Charts: Top Albums Rock & Metal France – Week of January 17

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Discover the official charts of Rock & Metal albums in France SNEP/SCPP/OUT Week 4 (from January 17 to 23, 2025).

The top of the ranking of rock and metal charts remains significantly the same, with the undertaken From Zero of Linkin Park And Babel Babel d 'Indochina And the freshly arrived The Human Fear by Franz Ferdinand.

However, there is a spectacular rise in March of the United of The Halo Effectwhich earns more than 60 places after that of its release. Alliance between Michael Stanne, singer of Dark tranquesty, and former members of In Flames Niclas Engelin, Peter Iwers, Jesper Strömblad and Daniel Svesson, he shows that the melodic Death Metal can be a success of success in the charts.

The rest of the ranking remains significantly similar, apart from the entrance to 24th place in Live Magic at Trading Boundaries of Steve Hackettextracts from the beautiful acoustic performance of the ex-genesis.

The appetite of the French public for these musical aesthetics is not found only in the charts, as noted by the director general of the SNEP, pointing out that “The Hellfest is also the largest festival in France. »»

Discover the complete ranking on the SNEP website.

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The methodology of this official classification

Are eligible for Top Rock & Metal The albums of novelties (marketed for fewer three years) rock repertoires and metal, informed as the distributor. This classification holds sales account of supports as well as that farms digital audio and video, according to defined parameters by the profession and transcribed in theTop rules developed by the SNEP. The avowed goal is to “Show the richness and diversity of musical successes that adopted these aesthetics,” Explain to the editorial staff Alexandre Lasch, managing director of SNEP. A new ranking which is placed in a view already set up by the organization: “We had already set up rankings with classic and jazz. So we wanted to show more the successes of rock and metal in France. »»

Find this ranking in WECB:

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  • Each month in the monthly paper With an analysis of trends, the monthly classification is available in our number 168, with Bruce Springsteen and Zach Bryan on the cover, available via our online store.
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