Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique

The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique (SNEP) is the inter-professional organisation which protects the interests of the French record industry. SNEP was established in 1922, and has 48 member companies.

SNEP's responsibilities include collecting and distributing royalty payments for broadcast and performance, preventing copyright infringement of its members' works (including music piracy), and sales certification of silver, gold, platinum and diamond records and videos.

SNEP also compiles charts of France's top-selling music.

Contents

Significant milestones and achievements in the Physical Singles Chart from 1984 to 2010

Artists

Most number-one hits

Number Artist Songs
9 Mylène Farmer "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces", "Désenchantée", "XXL", "Slipping Away (Crier la vie)", "Dégénération", "Appelle mon numéro", "Si j'avais au moins...", "C'est dans l'air", "Sextonik"
5 Céline Dion "Pour que tu m'aimes encore", "Je sais pas", "The Reason" / My Heart Will Go on", "Sous le vent", "Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)"
Johnny Hallyday "Tous ensemble", "Marie", "Mon Plus Beau Noël", "La Loi du silence", "Ça n'finira jamais"
Michael Youn 1 "Stach Stach", "Le Frunkp", "Fous ta cagoule", "Mauvaise foi nocturne", "Parle à ma main"
4 Elton John "Sacrifice", "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", "Something about the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997"
Garou "Belle", "Seul", "Sous le vent", "La Rivière de notre enfance"
Shakira "Whenever, Wherever", "Hips Don't Lie", "Beautiful Liar", "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"
3 Crazy Frog "Axel F", "Popcorn", "We Are the Champions (Ding a Dang Dong)"
François Feldman "Les Valses de Vienne", "Petit Frank", "Joy"
Florent Pagny "N'importe quoi", "Savoir aimer", "Ma Liberté de penser"
Madonna "La Isla Bonita", "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", "Hung Up"
Michael Jackson "Black or White", "You Are Not Alone", "You Rock My World"

1 All the singles recorded under one of his pseudonyms or as member of his bands are included

Most weeks at number-one

Number of weeks Artist Details by songs 1
37 Garou 18 ("Belle") + 3 ("Sous le vent") + 11 ("Seul") + 5 ("La Rivière de notre enfance")
Michael Youn2 10 ("Stach Stach") + 7 ("Le Frunkp") + 8 ("Fous ta cagoule") + 5 ("Mauvaise foi nocturne") + 7 ("Parle à ma main")
36 Céline Dion 12 ("Pour que tu m'aimes encore") + 7 ("Je sais pas") + 13 ("The Reason" / "My Heart Will Go on") + 3 ("Sous le vent") + 1 ("Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serai celle-là)")
26 Elton John 3 ("Sacrifice") + 7 ("Don't Let the Sun Go down on Me") + 10 ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight") + 6 ("Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997")
25 Crazy Frog 13 ("Axel F") + 7 ("Popcorn") + 5 ("We Are the Champions (Ding a Dang Dong)")
23 Florent Pagny 8 ("N'importe quoi") + 9 ("Savoir aimer") + 6 ("Ma Liberté de penser")
21 Mylène Farmer 9 ("Désenchantée") + 5 ("Pourvu qu'elles soient douces") + 1 ("XXL") + 1 ("Slipping Away (Crier la vie)") + 1 ("Dégénération") + 1 ("Appelle mon numéro") + 1 ("Si j'avais au moins...") + 1 ("C'est dans l'air") + 1 ("Sextonik")
20 Jordy 15 ("Dur dur d'être bébé") + 5 ("Alison")
Lou Bega 20 ("Mambo n°5 (a Little Bit of...)")
Patrick Fiori 18 ("Belle") + 2 ("4 Mots sur un piano")

1 Songs performed as duets and trios are included
2 Songs performed within Brastisla Boys and Fatal Bazooka bands and as Alphonse Brown included

Most Top 10 hits

Artist Number
Mylène Farmer 38
Johnny Hallyday 31
Madonna 21
Michael Jackson 18

Most Top 100 entries

Artist Number
Johnny Hallyday 74
Madonna 53
Mylène Farmer 44
Michael Jackson 36

Artists who replaced themselves at number-one

Artist Song 1 Song 2 Date
Star Academy 1 "La Musique (Angelica)" "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" February 9, 2002
Crazy Frog "Axel F" "Popcorn" November 24, 2005

Songs

Most weeks at number-one

Weeks Song Artist Year
20 "Mambo nº 5 (A Little Bit of...)" Lou Bega 1999
18 "Belle" Daniel Lavoie, Patrick Fiori and Garou 1998
17 "Les Rois du monde (Roméo et Juliette)" Grégori Baquet, Damien Sargue and Philippe D'Avilla 2000
16 "7 Seconds" Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry 1994
15 "Dur dur d'être bébé!" Jordy 1992
"Living on My Own" Freddie Mercury 1993
"Ces Soirées-là" Yannick 2000
"Dragostea Din Tei" O-Zone 2004
"Un Monde Parfait" Ilona Mitrecey 2005
13 "Les Démons de minuit" Images 1986
"Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison" Licence IV 1987
"Gangsta's Paradise" Coolio featuring L.V. 1995
"Freed from Desire" Gala 1997
"My Heart Will Go on" Céline Dion 1998
"Axel F" Crazy Frog 2005
12 "Lambada" Kaoma 1989
"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" Céline Dion 1995
"La Tribu de Dana" Manau 1998
"Tu m'oublieras" Larusso 1999
11 "Joe le taxi" Vanessa Paradis 1987
"La Bamba" Los Lobos 1987
"La Zoubida" Lagaf' 1991
"Children" Robert Miles 1996
"Seul" Garou 2001
"The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)" Las Ketchup 2002
"Tired of Being Sorry (Laisse le destin l'emporter)" Enrique Iglesias and Nâdiya 2008
"J'aimerais tellement" Jena Lee 2009
10 "Ouragan" Princess Stephanie of Monaco 1986
"Pour toi Arménie" Charles Aznavour and other artists 1989
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" Elton John 1994
"Alane" Wes 1997
"It Wasn't Me" Shaggy featuring Rikrok 2001
"Stach Stach" Bratisla Boys 2002
"Chihuahua" DJ BoBo 2003
"Si demain... (Turn Around)" Bonnie Tyler and Kareen Antonn 2004
10 "Alors on danse" Stromae 2010

Most weeks at number-two

Biggest jump to number one

Position Song Artist Date
70 "Relax, Take It Easy" Mika July 7, 2007
67 "Hung Up" Madonna November 12, 2005
64 "Baila morena" Zucchero February 25, 2006
64 "Gettin' Over You" David Guetta & Chris Willis feat. Fergie & LMFAO June 19, 2010
60 "Zidane y va marquer" Cauet July 15, 2006
49 "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)" Las Ketchup September 14, 2002
47 "Nolwenn Ohwo!" Nolwenn Leroy January 28, 2006
26 "Spaceman" Babylon Zoo March 9, 1996
21 "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" Madonna January 25, 1997
16 "Hung Up" Madonna December 31, 2005
15 "Je sais pas" Céline Dion October 14, 1995
14 "Foule sentimentale" Alain Souchon February 12, 1994
11 "Allez Ola Olé" Jessy Matador June 6, 2010

Biggest drop from number one

Position Song Artist Date
10 "Si demain... (Turn Around)" Bonnie Tyler and Kareen Antonn April 11, 2004
7 "Living on My Own" Freddie Mercury January 29, 1994
6 "Johnny, Johnny" Jeanne Mas May 4, 1985
5 "L'Aziza" Daniel Balavoine March 29, 1986
"Maldòn (la musique dans la peau)" Zouk Machine October 6, 1990
"XXL" Mylène Farmer September 30, 1995
"One More Time" Daft Punk November 25, 2000
"Hey Oh" Tragédie December 14, 2003
"We Are the Champions (Ding a Dang Dong)" Crazy Frog July 15, 2006
"Kamaté" Ora Maté October 20, 2007
"Si j'avais au moins..." Mylène Farmer February 28, 2009
"C'est dans l'air" Mylène Farmer May 16, 2009

Most total weeks on the Top 100

Most weeks in the top 10

Number of weeks Song Artist Year
31 "Belle" Patrick Fiori, Garou and Daniel Lavoie 1998
"Moi... Lolita" Alizée 2000
30 "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" Céline Dion 1995
"L'Envie d'aimer" Daniel Lévi 2000
28 "Un Monde parfait" Ilona 2005
"Tired of Being Sorry (Laisse le destin l'emporter)" Enrique Iglesias and Nâdiya 2008

Significant milestones and achievements in the Digital Singles Chart from 2005 to 2010

Artists

Most number-one hits

Number Artist Songs
2 Bob Sinclar "Love Generation", "Rock This Party"
Crazy Frog "Axel F", "Popcorn"
David Guetta "Sexy Bitch", "Love Is Gone"
Fatal Bazooka "Fous Ta Cagoule", "Mauvaise Foi Nocturne"
Les Enfoirés "Le Temps Qui Court", "Ici Les Enfoirés"
Madonna "Hung Up", "4 Minutes"
Mika "Relax, Take It Easy", "Love Today"
Mylène Farmer "Slipping Away", "Dégénération"
Rihanna "SOS", "Don't Stop the Music"
Shakira "Hips Don't Lie", "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"

Most weeks at number-one

Number of weeks Artist Details by songs
21 Madonna 16 ("Hung Up") + 5 ("4 Minutes")
17 Shakira 9 ("Waka Waka") + 8 ("Hips Don't Lie")
15 Mika 14 ("Relax, Take It Easy") + 1 ("Love Today")
14 Yael Naim 14 ("New Soul")
13 Rihanna 12 ("Don't Stop the Music") + 1 ("SOS")
12 David Guetta 10 ("Sexy Bitch") + 2 ("Love Is Gone")
11 Fatal Bazooka 9 ("Fous Ta Cagoule") + 2 ("Mauvaise Foi Nocturne")

Songs

Most weeks at number-one

Weeks Song Artist Year
16 "Hung Up" Madonna 2005
14 "Relax, Take It Easy" Mika 2007
"New Soul" Yael Naim 2008
12 "Don't Stop the Music" Rihanna 2007
10 "Crazy" Gnarls Barkley 2006
"American Boy" Estelle & Kanye West 2008
"Ça m'énerve" Helmut Fritz 2009
"Sexy Bitch" David Guetta 2009
9 "Fous Ta Cagoule" Fatal Bazooka 2006
"Waka Waka" Shakira 2010
8 "You're Beautiful" James Blunt 2005
"Hips Don't Lie" Shakira 2006
"Double Je" Christophe Willem 2007
"Beggin" Madcon 2008
"Stereo Love" Edward Maya 2009
"Alors on danse" Stromae 2010
"Désolé" Sexion d'Assaut 2010
6 "Baila morena" Zucchero & Maná 2006
"Toi + Moi" Grégoire 2008
"Tik Tok" Kesha 2010

The top 10 best-selling digital single in one week

Pos. Artist Title Sales Issue date
1
 Shakira feat. Freshlyground Waka Waka
19,566
 July 18, 2010
2
 Shakira feat. Freshlyground Waka Waka
17,000
 July 25, 2010
2
 Shakira feat. Freshlyground Waka Waka
16,000
 August 1, 2010
4
 David Guetta feat. Akon Sexy Bitch
15,725
 September 20, 2009
5
 Michael Jackson Billie Jean
15,478
 July 5, 2009
6
 David Guetta feat. Akon Sexy Bitch
15,475
 September 13, 2009
7
 Shakira feat. Freshlyground Waka Waka
15,400
 July 11, 2010
8
 David Guetta feat. Akon Sexy Bitch
14,449
 September 27, 2009
9
 Shakira feat. Freshlyground Waka Waka
14,250
 August 8, 2010
10
 Jena Lee J'aimerais tellement
13,647
 November 15, 2009

Certification-awards

Certification awards (Timeline)

Albums

Certification
Silver-award instituted in 1999[1]		 Before May 1st, 2005 Before July 1st, 2009 Silver-award deleted in July 2009[2]
Silver 50,000 35,000 Suppressed
Certification
Gold-award instituted on January 1st, 1973[1]		 Before May 1st, 2005 Before July 1st, 2009 From July 1st, 2009[2]
Gold 100,000 75,000 50,000
Certification
Double-Gold-award instituted in 1988[1]		 Before May 1st, 2005 Double-Gold-award deleted on May 1st, 2005
Double-Gold 200,000
Certification
Platinum-award instituted on May 1st, 1980[1]		 Before November 1st, 1988 Before May 1st, 2005 Before July 1st, 2009 From July 1st, 2009[2]
Platinum 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000
Certification
Double-Platinum-award instituted on November 1st, 1988[1]		 Before May 1st, 2005 Before July 1st, 2009 From July 1st, 2009[2]
Double-Platinum 600,000 400,000 200,000
Certification
Triple-Platinum-award instituted on November 1st, 1988[1]		 Before May 1st, 2005 Before July 1st, 2009 From July 1st, 2009[2]
Triple-Platinum 900,000 600,000 300,000
Certification
Diamond-award instituted on November 1st, 1988[1]		 Before May 1st, 2005 Before July 1st, 2009 From July 1st, 2009[2]
Diamond 1,000,000 750,000 500,000

Singles

Certification
Silver-award instituted on July 1st, 1985[3]		 Before November 1st, 1988 Before March 1st, 1991 Before May 1st, 2005 Before July 2009 Silver Award deleted on July 1st, 2009[2]
Silver 250,000 200,000 125,000 100,000 Suppressed
Certification
Gold-award instituted on January 1st, 1973[3]		 Before November 1st, 1988 Before March 1st, 1991 Before May 1st, 2005 Before July 2009 After July 1st, 2009[2]
Gold 500,000 400,000 250,000 200,000 150,000
Certification
Platinum-award instituted on May 1st, 1980[3]		 Before November 1st, 1988 Before March 1st, 1991 Before May 1st, 2005 Before July 2009 After July 1st, 2009[2]
Platinum 1,000,000 800,000 500,000 300,000 250,000
Certification
Diamond-award instituted on January 2nd, 1997[3]		 Before May 1st, 2005 Before July 2009 After July 1st, 2009[2]
Diamond 750,000 500,000 400,000

Videos

Certification
Video-awards instituted in 1989[4]		 Before July 2009 After July 1st, 2009[2]
Gold 10,000 7,500
Platinum 20,000 15,000
Double-Platinum 40,000 30,000
Triple-Platinum 60,000 45,000
Diamond 100,000 60,000

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "InfoDisc: Les Certifications: Officielles (albums)" (in French). InfoDisc. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.infodisc.fr/CDCertif_Detail.php. Retrieved 2010-03-25. 
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 "Disque en France: Les Certifications" (in French). Disque en France Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259165.xml. Retrieved 2010-03-25. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "InfoDisc: Les Certifications: Officielles (singles)" (in French). InfoDisc. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.infodisc.fr/S_Certif_Detail.php. Retrieved 2010-03-25. 
  4. ↑ "InfoDisc: Les Certifications 2007: Critères d'attribution depuis 1989 (Videos)" (in French). InfoDisc. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.infodisc.fr/DVD_Certif_07.php. Retrieved 2010-03-25. 

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