List of most-viewed French music videos on YouTube
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In 2012, "Je m'appelle Funny Bear" by German virtual singer Gummibär became the first French-language music video to reach 100 million views.
In 2023,
Top videos in the French language
The following table lists the 20 most viewed French-language music videos on YouTube with their approximative view count, uploader, artist, language and upload date.
Indila's song "Dernière danse" is currently the most-viewed music video that is sung in the French language.
No. | Video name | Uploader | Views (millions) | Upload date | Note |
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1. | "Dernière danse"[1] | Indila | 1118 | 4 December 2013 | |
2. | "Ego"[2] | Willy William | 1042 | 2 November 2015 | |
3. | "Papaoutai"[3] | Stromae | 1037 | 6 June 2013 | [A] |
4. | "Djadja"[5] | Aya Nakamura | 958 | 6 April 2018 | [B] |
5. | "Zemër"[7] | Dhurata Dora feat. Soolking | 837 | 19 April 2019 | [C] |
6. | "Les Menottes"[8] | L'Algérino | 740 | 5 May 2017 | |
7. | "Hola Señorita"[9] | Maluma feat. Gims | 599 | 10 May 2019 | |
8. | "Bella"[10] | Maître Gims |
595 | 19 June 2013 | |
9. | "Sapés comme jamais"[11] | Maître Gims feat. Niska | 593 | 19 October 2015 | |
10. | "Copines"[12] | Aya Nakamura | 552 | 24 August 2018 | |
11. | "Ramenez la coupe à la maison"[13] | Vegedream | 542 | 18 July 2018 | |
12. | " Je m'appelle Funny Bear"[14] |
Gummibär | 526 | 15 October 2007 | [D] |
13. | "Chocolat"[15] | Lartiste feat. Awa Imani | 516 | 17 February 2017 | |
14. | "Bande Organisée"[16] | Jul, SCH, Kofs, Naps, Soso Maness, Elams, Solda and Houari | 506 | 15 August 2020 | |
15. | "Est-ce que tu m'aimes?"[17] | Maître Gims | 464 | 4 May 2015 | |
16. | "Magic in the Air"[18] | Magic System feat. Chawki | 457 | 17 March 2014 | |
17. | " Libérée, délivrée"[19] |
La Reine des Neiges | 457 | 10 December 2013 | [E] |
18. | "Mafiosa"[20] | Lartiste feat. Caroliina | 450 | 21 February 2018 | |
19. | "Alors on danse"[21] | Stromae | 432 | 28 April 2010 | |
20. | "Tous les mêmes"[22] | Stromae | 431 | 18 December 2013 | |
As of 13 April 2024 |
Notes
- ^ "Papaoutai" was the most-viewed French music video until 2023.[4]
- ^ "Djadja" was the most-viewed French music video by female singer in 2018.[6]
- ^ "Zemër" is the second most-viewed Albanian music video on YouTube.
- ^ "Je m'appelle Funny Bear" is the most-viewed French music video of the 2000s, was the most-viewed French music video until 2014, and became the first French music video to surpass 100 million views in 2012.
- ^ Vocals by Anaïs Delva
Top song by a French artist (any language)
A metric of a video's popularity is the "Billion View Club", denoting videos which have succeeded in reaching over 1 billion views since their initial upload." have hit the 1 billion view mark, the most recent occurring on 14 September 2023.
No. | Video name | Uploader | Views (billions) | Upload date | Note |
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1. | "Mi Gente"[24] | J Balvin feat. Willy William | 3.339 | 30 June 2017 | [A] |
As of 13 April 2024 |
See also
Notes
- ^ "Mi Gente" is the first music video by a French artist to reach one billion views on October 2017, two billion views on September 2018.
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- ^ Scott Sayer (14 October 2013). "Stromae: Disillusion, With a Dance Beat". the New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
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