# List of best-selling singles in France
## Best-selling singles in France
### Over 5 million copies

| Artist | Single | Year | Sales |
| Tino Rossi | "Petit Papa Noël" | 1946 | 5,700,000 |

### 2 million or more copies

| Artist | Single | Year | Sales |
| J.J. Lionel | "La Danse des canards" | 1981 | 2,700,000 |
| Patrick Fiori, Garou and Daniel Lavoie | "Belle" | 1998 | 2,200,000 |
| Celine Dion | "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" | 1995 | 2,100,000 |
| Elton John | "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | 1997 | 2,000,000 |

### 1,200,000 copies to 1,800,000 copies

| Artist | Single | Year | Sales |
| John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | "You're the One That I Want" | 1978 | 1,800,000 |
| Kaoma | "Lambada" | 1989 | 1,800,000 |
| Laurent Voulzy | "Rockollection" | 1977 | 1,800,000 |
| Chanteurs Sans Frontières | "Éthiopie" | 1985 | 1,700,000 |
| Christophe | "Aline" | 1965/79 | 1,600,000 |
| Les Forbans | "Chante" | 1982 | 1,600,000 |
| Florent Pagny | Savoir Aimer | 1997 | 1,500,000 |
| Ilona Mitrecey | "Un Monde parfait" | 2005 | 1,500,000 |
| Philippe D'Avilla, Damien Sargue & Grégori Baquet | "Les Rois du monde" | 2000 | 1,500,000 |
| Yannick | "Ces soirées-là" | 2000 | 1,500,000 |
| Herbert Léonard | "Pour le plaisir" | 1981 | 1,400,000 |
| Hot Butter | Popcorn | 1972 | 1,400,000 |
| Johnny Hallyday | Marie | 2002 | 1,400,000 |
| Patrick Hernandez | "Born to Be Alive" | 1979 | 1,400,000 |
| Ricky Martin | "(Un, Dos, Tres) Maria" | 1997 | 1,400,000 |
| Stone et Charden | L'avventura | 1971 | 1,400,000 |
| Village People | "YMCA" | 1978 | 1,400,000 |
| Wes | "Alane" | 1997 | 1,400,000 |
| Jean-Claude Borelly & His Orchestra | Dolannes Melodie | 1974 | 1,350,000 |
| 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 |
| Michel Sardou | "Dix ans plus tôt" | 1977 | 1,300,000 |
| Peter and Sloane | "Besoin de rien, envie de toi" | 1984 | 1,300,000 |
| Sheila | "L'école est finie" | 1963 | 1,300,000 |
| Crazy Frog | "Axel F" | 2005 | 1,270,000 |
| Alizée | "Moi... Lolita" | 2000 | 1,200,000 |
| Barbra Streisand | "Woman in Love" | 1980 | 1,200,000 |
| Chagrin d'amour | "Chacun fait ce qui lui plait" | 1981 | 1,200,000 |
| Larusso | Tu m'oublieras | 1998 | 1,200,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |

### 1,000,000 to 1,190,000 copies

| 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 |
| 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 |
| Charles Aznavour | La Mamma | 1969 | 1,000,000 |
| VOF de Kunst | Suzanne (VOF de Kunst song) | 1980 | 1,000,000 |
| 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 |
| Daniel Balavoine | L'Aziza | 1985 | 1,000,000 |
| David Hallyday | Tu ne m'as pas laissé le temps | 1999 | 1,000,000 |
| Début de Soirée | Nuit de folie | 1988 | 1,000,000 |
| Ennio Morricone | Il était une fois dans l'ouest | 1968-70 | 1,000,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Licence IV | Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison | 1987 | 1,000,000 |
| Manau | "La Tribu de Dana" | 1998 | 1,000,000 |
| Mecano | "Hijo de la Luna" | 1986 | 1,000,000 |
| 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 |
| Michel Sardou | "Le Rire du Sergent" | 1971 | 1,000,000 |
| Mylene Farmer | Désenchantée | 1991 | 1,000,000 |
| 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 | 1,000,000 |
| Stéphanie | Ouragan | 1986 | 1,000,000 |
| Sidney Bechet | Les Oignons | 1949 | 1,000,000 |
| U.S.A. For Africa | We Are the World | 1984 | 1,000,000 |

### 900,000 to 990,000 copies

| Artist | Single | Year | Sales |
| Carrapicho | "Tic Tic Tac" | 1996 | 980,000 |
| Adriano Celentano | Don't Play That Song | 1977/78 | 900,000 |
| Andrea Bocelli | Con te partirò | 1995 | 900,000 |
| 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 |
| Plastic Bertrand | Ça plane pour moi | 1977 | 900,000 |