35 million records sold. Or as much as during his lifetime. Indeed, since his death on March 11, 1978, Claude François is still enjoying as much success with its pieces, each one as cult as the next. And this allows one of his sons, Claude François Junior
to be able to make a living from it.
Indeed, invited this Tuesday April 9, 2024 on the set of Buzz TV from Figarothe singer’s son came to promote a cruise in the Mediterranean planned for October 6 to 13 during which special evenings around the singer will be planned.
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“We will have several highlights and activities. We start with a big bamboo, a disco evening called “Cloclo Night Fever”. There will also be a karaoke conference with André Torrent and Dani Borg, an ex-Clodette”he detailed.
During the interview, journalist Sarah Lecoeuvre returned to the posthumous success of the piece As per usual of Claude François. “For the record, it’s Xavier Niel who owns the rights to As usual. You resold the rights, is that right?”she asked her guest.
To which the main interested party replied: “I resold part. Xavier Niel is, from memory, one of the ten investors, he is not the only one. He did it as part of an investment and it is managed by an independent French group who also manages the catalogs in France of lots of artists like Daft Punk and who do that very well”.
“As per usual” earns big every year
Subsequently, Sarah Lecoeuvre and Damien Canivez wanted to know if Claude François Junior had the opportunity to live solely on his father’s inheritance. Obviously, this would be possible because if he wanted “stop working [il a] enough to live with the rights”.
“Yeah, My Way (Franck Sinatra’s adaptation of the title Comme d’habit) is colossal. It’s a number with six zeros. But it’s the most widely broadcast French song in the world. Above all, the melody. And then there are the advertisements and beyond that it is a testament song, which is the song most used in funeral ceremonies”, he notably confided.