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 music video to reached 100 million views.
Billion View Club
An early metric of a video's popularity was the so-called Billion View Club, denoting videos which had succeeded in reaching over 1 billion views since their initial upload. In October 2017, "Mi Gente" is the first French music video to reach one billion views, it's also the 27th most viewed video on the site.
As of April 2021, 13 videos have exceeded 400 million views.
Video name |
Uploader |
Views (billions) |
Upload date |
Note |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. |
"Mi Gente" |
J Balvin feat. Willy William |
2.98 |
June 30, 2017 |
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As of September 20, 2021 |
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Top videos
The following table lists top-20 most-viewed French music videos on YouTube with their approximative view count, uploader, artist, language and upload date.
Video name |
Uploader |
Views (millions) |
Upload date |
Note |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2. |
"Papaoutai" |
Stromae |
840.3 |
June 6, 2013 |
|
3. |
"Djadja" |
Aya Nakamura |
805.0 |
April 6, 2018 |
|
4. |
"Dernière Danse" |
Indila |
791.5 |
December 4, 2013 |
|
5. |
"Ego" |
Willy William |
770.5 |
November 2, 2015 |
|
6. |
"Les Menottes" |
L'Algérino |
661.5 |
May 5, 2017 |
|
7. |
"Zemër" |
Dhurata Dora feat. Soolking |
625.6 |
April 19, 2019 |
|
8. |
"Sapés comme jamais" |
Maître Gims feat. Niska |
514.0 |
October 19, 2015 |
|
9. |
"Bella" |
Maître Gims |
509.7 |
June 19, 2013 |
|
10. |
"Je m'appelle Funny Bear" |
Gummibär |
478.1 |
October 15, 2007 |
|
11. |
"Chocolat" |
Lartiste feat. Awa Imani |
462.5 |
February 17, 2017 |
|
12. |
"Hola Señorita" |
Maluma feat. Gims |
442.2 |
May 10, 2019 |
|
13. |
"Libérée, délivrée" |
La Reine des Neiges |
402.5 |
December 10, 2013 |
|
14. |
"Mafiosa" |
Lartiste feat. Caroliina |
386.3 |
February 21, 2018 |
|
15. |
"Est-ce que tu m'aimes?" |
Maître Gims |
379.3 |
May 4, 2015 |
|
16. |
"Andalouse" |
Kendji Girac |
361.6 |
September 26, 2014 |
|
17. |
"Magic in the Air" |
Magic System feat. Chawki |
346.2 |
March 17, 2014 |
|
18. |
"Bande Organisée" |
Jul, SCH, Kofs, Naps, Soso Maness, Elams, Solda and Houari |
344.2 |
August 15, 2020 |
|
19. |
"On écrit sur les murs" |
Kids United |
339.3 |
October 5, 2015 |
|
20. |
"Ramenez la coupe à la maison" |
Vegedream |
333.5 |
July 19, 2018 |
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As of September 20, 2021 |
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Notes
See also
- List of most-viewed YouTube videos
- French pop music
- French rock
- Music of France