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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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Close my eyes
Lous and The Yakuza•
Suki Waterhouse
Single - Released October 23, 2026
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  1. October 23, 2026
    Close my eyes album image
    Close my eyes
    Lous and The Yakuza•
    Suki Waterhouse
    1 tracks
  2. September 18
    Ferdinand Hérold: Zampa ou La Fiancée de marbre album image
    Ferdinand Hérold: Zampa ou La Fiancée de marbre
    Ferdinand Hérold•
    Munich Radio Orchestra•
    Bavarian Radio Chorus•
    Julien Henric•
    Hélène Carpentier•
    Cyrille Dubois
    45 tracks
  3. September 18
    Sole Traveller album image
    Sole Traveller
    AnnaMae
    12 tracks
  4. June 26
    Mozart: Requiem; Mass in C Minor album image
    Mozart: Requiem; Mass in C Minor
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
    Emily D'Angelo•
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac•
    Michael Volle•
    RIAS Kammerchor•
    Chamber Orchestra of Europe•
    Yannick Nézet-Séguin
    30 tracks
  5. June 4
    Peaceful Cello album image
    Peaceful Cello
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
    Frédéric Chopin•
    Johann Sebastian Bach•
    Ludwig van Beethoven•
    Claude Debussy•
    Alexander Glazunov•
    Antonio Vivaldi•
    Antonín Dvořák•
    Astor Piazzolla•
    Camille Saint-Saëns•
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
    Carlo Graziani•
    Christoph Willibald Gluck•
    César Franck•
    Dmitri Shostakovich•
    Edvard Grieg•
    Edward Elgar•
    Ennio Morricone•
    Enrique Granados•
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold•
    Erik Satie•
    Felix Mendelssohn•
    Franz Schubert•
    Gabriel Fauré•
    George Frideric Handel•
    Jacques Offenbach•
    Jean Sibelius•
    Johannes Brahms•
    John Tavener•
    Joseph Haydn•
    Joseph Kosma•
    Jules Massenet•
    Leonard Bernstein•
    Leoš Janáček•
    Luigi Boccherini•
    Léo Delibes•
    Maria Theresia von Paradis•
    Maurice Ravel•
    Michel Legrand•
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
    Pablo Casals•
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
    Ralph Vaughan Williams•
    Robert Schumann•
    Sergei Rachmaninoff•
    Tomaso Albinoni
    89 tracks
  6. May 29
    Le Livre d'Alvaro album image
    Le Livre d'Alvaro
    Screens of Paris
    1 tracks
  7. May 2
    Médée album image
    Médée
    Screens of Paris
    1 tracks
  8. April 23
    Lemon Squeeze album image
    Lemon Squeeze
    Lolo Zouaï•
    Lous and The Yakuza
    1 tracks
  9. April 20
    Sur le pont album image
    Sur le pont
    Screens of Paris
    1 tracks
  10. April 3
    Travelers checks album image
    Travelers checks
    Screens of Paris
    1 tracks
  11. March 27
    Sains et saufs (Deluxe) album image
    Sains et saufs (Deluxe)
    Zaz
    21 tracks
  12. March 27
    Haydn: La Création du monde album image
    Haydn: La Création du monde
    Joseph Haydn•
    Julie Roset•
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac•
    Nahuel di Pierro•
    Le Concert de la Loge•
    Julien Chauvin•
    Chœur De Chambre De Namur
    32 tracks
  13. March 20
    Youkali album image
    Youkali
    Kurt Weill•
    Julie Fuchs•
    Alphonse Cemin
    1 tracks
  14. March 16
    Tout ça pour ça Mona album image
    Tout ça pour ça Mona
    Screens of Paris
    1 tracks
  15. March 16
    Amon Lisa album image
    Amon Lisa
    Screens of Paris
    1 tracks
  16. March 13
    Love Story - Indila Remix album image
    Love Story - Indila Remix
    Indila
    1 tracks
  17. March 6
    Lost to the World album image
    Lost to the World
    Daniel Lozakovich•
    Hélène Mercier•
    Claude Debussy•
    Fritz Kreisler•
    Gabriel Fauré•
    George Frideric Handel•
    Gustav Mahler•
    Joseph Kosma•
    Kurt Weill•
    Philippe Sarde•
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    13 tracks
  18. February 27
    Haydn: La Création du monde, Hob. XXI:2 (1800 Paris Version), Pt. 2: Aria. brillant de grâce et de beauté album image
    Haydn: La Création du monde, Hob. XXI:2 (1800 Paris Version), Pt. 2: Aria. brillant de grâce et de beauté
    Joseph Haydn•
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac•
    Le Concert de la Loge•
    Julien Chauvin
    1 tracks
  19. February 26
    LOVE STORY (Fairytale piano version) album image
    LOVE STORY (Fairytale piano version)
    Indila
    1 tracks
  20. January 20
    Golden Brown x Love Story album image
    Golden Brown x Love Story
    Dave Greenfield•
    Jean Jacques Burnel•
    Indila•
    Lewis Hanton
    1 tracks
  21. December 29, 2025
    Oh Wow album image
    Oh Wow
    Bitsu•
    Ricky Bishop
    1 tracks
  22. November 14
    Épopée Métèque album image
    Épopée Métèque
    Bonbon Vodou
    13 tracks
  23. November 1
    Classics of the Cinema album image
    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
    68 tracks
  24. November 1
    Autumn Adagios album image
    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
  25. October 24
    Je te veux album image
    Je te veux
    Julie Fuchs
    1 tracks
  26. October 23
    Gourmandises amoureuses album image
    Gourmandises amoureuses
    Bonbon Vodou
    1 tracks
  27. October 2
    Les mains d'or album image
    Les mains d'or
    Bonbon Vodou
    1 tracks
  28. September 19
    Camille Saint-Saëns: L'Ancêtre album image
    Camille Saint-Saëns: L'Ancêtre
    Camille Saint-Saëns•
    Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra•
    The Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo•
    Kazuki Yamada•
    Jennifer Holloway•
    Gaëlle Arquez•
    Hélène Carpentier•
    Julien Henric
    38 tracks
  29. September 19
    Sains et saufs album image
    Sains et saufs
    Zaz
    14 tracks
  30. August 29
    Une passerelle vers la mer album image
    Une passerelle vers la mer
    Zaz
    5 tracks
  31. August 19
    Relaxing Cello album image
    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
  32. July 9
    On peut comme ça album image
    On peut comme ça
    Zaz
    4 tracks
  33. July 4
    Works for Choir album image
    Works for Choir
    Denis Rouger•
    figure humaine kammerchor
    20 tracks
  34. June 27
    Autumn Leaves album image
    Autumn Leaves
    Joseph Kosma
    1 tracks
  35. June 20
    Miserere album image
    Miserere
    figure humaine kammerchor•
    Denis Rouger
    1 tracks
  36. June 13
    RAF album image
    RAF
    Bitsu
    1 tracks
  37. June 7
    Le Sauveur (feat. Lous and The Yakuza) album image
    Le Sauveur (feat. Lous and The Yakuza)
    Benjamin Epps•
    Lous and The Yakuza
    1 tracks
  38. June 6
    Cerca de Ti (Mon amour) album image
    Cerca de Ti (Mon amour)
    Zaz
    4 tracks
  39. May 30
    Mon cœur tu es fou album image
    Mon cœur tu es fou
    Zaz
    3 tracks
  40. May 16
    Skilibeng album image
    Skilibeng
    Bitsu
    1 tracks
  1. September 18, 2026
    Ferdinand Hérold: Zampa ou La Fiancée de marbre album image
    Ferdinand Hérold: Zampa ou La Fiancée de marbre
    Ferdinand Hérold•
    Munich Radio Orchestra•
    Bavarian Radio Chorus•
    Julien Henric•
    Hélène Carpentier•
    Cyrille Dubois
    45 tracks
  2. September 18
    Sole Traveller album image
    Sole Traveller
    AnnaMae
    12 tracks
  3. June 26
    Mozart: Requiem; Mass in C Minor album image
    Mozart: Requiem; Mass in C Minor
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
    Emily D'Angelo•
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac•
    Michael Volle•
    RIAS Kammerchor•
    Chamber Orchestra of Europe•
    Yannick Nézet-Séguin
    30 tracks
  4. June 4
    Peaceful Cello album image
    Peaceful Cello
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
    Frédéric Chopin•
    Johann Sebastian Bach•
    Ludwig van Beethoven•
    Claude Debussy•
    Alexander Glazunov•
    Antonio Vivaldi•
    Antonín Dvořák•
    Astor Piazzolla•
    Camille Saint-Saëns•
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
    Carlo Graziani•
    Christoph Willibald Gluck•
    César Franck•
    Dmitri Shostakovich•
    Edvard Grieg•
    Edward Elgar•
    Ennio Morricone•
    Enrique Granados•
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold•
    Erik Satie•
    Felix Mendelssohn•
    Franz Schubert•
    Gabriel Fauré•
    George Frideric Handel•
    Jacques Offenbach•
    Jean Sibelius•
    Johannes Brahms•
    John Tavener•
    Joseph Haydn•
    Joseph Kosma•
    Jules Massenet•
    Leonard Bernstein•
    Leoš Janáček•
    Luigi Boccherini•
    Léo Delibes•
    Maria Theresia von Paradis•
    Maurice Ravel•
    Michel Legrand•
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
    Pablo Casals•
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
    Ralph Vaughan Williams•
    Robert Schumann•
    Sergei Rachmaninoff•
    Tomaso Albinoni
    89 tracks
  5. March 27
    Haydn: La Création du monde album image
    Haydn: La Création du monde
    Joseph Haydn•
    Julie Roset•
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac•
    Nahuel di Pierro•
    Le Concert de la Loge•
    Julien Chauvin•
    Chœur De Chambre De Namur
    32 tracks
  6. March 27
    Sains et saufs (Deluxe) album image
    Sains et saufs (Deluxe)
    Zaz
    21 tracks
  7. March 6
    Lost to the World album image
    Lost to the World
    Daniel Lozakovich•
    Hélène Mercier•
    Claude Debussy•
    Fritz Kreisler•
    Gabriel Fauré•
    George Frideric Handel•
    Gustav Mahler•
    Joseph Kosma•
    Kurt Weill•
    Philippe Sarde•
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    13 tracks
  8. November 14, 2025
    Épopée Métèque album image
    Épopée Métèque
    Bonbon Vodou
    13 tracks
  9. November 1
    Classics of the Cinema album image
    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
    68 tracks
  10. November 1
    Autumn Adagios album image
    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
  11. September 19
    Sains et saufs album image
    Sains et saufs
    Zaz
    14 tracks
  12. September 19
    Camille Saint-Saëns: L'Ancêtre album image
    Camille Saint-Saëns: L'Ancêtre
    Camille Saint-Saëns•
    Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra•
    The Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo•
    Kazuki Yamada•
    Jennifer Holloway•
    Gaëlle Arquez•
    Hélène Carpentier•
    Julien Henric
    38 tracks
  13. August 29
    Une passerelle vers la mer album image
    Une passerelle vers la mer
    Zaz
    5 tracks
  14. August 19
    Relaxing Cello album image
    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
  15. July 9
    On peut comme ça album image
    On peut comme ça
    Zaz
    4 tracks
  16. July 4
    Works for Choir album image
    Works for Choir
    Denis Rouger•
    figure humaine kammerchor
    20 tracks
  17. June 6
    Cerca de Ti (Mon amour) album image
    Cerca de Ti (Mon amour)
    Zaz
    4 tracks
  18. April 18
    Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer album image
    Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
    Richard Wagner•
    Lise Davidsen•
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac•
    Gerald Finley•
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra•
    Edward Gardner
    31 tracks
  19. February 14
    Loreley. Volkslieder für Chor album image
    Loreley. Volkslieder für Chor
    figure humaine kammerchor•
    Denis Rouger
    15 tracks
  20. December 6, 2024
    Les Embolies album image
    Les Embolies
    Roni Alter
    8 tracks
  1. October 23, 2026
    Close my eyes album image
    Close my eyes
    Lous and The Yakuza•
    Suki Waterhouse
    1 tracks
  2. May 29
    Le Livre d'Alvaro album image
    Le Livre d'Alvaro
    Screens of Paris
    1 tracks
  3. May 2
    Médée album image
    Médée
    Screens of Paris
    1 tracks
  4. April 23
    Lemon Squeeze album image
    Lemon Squeeze
    Lolo Zouaï•
    Lous and The Yakuza
    1 tracks
  5. April 20
    Sur le pont album image
    Sur le pont
    Screens of Paris
    1 tracks
  6. April 3
    Travelers checks album image
    Travelers checks
    Screens of Paris
    1 tracks
  7. March 20
    Youkali album image
    Youkali
    Kurt Weill•
    Julie Fuchs•
    Alphonse Cemin
    1 tracks
  8. March 16
    Tout ça pour ça Mona album image
    Tout ça pour ça Mona
    Screens of Paris
    1 tracks
  9. March 16
    Amon Lisa album image
    Amon Lisa
    Screens of Paris
    1 tracks
  10. March 13
    Love Story - Indila Remix album image
    Love Story - Indila Remix
    Indila
    1 tracks
  11. February 27
    Haydn: La Création du monde, Hob. XXI:2 (1800 Paris Version), Pt. 2: Aria. brillant de grâce et de beauté album image
    Haydn: La Création du monde, Hob. XXI:2 (1800 Paris Version), Pt. 2: Aria. brillant de grâce et de beauté
    Joseph Haydn•
    Stanislas de Barbeyrac•
    Le Concert de la Loge•
    Julien Chauvin
    1 tracks
  12. February 26
    LOVE STORY (Fairytale piano version) album image
    LOVE STORY (Fairytale piano version)
    Indila
    1 tracks
  13. January 20
    Golden Brown x Love Story album image
    Golden Brown x Love Story
    Dave Greenfield•
    Jean Jacques Burnel•
    Indila•
    Lewis Hanton
    1 tracks
  14. December 29, 2025
    Oh Wow album image
    Oh Wow
    Bitsu•
    Ricky Bishop
    1 tracks
  15. October 24
    Je te veux album image
    Je te veux
    Julie Fuchs
    1 tracks
  16. October 23
    Gourmandises amoureuses album image
    Gourmandises amoureuses
    Bonbon Vodou
    1 tracks
  17. October 2
    Les mains d'or album image
    Les mains d'or
    Bonbon Vodou
    1 tracks
  18. June 27
    Autumn Leaves album image
    Autumn Leaves
    Joseph Kosma
    1 tracks
  19. June 20
    Miserere album image
    Miserere
    figure humaine kammerchor•
    Denis Rouger
    1 tracks
  20. June 13
    RAF album image
    RAF
    Bitsu
    1 tracks