"Dernière danse" by Indila (left) is the most-viewed video in French, while "Mi Gente" featuring Willy William (right) is the most-viewed music video by a French artist (in any language). William has also released the second most-viewed video in French, "Ego".
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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, Indila's song "Dernière Danse" became the first music video in French to reach 1 billion views.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.[23] Released on 30 June 2017, "Mi Gente" became the first music video by a French artist to reach one billion views, although this version of the song is not in French. Only three French-language videos, "Dernière Danse", "Papaoutai" and "Ego" have hit the 1 billion view mark, the most recent occurring on 14 September 2023.
| No. | Video name | Uploader | Views (billions) | Upload date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
References
- ^ Indila - Dernière Danse (Clip Officiel) on YouTube
- ^ Willy William - Ego (Clip Officiel) on YouTube
- ^ Stromae - Papaoutai on YouTube
- ^ Scott Sayer (14 October 2013). "Stromae: Disillusion, With a Dance Beat". the New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ Aya Nakamura - Djadja (Clip officiel) on YouTube
- ^ Manens, François (6 December 2018). "YouTube France : connaissez vous la vidéo la plus vue en 2018 ?" (in French). Numerama. Retrieved 29 August 2019..
- ^ Dhurata Dora ft. Soolking - Zemër on YouTube
- ^ L'Algerino - Les Menottes (Tching Tchang Tchong) on YouTube
- ^ Gims, Maluma - Hola Senorita (Maria) [Official Video] on YouTube
- ^ Maître Gims - Bella (Clip officiel) on YouTube
- ^ Maître Gims - Sapés comme jamais (Clip officiel) ft. Niska on YouTube
- ^ Aya Nakamura - Copines (Clip officiel) on YouTube
- ^ VEGEDREAM - RAMENEZ LA COUPE A LA MAISON on YouTube
- ^ Je m'appelle Funny Bear - Full French Version - Gummy Bear Song on YouTube
- ^ Lartiste - Chocolat feat. Awa Imani (Clip officiel) on YouTube
- ^ Bande Organisée] on YouTube
- ^ Maître Gims - Est-ce que tu m'aimes ? (Clip officiel) on YouTube
- ^ MAGIC SYSTEM - Magic In The Air Feat. Chawki [Clip Officiel] on YouTube
- ^ La Reine des Neiges - Libérée, délivrée | Disney on YouTube
- ^ Lartiste - Mafiosa feat. Caroliina (Clip Officiel) on YouTube
- ^ Stromae - Alors on danse (Official Video) on YouTube
- ^ Stromae - tous les mêmes (Official Video) on YouTube
- ^ "'Mi gente' de J Balvin alcanzó un billón de vistas en YouTube". Noticias RCN (in Spanish). 11 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ J. Balvin, Willy William – Mi Gente (Official Video) on YouTube
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This page was last edited on 13 April 2024, at 19:54