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French pop music is
francophone market (primarily France), which is considerably smaller than and largely independent from the mainstream anglophone
market.
History
The first distinct French pop music styles that emerged were the
French rock and the yé-yé, which originated in France during the 1960s. They were influenced by the American rock & roll of the 1950s. In the early days, this style of French pop music was easily distinguishable from the earlier category of French music called chanson
in English. Eventually the early French pop music and the chanson styles crossed over and combined.
Radio in France
French pop music can be heard on radio stations in France, such as
Italian pop, and African pop
depending on the station.
Radio stations in France are required to play at least 40% of their songs in French, during prime hours. France's Pelchat amendment to the 1994 Broadcasting Reform Act is the law which requires this.[1]
Francophone pop music artists
A list of Francophone pop music artists and the decades when they rose to prominence.
1920s
1930s
1940s
- Edith Piaf
- Juliette Gréco
1950s
1960s
- Axel Bauer
- Barbara
- Christophe
- Claude François
- Claude Nougaro
- Dick Rivers
- Éric Charden
- Eddy Mitchell
- Françoise Hardy
- France Gall
- Georges Moustaki
- Jane Birkin
- Jacques Dutronc
- Jean-Pierre Ferland
- Joe Dassin
- Johnny Hallyday
- Julien Clerc
- Les Surfs
- Marie Laforêt
- Michel Berger
- Michel Delpech
- Michel Fugain
- Michel Polnareff
- Michèle Torr
- Mike Brant
- Nana Mouskouri
- Nanette Workman
- Nicole Croisille
- Nino Ferrer
- Raphaël
- Robert Charlebois
- Adamo
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Serge Lama
- Serge Reggiani
- Sheila
- Sylvie Vartan
1970s
- Daniel Balavoine
- Dick Annegarn
- Francis Cabrel
- Alain Chamfort
- Louis Chedid
- Richard Clayderman
- Riccardo Cocciante
- Harmonium
- Jacques Higelin
- Michel Jonasz
- Patrick Juvet
- Daniel Lavoie
- Maxime Le Forestier
- Gérard Lenorman
- Offenbach
- Michel Pagliaro
- Ginette Reno
- Renaud
- Nicole Rieu
- Véronique Sanson
- Michel Sardou
- William Sheller
- Alain Souchon
- Téléphone
- Laurent Voulzy
1980s
- Arno
- Alain Bashung
- Patrick Bruel
- Calogero
- Manu Chao
- Etienne Daho
- Céline Dion
- Claude Dubois
- Mylène Farmer
- Liane Foly
- Jean-Jacques Goldman
- Les Innocents
- Patricia Kaas
- Bernard Lavilliers
- Marc Lavoine
- Maurane
- Florent Pagny
- Vanessa Paradis
- Luna Parker
- Mario Pelchat
- Les Rita Mitsouko
- Têtes Raides
- Roch Voisine
1990s
2000s
- AaRON
- Alizée
- Keren Ann
- Bénabar
- Amel Bent
- Benjamin Biolay
- Carla Bruni
- Bertrand Burgalat
- Cali
- Lorie
- Cœur de pirate
- Vincent Delerm
- Julien Doré
- Élodie Frégé
- Garou
- Grégoire
- Sophie Hunter
- Jenifer
- Grégory Lemarchal
- Nolwenn Leroy
- Loane
- Renan Luce
- M83
- Christophe Maé
- Phoenix
- M. Pokora
- Quynh Anh
- Kate Ryan
- Shy'm
- Natasha St-Pier
- Stromae
- Tahiti 80
- Sébastien Tellier
- Tété
- Andrée Watters
- Christophe Willem
- Yelle
- Julie Zenatti
2010s
See also
- Music of Belgium
- Music of Canada
- Music of France
- Music of Switzerland
- Volume!, The French Journal of Popular Music Studies
References
- ^ Loi n°94-88 du 1er février 1994 modifiant la loi no 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la liberté de communication; article 12 imposes the 40% rate.
- David Looseley, Popular Music in Contemporary France: Authenticity, Politics, Debate, Berg Publishers, 2004 (ISBN 1-85973-636-X)
- Hugh Dauncey & Steve Cannon (editors), Popular Music in France from Chanson to Techno: Culture, Identity, and Society, Ashgate Publishing, 2003 (ISBN 0-7546-0849-2)
- Hugh Dauncey & Philippe Le Guern, Stéréo. Sociologie comparée des musiques populaires – France / Grande-Bretagne, Nantes, Éditions Mélanie Seteun, 2008 (ISBN 978-1-4094-0568-9)
- Barbara Lebrun & Catherine Franc, "French Popular Music. Actes du Colloque de Manchester, juin 2003", Volume! La revue des musiques populaires, Nantes, Éditions Mélanie Seteun, 2003 (ISSN 1634-5495)
- Collectif (Auteur) Un Siècle de chansons françaises 1979–1989 (Partition de musique),Csdem, 2009 (ASIN B002AC5U92)