS since his passing, putting him on 77,5m+.
Thank you! I wasn't aware of all the TV promotion, that does sound a bit ridiculous haha.
If he sold that much in 2 weeks, he must have totally crushed his own record of highest first-week sales in France, which is fantastic but it seems like it would be impossible for that to happen if he were still alive.
Bonjour, concernant la vente de singles, à quoi est due la différence entre le total présenté sur cette page (27 millions) et celui indiqué sur la page des meilleurs vendeurs de singles physiques (43 millions) ?
Hello Dex !
Le total correct est celui écrit dans la conclusion : 10,53 million EPs, 27,25 million 2-tracks physical singles. En France jusqu'au milieu des années 60 les ventes de "singles" étaient très largement des ventes d'EP, on était l'un des marchés principaux de ce format.
Au sujet du chiffre de 43 millions, c'est un chiffre un peu foireux, historiquement on ne mettait pas en base de données ce niveau de détail, alors pour certaines études le nombre de singles vendus a été "reconstruit" depuis le nombre d'équivalent albums réalisés par les singles. Ca fonctionne dans la plupart des cas, mais pour la France avec cette particularité sur les EP les totaux sont trompeur, les 10m d'EPs de Johnny valent environ 17m de singles 2-titres, d'où le total de près de 44 millions (avec les 27m de singles).
La réalité au sens populaire du terme est donc 38 millions, en sommant singles et EPs.
