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French Chanson

French chanson is a rich and emotive music genre that marries poetic lyrics with evocative melodies, emblematic of French cultural and artistic expression. Often characterized by storytelling, it weaves narratives of love, heartache, and social commentary into its fabric, utilizing a seamless blend of traditional and contemporary sounds. Artists like Amel Bent and Indila infuse chanson with modern pop and urban influences, while Boby Lapointe is celebrated for his playful and witty wordplay. The genre is marked by a deep connection to both folk traditions and pop sensibilities, ensuring its enduring appeal and capacity for reinvention.

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Pop Alternative Folk Singer-songwriter Jazz Indie World Art Pop Traditional Music Folk Pop European Chanson French Pop Cabaret Francophone Music

Related Genres

Folk Pop Jazz French Pop Classical World Singer-songwriter Contemporary Classical Opera Alternative

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Auteur-compositeur-interprete Quebecois

Latest French Chanson Release

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Cinema: The Silver Screen Classics Collection

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•

Alan Silvestri•

Andrea Morricone•

Antonio Vivaldi•

Bernard Herrmann•

Camille Saint-Saëns•

Charlie Chaplin•

Claude Debussy•

Dmitri Shostakovich•

Edward Elgar•

Ennio Morricone•

Fernando Sor•

George Frideric Handel•

Georges Delerue•

Giuseppe Verdi•

Giya Kancheli•

Gustav Holst•

Gustav Mahler•

Henry Mancini•

Howard Shore•

Isaac Albéniz•

James Horner•

John Williams•

Josef Mysliveček•

Joseph Kosma•

Justin Hurwitz•

Leonard Bernstein•

Ludwig van Beethoven•

Maurice Jarre•

Michael Giacchino•

Michael Nyman•

Michel Legrand•

Philippe Sarde•

Pietro Mascagni•

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•

Richard Strauss•

Richard Wagner•

Samuel Barber•

Sergei Rachmaninoff•

Stanley Myers•

Stéphane Grappelli•

Album - 86 Tracks - Released February 21, 2026

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Indila

Zaz

Amel Bent

Lous and The Yakuza

Hailey Tuck

Marie Madeleine

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February 21, 2026

Cinema: The Silver Screen Classics Collection
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Alan Silvestri•
Andrea Morricone•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Bernard Herrmann•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charlie Chaplin•
Claude Debussy•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Fernando Sor•
Francis Lai•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Delerue•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Giya Kancheli•
Gustav Holst•
Gustav Mahler•
Henry Mancini•
Howard Shore•
Isaac Albéniz•
James Horner•
John Barry•
John Williams•
Josef Mysliveček•
Joseph Kosma•
Justin Hurwitz•
Leonard Bernstein•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Maurice Jarre•
Max Steiner•
Michael Giacchino•
Michael Nyman•
Michel Legrand•
Nino Rota•
Paul Dukas•
Philippe Sarde•
Pietro Mascagni•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Richard Strauss•
Richard Wagner•
Samuel Barber•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Stanley Myers•
Stéphane Grappelli•
Thomas Newman
86 tracks
January 20

Golden Brown x Love Story
Dave Greenfield•
Jean Jacques Burnel•
Indila•
Lewis Hanton
1 tracks
November 14, 2025

Épopée Métèque
Bonbon Vodou
13 tracks
November 1

Classics of the Cinema
Claude Debussy•
Bernard Herrmann•
Charlie Chaplin•
Georges Delerue•
Joseph Kosma•
Maurice Jarre•
Max Steiner•
Michael Nyman•
Nino Rota•
Paul Dukas•
Philippe Sarde•
Pietro Mascagni•
Vincenzo Bellini•
Vladimir Cosma
68 tracks
November 1

Autumn Adagios
Claude Debussy•
Alban Berg•
Albert Roussel•
Alexander Glazunov•
Arthur Bliss•
Arthur Honegger•
Frederick Delius•
Gabriel Pierné•
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier•
Joseph Kosma•
Kurt Weill•
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
Margaret Bonds•
Marin Marais•
Maurice Jarre•
Peter Warlock•
Reynaldo Hahn•
Robert Stolz•
Vernon Duke
58 tracks
October 24

Je te veux
Julie Fuchs
1 tracks
October 23

Gourmandises amoureuses
Bonbon Vodou
1 tracks
October 2

Les mains d'or
Bonbon Vodou
1 tracks
September 19

Camille Saint-Saëns: L'Ancêtre
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra•
Kazuki Yamada•
Jennifer Holloway•
Gaëlle Arquez•
Hélène Carpentier•
Julien Henric
38 tracks
September 19

Sains et saufs
Zaz
14 tracks
August 29

Une passerelle vers la mer
Zaz
5 tracks
August 19

Relaxing Cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arvo Pärt•
Astor Piazzolla•
Benjamin Britten•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claude Debussy•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edvard Grieg•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Schubert•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Heitor Villa-Lobos•
Isaac Albéniz•
Jacques Offenbach•
Jean Sibelius•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
John Tavener•
Joseph Haydn•
Joseph Kosma•
Jules Massenet•
Leonard Bernstein•
Leoš Janáček•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Luigi Boccherini•
Manuel de Falla•
Marin Marais•
Maurice Ravel•
Max Bruch•
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Robert Schumann•
Sergei Prokofiev•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Edward Elgar•
Tomaso Albinoni
95 tracks
July 9

On peut comme ça
Zaz
4 tracks
July 4

Works for Choir
Denis Rouger•
figure humaine kammerchor
20 tracks
June 27

Autumn Leaves
Joseph Kosma
1 tracks
June 20

Miserere
figure humaine kammerchor•
Denis Rouger
1 tracks
June 13

RAF
Bitsu
1 tracks
June 7

Le Sauveur (feat. Lous and The Yakuza)
Benjamin Epps•
Lous and The Yakuza
1 tracks
June 6

Cerca de Ti (Mon amour)
Zaz
4 tracks
May 30

Mon cœur tu es fou
Zaz
3 tracks
May 16

Skilibeng
Bitsu
1 tracks
May 16

MINUIT UNE
Amel Bent
11 tracks
May 14

Down on me
Bitsu
1 tracks
April 18

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Richard Wagner•
Lise Davidsen•
Stanislas de Barbeyrac•
Gerald Finley•
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra•
Edward Gardner
31 tracks
April 18

No Big Deal
Lous and The Yakuza
3 tracks
April 18

Dakar Libreville Kinshasa
Bitsu
1 tracks
April 11

Avant #RXVXS
Bitsu
1 tracks
April 11

Avant #RXVXS
Bitsu
1 tracks
March 22

La norme
Amel Bent
1 tracks
March 19

Mima
Amel Bent
1 tracks
March 18

Sains et saufs
Zaz
2 tracks
March 14

It's easy to hate us
Bitsu
1 tracks
March 3

Isabelle Aboulker: L'Inconstante
Isabelle Aboulker•
Julie Roset•
Susan Manoff
1 tracks
February 28

Numéro masqué
Bitsu
1 tracks
February 14

Loreley. Volkslieder für Chor
figure humaine kammerchor•
Denis Rouger
15 tracks
February 14

Triste
Amel Bent
1 tracks
January 31

Ade zur guten Nacht
Traditional•
figure humaine kammerchor•
Denis Rouger
1 tracks
January 30

Décharge Mentale
Amel Bent
1 tracks
January 10

Swimming Pool (Indie Elephant & Vlad Starque Remix)
Marie Madeleine
1 tracks
December 27, 2024

Only fan & mym
Bitsu
1 tracks

February 21, 2026

Cinema: The Silver Screen Classics Collection
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Alan Silvestri•
Andrea Morricone•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Bernard Herrmann•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charlie Chaplin•
Claude Debussy•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Fernando Sor•
Francis Lai•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Delerue•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Giya Kancheli•
Gustav Holst•
Gustav Mahler•
Henry Mancini•
Howard Shore•
Isaac Albéniz•
James Horner•
John Barry•
John Williams•
Josef Mysliveček•
Joseph Kosma•
Justin Hurwitz•
Leonard Bernstein•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Maurice Jarre•
Max Steiner•
Michael Giacchino•
Michael Nyman•
Michel Legrand•
Nino Rota•
Paul Dukas•
Philippe Sarde•
Pietro Mascagni•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Richard Strauss•
Richard Wagner•
Samuel Barber•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Stanley Myers•
Stéphane Grappelli•
Thomas Newman
86 tracks
November 14, 2025

Épopée Métèque
Bonbon Vodou
13 tracks
November 1

Autumn Adagios
Claude Debussy•
Alban Berg•
Albert Roussel•
Alexander Glazunov•
Arthur Bliss•
Arthur Honegger•
Frederick Delius•
Gabriel Pierné•
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier•
Joseph Kosma•
Kurt Weill•
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
Margaret Bonds•
Marin Marais•
Maurice Jarre•
Peter Warlock•
Reynaldo Hahn•
Robert Stolz•
Vernon Duke
58 tracks
November 1

Classics of the Cinema
Claude Debussy•
Bernard Herrmann•
Charlie Chaplin•
Georges Delerue•
Joseph Kosma•
Maurice Jarre•
Max Steiner•
Michael Nyman•
Nino Rota•
Paul Dukas•
Philippe Sarde•
Pietro Mascagni•
Vincenzo Bellini•
Vladimir Cosma
68 tracks
September 19

Sains et saufs
Zaz
14 tracks
September 19

Camille Saint-Saëns: L'Ancêtre
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra•
Kazuki Yamada•
Jennifer Holloway•
Gaëlle Arquez•
Hélène Carpentier•
Julien Henric
38 tracks
August 29

Une passerelle vers la mer
Zaz
5 tracks
August 19

Relaxing Cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arvo Pärt•
Astor Piazzolla•
Benjamin Britten•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claude Debussy•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edvard Grieg•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Schubert•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Heitor Villa-Lobos•
Isaac Albéniz•
Jacques Offenbach•
Jean Sibelius•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
John Tavener•
Joseph Haydn•
Joseph Kosma•
Jules Massenet•
Leonard Bernstein•
Leoš Janáček•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Luigi Boccherini•
Manuel de Falla•
Marin Marais•
Maurice Ravel•
Max Bruch•
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Robert Schumann•
Sergei Prokofiev•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Edward Elgar•
Tomaso Albinoni
95 tracks
July 9

On peut comme ça
Zaz
4 tracks
July 4

Works for Choir
Denis Rouger•
figure humaine kammerchor
20 tracks
June 6

Cerca de Ti (Mon amour)
Zaz
4 tracks
May 16

MINUIT UNE
Amel Bent
11 tracks
April 18

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Richard Wagner•
Lise Davidsen•
Stanislas de Barbeyrac•
Gerald Finley•
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra•
Edward Gardner
31 tracks
February 14

Loreley. Volkslieder für Chor
figure humaine kammerchor•
Denis Rouger
15 tracks
December 6, 2024

Les Embolies
Roni Alter
8 tracks
October 17

Ep002
Vailhalen
4 tracks
October 11

Kosma & Jaubert: Les enfants du paradis et autres musiques de films de Marcel Carné
Michel Plasson•
Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse•
Joseph Kosma
25 tracks
September 23

Fauré & Franck: Great Recordings
figure humaine kammerchor•
Gabriel Fauré•
Martha Argerich•
César Franck
19 tracks
September 20

Messager: Coups de Roulis (Live)
Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes
41 tracks
September 20

Messager: Coups de Roulis (Music only) [Live]
André Messager•
Orchestre des Frivolités Parisiennes
21 tracks

January 20, 2026

Golden Brown x Love Story
Dave Greenfield•
Jean Jacques Burnel•
Indila•
Lewis Hanton
1 tracks
October 24, 2025

Je te veux
Julie Fuchs
1 tracks
October 23

Gourmandises amoureuses
Bonbon Vodou
1 tracks
October 2

Les mains d'or
Bonbon Vodou
1 tracks
June 27

Autumn Leaves
Joseph Kosma
1 tracks
June 20

Miserere
figure humaine kammerchor•
Denis Rouger
1 tracks
June 13

RAF
Bitsu
1 tracks
June 7

Le Sauveur (feat. Lous and The Yakuza)
Benjamin Epps•
Lous and The Yakuza
1 tracks
May 30

Mon cœur tu es fou
Zaz
3 tracks
May 16

Skilibeng
Bitsu
1 tracks
May 14

Down on me
Bitsu
1 tracks
April 18

No Big Deal
Lous and The Yakuza
3 tracks
April 18

Dakar Libreville Kinshasa
Bitsu
1 tracks
April 11

Avant #RXVXS
Bitsu
1 tracks
April 11

Avant #RXVXS
Bitsu
1 tracks
March 22

La norme
Amel Bent
1 tracks
March 19

Mima
Amel Bent
1 tracks
March 18

Sains et saufs
Zaz
2 tracks
March 14

It's easy to hate us
Bitsu
1 tracks
March 3

Isabelle Aboulker: L'Inconstante
Isabelle Aboulker•
Julie Roset•
Susan Manoff
1 tracks