Coming back after his album Non Homologué, the only one which topped Dire Straits gigantic Brothers In Arms in 1985-6, Jean-Jacques Goldman was View More
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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 ever: The Joshua Tree by U2 (1987)
One more international release that needs no presentation. U2 album The Joshua Tree is an absolute classic, the record that turned a good selling band into superstardom.
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: Nevermind by Nirvana (1991)
France best selling albums ever: Gold by ABBA (1992)
ABBA has the perfect profile of a large selling compilation acts with so-so studio album sales along with massive singles hit. To get into blockbuster sales status, one of their compilation thus barely needs to be their main available hit package during a large enough time span. This happened with Gold.
France best selling albums ever: Romanza by Andrea Bocelli (1997)
Although he registered monster sales in both Italy and Germany among other countries prior 1997, in France Andrea Bocelli was still a newcomer until that year.
