Artist | Single | Year | Sales |
---|---|---|---|
Tino Rossi | "Petit Papa Noël" | 1946 | 5,700,000 [1] |
Artist | Single | Year | Sales |
---|---|---|---|
J.J. Lionel | "La Danse des canards" | 1981 | 2,700,000 [2] |
Patrick Fiori, Garou and Daniel Lavoie | "Belle" | 1998 | 2,200,000 [3] |
Celine Dion | "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" | 1995 | 2,100,000 [4] |
Elton John | "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | 1997 | 2,000,000 [5] |
Artist | Single | Year | Sales |
---|---|---|---|
Carrapicho | "Tic Tic Tac" | 1996 | 980,000 [22] |
Adriano Celentano | Don't Play That Song | 1977/78 | 900,000 [24] |
Andrea Bocelli | Con te partirò | 1995` | 900,000 [50] |
Bibie | Tout doucement | 1985 | 900,000 [9] |
Claude Barzotti | Le rital | 1983 | 900,000 [12] |
Dorothée | Hou! la menteuse | 1982 | 900,000 [29] |
Dorothée | Rox et Rouky | 1981 | 900,000 [29] |
Ennio Morricone | Chi Mai | 1981 | 900,000 [2] |
Kajagoogoo | Too Shy | 1983 | 900,000 [12] |
Jean-Luc Lahaye | Papa chanteur | 1985 | 900,000 [9] |
Julie Pietri | Ève lève-toi | 1986 | 900,000 [51] |
Plastic Bertrand | Ça plane pour moi | 1977 | 900,000 [24] |
Xanadu is the soundtrack to the 1980 musical film of the same name, featuring the Australian singer Olivia Newton-John and the British group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was released in June 1980 on MCA Records in the United States and July 1980 by Jet Records in the United Kingdom. The original LP release featured on side one the songs of Newton-John, and on side two the songs of ELO. In 2008 the soundtrack album was digitally remastered as a bonus CD as part of the film's DVD release titled Xanadu: Magical Musical Edition.
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 is a compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released on 29 October 1979 to coincide with their tour of North America and Europe. It was ABBA's second chart-topping album of the year, the first being Voulez-Vous, and contained the brand new single "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! ", recorded in August 1979.
"Babooshka" is a song by English singer, songwriter Kate Bush, taken from her third studio album Never for Ever (1980). Released as a single in June 1980, it spent 10 weeks in the UK chart, peaking at number five. It was an even bigger hit in Australia, where it peaked at number two and was the 20th best-selling single of the year. It also peaked at number 2 in France on 28th Dec. 1980.
"Voulez-Vous" is a 1979 song by the Swedish group ABBA, written and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad shared the lead vocals. It is the second track on the group's 1979 album of the same name. In the UK and Ireland, "Voulez-Vous" was released as a double A-side, though nearly everywhere else, "Voulez-Vous" was a single A-side. The double A side single is, as of September 2021, ABBA's 13th-biggest song in the UK, including both pure sales and digital streams.
"Dolce Vita" is the debut single by Italian singer Ryan Paris, released in 1983, on the Discomagic Records label.
"Church of the Poison Mind" is a 1983 hit single by the British new wave band Culture Club. It was released as the lead single from their second, and most successful, album Colour by Numbers.
"Cambodia" is the fourth single by British singer Kim Wilde. It was released at the end of 1981—a year in which Wilde had already obtained three highly successful hit singles and a best-selling debut album. The single was another international success, topping the charts of France, Sweden and Switzerland and reaching the top 10 in several other nations. The song was not released in North America.
Take the Heat off Me is the debut album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M. The album became a major seller in Europe, specifically in the Nordic countries, but in the U.S. the album just missed the album chart. Tracks include the hits "Daddy Cool", "Sunny" and the debut single "Baby Do You Wanna Bump".
"Paris Latino" is the debut single by French band Bandolero, released in 1983. In 2002, the song was successfully covered by Star Academy 2. In 2017, the movie Call Me By Your Name used the song in its soundtrack. The song was remixed by Jellybean Benitez for radio and club play.
"Ti amo" is a 1977 song recorded by Italian singer Umberto Tozzi from the album È nell'aria...ti amo. It achieved success at the time, becoming a hit in many European countries, including Sweden and Switzerland where it topped the charts. A Spanish version was released as "Te Amo", and had a good success in Spain and Latin America. Within the German-speaking countries a German version by Howard Carpendale also received a great success in 1977, peaking at number two in Germany and number ten in Austria.
"I Like Chopin" is a song by Italian singer-songwriter Gazebo from his debut studio album, Gazebo (1983). It peaked at number one in several European national charts. The music was composed by Pierluigi Giombini and the lyrics were written by Gazebo.
"The Night" is the debut single by the Italian singer Valerie Dore, released in 1984, under the label Merak Music.
This is the discography of French rock and roll singer Johnny Hallyday.
Stanislas Georges Dinga-Pinto, better known by the stage name Niska, is a French rapper from Évry, Essonne. He is signed to Universal Music France and Barclay Records. He was initially in the rap group Negro Deep before going solo. Niska is a derivative of his name Stany in reverse (Nista), replacing the "t" with a "k". Niska has released four albums, Charo Life (2015), Zifukoro (2016), Commando (2017), Mr Sal (2019), and Le monde est méchant (2021) with the first two reaching number 3 on SNEP, the official French Albums chart and the third and fourth topping the French chart.
This is the discography of French singer and songwriter M. Pokora.
"Rain and Tears" is a song by the Greek band Aphrodite's Child. The song was included on the band's 1968 debut studio album End of the World, and was released as a single in July 1968 on Mercury Records. It became a major hit across Europe, reaching number one in France, number two in several other countries, and entering the top 30 in the United Kingdom and West Germany.
"Happy Children" is the debut single by Italian singer P. Lion, released in September 1983, under the label Discomagic Records.
"Around My Dream" is the debut single by Italian singer Silver Pozzoli, released in 1985, under the label Many Records. The song charted in the top 30 of several countries across Europe, with its highest chart position in Germany, at No. 9.
"Fotonovela" is a song by Spanish singer Ivan from his fourth studio album, Baila (1985). The song was co-written by Luis Gómez Escolar and Pedro Vidal, and produced by Vidal. Upon its first release as a single in Spain in 1984, the song peaked at No. 14. The song reached the top 10 in France, Switzerland and West Germany, peaking at No. 3, No. 4 and No. 9, respectively. It also reached No. 28 in Belgium, No. 42 in Italy and No. 47 in the Netherlands.
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
The first million seller for Aznavour achieved its sale in France alone
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