List of French number-one hits of 2002
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 SNEP Top 100 Singles & Top 150 Albums number-ones of 2002.

Singles Chart

Week Issue Date Artist Single
1
January 5
Star Academy
"La musique
La Musique (Angelica)
"La Musique " is a 2001 song recorded by the contestants of the first edition of French TV reality show Star Academy. The song was released as a single in December 2001 from the album L'Album and also recorded in a live version on the album Live...

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2
January 12
3
January 19
4
January 26
5
February 2
6
February 9
Star Academy
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! ", originally titled "Been and Gone and Done It", is one of Swedish pop group ABBA's biggest disco hits. It was recorded and released in 1979 with "The King Has Lost His Crown" as the B-side. It appears on ABBA's Greatest Hits Vol...

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7
February 16
8
February 23
Marc Lavoine
Marc Lavoine
Marc Lucien Lavoine is a French singer and actor. In 1985, his hit single "Elle a les yeux revolver" allowed him to reach the top of the French chart and marked the beginning of his successful singing career....

 and Cristina Marocco
Cristina Marocco
Cristina Marocco is an Italian singer and actress.-Biography:Cristina Marocco became famous as actress in her home-country. She met Marc Lavoine and recorded with him the song "J'ai tout oublié", which became a huge hit in France and 2001...

"J'ai tout oublié
J'ai tout oublié
"J'ai tout oublié" is a 2001 recorded as a duet by the French artist Marc Lavoine and the Italian singer Cristina Marocco. The song was released on November 19, 2001, as the second single from Lavoine's eighth album, just entitled Marc Lavoine...

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9
March 2
10
March 9
Rohff
Rohff
Rohff - « Rimeur Original Hardcore Flow Fluide » is a French rapper from Vitry-sur-Seine, in Val-de-Marne, south of Paris. Rohff was born in Comoros and immigrated to the Parisian suburbs in 1985.A fan of 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., NWA, Game, and others, Rohff began rapping around 1994...

"Qui est l'exemple ?
Qui est l'exemple ?
"Qui est l'exemple ?" is a 2001 song recorded by French artist Rohff. It was the third single from his debut album, La Vie avant la mort, and was released in late 2001 in a CD maxi, then in February 2002 in a CD single. It achieved huge success in Belgium , Switzerland and particularly in France...

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11
March 16
12
March 23
13
March 30
Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

"Whenever, Wherever
Whenever, Wherever
"Whenever, Wherever" is a Latin pop song written by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, Gloria Estefan, and Tim Mitchell for Shakira's first English language album, Laundry Service. The track was produced by Shakira, and recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami as well as Compass Point Studios in...

"
14
April 6
15
April 14
16
April 20
17
April 27
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...

"Tous ensemble
Tous ensemble
"Tous Ensemble" is a song recorded in 2002 by French singer Johnny Hallyday. The song was released on April 23, 2002, as a single. It was the official anthem of the French football team during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. French singer and songwriter Catherine Lara participated in the writing of the...

"
18
May 4
Bratisla Boys
Michaël Youn
Michaël Youn is a French actor, singer, comedian, and TV and radio personality.- Biography :...

"Stach Stach
Stach Stach
"Stach Stach" is 2002 song recorded by Michael Youn and his band Bratisla Boys. This humoristic song was released as first single from the album Anthologigi, in April 2002...

"
19
May 11
20
May 18
21
May 25
22
June 1
23
June 8
24
June 15
Marlène Duval and Phil Barney
Phil Barney
Phil Barney is a French singer-songwriter. He was particularly successful with his 1987 song "Un Enfant de toi".-Biography:...

"Un enfant de toi
Un Enfant de toi
"Un Enfant de toi" is a 1987 pop song recorded by the French singer Phil Barney. It was released as a single twice : first in 1987 from the album Recto-verseau, then as a duet with Marlène Duval in 2002...

"
25
June 22
26
June 29
27
July 6
Bratisla Boys
"Stach Stach"
28
July 13
Félicien
"Cum-cum mania
Cum-cum mania
"Cum-cum mania" is the name of a 2002 song recorded by Félicien, a contestant of the French reality show Loft Story, broadcast during the spring of that year. Released as his debut single in June 2002, it surprisingly became a huge hit in France and Belgium....

"
29
July 20
Indochine
Indochine (band)
Indochine is a French new wave/rock band, formed in 1981. The band was very successful in France in the 1980s, as well as other parts of continental Europe and Latin America, with songs like L'Aventurier and Canary Bay...

"J'ai demandé à la lune
J'ai demandé à la lune
"J'ai demandé à la lune" is the most popular song from the 2002 album Paradize which allowed Indochine to reconnect with the media that had abandoned the band a decade earlier...

"
30
July 27
Bratisla Boys
"Stach stach"
31
August 3
32
August 10
33
August 17
MC Solaar
MC Solaar
MC Solaar is a francophone hip hop and rap artist. He is one of the most internationally popular and influential French rappers....

"Inch'Allah
Inch'Allah
"Inch'Allah" is a 2002 song recorded by the French hip hop artist MC Solaar. The song didn't feature on the singer's album at the time, but was only released as a single containing also four songs from his previous album, Cinquième As...

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34
August 24
35
August 31
36
September 7
37
September 14
Las Ketchup
Las Ketchup
Las Ketchup is a Latin Grammy Award nominated 4-girl group composed of sisters Lola Muñoz, Pilar Muñoz, Lucía Muñoz and Rocío Muñoz from Córdoba in Andalucia, Spain. They are the daughters of Juan Muñoz, a flamenco guitarist known as Tomatito , which is not the same as famous and virtuoso flamenco...

"Asereje
The Ketchup Song
"The Ketchup Song" is the English title of the song "Aserejé", performed by the Andalusian-Spanish pop group Las Ketchup, which was an international hit in 2002. The song exists in three versions, Spanish, a version in a mixture of English and Spanish, described as "Spanglish", and a version in...

"
38
September 21
39
September 28
40
October 5
41
October 12
42
October 19
43
October 26
44
November 2
45
November 9
46
November 16
Johnny Hallyday
"Marie
Marie (song)
"Marie" is a 2002 song recorded by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was the first single from his album À la vie, à la mort !, and was released in October 2002...

"
47
November 23
Las Ketchup
"Asereje"
48
November 30
Whatfor
Whatfor
Whatfor is also the name of the band created by the second season of the popular French reality-TV show Popstars aired on RTL Group TV channel M6 in fall 2002...

"Plus haut"
49
December 7
Las Ketchup
"Asereje"
50
December 14
Johnny Hallyday
"Marie"
51
December 21
52
December 28
Star Academy 2
"Paris Latino
Paris Latino
"Paris Latino" is a 1983 song recorded by Bandolero, achieving success in Switzerland. In 2002, the song was successfully covered by Star Academy 2.-Track listings:7" single# "Paris Latino" — 3:55# "El bandido caballero" — 3:5012" maxi...

"

Albums Chart

Week Issue Date Artist Title
1
5 January Star Academy
Star Academy France
Star Academy was a French reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol, based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in Quebec called Star Académie. It was broadcast on TF1...

L'album
2
12 January Star Academy L'album
3
19 January Star Academy L'album
4
26 January Star Academy L'album
5
2 February Star Academy L'album
6
9 February Star Academy L'album
7
16 February Star Academy L'album
8
23 February Les Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés , is the name given to the singers and performers in the yearly charity concert for the Restaurants du Cœur .-History:...

Tous dans le même bâteau
9
2 March Les Enfoirés Tous dans le même bâteau
10
9 March Les Enfoirés Tous dans le même bâteau
11
16 March Les Enfoirés Tous dans le même bâteau
12
23 March Les Enfoirés Tous dans le même bâteau
13
30 March Céline Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

A New Day Has Come
A New Day Has Come
A New Day Has Come is Celine Dion's 18th studio album which marked her return after two-year hiatus to have a child. It was released on March 22, 2002. A New Day Has Come is Dion's 9th English album and 29th in total...

14
6 April Céline Dion A New Day Has Come
15
14 April Céline Dion A New Day Has Come
16
20 April Lynda Lemay
Lynda Lemay
Lynda Lemay is a Canadian francophone singer-songwriter. Through her mother she is a descendant of Zacharie Cloutier....

Les lettres rouges
17
27 April Lynda Lemay Les lettres rouges
18
4 May Céline Dion A New Day Has Come
19
11 May Lynda Lemay Les lettres rouges
20
18 May Moby
Moby
Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...

18
21
25 May Moby "18"
22
1 June Renaud
Renaud
Renaud, born Renaud Séchan, is a French singer, songwriter and actor.Renaud may also refer to:* Renaud , a male French given name* Renaud , a 1783 opera by Antonio Sacchini* Renaud, Quebec, part of Laval, Quebec...

Boucan d'enfer
Boucan d'enfer
Boucan d'enfer is a studio album from French artist Renaud. It was released in 2002 and published by Virgin Records. It was Renaud's first production with original material since 1994's À la belle de mai....

23
8 June Renaud Boucan d'enfer
24
15 June Renaud Boucan d'enfer
25
22 June Patrick Bruel
Patrick Bruel
Patrick Bruel is a French singer, actor, and professional poker player of Algerian Jewish descent.-Biography:...

Entre deux
26
29 June Patrick Bruel Entre deux
27
6 July Patrick Bruel Entre deux
28
13 July Patrick Bruel Entre deux
29
20 July Patrick Bruel Entre deux
30
27 July Patrick Bruel Entre deux
31
3 August Patrick Bruel Entre deux
32
10 August Patrick Bruel Entre deux
33
17 August Patrick Bruel Entre deux
34
24 August Renaud Boucan d'enfer
35
31 August Renaud Boucan d'enfer
36
7 September Patrick Bruel Entre deux
37
14 September Patrick Bruel Entre deux
38
21 September Lorie
Lorie
Laure Pester, professionally known as Lorie, is a French singer. Her fame can be attributed to producer, songwriter and composer Johnny Williams and her father–manager Dominique Pester...

Tendrement
Tendrement
Tendrement is the second album for French pop singer Lorie. It originally came out on 16 September 2002 in a regular jewel case version and a limited edition cardboard box containing the CD in a digipak and eight postcards featuring the famous blond singer...

39
28 September Lorie Tendrement
40
5 October L5
Popstars
Popstars is an international reality television franchise and a precursor to the Idol series. The series first began in New Zealand in 1999 when producer Jonathan Dowling formed the five member all-girl group TrueBliss...

Retiens-moi
41
12 October Lorie Tendrement
42
19 October Lorie Tendrement
43
26 October Alain Bashung
Alain Bashung
Alain Bashung was a French singer, songwriter and actor.- Youth :Alain Bashung was the son of a Breton factory worker and French Kabyle father, whom he never knew. His mother remarried, and at the age of one, Bashung was sent to Strasbourg to live with his new stepfather's parents...

L'imprudence
44
2 November Star Academy 2
Star Academy France
Star Academy was a French reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol, based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in Quebec called Star Académie. It was broadcast on TF1...

Chante Michel Berger
45
9 November Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...

À la vie, à la mort !
À la vie, à la mort !
À la vie, à la mort ! is a 2002 double album recorded by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was released on November 4, 2002 and achieved huge success in France and Belgium , where it topped the charts, and in Switzerland. It provided four top ten singles in France : "Marie" , "Ne reviens pas" ,...

46
16 November Johnny Hallyday À la vie, à la mort !
47
23 November Johnny Hallyday À la vie, à la mort !
48
30 November Johnny Hallyday À la vie, à la mort !
49
7 December Star Academy 2
Star Academy France
Star Academy was a French reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol, based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in Quebec called Star Académie. It was broadcast on TF1...

Star Academy chante les tubes des années 80
50
14 December Johnny Hallyday À la vie, à la mort !
51
21 December Star Academy 2 Star Academy chante les tubes des années 80
52
28 December Star Academy 2 Star Academy chante les tubes des années 80

Singles

Pos. Artist Title Sales*
1
Las Ketchup
Las Ketchup
Las Ketchup is a Latin Grammy Award nominated 4-girl group composed of sisters Lola Muñoz, Pilar Muñoz, Lucía Muñoz and Rocío Muñoz from Córdoba in Andalucia, Spain. They are the daughters of Juan Muñoz, a flamenco guitarist known as Tomatito , which is not the same as famous and virtuoso flamenco...

"Asereje
The Ketchup Song
"The Ketchup Song" is the English title of the song "Aserejé", performed by the Andalusian-Spanish pop group Las Ketchup, which was an international hit in 2002. The song exists in three versions, Spanish, a version in a mixture of English and Spanish, described as "Spanglish", and a version in...

"
1,750,000
2
Bratisla Boys
Michaël Youn
Michaël Youn is a French actor, singer, comedian, and TV and radio personality.- Biography :...

"Stach Stach
Stach Stach
"Stach Stach" is 2002 song recorded by Michael Youn and his band Bratisla Boys. This humoristic song was released as first single from the album Anthologigi, in April 2002...

"
1,250,000
3
Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

"Whenever, Wherever
Whenever, Wherever
"Whenever, Wherever" is a Latin pop song written by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, Gloria Estefan, and Tim Mitchell for Shakira's first English language album, Laundry Service. The track was produced by Shakira, and recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami as well as Compass Point Studios in...

"
970,000
4
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...

"Marie
Marie (song)
"Marie" is a 2002 song recorded by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was the first single from his album À la vie, à la mort !, and was released in October 2002...

"
1,045,000
5
Indochine
Indochine (band)
Indochine is a French new wave/rock band, formed in 1981. The band was very successful in France in the 1980s, as well as other parts of continental Europe and Latin America, with songs like L'Aventurier and Canary Bay...

"J'ai demandé à la lune
J'ai demandé à la lune
"J'ai demandé à la lune" is the most popular song from the 2002 album Paradize which allowed Indochine to reconnect with the media that had abandoned the band a decade earlier...

"
780,000
6
Natasha St-Pier
Natasha St-Pier
Natasha St Pier is a Canadian pop singer.-Career:Natasha St Pier released her first album, Émergence, in 1996, produced by composer/producer Steve Barakatt...

"Tu trouveras
Tu trouveras
"Tu trouveras" is the name of a 2002 song recorded by the Canadian singer Natasha St-Pier. It was released as the first single from her third album, De l'amour le mieux, on which it features as first track...

"
652,000
7
Umberto Tozzi
Umberto Tozzi
Umberto Antonio Tozzi is an Italian pop/rock singer and composer, born in Turin. His most internationally famous song is "Gloria" -Biography:...

 & Lena Ka
"Ti amo (rien que des mots)"
609,000
8
Rohff
Rohff
Rohff - « Rimeur Original Hardcore Flow Fluide » is a French rapper from Vitry-sur-Seine, in Val-de-Marne, south of Paris. Rohff was born in Comoros and immigrated to the Parisian suburbs in 1985.A fan of 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., NWA, Game, and others, Rohff began rapping around 1994...

"Qui est l'exemple ?
Qui est l'exemple ?
"Qui est l'exemple ?" is a 2001 song recorded by French artist Rohff. It was the third single from his debut album, La Vie avant la mort, and was released in late 2001 in a CD maxi, then in February 2002 in a CD single. It achieved huge success in Belgium , Switzerland and particularly in France...

"
599,000
9
Renaud
Renaud
Renaud, born Renaud Séchan, is a French singer, songwriter and actor.Renaud may also refer to:* Renaud , a male French given name* Renaud , a 1783 opera by Antonio Sacchini* Renaud, Quebec, part of Laval, Quebec...

 & Axelle Red
Axelle Red
Axelle Red is a Belgian singer-songwriter.-Biography:She was born at Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium, the daughter of Roland Demal, a solicitor in Hasselt and Councillor for the Flemish Liberals and Democrats in the City Council.Nowadays a committed artist and a militant humanist, back in 1993 Axelle...

"Manhattan-Kaboul
Manhattan-Kaboul
"Manhattan-Kaboul" is a French song written by Renaud and composed by Jean-Pierre Bucolo, sung by Renaud in duo with Axelle Red, in the album Boucan d'enfer, released in 2002. It was written in the aftermath of the incidents of September 11, 2001 and the War in Afghanistan...

"
523,000
10
Star Academy 2
Star Academy France
Star Academy was a French reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol, based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in Quebec called Star Académie. It was broadcast on TF1...

"Musique"
326,000


*Included sales of previous and following years

Albums

Pos. Artist Title Sales*
1
Patrick Bruel
Patrick Bruel
Patrick Bruel is a French singer, actor, and professional poker player of Algerian Jewish descent.-Biography:...

Entre deux
1,949,000
2
Renaud
Renaud
Renaud, born Renaud Séchan, is a French singer, songwriter and actor.Renaud may also refer to:* Renaud , a male French given name* Renaud , a 1783 opera by Antonio Sacchini* Renaud, Quebec, part of Laval, Quebec...

Boucan d'enfer
Boucan d'enfer
Boucan d'enfer is a studio album from French artist Renaud. It was released in 2002 and published by Virgin Records. It was Renaud's first production with original material since 1994's À la belle de mai....

1,634,600
3
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...

À la vie, à la mort !
À la vie, à la mort !
À la vie, à la mort ! is a 2002 double album recorded by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was released on November 4, 2002 and achieved huge success in France and Belgium , where it topped the charts, and in Switzerland. It provided four top ten singles in France : "Marie" , "Ne reviens pas" ,...

1,281,500
4
Star Academy
Star Academy France
Star Academy was a French reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol, based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in Quebec called Star Académie. It was broadcast on TF1...

L'album
1,021,100
5
Céline Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

A New Day Has Come
A New Day Has Come
A New Day Has Come is Celine Dion's 18th studio album which marked her return after two-year hiatus to have a child. It was released on March 22, 2002. A New Day Has Come is Dion's 9th English album and 29th in total...

826,200
6
Star Academy 2
Star Academy France
Star Academy was a French reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol, based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in Quebec called Star Académie. It was broadcast on TF1...

Star Academy chante les tubes des années 80
832,200
7
Indochine
Indochine (band)
Indochine is a French new wave/rock band, formed in 1981. The band was very successful in France in the 1980s, as well as other parts of continental Europe and Latin America, with songs like L'Aventurier and Canary Bay...

Paradize
Paradize
Paradize is a 2002 album recorded by French band Indochine. It was its ninth studio album and was released on May 14, 2002. It achieved great success in francophone countries and even topped the albums chart in Belgium...

1,024,400
8
Star Academy 2
Star Academy France
Star Academy was a French reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol, based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in Quebec called Star Académie. It was broadcast on TF1...

Les années Berger
629,000
9
Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman is a Grammy Awards-winning French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and since 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French living pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday.- Biography :...

Chansons pour les pieds
1,636,200
10
Jenifer
Jenifer Bartoli
Jenifer Yaël Dadouche-Bartoli , better known as simply Jenifer, is a pop singer who has, since 2002, had a number of hit singles in the French, Belgium and Swiss charts...

Jenifer
Jenifer (album)
Jenifer is the title of Jenifer Bartoli debut album released in 2002 in France, and in February 2007 in U.S.. It achieved success on the French and Belgian chart, reaching the top two. It spawned four successful singles, all of them were top ten hits in her country home. One of the tracks is a duet...

718,600


*Included sales of previous and following years

See also

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