After Moby and Dido, this the the third international 1999 release that waited the 00s to break the main audience. Just like the other two, the very slow start hasn’t prevent the album from getting numerous weeks at #1.
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France best selling albums ever: Play by Moby (1999)
A la Dido, the success of Moby wasn’t exactly an out of the blue event. The album Play is likely the only album ever to be an underground hit album spanning four singles over 15 months and then a crossover hit with five singles. In total it got nine singles released over a 30 months period.
France best selling albums ever: No Angel by Dido (1999)
No Angel by Dido is the perfect example that music is not enough in order to sell well. Released in June 1999, the album remained completely View More
France best selling albums ever: L5 by L5 (2001)
Challenging TV channel giant TF1 is near impossible in France. The once petite chaîne M6, mostly dedicated to 7-25 audience, achieved this feat by successfully responding with Popstars program to first channel’ Star Academy.