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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.
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.
No. | Video name | Uploader | Views (millions) | Upload date | Note |
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1. | "Dernière danse"[1] | Indila | 1111 | 4 December 2013 | |
2. | "Ego"[2] | Willy William | 1038 | 2 November 2015 | |
3. | "Papaoutai"[3] | Stromae | 1034 | 6 June 2013 | [A] |
4. | "Djadja"[5] | Aya Nakamura | 956 | 6 April 2018 | [B] |
5. | "Zemër"[7] | Dhurata Dora feat. Soolking | 834 | 19 April 2019 | [C] |
6. | "Les Menottes"[8] | L'Algérino | 739 | 5 May 2017 | |
7. | "Hola Señorita"[9] | Maluma feat. Gims | 597 | 10 May 2019 | |
8. | "Bella"[10] | Maître Gims | 594 | 19 June 2013 | |
9. | "Sapés comme jamais"[11] | Maître Gims feat. Niska | 592 | 19 October 2015 | |
10. | "Copines"[12] | Aya Nakamura | 550 | 24 August 2018 | |
11. | "Ramenez la coupe à la maison"[13] | Vegedream | 540 | 18 July 2018 | |
12. | "Je m'appelle Funny Bear"[14] | Gummibär | 525 | 15 October 2007 | [D] |
13. | "Chocolat"[15] | Lartiste feat. Awa Imani | 515 | 17 February 2017 | |
14. | "Bande Organisée"[16] | Jul, SCH, Kofs, Naps, Soso Maness, Elams, Solda and Houari | 504 | 15 August 2020 | |
15. | "Est-ce que tu m'aimes?"[17] | Maître Gims | 462 | 4 May 2015 | |
16. | "Libérée, délivrée"[18] | La Reine des Neiges | 456 | 10 December 2013 | [E] |
17. | "Magic in the Air"[19] | Magic System feat. Chawki | 456 | 17 March 2014 | |
18. | "Mafiosa"[20] | Lartiste feat. Caroliina | 449 | 21 February 2018 | |
19. | "Alors on danse"[21] | Stromae | 430 | 28 April 2010 | |
20. | "Tous les mêmes"[22] | Stromae | 429 | 18 December 2013 | |
As of 27 March 2024 |
Notes
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 |
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1. | "Mi Gente"[24] | J Balvin feat. Willy William | 3.333 | 30 June 2017 | [A] |
As of 9 March 2024 |