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Formation | 1922 |
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Headquarters | Neuilly-sur-Seine |
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Website | snepmusique.com |
The National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing (French: Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique; SNEP) is the inter-professional organisation that protects the interests of the French record industry. Originally known under the acronym SNICOP,[1] the organisation was established in 1922 and has 48 member companies.
SNEP's responsibilities include collecting and distributing royalty payments for broadcast and performance, preventing copyright infringement of its members' works (including music piracy), and sales certification of silver, gold, platinum and diamond records and videos. SNEP also compiles weekly official charts of France's top-selling music, including singles and albums.
The first attempt at a French national chart of best-selling records originated from a request by the American music industry magazine Billboard. The magazine's French correspondent, Eddie Adamis, compiled a top 10 list of the country's preferred format, the extended play (EP), for Billboards "Hits of the World" column of 5 June 1961. The number 1 record was an Edith Piaf EP featuring the song "Non, je ne regrette rien". France's coverage in Billboards "Hits of the World" continued until May 1964, when Adamis resigned from his position. The chart then resumed in June 1967, overseen by a new French correspondent, until SNICOP's involvement in late 1968. While the list continued to demonstrate the dominance of EPs, the English band Procol Harum succeeded in achieving the first French number 1 single, with their 1967 release "A Whiter Shade of Pale".[1]
SNICOP published its first national singles chart, or "Hit Parade Officiel", in October 1968, compiled by the Centre d'Information et de Documentation du Disque.[2] Earlier that year, with reference to the new chart compiler, Billboard had reported that "for the first time the main record companies are cooperating in an effort to produce a reliable sales chart which will serve the industry."[1] By July 1973, SNICOP had long been publishing a national albums chart.[2] These charts were abandoned in November 1977 due to disputes in the French music industry, leaving France without an official sales chart.[1]
The date recognised as the start of SNEP's charts in the modern era is 4 November 1984. This date marks the debut broadcast of Top 50, a television chart show on the recently launched Canal+ network.[1]
In December 2020,[3] the London-based Official Charts Company (OCC) announced it was taking over the contract from German company GfK, in compiling the French music charts for SNEP /SCPP (Civil Society of Phonographic Producers), with the OCC taking over on 1 January 2021.[4]
Since September 2002, the official charts have been as follows:
Criterion: The following guidelines are applied:
Time of issue[5] | Certifications | Until July 1985[6] | Until 30 Jun 2006[7][Note] | From 1 Jul 2006 to 30 Jun 2009[7][Notes] | From 1 Jul 2009 to present[8] |
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1999 | Silver | Unchanged | 50,000 | 35,000 | Suppressed |
1 Jan 1973 | Gold | Unchanged | 100,000 | 75,000 | 50,000 |
1988 | 2× Gold | Unchanged | 200,000 | Suppressed | N/A |
1 May 1980 | Platinum | 400,000[5] | 300,000 | 200,000 | 100,000 |
1 Nov 1988 | 2× Platinum | N/A | 600,000 | 400,000 | 200,000 |
1 Nov 1988 | 3× Platinum | N/A | 900,000 | 600,000 | 300,000 |
1 Nov 1988 | Diamond | Unchanged | 1,000,000 | 750,000 | 500,000 |
^ Note: While the source provided for changes in certification-levels does not mention the changes for the silver, 2× Gold, 2× Platinum and 3× Platinum awards, the SNEP reduced the levels for those awards at the same time it reduced the levels for the Gold, Platinum and Diamond awards.
Time of issue[9] | Certifications | Until 30 Oct 1988 | From 1 Nov 1988 to 28 Feb 1991 | From 1 Mar 1991 to 30 Apr 2005 | 1 May 2005 to 30 Jun 2009 | From 1 Jul 2009 to 17 Mar 2013[8] | From Mar 2013 to Jan 2016[10] |
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1 July 1985 | Silver | 250,000 | 200,000 | 125,000 | 100,000 | Suppressed | N/A |
1 January 1973 | Gold | 500,000 | 400,000 | 250,000 | 200,000 | 150,000 | 75,000 |
1 May 1980 | Platinum | 1,000,000 | 800,000 | 500,000 | 300,000 | 250,000 | 150,000 |
2 January 1997 | Diamond | Unchanged | Unchanged | 750,000[Note] | 500,000 | 400,000 | 250,000 |
^ Note: Diamond-award represented 750,000 units from 2 January 1997 until 30 April 2005.
Time of issue[6] | Certifications | From Jan 2016 to Apr 2018[6][Note] | Since 27 Apr 2018[6][Note] |
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January 2016 | Gold | 10,000,000 streams == 66,666 units |
15,000,000 streams == 100,000 units |
Platinum | 20,000,000 streams == 133,333 units |
30,000,000 streams == 200,000 units | |
Diamond | 35,000,000 streams == 233,333 units |
50,000,000 streams == 333,333 units |
^ Note: The SNEP originally converts digital downloads into streaming figures using a 1 download = 150 streams formula. "==" indicates the units equivalent of certifications with the (downloads + (streams / 150)) formula.
Time of issue[11] | Certifications | Before Jul 1, 2009 | After Jul 1, 2009[8] | After Jan 1, 2018[6] |
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1989 | Gold | 10,000 | 7,500 | 5,000 |
Platinum | 20,000 | 15,000 | 10,000 | |
2× Platinum | 40,000 | 30,000 | 20,000 | |
3× Platinum | 60,000 | 45,000 | 30,000 | |
Diamond | 100,000 | 60,000 | 40,000 |
1 All the singles recorded under one of his pseudonyms or as member of his bands are included
Weeks | Artist | Details by songs1 |
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40 | Céline Dion | 12 ("Pour que tu m'aimes encore") + 7 ("Je sais pas") + 13 ("My Heart Will Go on") + 3 ("Sous le vent") + 1 ("Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serai celle-là)") + 4 ("Encore un soir") |
37 | Garou | 18 ("Belle") + 3 ("Sous le vent") + 11 ("Seul") + 5 ("La Rivière de notre enfance") |
Michael Youn2 | 10 ("Stach Stach") + 7 ("Le Frunkp") + 8 ("Fous ta cagoule") + 5 ("Mauvaise foi nocturne") + 7 ("Parle à ma main") | |
33 | Pharell Williams | 8 ("Get Lucky") + 6 ("Blurred Lines") + 22 ("Happy") + 2 ("Feels") |
30 | Mylène Farmer | 5 ("Pourvu qu'elles soient douces") + 9 ("Désenchantée") + 1 ("XXL") + 1 ("Slipping Away (Crier la vie)") + 1 ("Dégénération") + 1 ("Appelle mon numéro") + 1 ("Si j'avais au moins...") + 1 ("C'est dans l'air") + 1 ("Sextonik") + 3 ("Oui mais...Non") + 1 ("Bleu Noir") + 1 ("Lonely Lisa") + 1 ("À l'ombre") + 2 ("Stolen Car") + 1 ("City of Love") |
26 | Elton John | 3 ("Sacrifice") + 7 ("Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me") + 10 ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight") + 6 ("Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997") |
25 | Crazy Frog | 13 ("Axel F") + 7 ("Popcorn") + 5 ("We Are the Champions (Ding a Dang Dong)") |
23 | Florent Pagny | 8 ("N'importe quoi") + 9 ("Savoir aimer") + 6 ("Ma Liberté de penser") |
21 | Adele | 4 ("Someone like you") + 6 ("Skyfall") + 11 ("Hello") |
Ed Sheeran | 17 ("Shape of You)" +4 ("Perfect") | |
Stromae | 10 ("Alors on danse") + 4 ("Papaoutai") + 6 ("Formidable") + 1 ("Tous les mêmes") | |
20 | Jordy | 15 ("Dur dur d'être bébé") + 5 ("Alison") |
Lou Bega | 20 ("Mambo n°5 (a Little Bit of...)") | |
Patrick Fiori | 18 ("Belle") + 2 ("4 Mots sur un piano") | |
Shakira | 4 ("Whenever, Wherever") + 1 ("Hips Don't Lie") + 2 ("Beautiful Liar") + 6 ("Waka Waka [This Time for Africa]") + 7 ("Je l'aime à mourir") |
1 Songs performed as duets and trios are included
2 Songs performed within Brastisla Boys and Fatal Bazooka bands and as Alphonse Brown included
Artist | Number |
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Mylène Farmer | 57 |
Johnny Hallyday | 38 |
David Guetta | 27 |
Booba | 23 |
Madonna | 22 |
Rihanna | 22 |
Maître Gims | 19 |
Michael Jackson | 19 |
Celine Dion | 18 |
Lady Gaga | 16 |
Britney Spears | 13 |
Jean-Jacques Goldman | 13 |
Katy Perry | 13 |
Artist | Number |
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Johnny Hallyday | 78 |
Mylène Farmer | 60 |
Madonna | 59 |
David Guetta | 51 |
Rihanna | 37 |
Michael Jackson | 36 |
Celine Dion | 35 |
Weeks | Song | Artist | Year |
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22 | "Happy"[36] | Pharrell Williams | 2013 |
20 | "Mambo nº 5 (A Little Bit of...)"[37] | Lou Bega | 1999 |
18 | "Belle"[38] | Daniel Lavoie, Patrick Fiori & Garou | 1998 |
"Despacito"[39] | Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee | 2017 | |
17 | "Les Rois du monde (Roméo et Juliette)"[40] | Philippe D'Avilla, Damien Sargue & Grégori Baquet | 2000 |
16 | "7 Seconds"[40] | Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry | 1994 |
15 | "Dur dur d'être bébé!"[40] | Jordy | 1992 |
"Living on My Own"[41] | Freddie Mercury | 1993 | |
"Ces Soirées-là"[42] | Yannick | 2000 | |
"Dragostea Din Tei"[43] | O-Zone | 2004 | |
"Un Monde Parfait"[44] | Ilona Mitrecey | 2005 | |
"Prayer in C"[45] | Lilly Wood and the Prick | 2014 | |
"Shape of You"[46] | Ed Sheeran | 2017 | |
13 | "Les Démons de minuit"[47] | Images | 1986 |
"Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison"[48] | Licence IV | 1987 | |
"Gangsta's Paradise"[49] | Coolio (feat. L.V.) | 1995 | |
"Freed from Desire"[50] | Gala | 1997 | |
"My Heart Will Go On"[51] | Céline Dion | 1998 | |
"Axel F"[52] | Crazy Frog | 2005 | |
"Mignon Mignon"[53] | René la Taupe | 2010 |
Position | Song | Artist | Date |
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97 | "Lonely Lisa" | Mylène Farmer | July 9, 2011 |
70 | "Relax, Take It Easy" | Mika | July 7, 2007 |
67 | "Hung Up" | Madonna | November 12, 2005 |
64 | "Baila morena" | Zucchero | February 25, 2006 |
64 | "Gettin' Over You" | David Guetta & Chris Willis (feat. Fergie & LMFAO) | June 19, 2010 |
60 | "Zidane y va marquer" | Cauet | July 15, 2006 |
49 | "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)" | Las Ketchup | September 14, 2002 |
47 | "Nolwenn Ohwo!" | Nolwenn Leroy | January 28, 2006 |
26 | "Spaceman" | Babylon Zoo | March 9, 1996 |
21 | "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" | Madonna | January 25, 1997 |
Weeks | Song | Artist | Year |
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37 | "Happy" | Pharrell Williams | 2013 |
36 | "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | 2017 |
35 | "Chandelier" | Sia | 2014 |
31 | "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" | Céline Dion | 1995 |
"Belle" | Patrick Fiori, Garou & Daniel Lavoie | 1998 | |
"Moi... Lolita" | Alizée | 2000 | |
30 | "L'Envie d'aimer" | Daniel Lévi | 2000 |
"This Girl" | Kungs & Cookin' on 3 Burners | 2016 | |
29 | "I Feel It Coming" | Daft Punk & The Weeknd | 2016 |
"Despacito" | Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee | 2017 | |
28 | "Un Monde parfait" | Ilona Mitrecey | 2005 |
"Tired of Being Sorry (Laisse le destin l'emporter)" | Enrique Iglesias & Nâdiya | 2008 | |
"Prayer in C" | Lilly Wood and the Prick & Robin Schulz | 2010 | |
"Human" | Rag'n'Bone Man | 2016 | |
27 | "Ça m'énerve" | Helmut Fritz | 2009 |
"Formidable" | Stromae | 2013 |
Weeks | Song | Artist | Year |
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15 | "Shape of You"[46] | Ed Sheeran | 2017 |
13 | "Despacito"[39] | Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee | 2017 |
12 | "Bande organisée"[54] | Jul featuring Sch, Naps, Kofs, Elams, Solda, Houari and Soso Maness | 2020 |
11 | "Réseaux"[55] | Niska | 2017 |
Number | Artist | Songs |
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9 | Booba[56] | "Petite fille", "Madrina", "Sale Mood", "PGP", "Médicament", "Arc-en-ciel", "5G", "Ratpi World", "Mona Lisa" |
5 | Damso[57] | "Mwaka Moon", "Ipséité", "Smog", "La Loi du silence", "Rêves bizarres", "Tricheur" |
5 | SCH[58] | "Bande organisée", 9 1 1 3, "Mother Fuck", "Marché noir", "Mannschaft" |
4 | Aya Nakamura[59] | "Djadja", "Copines", "Jolie nana", Plus jamais |
3 | PNL[60] | "A l'ammoniaque", "91's", "Au DD" |
3 | Jul[58] | "Toto et Ninetta", "Bande organisée", "Mother Fuck" |