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The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2016. The figures include both main artists and featured artists and the peak position in brackets.
This is a list of singles that have peaked in the top 10 of the French Singles Chart in 2016. 86 singles were in the top 10 this year which 24 were on the number-one spot.
| Artist(s) | Single | Peak | Peak date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Delpech | "Quand j'étais chanteur" | 10 | 8 January | [1] |
| David Bowie | "Heroes" | 9 | 15 January | [2] |
| "Life on Mars" | 3 | 15 January | ||
| "Space Oddity" | 1 | 15 January | ||
| Maître Gims | "Tu vas me manquer" | 6 | 22 January | [3] |
| Feder featuring Emmi | "Blind" | 5 | 22 January | |
| Yall featuring Gabriela Richardson | "Hundred Miles" | 2 | 22 January | |
| Matt Simons | "Catch & Release" (Deepend Remix) | 1 | 22 January | |
| Renaud | "Toujours debout" | 1 | 29 January | [4] |
| Booba | "JDC" | 10 | 5 February | [5] |
| Zayn | "Pillowtalk" | 4 | 5 February | |
| Rihanna featuring Drake | "Work" | 1 | 5 February | |
| Jul | "My World" | 10 | 12 February | [6] |
| Kendji Girac and Soprano | "No Me Mires Más" | 7 | 12 February | |
| Julian Perretta | "Miracle" | 5 | 12 February | |
| Justin Bieber | "Love Yourself" | 4 | 12 February | |
| Kids United | "On écrit sur les murs" | 3 | 12 February | |
| Jain | "Come" | 1 | 19 February | [7] |
| Christophe Maé | "Il est où le bonheur" | 4 | 26 February | [8] |
| Twenty One Pilots | "Stressed Out" | 2 | 4 March | [9] |
| Alan Walker | "Faded" | 1 | 4 March | |
| Jul | "Le patron" | 10 | 11 March | [10] |
| "Elle te balade" | 3 | 11 March | ||
| G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha | "Me, Myself & I" | 9 | 17 March | [11] |
| Coldplay | "Hymn for the Weekend" | 3 | 17 March | |
| Kungs vs. Cookin' on 3 Burners | "This Girl" | 1 | 1 April | [12] |
| Lukas Graham | "7 Years" | 5 | 8 April | [13] |
| Mike Posner | "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" | 6 | 15 April | [14] |
| Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla | "One Dance" | 1 | 15 April | |
| Nehuda featuring Cris Cab | "Paradise" | 3 | 22 April | [15] |
| Prince | "Cream" | 8 | 29 April | [16] |
| "Kiss" | 2 | 29 April | ||
| "Purple Rain" | 1 | 29 April | ||
| Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna | "This Is What You Came For" | 5 | 6 May | [17] |
| Sia | "Cheap Thrills" | 1 | 6 May | |
| Booba | "Salside" | 8 | 20 May | [18] |
| Amir | "J'ai cherché" | 2 | 20 May | |
| Justin Timberlake | "Can't Stop the Feeling!" | 1 | 20 May | |
| Slimane | "Paname" | 10 | 27 May | [19] |
| Céline Dion | "Encore un soir" | 1 | 27 May | |
| Deorro featuring Elvis Crespo | "Bailar" | 7 | 10 June | [20] |
| David Guetta featuring Zara Larsson | "This One's for You" | 1 | 17 June | [21] |
| Jenifer | "Paradis secret" | 7 | 24 June | [22] |
| Damso and Booba | "Paris c'est loin" | 4 | 22 July | [23] |
| Katy Perry | "Rise" | 3 | 22 July | |
| Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ | "Cold Water" | 2 | 29 July | [24] |
| Booba | "E.L.E.P.H.A.N.T." | 1 | 29 July | |
| Soprano | "Le diable ne s'habille plus en Prada" | 10 | 5 August | [25] |
| Møme featuring Merryn Jeann | "Aloha" | 9 | 5 August | |
| Claudio Capéo | "Un homme debout" | 6 | 5 August | |
| L.E.J | "Summer 2016" | 5 | 12 August | [26] |
| DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber | "Let Me Love You" | 1 | 12 August | |
| Baptiste Giabiconi | "Love to Love You Baby" | 4 | 19 August | [27] |
| Enrique Iglesias featuring Wisin | "Duele el Corazón" | 3 | 19 August | |
| Imany | "Don't Be So Shy" | 1 | 26 August | [28] |
| Álvaro Soler | "Sofia" | 9 | 2 September | [29] |
| M. Pokora | "Cette année-là" | 7 | 2 September | |
| Charlie Puth featuring Selena Gomez | "We Don't Talk Anymore" | 8 | 9 September | [30] |
| Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar | "The Greatest" | 3 | 16 September | [31] |
| Lady Gaga | "Perfect Illusion" | 1 | 16 September | |
| Niska and Maître Gims | "Elle avait son djo" | 9 | 23 September | [32] |
| Calvin Harris | "My Way" | 4 | 23 September | |
| PNL | "Naha" | 2 | 23 September | |
| LP | "Lost on You" | 1 | 23 September | |
| Kungs featuring Jamie N Commons | "Don't You Know" | 4 | 30 September | [33] |
| The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | "Starboy" | 1 | 30 September | |
| Feder featuring Alex Aiono | "Lordly" | 10 | 7 October | [34] |
| Booba | "DKR" | 1 | 7 October | |
| Bruno Mars | "24K Magic" | 1 | 14 October | [35] |
| Soprano | "En feu" | 4 | 21 October | [36] |
| Julien Doré | "Le lac" | 1 | 21 October | |
| Richard Orlinski and Eva Simons | "Heartbeat" | 1 | 28 October | [37] |
| Kungs featuring Ephemerals | "I Feel So Bad" | 3 | 11 November | [38] |
| Leonard Cohen | "Suzanne" | 3 | 18 November | [39] |
| "Hallelujah" | 1 | 18 November | ||
| Twenty One Pilots | "Heathens" | 4 | 25 November | [40] |
| Jul | "Tchikita" | 3 | 25 November | |
| Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | "Black Beatles" | 2 | 25 November | |
| Rag'n'Bone Man | "Human" | 2 | 2 December | [41] |
| Fally Ipupa and Booba | "Kiname" | 10 | 9 December | [42] |
| Nekfeu | "Mauvaise graine" | 7 | 9 December | |
| Steve Aoki and Louis Tomlinson | "Just Hold On" | 8 | 16 December | [43] |
| Cyril Hanouna and Amine | "Petit Baba Noël" | 2 | 16 December | |
| Mariah Carey | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | 1 | 23 December | [44] |
| Wham! | "Last Christmas" | 8 | 30 December | [45] |
| George Michael | "Careless Whisper" | 7 | 30 December |
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2016. The figures include both main artists and featured artists and the peak position in brackets.
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