List of best-selling singles in France

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Best-selling singles in France

= Over 5 million copies =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Artist !! Single !! Year !! Sales

Tino Rossi

|"Petit Papa Noël"

|1946

|5,700,000{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/472583-best-selling-single-france|title=Best-selling single (France)|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=21 March 2023}}

= 2 million or more copies =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Artist !! Single !! Year !! Sales

J.J. Lionel

|"La Danse des canards"

|1981

|2,700,000{{cite web|url=http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1981.htm|title=TOP – 1981|work=40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles|author=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP)|editor=Fabrice Ferment|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101121114/http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1981.htm|archive-date=1 November 2020|via=Top-France.fr|oclc=469523661}}

Patrick Fiori, Garou and Daniel Lavoie

|"Belle"

|1998

|2,200,000{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-106352.html|title=Histoire d'un tube : "Belle" de Notre-Dame de Paris (1998)|publisher=Charts in France|editor=Pure Charts|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|date=23 December 2018}}

Celine Dion

|"Pour que tu m'aimes encore"

|1995

|2,100,000{{cite web |title=Best-selling album (France) |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/472856-best-selling-album-france |publisher=Guinness World Records |access-date=14 January 2024 |ref=3}}

Elton John

|"Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"

|1997

|2,000,000{{cite news|title="Sì auto e moto ci inseguivano"|newspaper=La Stampa|page=31|date=23 September 1997|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,10/articleid,0612_01_1997_0262_0010_8839903/|language=it|access-date=23 March 2022}}

= 1,200,000 copies to 1,800,000 copies =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Artist !! Single !! Year !! Sales

John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John

|"You're the One That I Want"

|1978

|1,800,000{{cite web|url=https://www.lalibre.be/culture/musique/2012/12/04/le-couple-travolta-newton-john-reforme-35RMTDBPE5DCXD7BVACKNAVVW4/|publisher=La Libre|title=Le couple Travolta-Newton-John reforme|date=12 April 2012|access-date=12 February 2024|language=fr}}

Kaoma

|"Lambada"

|1989

|1,800,000{{cite news|title=Cinema in guerra a colpi di lambada|newspaper=La Stampa|page=31|date=20 March 1990|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,10/articleid,0898_01_1990_0066_0031_25456999/|language=it|access-date=23 March 2022}}

Laurent Voulzy

|"Rockollection"

|1977

|1,800,000{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1978/Billboard%201978-08-26.pdf|magazine=Billboard|title=Parlez-Vous Smash|page=101 (157)|issn=0006-2510|date=26 August 1978|accessdate=12 February 2024}}

Chanteurs Sans Frontières

|"Éthiopie"

|1985

|1,700,000{{cite web|url=http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1985.htm|title=TOP – 1985|work=40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles|author=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP)|editor=Fabrice Ferment|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123152503/http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1985.htm|archive-date=23 January 2022|via=Top-France.fr|oclc=469523661}}

Christophe

|"Aline"

|1965/79

|1,600,000{{cite web|url=http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1965.htm|title=TOP – 1965|work=40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles|author=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP)|editor=Fabrice Ferment|access-date=12 February 2024|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409184631/http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1965.htm|archive-date=9 April 2022|via=Top-France.fr|oclc=469523661}}

Les Forbans

|"Chante"

|1982

|1,600,000{{cite web|url=http://www.top-france.fr/html/45tours/45t1983.htm|title=TOP – 1983|work=40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles|author=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP)|editor=Fabrice Ferment|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008132355/http://www.top-france.fr/html/45tours/45t1983.htm|archive-date=8 October 2021|via=Top-France.fr|oclc=469523661}}

Florent Pagny

|Savoir Aimer

|1997

|1,500,000{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QdqvlQPHuIwC&dq=manau+%22La+Tribu+de+Dana%22+million&pg=PA33|title=Savoir Faire Plus: Le Français à l'Université|publisher=Routledge|first=Géraldine|last=Enjelvin|date=24 May 2013|isbn=978-1136607936|accessdate=23 March 2022}}

Ilona Mitrecey

|"Un Monde parfait"

|2005

|1,500,000{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-93671.html|title=Top 100 des singles les plus vendus du 21ème siècle : le récap !|publisher=Charts in France|editor=Pure Charts|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|date=September 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210120626/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-93671.html|archive-date=December 10, 2014|url-status=live}}

Philippe D'Avilla, Damien Sargue & Grégori Baquet

|"Les Rois du monde"

|2000

|1,500,000{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-114662.html|title="Moi... Lolita", "Ces soirées-là", "Music"... Ces tubes fêtent leurs 20 ans|publisher=Charts in France|editor=Pure Charts|language=fr|date=August 9, 2020|access-date=23 March 2022}}

Yannick

|"Ces soirées-là"

|2000

|1,500,000{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Yannick/news-107435.html|title=Histoire d'un tube : "Ces soirées-là" de Yannick (2000)|publisher=Charts in France|editor=Pure Charts|language=fr|date=July 14, 2018|access-date=23 March 2022}}

Herbert Léonard

|"Pour le plaisir"

|1981

|1,400,000

Hot Butter

|Popcorn

|1972

|1,400,000{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/73/RW-1973-02-24.pdf|magazine=Record World|title=The Rundown on Barclay Records|page=44|date=24 February 1973|accessdate=5 June 2023}}

Johnny Hallyday

|Marie

|2002

|1,400,000{{Cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Johnny-Hallyday/news-105684.html|title=Histoire d'un tube : "Marie" de Johnny Hallyday (2002)|website=chartsinfrance.net|access-date=23 March 2022}}

Patrick Hernandez

|"Born to Be Alive"

|1979

|1,400,000{{cite web|url=http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1979.htm|title=TOP – 1979|work=40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles|author=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP)|editor=Fabrice Ferment|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111064458/http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1979.htm|archive-date=11 January 2021|via=Top-France.fr|oclc=469523661}}

Ricky Martin

|"(Un, Dos, Tres) Maria"

|1997

|1,400,000{{cite news|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/vos-tubes-de-l-ete-4-maria-un-dos-tres-10-07-2014-1844898_3.php|title=Vos tubes de l'été (4) : 'María (Un, dos, tres)'|last=Pérou|first=Olivier|work=Le Point|access-date=23 March 2022|date=July 10, 2014|language=French|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827192829/https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/vos-tubes-de-l-ete-4-maria-un-dos-tres-10-07-2014-1844898_3.php|url-status=live}}

Stone et Charden

|L'avventura

|1971

|1,400,000{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39|magazine=Billboard|title=Disc AZ sets the pace in the singles field|date=8 July 1972|access-date=21 March 2023}}

Village People

|"YMCA"

|1978

|1,400,000{{cite web|url=http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1978.htm|title=TOP – 1978|work=40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles|author=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP)|editor=Fabrice Ferment|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111092235/http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1978.htm|archive-date=January 11, 2021|via=Top-France.fr|oclc=469523661}}

Wes

|"Alane"

|1997

|1,400,000

Jean-Claude Borelly & His Orchestra

|Dolannes Melodie

|1974

|1,350,000{{cite book|title=Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s : an illustrated directory|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL120558W/Million_selling_records_from_the_1900s_to_the_1980s|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1985|publisher=Arco Pub.|quote=It was an instant hit in France, selling 1,300,000 there alone // Although first released in 1974, for six months it sold 1,350,000 in France, 500,000 in Germany and 200,000 in Benelux|isbn=0668064595|page=281}}

Las Ketchup

|"Asereje (The Ketchup Song)"

|2002

|1,310,000

Bimbo Jet

|El Bimbo

|1974

|1,300,000

Irene Cara

|"Flashdance... What a Feeling"

|1983

|1,300,000

Marie Myriam

|"L'oiseau et l'enfant"

|1977

|1,300,000{{cite web|url=http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1977.htm|title=TOP – 1977|work=40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles|author=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP)|editor=Fabrice Ferment|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054910/http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1977.htm|archive-date=11 January 2021|via=Top-France.fr|oclc=469523661}}

Michel Sardou

|"Dix ans plus tôt"

|1977

|1,300,000

Peter and Sloane

|"Besoin de rien, envie de toi"

|1984

|1,300,000{{cite web|url=http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1984.htm|title=TOP – 1984|work=40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles|author=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP)|editor=Fabrice Ferment|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110103003/http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1984.htm|archive-date=10 January 2022|via=Top-France.fr|oclc=469523661}}

Sheila

|"L'école est finie"

|1963

|1,300,000{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=awkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=neil+young+harvest+belgium+billboard&pg=PA56|title=Carre's Hit Packed Career|magazine=Billboard|via=Google Books|page=56|date=25 May 1974|accessdate=21 March 2023}}

Crazy Frog

|"Axel F"

|2005

|1,270,000

Alizée

|"Moi... Lolita"

|2000

| 1,200,000{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Alizee/news-114838.html|title=Alizée : ses deux premiers albums sortiront en vinyle le 11 décembre|publisher=Charts in France|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|date=August 22, 2020|editor=PureMédias}}

Barbra Streisand

|"Woman in Love"

|1980

|1,200,000{{cite web|url=http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1980.htm|title=TOP – 1980|work=40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles|author=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP)|editor=Fabrice Ferment|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223153814/http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1980.htm|archive-date=23 February 2021|via=Top-France.fr|oclc=469523661}}

Chagrin d'amour

|"Chacun fait ce qui lui plait"

|1981

|1,200,000{{cite web|url=http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1982.htm|title=TOP – 1982|work=40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles|author=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP)|editor=Fabrice Ferment|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223125220/http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1982.htm|archive-date=23 February 2020|via=Top-France.fr|oclc=469523661}}

Larusso

|Tu m'oublieras

|1998

|1,200,000{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Larusso/news-105690.html|title=Larusso chante "Tu m'oublieras" en live, 19 ans après (VIDEO)|publisher=Charts in France|editor=Pure Charts|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|date=5 December 2017}}

Les Dix Commandements

|L'Envie d'aimer

|2001

|1,200,000

Michel Sardou

|En Chantant

|1978

|1,200,000

Nikka Costa

|Out Here on My Own

|1981

|1,200,000{{Cite magazine|date=1982-09-04 |title=A Year After 'On My Own': Costa's Success Continues |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSQEAAAAMBAJ |magazine=Billboard |language=en |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=59}}

Ottawan

|T'es Ok

|1980

|1,200,000

Richard Sanderson

|Reality

|1981

|1,200,000

Rose Laurens

|Africa

|1983

|1,200,000

The Buggles

|Video Killed The Radio Star

|1979/80

|1,200,000

The Shorts

|Comment ça va

|1983

|1,200,000

Vanessa Paradis

|Joe le taxi

|1987

|1,200,000{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-10-15.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|title=Actes De Presence! - Vanessa Paradis|page=20|date=15 October 1988|accessdate=21 March 2023}}

= 1,000,000 to 1,190,000 copies =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Artist !! Single !! Year !! Sales

O-Zone

|"Dragostea Din Tei"

|2003

|1,170,000

Star Academy France

|"La Musique"

|2001

|1,140,000

Mungo Jerry

|In the Summertime

|1970

|1,110,000{{cite magazine|title= Vogue Turnover Up 100 Percent |magazine= Billboard |date= 1 May 1971 |volume= 83 |issue= 18 |page= F-26 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1971/BB-1971-05-01.pdf}}

Jean-Jacques Goldman

|Je te donne

|1985

|1,100,000

Jean-Luc Lahaye

|Femme que j'aime

|1982

|1,100,000

Kim Carnes

|Bette Davis Eyes

|1981

|1,100,000

Lionel Leroy

|Ulysse 31

|1981

|1,100,000

Michael Jackson

|Beat It

|1983

|1,100,000

Noam

|"Goldorak"

|1978

|1,100,000

Pop Concerto Orchestra

|Eden Is a Magic World

|1982

|1,100,000

Ray Parker Jr.

|Ghostbusters

|1984/85

|1,100,000

Umberto Tozzi

|Ti amo

|1978

|1,100,000

DJ BoBo

|"Chihuahua"

|2003

|1,020,000

Annie Cordy

|La bonne du curé

|1974

|1,000,000{{cite web|url=http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1975.htm|title=TOP – 1975|work=40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles|author=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP)|editor=Fabrice Ferment|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112081306/http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1975.htm|archive-date=12 January 2021|via=Top-France.fr|oclc=469523661}}

Charles Aznavour

|La Mamma

|1969

|1,000,000{{cite book|title=Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s : an illustrated directory|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL120558W/Million_selling_records_from_the_1900s_to_the_1980s|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1985|publisher=Arco Pub.|quote=The first million seller for Aznavour achieved its sale in France alone|isbn=0668064595|page=170}}

VOF de Kunst

|Suzanne (VOF de Kunst song)

|1980

|1,000,000{{cite magazine|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Chanson_Certification_Platine.php|title=Les Singles / Titres Certifiés "Platine"|magazine=Info Disc|accessdate=23 March 2022}}

Boney M

|Daddy Cool

|1976

|1,000,000

Boney M

|Rivers of Babylon

|1978

|1,000,000

Bonnie Tyler

|It's a Heartache

|1977/78

|1,000,000

Break Machine

|Streetdance

|1984

|1,000,000

Chantal Goya

|Allons Chanter Avec Mickey

|1977

|1,000,000

Claude François

|Le Téléphone Pleure

|1974

|1,000,000

Cookie Dingler

|Femme libérée

|1984

|1,000,000

Culture Club

|Do You Really Want to Hurt Me

|1983

|1,000,000

David Alexandre Winter

|Oh Lady Mary

|1969

|1,000,000{{cite book|title=Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s : an illustrated directory|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL120558W/Million_selling_records_from_the_1900s_to_the_1980s|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1985|publisher=Arco Pub.|quote=This disc was released in April 1969 and by September sold 750,000 and the million by November in France, where it was No 1 for five weeks and in the Top Ten for around six months|isbn=0668064595|page=295}}

Daniel Balavoine

|L'Aziza

|1985

|1,000,000

David Hallyday

|Tu ne m'as pas laissé le temps

|1999

|1,000,000{{Cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-110855.html|title=Histoire d'un tube : "Marie" de Johnny Hallyday (2002)|website=chartsinfrance.net|date=11 August 2019|access-date=23 March 2022}}

Début de Soirée

|Nuit de folie

|1988

|1,000,000

Ennio Morricone

|Il était une fois dans l'ouest

|1968-70

|1,000,000{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MQkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=ennio+morricone+million+france+billboard&pg=PA37|title=RCA in France 50 Percent Up|magazine=Billboard|page=37|date=14 July 1973|issn=0006-2510|accessdate=23 March 2022}}

Europe

|The Final Countdown

|1986

|1,000,000

FR David

|Words

|1982

|1,000,000

Green & Lejeune

|Pot pour rire mr le président

|1974

|1,000,000{{cite web|url=http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1974.htm|title=TOP – 1974|work=40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles|author=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP)|editor=Fabrice Ferment|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111050835/http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1974.htm|archive-date=11 January 2021|via=Top-France.fr|oclc=469523661}}

Hervé Vilard

|Nous

|1978

|1,000,000

Imagination

|Just an Illusion

|1982

|1,000,000

Images

|Les Démons de minuit

|1986

|1,000,000

Jairo

|Les Jardins du ciel

|1980

|1,000,000

Jeanette

|Porque te vas

|1974

|1,000,000{{cite web|url=http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1976.htm|title=TOP – 1976|work=40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles|author=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP)|editor=Fabrice Ferment|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109075136/http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1976.htm|archive-date=9 January 2021|via=Top-France.fr|oclc=469523661}}

Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora

|When the Rain Begins to Fall

|1983/84

|1,000,000

Kim Wilde

|Cambodia

|1982

|1,000,000

Les Compagnons de la chanson

|"Charlie Brown"

|1945

|1,000,000{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66|title=Les Parisiennes Aiment Peer|magazine=Billboard|page=P-S-18|date=1 June 1968|access-date=10 April 2023}}

Licence IV

|Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison

|1987

|1,000,000

Manau

|"La Tribu de Dana"

|1998

|1,000,000{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Manau/news-106591.html|title=Histoire d'un tube : "La Tribu de Dana" de Manau (1998)|publisher=Charts in France|editor=Pure Charts|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|date=17 June 2018}}

Mecano

|"Hijo de la Luna"

|1986

|1,000,000{{cite magazine|title=Ana Torrooja's French prayers|magazine=Music & Media|date=29 September 2001|page=10|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-09-29.pdf|first=Howell|last=Llewllyn|access-date=21 March 2023}}

Mecano

|"Une femme avec une femme"

|1990

|1,000,000

Michael Jackson

|"Billie Jean"

|1983

|1,000,000

Michael Jackson

|"Thriller"

|1984

|1,000,000

Michel Sardou

|"Les Lacs du Connemara"

|1981

|1,000,000

Michel Sardou

|"La Maladie d'amour"

|1973

|1,000,000{{cite web|url=http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1973.htm|title=TOP – 1973|work=40 ans de tubes : 1960–2000 : les meilleures ventes de 45 tours & CD singles|author=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP)|editor=Fabrice Ferment|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828170342/http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1973.htm|archive-date=28 August 2021|via=Top-France.fr|oclc=469523661}}

Michel Sardou

|"Le Rire du Sergent"

|1971

|1,000,000{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-A4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52|magazine=Billboard|title=Phonogram Registers 19 Percent Sales increase in 1st 6 Months|page=52|issn=0006-2510|date=7 October 1972|accessdate=30 October 2023}}

Mylene Farmer

|Désenchantée

|1991

|1,000,000{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2005/08/12/desenchantee_679631_3246.html|publisher=Le Monde|first=Sylvain|last=Siclier|title=Désenchantée|date=12 April 2006|language=fr|access-date=23 March 2022}}

Pierre Bachelet

|Elle est d'ailleurs

|1980

|1,000,000

Pierre Bachelet

|Les Corons

|1982

|1,000,000

Philippe Lavil

|Il tape sur des bambous

|1982

|1,000,000

Ricchi e Poveri

|Sarà perché ti amo

|1981

|1,000,000

Scorpions

|Still Loving You

|1984

|1,000,000

Shakira

|Whenever, Wherever

|2002

|1,000,000Sales claim for "Whenever, Wherever" in France:

  • {{cite web |title=Rien n'arrête Shakira|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/rien-n-arrete-shakira-28-03-2003-2003945756.php|access-date=23 March 2022|date=28 March 2003|first=Emmanuel|last=Marolle|language=fr|work=Le Parisien}}
  • {{cite web |title=L'ACTRICE : SHAKIRA|url=https://www.lesoir.be//art/l-actrice-shakira_t-20030418-Z0N22W.html|access-date=23 May 2021|date=18 April 2003|first=Christine|last=Renaudat|language=fr|url-access=subscription|work=Le Soir}}
Stéphanie

|Ouragan

|1986

|1,000,000

Sidney Bechet

|Les Oignons

|1949

|1,000,000{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ycEAAAAMBAJ|magazine=Billboard|title=Vogue 20th Anniversary Special|page=41|issn=0006-2510|date=7 October 1967|via=Google Books|first=Mike|last=Hennessey|accessdate=28 February 2023}}

U.S.A. For Africa

|We Are the World

|1984

|1,000,000

= 900,000 to 990,000 copies =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Artist !! Single !! Year !! Sales

Carrapicho

|"Tic Tic Tac"

|1996

|980,000{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-102116.html|title=Zoom sur les tubes de l'été des années 90 : "Macarena", "Alane", "Yakalelo"... (VIDEOS)|publisher=Charts in France|editor=Pure Charts|access-date=23 March 2022|language=fr|date=30 July 2016}}

Adriano Celentano

|Don't Play That Song

|1977/78

|900,000

Andrea Bocelli

|Con te partirò

|1995

|900,000{{cite news|title=Bocelli, la voe che batte Pavarotti|newspaper=La Stampa|page=29|date=1 July 1997|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,25/articleid,0603_01_1997_0179_0029_8243291/|language=it|access-date=23 March 2022}}

Bibie

|Tout doucement

|1985

|900,000

Claude Barzotti

|Le rital

|1983

|900,000

Dorothée

|Hou! la menteuse

|1982

|900,000

Dorothée

|Rox et Rouky

|1981

|900,000

Ennio Morricone

|Chi Mai

|1981

|900,000

Kajagoogoo

|Too Shy

|1983

|900,000

Jean-Luc Lahaye

|Papa chanteur

|1985

|900,000

Julie Pietri

| Ève lève-toi

| 1986

| 900,000{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-04-25.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|title=French Special - Revolution Within The Record Industry!|page=12|date=25 April 1987|first=Machgiel|last=Bakker|accessdate=5 June 2023}}

Plastic Bertrand

|Ça plane pour moi

|1977

|900,000

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