On June 30, La Dépêche listed the potential hits of this summer 2024. A large part of them appear in the list of the most listened to tracks for two months on the online music platforms Spotify and Deezer.
The big winner is Carbonne with “Imagine”. Carbonne is a young rapper from Montpellier. “Imagine” is a sunny pop track with a memorable chorus. A clean sweep for the 27-year-old since the success of the track was immediate. The track has exceeded 85 million listens on Spotify.
The other big winner is rapper Gims with “Spider”. We no longer present (Maître) Gims. The rapper has been churning out hits for years. For this summer, he shared the microphone with Belgian-Moroccan rapper Dystinct for an Afro-pop track called “Spider”.
Third place goes to FloyyMenor and Cris MJ for “Gata Only”. The performer is an 18-year-old artist from Chile, FloyyMenor. He sings malianteo, a genre derived from reggaeton. “Gata Only” was all the rage this winter in Latin American countries.
However, it was another single that was the most popular on the radio this summer. The most played song week after week is “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter, according to the Top Radio ranking of the National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing (SNEP).
As the summer progressed, the Top 3 most popular radio airplays included “Imagine” by Carbonne, “Training season” by Dua Lipa, “Gata Only” by FloyyMenor and Austin with “Dasha”.
Since the end of August, Coldplay’s new song has made a strong entrance into the most played songs on the radio. “Feels like I’m falling in love” is shaping up to be one of the hits of this fall.
