Music sales are growing slowly in France

As in France Gall's song, the French music market is "resisting." In more ways than one. On the artistic front, French talent stood out by placing 15 French productions in the top 20 album sales of the half-year. A ranking largely dominated by the heavyweights of the rap scene, Gims, Jul, Werenoi (who died in May at 31) , Keblack, Damso, SDM... And three-quarters of the albums in the Top 200, which represents around 20% of consumption, were produced in France.

" It's a regular success," emphasizes Alexandre Lasch, the general director of the National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing (SNEP), which brings together the major record companies, from Universal Music to Warner and Sony. " It's primarily French productions that are finding success with the public, and streaming, paradoxically because it opens borders, accentuates this phenomenon."

On the economic front, this time, the sector continues to recover...