CSPC: Renaud Popularity Analysis

Digital Singles Sales – Part 1

As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 1,5 ratio between albums and digital singles.

Amoureux De Paname (1975) – 8,000 equivalent albums

Hexagone – 20,000
Société tu m’auras pas – 10,000
Remaining tracks – 20,000

Laisse Béton (1977) – 8,000 equivalent albums

Laisse Béton – 20,000
La chanson du loubard – 5,000
Remaining tracks – 25,000

Ma Gonzesse (1978) – 6,000 equivalent albums

Ma Gonzesse – 10,000
Chanson pour Pierrot – 15,000
Remaining tracks – 15,000

Marche A L’Ombre (1980) – 8,000 equivalent albums

Marche à l’ombre – 15,000
Dans Mon H.L.M. – 15,000
Remaining tracks – 25,000

Le Retour de Gérard Lambert (1981) – 8,000 equivalent albums

Mon beauf’ – 10,000
Manu – 25,000
Remaining tracks – 15,000

Morgane De Toi (1983) – 17,000 equivalent albums

Dès que le vent soufflera – 30,000
En cloque – 15,000
Morgane de toi – 50,000
Remaining tracks – 15,000

The issue with digital sales for French artists is that the format never really took off there. While the France / US ratio of album sales has for long been around 1 / 8, in terms of download sales it is around 1 / 30.

With this information in mind, we understand that Renaud‘s first six albums are full of very popular tunes. The biggest of them is Morgane de toi, followed by Dès que le vent soufflera from the same album.