CSPC: Renaud Popularity Analysis

Physical Singles Sales – Part 1

As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 3 ratio between one album and one physical single.

Amoureux De Paname (1975) – 6,000 equivalent albums

Hexagone / Amoureux de Paname – 20,000

Laisse Béton (1977) – 120,000 equivalent albums

Laisse Béton – 300,000
Adieu Minette – 70,000
La Boum – 30,000

Ma Gonzesse (1978) – 30,000 equivalent albums

C’est mon dernier bal – 25,000
Ma Gonzesse – 50,000
J’ai la vie qui m’pique les yeux – 25,000

Marche A L’Ombre (1980) – 60,000 equivalent albums

Marche à l’ombre – 150,000
It is not because you are – 50,000

Le Retour de Gérard Lambert (1981) – 12,000 equivalent albums

Mon beauf’ – 40,000

Morgane De Toi (1983) – 107,000 equivalent albums

Dès que le vent soufflera – 125,000
En cloque – 80,000
Morgane de toi – 50,000
Doudou s’en fout – 100,000

After a slow start Renaud took off thanks to the hit Laisse Béton. He directly entered French culture history as it popularized the verlan, an argot consisting of reversing syllables. It remains widely talked up to this day.

His albums started to do well from then on but no song really did wonders in physical single format, although Marche à l’ombre was a decent seller.