List of best-selling singles in France (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of best-selling singles in France" in English language version.

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americanradiohistory.com

"Parlez-Vous Smash" (PDF). Billboard. 26 August 1978. p. 101 (157). ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

archiviolastampa.it

""Sì auto e moto ci inseguivano"". La Stampa (in Italian). 23 September 1997. p. 31. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
"Cinema in guerra a colpi di lambada". La Stampa (in Italian). 20 March 1990. p. 31. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
"Bocelli, la voe che batte Pavarotti". La Stampa (in Italian). 1 July 1997. p. 29. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

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Enjelvin, Géraldine (24 May 2013). Savoir Faire Plus: Le Français à l'Université. Routledge. ISBN 978-1136607936. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
"Disc AZ sets the pace in the singles field". Billboard. 8 July 1972. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
"Carre's Hit Packed Career". Billboard. 25 May 1974. p. 56. Retrieved 21 March 2023 – via Google Books.
"A Year After 'On My Own': Costa's Success Continues". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1982-09-04. p. 59.
"RCA in France 50 Percent Up". Billboard. 14 July 1973. p. 37. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
"Les Parisiennes Aiment Peer". Billboard. 1 June 1968. p. P-S-18. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
"Phonogram Registers 19 Percent Sales increase in 1st 6 Months". Billboard. 7 October 1972. p. 52. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
Hennessey, Mike (7 October 1967). "Vogue 20th Anniversary Special". Billboard. p. 41. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 28 February 2023 – via Google Books.

chartsinfrance.net

Pure Charts, ed. (23 December 2018). "Histoire d'un tube : "Belle" de Notre-Dame de Paris (1998)" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
Pure Charts, ed. (September 20, 2014). "Top 100 des singles les plus vendus du 21ème siècle : le récap !" (in French). Charts in France. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
Pure Charts, ed. (August 9, 2020). ""Moi... Lolita", "Ces soirées-là", "Music"... Ces tubes fêtent leurs 20 ans" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
Pure Charts, ed. (July 14, 2018). "Histoire d'un tube : "Ces soirées-là" de Yannick (2000)" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
"Histoire d'un tube : "Marie" de Johnny Hallyday (2002)". chartsinfrance.net. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
Pure Charts, ed. (30 July 2016). "Zoom sur les tubes de l'été des années 90 : "Macarena", "Alane", "Yakalelo"... (VIDEOS)" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
PureMédias, ed. (August 22, 2020). "Alizée : ses deux premiers albums sortiront en vinyle le 11 décembre" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
Pure Charts, ed. (5 December 2017). "Larusso chante "Tu m'oublieras" en live, 19 ans après (VIDEO)" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
"Histoire d'un tube : "Marie" de Johnny Hallyday (2002)". chartsinfrance.net. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
Pure Charts, ed. (17 June 2018). "Histoire d'un tube : "La Tribu de Dana" de Manau (1998)" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

guinnessworldrecords.com

"Best-selling single (France)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
"Best-selling album (France)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

infodisc.fr

"Les Singles / Titres Certifiés "Platine"". Info Disc. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

lalibre.be

"Le couple Travolta-Newton-John reforme" (in French). La Libre. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

lemonde.fr

Siclier, Sylvain (12 April 2006). "Désenchantée" (in French). Le Monde. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

leparisien.fr

Sales claim for "Whenever, Wherever" in France:
- Marolle, Emmanuel (28 March 2003). "Rien n'arrête Shakira". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 23 March 2022.

lepoint.fr

Pérou, Olivier (July 10, 2014). "Vos tubes de l'été (4) : 'María (Un, dos, tres)'". Le Point (in French). Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

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Murrells, Joseph (1985). Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s : an illustrated directory. Arco Pub. p. 281. ISBN 0668064595. It was an instant hit in France, selling 1,300,000 there alone // Although first released in 1974, for six months it sold 1,350,000 in France, 500,000 in Germany and 200,000 in Benelux
Murrells, Joseph (1985). Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s : an illustrated directory. Arco Pub. p. 170. ISBN 0668064595. The first million seller for Aznavour achieved its sale in France alone
Murrells, Joseph (1985). Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s : an illustrated directory. Arco Pub. p. 295. ISBN 0668064595. This disc was released in April 1969 and by September sold 750,000 and the million by November in France, where it was No 1 for five weeks and in the Top Ten for around six months

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Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1981". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1985". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1979". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1965". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2024 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1978". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1978". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1977". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1984". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1980". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1982". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1975". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1976". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1974". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1973". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.

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Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1981". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1985". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1979". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1965". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2024 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1978". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Pure Charts, ed. (September 20, 2014). "Top 100 des singles les plus vendus du 21ème siècle : le récap !" (in French). Charts in France. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
Pérou, Olivier (July 10, 2014). "Vos tubes de l'été (4) : 'María (Un, dos, tres)'". Le Point (in French). Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1978". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1977". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1984". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1980". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1982". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1975". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1976". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1974". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1973". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.

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Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1981". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
"Parlez-Vous Smash" (PDF). Billboard. 26 August 1978. p. 101 (157). ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1985". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1979". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1965". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2024 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1978". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1978". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1977". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1984". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1980". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1982". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
"Vogue Turnover Up 100 Percent" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 83, no. 18. 1 May 1971. p. F-26. ISSN 0006-2510.
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Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1976". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Fabrice Ferment (ed.). "TOP – 1974". 40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles (in French). OCLC 469523661. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Top-France.fr.
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"Phonogram Registers 19 Percent Sales increase in 1st 6 Months". Billboard. 7 October 1972. p. 52. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
Hennessey, Mike (7 October 1967). "Vogue 20th Anniversary Special". Billboard. p. 41. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 28 February 2023 – via Google Books.

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