Nobody would seriously expect a 65 year old singer to register the best selling album of the year with fresh new material in any given relevant market. However, the French singer Renaud did just that in 2016 in his native country. Even ferocious competition from Céline Dion View More
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France Best Selling Albums Ever: Update Part 5
Things are getting serious! After going over nearly 100 albums, we reach the Part 5 out of 7 blocks of updates. All albums listed from now are View More
France best selling albums ever: Starmania Musical (1978)
As I move deeper into the past, I almost feel like exploring some kind of a cave where more you advance, weaker View More
France best selling albums ever: Les Lacs Du Connemara by Michel Sardou (1981)
It is almost a symbol that just after completing Jean-Jacques Goldman career, we enter into the Michel Sardou hey-days. France had three main View More
France best selling albums ever: Mistral Gagnant by Renaud (1985)
France best selling albums ever: Sauver L’Amour by Daniel Balavoine (1985)
With Renaud, Francis Cabrel, Jean-Jacques Goldman or Michel Berger, France loved anti-star, authentic singers with View More
France best selling albums ever: Mon Paradis by Christophe Maé (2007)
As far as one may remember, musicals have been hugely popular in France. They also often managed to send newcomers into super stardom. It happened with Julien Clerc (Hair), Daniel Balavoine (Starmania) or Hélène Ségara and Garou (Notre-Dame de Paris) among others. Successful musical Le Roi Soleil, View More