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 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.

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.

20 most viewed French-language music videos
No. Video name Uploader Views (millions) Upload date Note
1. "Dernière danse" France Indila 1125 4 December 2013
2. "Ego" France Willy William 1046 2 November 2015
3. "Papaoutai" Belgium Stromae 1040 6 June 2013
4. "Djadja" Mali Aya Nakamura 960 6 April 2018
5. "Zemër" Albania Dhurata Dora feat. Algeria Soolking 841 19 April 2019
6. "Les Menottes" Algeria L'Algérino 741 5 May 2017
7. "Hola Señorita" Colombia Maluma feat. Democratic Republic of the Congo Gims 600 10 May 2019
8. "Bella" Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims 597 19 June 2013
9. "Sapés comme jamais" Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims feat. France Niska 595 19 October 2015
10. "Copines" Mali Aya Nakamura 555 24 August 2018
11. "Ramenez la coupe à la maison" France Vegedream 544 18 July 2018
12. "Je m'appelle Funny Bear" Germany Gummibär 526 15 October 2007
13. "Chocolat" Morocco Lartiste feat. France Awa Imani 517 17 February 2017
14. "Bande Organisée" France Jul, SCH, Kofs, Naps, Soso Maness, Elams, Solda and Houari 509 15 August 2020
15. "Est-ce que tu m'aimes?" Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims 466 4 May 2015
16. "Magic in the Air" Ivory Coast Magic System feat. Morocco Chawki 459 17 March 2014
17. "Libérée, délivrée" United States La Reine des Neiges 458 10 December 2013
18. "Mafiosa" Morocco Lartiste feat. Brazil Caroliina 451 21 February 2018
19. "Alors on danse" Belgium Stromae 435 28 April 2010
20. "Tous les mêmes" Belgium Stromae 433 18 December 2013
As of 30 April 2024

Notes

  1. ^ "Papaoutai" was the most-viewed French music video until 2023.
  2. ^ "Djadja" was the most-viewed French music video by female singer in 2018.
  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)

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. 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" Colombia J Balvin feat. France Willy William 3.344 30 June 2017
As of 30 April 2024

See also

Notes

  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

  1. ^ Indila - Dernière Danse (Clip Officiel) on YouTube
  2. ^ Willy William - Ego (Clip Officiel) on YouTube
  3. ^ Stromae - Papaoutai on YouTube
  4. ^ Scott Sayer (14 October 2013). "Stromae: Disillusion, With a Dance Beat". the New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  5. ^ Aya Nakamura - Djadja (Clip officiel) on 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..
  7. ^ Dhurata Dora ft. Soolking - Zemër on YouTube
  8. ^ L'Algerino - Les Menottes (Tching Tchang Tchong) on YouTube
  9. ^ Gims, Maluma - Hola Senorita (Maria) [Official Video] on YouTube
  10. ^ Maître Gims - Bella (Clip officiel) on YouTube
  11. ^ Maître Gims - Sapés comme jamais (Clip officiel) ft. Niska on YouTube
  12. ^ Aya Nakamura - Copines (Clip officiel) on YouTube
  13. ^ VEGEDREAM - RAMENEZ LA COUPE A LA MAISON on YouTube
  14. ^ Je m'appelle Funny Bear - Full French Version - Gummy Bear Song on YouTube
  15. ^ Lartiste - Chocolat feat. Awa Imani (Clip officiel) on YouTube
  16. ^ Bande Organisée] on YouTube
  17. ^ Maître Gims - Est-ce que tu m'aimes ? (Clip officiel) on YouTube
  18. ^ MAGIC SYSTEM - Magic In The Air Feat. Chawki [Clip Officiel] on YouTube
  19. ^ La Reine des Neiges - Libérée, délivrée | Disney on YouTube
  20. ^ Lartiste - Mafiosa feat. Caroliina (Clip Officiel) on YouTube
  21. ^ Stromae - Alors on danse (Official Video) on YouTube
  22. ^ Stromae - tous les mêmes (Official Video) on YouTube
  23. ^ "'Mi gente' de J Balvin alcanzó un billón de vistas en YouTube". Noticias RCN (in Spanish). 11 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  24. ^ J. Balvin, Willy William – Mi Gente (Official Video) on YouTube
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