"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 name Uploader Views (millions) Upload date Note
1. "Dernière danse"[1] France Indila 1090 4 December 2013
2. "Ego"[2] France Willy William 1027 2 November 2015
3. "Papaoutai"[3] Belgium Stromae 1024 6 June 2013 [A]
4. "Djadja"[5] Mali Aya Nakamura 949 6 April 2018 [B]
5. "Zemër"[7] Albania Dhurata Dora feat. Algeria Soolking 824 19 April 2019 [C]
6. "Les Menottes"[8] Algeria L'Algérino 736 5 May 2017
7. "Hola Señorita"[9] Colombia Maluma feat. Democratic Republic of the Congo Gims 592 10 May 2019
8. "Bella"[10] Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims 589 19 June 2013
9. "Sapés comme jamais"[11] Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims feat. France Niska 587 19 October 2015
10. "Copines"[12] Mali Aya Nakamura 542 24 August 2018
11. "Ramenez la coupe à la maison"[13] France Vegedream 533 18 July 2018
12. "Je m'appelle Funny Bear"[14] Germany Gummibär 523 15 October 2007 [D]
13. "Chocolat"[15] Morocco Lartiste feat. France Awa Imani 512 17 February 2017
14. "Bande Organisée"[16] France Jul, SCH, Kofs, Naps, Soso Maness, Elams, Solda and Houari 496 15 August 2020
15. "Est-ce que tu m'aimes?"[17] Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims 457 4 May 2015
16. "Libérée, délivrée"[18] United States La Reine des Neiges 453 10 December 2013 [E]
17. "Magic in the Air"[19] Ivory Coast Magic System feat. Morocco Chawki 450 17 March 2014
18. "Mafiosa"[20] Morocco Lartiste feat. Brazil Caroliina 446 21 February 2018
19. "Alors on danse"[21] Belgium Stromae 422 28 April 2010
20. "Tous les mêmes"[22] Belgium Stromae 422 18 December 2013
As of 28 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 William 3.296 30 June 2017 [A]
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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