From 1966 to 1971, Neil Young has been busy registering records with Buffalo Springfield, with Crosby, Stills & Nash trio or as a solo artist. If his popularity View More
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France best selling albums ever: War by U2 (1983)
Let’s bring this little surprise to you. There is a few latter albums over the million mark that have yet to be studied and U2 first View More
France best selling albums ever: C’Est La Belle Nuit De Noël by Tino Rossi (1973)
A very interesting point about French music industry is that you will not be able to identify artists similar to View More
France best selling albums ever: Summary 1980-1989
INTRODUCTION
After more than two weeks travelling over the 80s, the period is now complete. With the severe market crisis View More
France best selling albums ever: Thriller by Michael Jackson (1982)
Do you feel there is something special? I have been doing studies about the music industry for well over a decade now, but it is always somehow different when you post something about Michael Jackson‘s Thriller. It is like watching a View More
France best selling albums ever: Morgane De Toi By Renaud (1983)
Years before Francis Cabrel and Jean-Jacques Goldman had a similar career trajectory, Renaud was one of the first View More
France best selling albums ever: Bad by Michael Jackson (1987)
During the three years since the end of Thriller promotional campaign Medias were looking for the artist that would be able to dislodge View More
France best selling albums of the 90s
INTRODUCTION
It has now been one month since we entered into the 90s, I’m happy to have now complete that heavy period. An impressive total of 68 million sellers emerged during the biggest decade of sales ever. On following pages, we will do a second Summary after years 2000-2015, so again you will be presented with various rankings of bestselling Studio album, Foreign album, Female album etc. with short comments per section. Obviously, the comprehensive ranking of 90s bestsellers is also presented. Let’s go!
France best selling albums ever: Serious Hits… Live by Phil Collins (1990)
Never ending talks about divas or Michael Jackson vs Elvis Presley stories often overshadow the success of some other artists. Phil Collins is one of them. We tend to forget that during the 80s his albums easily outsold those of Madonna, Prince or U2. In continental Europe his sales were mind-blowing and France was no exception.
France best selling albums ever: Ocarina by Jean-Philippe Audin & Diego Modena (1991)
The busy year 1992 was a year dominated by a few of the biggest artists ever in France including Michael Jackson, Patrick Bruel, Michel Sardou and… Jean-Philippe Audin & Diego Modena. In fact, their Ocarina LP was a monster.