List of most-viewed French music videos on YouTube

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"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 second 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 nameUploaderViews (millions)Upload dateNote
1."Dernière danse" [1] Flag of France.svg Indila 11184 December 2013
2."Ego" [2] Flag of France.svg Willy William 10422 November 2015
3."Papaoutai" [3] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stromae 10376 June 2013 [upper-alpha 1]
4."Djadja" [5] Flag of Mali.svg Aya Nakamura 9586 April 2018 [upper-alpha 2]
5."Zemër" [7] Flag of Albania.svg Dhurata Dora feat. Flag of Algeria.svg Soolking 83719 April 2019 [upper-alpha 3]
6."Les Menottes" [8] Flag of Algeria.svg L'Algérino 7405 May 2017
7."Hola Señorita" [9] Flag of Colombia.svg Maluma feat. Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Gims59910 May 2019
8."Bella" [10] Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Maître Gims 59519 June 2013
9."Sapés comme jamais" [11] Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Maître Gims feat. Flag of France.svg Niska 59319 October 2015
10."Copines" [12] Flag of Mali.svg Aya Nakamura 55224 August 2018
11."Ramenez la coupe à la maison" [13] Flag of France.svg Vegedream 54218 July 2018
12."Je m'appelle Funny Bear" [14] Flag of Germany.svg Gummibär 52615 October 2007 [upper-alpha 4]
13."Chocolat" [15] Flag of Morocco.svg Lartiste feat. Flag of France.svg Awa Imani51617 February 2017
14."Bande Organisée" [16] Flag of France.svg Jul, SCH, Kofs, Naps, Soso Maness, Elams, Solda and Houari50615 August 2020
15."Est-ce que tu m'aimes?" [17] Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Maître Gims4644 May 2015
16."Magic in the Air" [18] Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Magic System feat. Flag of Morocco.svg Chawki 45717 March 2014
17."Libérée, délivrée" [19] Flag of the United States.svg La Reine des Neiges 45710 December 2013 [upper-alpha 5]
18."Mafiosa" [20] Flag of Morocco.svg Lartiste feat. Flag of Brazil.svg Caroliina45021 February 2018
19."Alors on danse" [21] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stromae 43228 April 2010
20."Tous les mêmes" [22] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stromae43118 December 2013
As of 13 April 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 nameUploaderViews (billions)Upload dateNote
1."Mi Gente" [24] Flag of Colombia.svg J Balvin feat. Flag of France.svg Willy William 3.33930 June 2017 [upper-alpha 1]
As of 13 April 2024

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.

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References

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  2. Willy William - Ego (Clip Officiel) on YouTube
  3. Stromae - Papaoutai on YouTube
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  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. MAGIC SYSTEM - Magic In The Air Feat. Chawki [Clip Officiel] on YouTube
  19. La Reine des Neiges - Libérée, délivrée | Disney 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
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  24. J. Balvin, Willy William – Mi Gente (Official Video) on YouTube