List of most-viewed French music videos on YouTube

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"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 third 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.

Top videos in the French language[edit | edit source]

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.

20 most viewed French-language music videos
No. Video name Uploader Views (millions) Upload date Note
1. "Dernière danse"[1] France Indila 1041 4 December 2013
2. "Papaoutai"[2] Belgium Stromae 1003 6 June 2013 [upper-alpha 1]
3. "Ego"[4] France Willy William 1000 2 November 2015
4. "Djadja"[5] Mali Aya Nakamura 934 6 April 2018 [upper-alpha 2]
5. "Zemër"[7] Albania Dhurata Dora feat. Algeria Soolking 801 19 April 2019 [upper-alpha 3]
6. "Les Menottes"[8] Algeria L'Algérino 730 5 May 2017
7. "Hola Señorita"[9] Colombia Maluma feat. Democratic Republic of the Congo Gims 583 10 May 2019
8. "Bella"[10] Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims 580 19 June 2013
9. "Sapés comme jamais"[11] Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims feat. France Niska 577 19 October 2015
11. "Copines"[12] Mali Aya Nakamura 523 24 August 2018
10. "Je m'appelle Funny Bear"[13] Germany Gummibär 520 15 October 2007 [upper-alpha 4]
12. "Ramenez la coupe à la maison"[14] France Vegedream 516 18 July 2018
13. "Chocolat"[15] Morocco Lartiste feat. France Awa Imani 506 17 February 2017
14. "Bande Organisée"[16] France Jul, SCH, Kofs, Naps, Soso Maness, Elams, Solda and Houari 478 15 August 2020
15. "Libérée, délivrée"[17] United States La Reine des Neiges 447 10 December 2013 [upper-alpha 5]
16. "Est-ce que tu m'aimes?"[18] Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims 445 4 May 2015
17. "Mafiosa"[19] Morocco Lartiste feat. Brazil Caroliina 439 21 February 2018
18. "Magic in the Air"[20] Ivory Coast Magic System feat. Morocco Chawki 437 17 March 2014
19. "On écrit sur les murs"[21] France Kids United 408 5 October 2015
20. "Tous les mêmes"[22] Belgium Stromae 406 18 December 2013
As of 14 September 2023

Notes

  1. ↑ "Papaoutai" was the most-viewed French music video until 2023.[3]
  2. ↑ "Djadja" was the most-viewed French music video by female singer in 2018.[6]
  3. ↑ "Zemër" is the second most-viewed Albanian music video on YouTube.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ Vocals by Anaïs Delva

Top song by a French artist (any language)[edit | edit source]

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 two French-language videos, "Dernière Danse" and "Papaoutai" have hit the 1 billion view mark, the most recent occurring on 27 August 2023.

No. Video name Uploader Views (billions) Upload date Note
1. "Mi Gente"[24] Colombia J Balvin feat. France Willy William 3.262 30 June 2017 [upper-alpha 1]
As of 27 August 2023

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "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[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Indila - Dernière Danse (Clip Officiel) at YouTube
  2. ↑ Stromae - Papaoutai at YouTube
  3. ↑ Scott Sayer (14 October 2013). "Stromae: Disillusion, With a Dance Beat". the New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Willy William - Ego (Clip Officiel) at YouTube
  5. ↑ Aya Nakamura - Djadja (Clip officiel) at YouTube
  6. ↑ Manens, François (6 December 2018). "YouTube France : connaissez vous la vidéo la plus vue en 2018 ?" (in French). Numerama. Retrieved 29 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link).
  7. ↑ Dhurata Dora ft. Soolking - Zemër at YouTube
  8. ↑ L'Algerino - Les Menottes (Tching Tchang Tchong) at YouTube
  9. ↑ Gims, Maluma - Hola Senorita (Maria) [Official Video] at YouTube
  10. ↑ Maître Gims - Bella (Clip officiel) at YouTube
  11. ↑ Maître Gims - Sapés comme jamais (Clip officiel) ft. Niska at YouTube
  12. ↑ Aya Nakamura - Copines (Clip officiel) at YouTube
  13. ↑ Je m'appelle Funny Bear - Full French Version - Gummy Bear Song at YouTube
  14. ↑ VEGEDREAM - RAMENEZ LA COUPE A LA MAISON at YouTube
  15. ↑ Lartiste - Chocolat feat. Awa Imani (Clip officiel) at YouTube
  16. ↑ Bande Organisée] at YouTube
  17. ↑ La Reine des Neiges - Libérée, délivrée | Disney at YouTube
  18. ↑ Maître Gims - Est-ce que tu m'aimes ? (Clip officiel) at YouTube
  19. ↑ Lartiste - Mafiosa feat. Caroliina (Clip Officiel) at YouTube
  20. ↑ MAGIC SYSTEM - Magic In The Air Feat. Chawki [Clip Officiel] at YouTube
  21. ↑ KIDS UNITED - On Ecrit Sur Les Murs (Clip Officiel) at YouTube
  22. ↑ Stromae - tous les mêmes (Official Video) at YouTube
  23. ↑ "'Mi gente' de J Balvin alcanzó un billón de vistas en YouTube". Noticias RCN (in español). 11 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  24. ↑ J. Balvin, Willy William – Mi Gente (Official Video) at YouTube
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