OrelSan, Nekfeu, Angèle... who are the most purchased and listened to artists in France in 2022?

The National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing (SNEP) has just unveiled the list of the most purchased and listened to artists in France in 2022. JUL, Ninho, Orelsan... the podium in the ranking is only made up of rappers.

Of the top 20 in the ranking, 16 are French.

Among them, Lomepal, Johnny Hallyday, Vald or Nekfeu.

This year, unsurprisingly, French rap is in the spotlight.

Jul, voted the most listened to artist on Spotify in 2022, is still and always first on the list.

Ninho and OrelSan are respectively in second and third place on the podium, ahead of the duo PNL and Lomepal.

Damso, Nekfeu, Gazo, SCH, Naps and Vald are also at the top of the ranking.

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Women are not in the spotlight in this ranking, although singer Angèle is the most listened to female artist in 2022 and 14th artist in the top 20 most purchased artists.

Franco-Canadian Mylène Farmer, the only other female artist in the ranking, took 16th place, ahead of Naps, Les Enfoirés and Vald.

On the international artist side, we find the Canadian The Weeknd, one of whose songs has just become the most listened to in the history of Spotify.

The British rock group Queen, which died out in 1992, on the death of its iconic singer Freddie Mercury, follows him closely.

In last place in the ranking, the British Ed Sheeran, famous for his hit

which has accumulated more than 3.4 billion plays on Spotify.

Complete list of the 20 most listened to and purchased artists in France in 2022.