"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 third 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"[1]France Indila10844 December 2013
2."Ego"[2]France Willy William10242 November 2015
3."Papaoutai"[3]Belgium Stromae10216 June 2013[upper-alpha 1]
4."Djadja"[5]Mali Aya Nakamura9476 April 2018[upper-alpha 2]
5."Zemër"[7]Albania Dhurata Dora feat. Algeria Soolking82119 April 2019[upper-alpha 3]
6."Les Menottes"[8]Algeria L'Algérino7355 May 2017
7."Hola Señorita"[9]Colombia Maluma feat. Democratic Republic of the Congo Gims59110 May 2019
8."Bella"[10]Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims58819 June 2013
9."Sapés comme jamais"[11]Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims feat. France Niska58619 October 2015
10."Copines"[12]Mali Aya Nakamura53924 August 2018
11."Ramenez la coupe à la maison"[13]France Vegedream53118 July 2018
12."Je m'appelle Funny Bear"[14]Germany Gummibär52315 October 2007[upper-alpha 4]
13."Chocolat"[15]Morocco Lartiste feat. France Awa Imani51217 February 2017
14."Bande Organisée"[16]France Jul, SCH, Kofs, Naps, Soso Maness, Elams, Solda and Houari49415 August 2020
15."Est-ce que tu m'aimes?"[17]Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims4564 May 2015
16."Libérée, délivrée"[18]United States La Reine des Neiges45210 December 2013[upper-alpha 5]
17."Magic in the Air"[19]Ivory Coast Magic System feat. Morocco Chawki44817 March 2014
18."Mafiosa"[20]Morocco Lartiste feat. Brazil Caroliina44521 February 2018
19."Alors on danse"[21]Belgium Stromae42028 April 2010
20."Tous les mêmes"[22]Belgium Stromae42018 December 2013
As of 13 January 2024

Notes

  1. ↑ "Papaoutai" was the most-viewed French music video until 2023.[4]
  2. ↑ "Djadja" was the most-viewed French music video by female singer in 2018.[6]
  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.[23] 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"[24]Colombia J Balvin feat. France Willy William3.29630 June 2017[upper-alpha 1]
As of 24 November 2023

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. ↑ La Reine des Neiges - Libérée, délivrée | Disney on YouTube
  19. ↑ MAGIC SYSTEM - Magic In The Air Feat. Chawki [Clip Officiel] 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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