List of most-viewed French music videos on YouTube

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"Mi Gente" by J Balvin (left) featuring Willy William (right) is the most-viewed French music video with over 2.8 billion views as of February 2021.

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"Mi Gente" by Colombian singer J Balvin and Willy William is the most viewed video in French with 2.8 billion views in February 2021,[1][2] it's also the 24th most viewed video on the site. "Papaoutai" by Stromae is the third most-viewed French music video with 800 million views as on April 2021.[3][4] "Djadja" by Malian singer Aya Nakamura is the fourth most-viewed French music video with 760 million views. "Je m'appelle Funny Bear" by German virtual singer Gummibär become the first French music video to cross 100 million views in 2012.[5] This is a list of most-viewed French music videos.

As of April 2021, 12 videos have exceeded 400 million views.

List of songs that contain French lyrics[]

Many of songs by American or Latin artists contains French lyrics or partially French.

Billion View Club[]

No. Video name Artist(s) Views (billions) Upload date Notes
1. "Mi Gente"[1] Colombia J Balvin feat. France Willy William 2.90 June 30, 2017 [A]
2. "Bad Romance"[8] United States Lady Gaga 1.38 November 24, 2009 [B]
As of 20 April 2021

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.[12]

Top 20 Most-viewed French music videos
No. Video name Artist(s) Views (millions) Upload date Notes
3. "Papaoutai"[4] Belgium Stromae 794.5 June 6, 2013 [C]
4. "Djadja"[13] Mali Aya Nakamura 758.4 April 6, 2018 [D]
5. "Dernière Danse"[14] France Indila 732.5 December 4, 2013 [E]
6. "Ego"[15] France Willy William 696.9 November 2, 2015
7. "1, 2, 3"[9] Mexico Sofía Reyes feat. United States Jason Derulo & De La Ghetto 647.0 February 16, 2018 [F]
8. "Les Menottes"[16] Algeria L'Algérino 639.0 May 5, 2017
9. "Zemër"[17] Albania Dhurata Dora feat. Algeria Soolking 568.6 April 19, 2019 [G]
10. "Sapés comme jamais"[18] Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims feat. France Niska 497.8 October 19, 2015
11. "Bella"[19] Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims 492.1 June 19, 2013
12. "Je m'appelle Funny Bear"[20] Germany Gummibär 473.0 October 15, 2007 [H]
13. "Chocolat"[21] Morocco Lartiste feat. France Awa Imani 448.8 February 17, 2017
14. "Calypso"[10] Puerto Rico Luis Fonsi feat. United States Stefflon Don 409.6 June 15, 2018 [I]
15. "Hola Señorita"[22] Colombia Maluma feat. Democratic Republic of the Congo Gims 406.8 May 10, 2019
16. "Lady Marmalade"[11] United States Christina Aguilera feat. Lil' Kim, Mýa, P!nk 387.1 December 25, 2009 [J]
17. "Libérée, délivrée"[23] United States La Reine des Neiges 382.4 December 10, 2013 [K]
18. "Mafiosa"[24] Morocco Lartiste feat. Brazil Caroliina 370.4 February 21, 2018
19. "Est-ce que tu m'aimes?"[25] Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims 362.6 May 4, 2015
20. "Andalouse"[26] France Kendji Girac 351.4 September 26, 2014
As of 4 April 2021

Notes

  1. ^ "Mi Gente" was sung in Spanish but is partially French, it was the first French music video to reach one billion views on October 2017, two billion views on September 2018.
  2. ^ "Bad Romance" was sung in English but is partially French and surpassed one billion on December 31, 2018.
  3. ^ "Papaoutai" was the most-viewed French music video until 2017
  4. ^ "Djadja" is the most viewed French music video by female singer.
  5. ^ "Dernière Danse" was the most viewed French music video by female singer until 2020
  6. ^ "1, 2, 3" was sung in English or Spanish but is partially French
  7. ^ "Zemër" is the second most-viewed Albanian music video on YouTube.
  8. ^ "Je m'appelle Funny Bear" is the most-viewed French music video of 2000s, most-viewed French music video until 2014, and the first French music video to surpassed 100 million views in 2012.
  9. ^ "Calypso" was sung in Spanish or English but is partially French
  10. ^ "Lady Marmalade" was sung in English but contains French lyrics ""
  11. ^ Vocals by Anaïs Delva

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "J. Balvin, Willy William – Mi Gente (Official Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "'Mi gente' de J Balvin alcanzó un billón de vistas en YouTube". Noticias RCN (in Spanish). 11 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  3. ^ Scott Sayer. "Stromae: Disillusion, With a Dance Beat". the New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Stromae - Papaoutai on YouTube
  5. ^ Manens, François (6 December 2018). "YouTube France : connaissez vous la vidéo la plus vue en 2018 ?" (in French). Numerama. Retrieved 29 August 2019..
  6. ^ "Multi-award winning music video "Mi Gente" just hit 2 billion views on Youtube". 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' Video Hits 1 Billion Views – That Grape Juice". thatgrapejuice.net. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "Lady Gaga – Bad Romance". YouTube.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sofia Reyes - 1, 2, 3 (feat. Jason Derulo & De La Guetto) [Official Video]". YouTube.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "Luis Fonsi, Stefflon Don - Calypso". YouTube.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, Pink - Lady Marmalade (Official Music Video)".
  12. ^ "Les chansons francophones les plus vues classement (Playlist)". YouTube.
  13. ^ "Aya Nakamura - Djadja (Clip officiel)".
  14. ^ "Indila - Dernière Danse (Clip Officiel)".
  15. ^ "Willy William - Ego (Clip officiel)".
  16. ^ "L'Algerino - Les Menottes (Tching Tchang Tchong)".
  17. ^ "Dhurata Dora ft. Soolking - Zemër".
  18. ^ "Maître Gims - Sapés comme jamais (Clip officiel) ft. Niska".
  19. ^ "Maître Gims - Bella (Clip officiel)".
  20. ^ "Je m'appelle Funny Bear - Full French Version - Gummy Bear Song".
  21. ^ "Lartiste - Chocolat feat. Awa Imani (Clip officiel)".
  22. ^ "Gims, Maluma - Hola Senorita (Maria) [Official Video]".
  23. ^ "La Reine des Neiges - Libérée, délivrée | Disney".
  24. ^ "Lartiste - Mafiosa feat. Caroliina (Clip Officiel)".
  25. ^ "Maître Gims - Est-ce que tu m'aimes ? (Clip officiel)".
  26. ^ "Kendji Girac - Andalouse (Clip Officiel)".
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