Françoise Hardy’s songs in the top charts on the Spotify platform around the world

The iconic pieces of Françoise Hardy, who died on Tuesday June 11 at the age of 80, are among the top trending tracks on Spotify around the world, the market-leading music platform highlighted on Friday June 14. All the boys and girls, How to say goodbye to you And The time of love appear in the top 3 “trending listening titles” in Sweden, Italy, the Netherlands and in the top 5 in Spain, England, Canada and the United States.

In “a handful of non-French speaking countries“the pieces of Françoise Hardy”even reach more than 1,000% growth in listening, as in Germany, the United States, Belgium, England and Spain“, Spotify said in a press release.

The international aura of Françoise Hardy is not a surprise: in the ranking of the 200 best singers of all time by the American magazine Rolling Stone in 2023, she was the only French representative. In 1994, the group Blur invited her on their title To the end (The comedy). “Françoise Hardy was our introduction to French culture and had a huge importance for us“, wrote Damon Albarn, leader of this flagship Britpop group on his group’s X account. “It was a real privilege to spend time with her and visit her surprising house, where everything was in black (…) She was the definition of chic and discreet charisma.“

Françoise Hardy was the ambassador of French and pop elegance internationally, a “feminine ideal” for Mick Jagger, a fantasy figure for Bob Dylan or David Bowie. In France, 15 titles by the singer have had a “growth of more than 2,000% in listening in recent days“, specifies the platform. And these pieces are not the best known in its repertoire: I am me (+2,475%), Tomorrow is yesterday (+ 2,546%) or even My youth leaves (+2,464%).