France Best Selling Albums Ever:
All-Time Ranking (2015)

Musical Albums

01 Musical – Notre-Dame De Paris (1998) : 2 825 000
02 Musical – Starmania (1978) : 2 075 000
03 Musical – Roméo Et Juliette, De La Haine À L’Amour (2000) : 1 490 000
04 Musical – Les Dix Commandements (2000) : 1 180 000
05 Musical – Notre-Dame De Paris (Intégrale) (1998) : 1 165 000

Starmania started everything. The incredible success of this musical over two decades, with impressive results by the original set as well as related new releases in mid-90s pushed its author Luc Plamondon to create a new musical, which concluded on Notre-Dame De Paris, an even bigger success.

After noticing this unbelievable smash from 1998, all majors contracted lyricists, composers and dancers to create their own musicals. Some were successful, some weren’t, but both Roméo Et Juliette and Les Dix Commandements were everywhere in 2000.