This date marks the debut broadcast of Top 50, a television chart show on the recently launched Canal+ network. The date recognised as the start of SNEP's charts in the modern era is 4 November 1984. These charts were abandoned in November 1977 due to disputes in the French music industry, leaving France without an official sales chart. Earlier that year, with reference to the new chart compiler, Billboard had reported that 'for the first time the main record companies are cooperating in an effort to produce a reliable sales chart which will serve the industry.' By July 1973, SNICOP had long been publishing a national albums chart. SNICOP published its first national singles chart, or 'Hit Parade Officiel', in October 1968, compiled by the Centre d'Information et de Documentation du Disque. While the list continued to demonstrate the dominance of EPs, the English band Procol Harum succeeded in achieving the first French number 1 single, with their 1967 release ' A Whiter Shade of Pale'. The chart then resumed in June 1967, overseen by a new French correspondent, until SNICOP's involvement in late 1968. France's coverage in Billboard 's 'Hits of the World' continued until May 1964, when Adamis resigned from his position. The number 1 record was an Edith Piaf EP featuring the song ' Non, je ne regrette rien'.

The magazine's French correspondent, Eddie Adamis, compiled a top 10 list of the country's preferred format, the extended play (EP), for Billboard 's 'Hits of the World' column of 5 June 1961. The first attempt at a French national chart of best-selling records originated from a request by the American music industry magazine Billboard. 4 Sales and streaming charts: Significant milestones and achievements 2017–present.

3 Sales charts: Significant milestones and achievements 1984–2019.

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