Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique

The National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing (French: Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique; SNEP) is the inter-professional organization 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 weekly official charts of France's top-selling music, including singles and albums.

Official charts

Since September 2002, official charts are as follows:

Criterion: The following guidelines are applied:

Significant milestones and achievements

Singles Chart from 1984

Artists: Most number-one hits

Number Artist Songs
15 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", "Oui mais... non", "Bleu noir", "Lonely Lisa", "À l'ombre", "Stolen Car", "City of Love"
6 Céline Dion "Pour que tu m'aimes encore", "Je sais pas", "My Heart Will Go on", "Sous le vent", "Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)", "Encore un soir"
Rihanna "Don't Stop the Music", "Man Down", "We Found Love", "Diamonds", "The Monster", "Work"
5 Johnny Hallyday "Tous ensemble", "Marie", "Mon Plus Beau Noël", "La Loi du silence", "Ça n'finira jamais"
Shakira "Whenever, Wherever", "Hips Don't Lie", "Beautiful Liar", "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", "Je l'aime à mourir"
Michael Youn1 "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"
Stromae "Alors on danse", "Papaoutai", "Formidable", "Tous les mêmes"
Daft Punk "One More Time", "Get Lucky", "Starboy", "I Feel It Coming"
3 Adele "Someone Like You", "Skyfall", "Hello"
Britney Spears "...Baby One More Time", "Womanizer", "Scream & Shout"
Crazy Frog "Axel F", "Popcorn", "We Are the Champions (Ding a Dang Dong)"
David Guetta "Gettin' Over You" , "Sweat", "Dangerous"
Florent Pagny "N'importe quoi", "Savoir aimer", "Ma Liberté de penser"
François Feldman "Les Valses de Vienne", "Petit Frank", "Joy"
Lady Gaga "Poker Face", "Bad Romance", "Perfect Illusion"
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"
Pharrell Williams "Get Lucky", "Blurred Lines", "Happy"
Tragédie "Hey Oh", "Sexy pour moi", "Gentleman"

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

Artists: Most weeks at number-one

Weeks Artist Details by songs1
40 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)") + 4 ("Encore un soir")
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 Pharrell Williams 8 ("Get Lucky") + 6 (Blurred Lines") + 22 ("Happy")
30 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") + 3 ("Oui mais...Non") + 1 ("Bleu Noir") + 1 ("Lonely Lisa") + 1 ("À l'ombre") + 2 ("Stolen Car") + 1 ("City of Love")
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 Adele 4 ("Someone like you") + 6 ("Skyfall") + 11 ("Hello")
Stromae 10 ("Alors on danse") + 4 ("Papaoutai") + 6 ("Formidable") + 1 ("Tous les memes")
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")
Shakira 4 ("Whenever, Wherever") + 1 ("Hips Don't Lie") + 2 ("Beautiful Liar") + 6 ("Waka Waka [This Time for Africa]") + 7 ("Je l'aime à mourir")

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

Artists: Most Top 10 hits

Artist Number
Mylène Farmer 47
Johnny Hallyday 32
David Guetta 24
Madonna 22
Rihanna 21
Michael Jackson 19
Celine Dion 17
Lady Gaga 15
Jean-Jacques Goldman 14
Britney Spears 13

Artists: Most Top 50 entries

Artist Number
Johnny Hallyday 78
Madonna 59
Mylène Farmer 56
David Guetta 42
Rihanna 37
Michael Jackson 36
Celine Dion 34

Songs: Most weeks at number-one

Weeks Song Artist Year
22 "Happy" Pharrell Williams 2013
20 "Mambo nº 5 (A Little Bit of...)" Lou Bega 1999
18 "Belle" Daniel Lavoie, Patrick Fiori & Garou 1998
17 "Les Rois du monde (Roméo et Juliette)" Philippe D'Avilla, Damien Sargue & Grégori Baquet 2000
16 "7 Seconds" Youssou N'Dour & 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
"Prayer in C" Lilly Wood and the Prick 2014
13 "Les Démons de minuit" Images 1986
"Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison" Licence IV 1987
"Gangsta's Paradise" Coolio (feat. L.V.) 1995
"Freed from Desire" Gala 1997
"My Heart Will Go On" Céline Dion 1998
"Axel F" Crazy Frog 2005
"Mignon Mignon" René la Taupe 2010

Songs: Most weeks at number-two

Songs: Biggest jump to number one

Position Song Artist Date
97 "Lonely Lisa" Mylène Farmer July 9, 2011
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

Songs: Most weeks in the top 10

Weeks Song Artist Year
37 "Happy" Pharrell Williams 2013
35 "Chandelier" Sia 2014
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 Mitrecey 2005
"Tired of Being Sorry (Laisse le destin l'emporter)" Enrique Iglesias and Nâdiya 2008
"Prayer in C" Lilly Wood and the Prick 2010
27 "Formidable" Stromae 2013

Certification awards

Timeline

Albums

Time of issue[1] Certification Until 30 October
1988
Until 30 June
2006[2][Note]
From 1 July 2006 to
30 June 2009[2][Notes]
From 1 July 2009
to present[3]
1999 Silver 50,000 35,000 Deleted
1 Jan 1973 Gold 100,000 75,000 50,000
1988 2× Gold 200,000 Deleted
1 May 1980 Platinum 400,000[1] 300,000 200,000 100,000
1 Nov 1988 2× Platinum 600,000 400,000 200,000
1 Nov 1988 3× Platinum 900,000 600,000 300,000
1 Nov 1988 Diamond 1,000,000 750,000 500,000

^ Note: While the source provided for changes in certification-levels does not mention the changes for the silver, 2× Gold, 2× Platinum and 3× Platinum awards, the SNEP reduced the levels for those awards at the same time it reduced the levels for the Gold, Platinum and Diamond awards.

Singles

Time of issue[4] Certification Until 30 Oct 1988 From 1 Nov 1988
to 28 Feb 1991
From 1 March 1991
to 30 April 2005
1 May 2005
to 30 June 2009
From 1 July 2009
to 17 March 2013[3]
From March 2013
to present[5]
1 July 1985 Silver 250,000 200,000 125,000 100,000 Deleted
1 January 1973 Gold 500,000 400,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 75,000
1 May 1980 Platinum 1,000,000 800,000 500,000 300,000 250,000 150,000
2 January 1997 Diamond 750,000[Note] 500,000 400,000 250,000

^ Note: Diamond-award represented 750,000 units from 2 January 1997 until 30 April 2005.

Videos

Certification
(Instituted in 1989)[6]
Before July 1, 2009 After July 1, 2009[3]
Gold 10,000 7,500
Platinum 20,000 15,000
2× Platinum 40,000 30,000
3× Platinum 60,000 45,000
Diamond 100,000 60,000

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "InfoDisc: Les Certifications: Officielles (albums)" (in French). InfoDisc. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  2. 1 2 France Lowers Gold Standard. Billboard magazine. 2006-07-26. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  3. 1 2 3 "Disque en France: Les Certifications" (in French). Disque en France Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  4. "InfoDisc: Les Certifications: Officielles (singles)" (in French). InfoDisc. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  5. "SNEP: Les Disques d'Or" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
  6. "InfoDisc: Les Certifications 2007: Critères d'attribution depuis 1989 (Videos)" (in French). InfoDisc. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
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