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Indochine, Måneskin, Linkin Park… discover the best-selling Rock & Metal albums of 2024 in France

Which Rock & Metal bands and artists sold the most albums in France in 2024? Are any French bands ranked? Find the answers with the ranking of the 200 best-selling records in the country last year, published on January 9 by Snep, the national phonographic publishing union.

It’s a ranking eagerly awaited at the start of each year by many record companies and artists. On January 9, 2025, Snep, the national phonographic publishing union, published its ranking of the 200 best-selling albums in France in 2024.

Unsurprisingly, French urban music is best represented, with no fewer than 12 rappers ranked in the Top 20. Werenoi tops the podium, followed by PLK (2nd), SDM (8th), JUL (10th, 11th and 13th), Gazo x Tiakola (12th), Dadju and Tayc (15th), SCH (17th), Tiakola (18th) and Bouss (19th).

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What are the best-selling albums of 2024 in France? Is rap still popular? Are French artists still just as popular? Find the answers with the rankings of the best-selling albums in the country last year, unveiled on January 9 by Snep, the national trade union for phonographic publishing. [Read more]

But what about rock and metal? Do artists and groups from these two musical trends feature in this ranking of the best-selling albums in France in 2024? As Snep reveals, only 4 groups and artists make it into the Top 50. Indochine, the famous French pop-rock band, comes third in this ranking, with its new opus“Babel Babel“.

Then there’s Italian band Måneskin (29th), with its“Rush!” album, followed by Linkin Park (35th), back with its“From Zero” opus. The American alternative rock band also ranks 38th with the album“Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023)“.

In another major development, 5 French projects stand out in the Top 20 best-selling Rock & Metal albums of 2024 in the country. In addition to Indochine, these include Shaka Ponk, Jean-Louis Aubert and Ultra Vomit.

For metal music fans, there’s Britain’s Judas Priest ( 23rd) and Bring Me The Horizon (24th), America’s Falling in Reverse (25th), Germany’s Rammstein ( 27th) and Sweden’s Ghost ( 30th). American thrash metal band Metallica ( 38th) with their album“72 Seasons“, Nightwish (41st), Bruce Dickinson (44th) and Marilyn Manson (50th) are also on the list.

Top 50 best-selling Rock & Metal albums of 2024 in France

  1. INDOCHINE – Babel Babel
  2. MÅNESKIN – Rush!
  3. LINKIN PARK – From Zero
  4. LINKIN PARK – Papercuts – Singles Collection 2000-2023
  5. THE CURE – Songs of a Lost World
  6. INDOCHINE – Central Tour
  7. SHAKA PONK – Shaka Ponk
  8. JEAN-LOUIS AUBERT – Pafini
  9. DAVID GILMOUR – Luck And Strange
  10. MANU CHAO – Viva Tu
  11. THE ROLLING STONES – Hackney Diamonds
  12. ULTRA VOMIT – Ultra Vomit and the Power of Might
  13. FONTAINES D.C. – Romance
  14. TWENTY ONE PILOTS – Clancy
  15. MARK KNOPFLER – One Deep River
  16. U2 – Songs of Surrender
  17. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS – Wild God
  18. LENNY KRAVITZ – Blue Elecric Light
  19. ALAIN BASHUNG – The album of his life
  20. GREEN DAY – Saviors
  21. CIGARETTES AFTER SEX – X’s
  22. SUM 41 – Heaven :X: Hell
  23. JUDAS PRIEST – Invincible Shield
  24. BRING ME THE HORIZON – Post Human: Nex Gen
  25. FALLING IN REVERSE – Popular Monster
  26. THE LAST DINNER PARTY – Prelude to Ecstasy
  27. RAMMSTEIN – Zeit
  28. THE BLACK KEYS – Ohio Players
  29. LOUISE ATTAQUE – Amours
  30. GHOST – Rite Here Rite Now
  31. MUSE – Will Of The People
  32. LOUISE AT TAQUE – Planet Earth
  33. TEXAS – The Very Best Of 1989 – 2023
  34. FOO FIGHTERS – The Essential Foo Fighters
  35. PIXIES – Live From Merriweather Post Pavilion
  36. PETER GABRIEL – i/o
  37. THE OFFSPRING – Supercharged
  38. METALLICA – 72 Seasons
  39. DEEP PURPLE – (=)1
  40. IDLES – Tangk
  41. NIGHTWISH – Yesterwynde
  42. FEU! CHATTERTON – Live à Paris 2022
  43. PEARL JAM – Dark Matter
  44. BRUCE DICKINSON – The Mandrake Project
  45. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Unlimited Love
  46. PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS – One Hand Clapping
  47. SLEEP TOKEN – Take Me Back To Eden
  48. GOSSIP – Real Power
  49. THE LIBERTINES – All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade
  50. MARILYN MANSON – One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1

See the full rankings on the Snep website.

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