List of most-viewed French music videos on YouTube

"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" France Indila 1047 4 December 2013
2. "Papaoutai" Belgium Stromae 1005 6 June 2013
3. "Ego" France Willy William 1004 2 November 2015
4. "Djadja" Mali Aya Nakamura 936 6 April 2018
5. "Zemër" Albania Dhurata Dora feat. Algeria Soolking 804 19 April 2019
6. "Les Menottes" Algeria L'Algérino 731 5 May 2017
7. "Hola Señorita" Colombia Maluma feat. Democratic Republic of the Congo Gims 585 10 May 2019
8. "Bella" Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims 581 19 June 2013
9. "Sapés comme jamais" Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims feat. France Niska 578 19 October 2015
11. "Copines" Mali Aya Nakamura 526 24 August 2018
10. "Je m'appelle Funny Bear" Germany Gummibär 521 15 October 2007
12. "Ramenez la coupe à la maison" France Vegedream 519 18 July 2018
13. "Chocolat" Morocco Lartiste feat. France Awa Imani 507 17 February 2017
14. "Bande Organisée" France Jul, SCH, Kofs, Naps, Soso Maness, Elams, Solda and Houari 481 15 August 2020
15. "Libérée, délivrée" United States La Reine des Neiges 448 10 December 2013
16. "Est-ce que tu m'aimes?" Democratic Republic of the Congo Maître Gims 447 4 May 2015
17. "Mafiosa" Morocco Lartiste feat. Brazil Caroliina 439 21 February 2018
18. "Magic in the Air" Ivory Coast Magic System feat. Morocco Chawki 438 17 March 2014
19. "On écrit sur les murs" France Kids United 409 5 October 2015
20. "Tous les mêmes" Belgium Stromae 408 18 December 2013
As of 3 October 2023

Notes

  1. ^ "Papaoutai" was the most-viewed French music video until 2023.
  2. ^ "Djadja" was the most-viewed French music video by female singer in 2018.
  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. 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 two French-language videos, "Dernière Danse" and "Papaoutai" have hit the 1 billion view mark, the most recent occurring on 27 August 2023.

No. Video name Uploader Views (billions) Upload date Note
1. "Mi Gente" Colombia J Balvin feat. France Willy William 3.262 30 June 2017
As of 27 August 2023

See also


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