Rappers Jul, Ninho and Orelsan make up the podium of the most listened to musical artists in 2021, according to the annual ranking of Snep (National Union of Phonographic Publishing), obtained Thursday evening by AFP.
These figures compiled by the Official Charts Company for Snep combine physical sales - CDs, vinyls - downloads and listenings on streaming platforms.
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The Normand Orelsan, forced to postpone several dates of his new tour from January to April, due to the pandemic, dominates the ranking with his only album
Civilization
released in mid-November, and which already has more than 338,000 sales.
The album
Mesdames
de Grand Corps Malade, released in 2020 and which has just been reissued, again climbed to second place with 285,000 sales, followed by
A Côté de vous
des Enfoirés (235,000).
But in the total number of albums sold (or listened to on the platforms), the hyperproductive Marseillais Jul wins by far with 549,000 cumulative sales for his eight albums appearing in the top 200, including three released in 2021.
Ma Casio
, title of Jul from the album
Independence,
released last December
Great success also for the meteorite of French rap Ninho, who takes second place in the ranking by artists with 422,000 sales for three albums, including his latest
Jefe
("chef" in Spanish), released on December 3.
The rest of the ranking still gives pride of place to urban rap and Marseille, with in particular SCH whose fifth album
JVLIVS II
has sold more than 230,000 copies, or even Naps, author of one of the hits of the summer with
The kiffance
.
On the variety side, the long-awaited
30
by British singer Adele, released on November 19, totaled 203,000 sales and listenings at the end of December, while Vianney took seventh place in the ranking with Let's
not wait
(172,000).
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The famous album
Versus
by the duo Vitaa & Slimane, leading in 2020 with 417,000 sales, is still a hit in ninth position, ahead
of Soprano
's Star Hunter .
