Francophonie Diffusion

Francophonie Diffusion was a French association created in February 1993 to promote French and Francophone music internationally. It was supported by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the French Ministry of Culture, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, ADAMI, and SACEM (Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique).

Objectives and Activities

• International promotion: Francophonie Diffusion aimed to export French label releases and promote French artists worldwide. It had a network of over 1,000 media outlets, including around 800 radio stations, festivals and music supervisors in 100 countries.
• Charts Musicaux : The association published monthly and annual charts of the world’s most popular French-language singles.

History

Francophonie Diffusion merged with Le Bureau export on January 1, 2014. After this merger, it ceased operations in 2017, and its website was redirected to that of Le Bureau export. Le Bureau export itself merged in 2020 with three other associations to form the Centre national de la musique.

More information about Francophonie Diffusion is available on wikipedia.