Many years ago, when I was a teenager, I had a friend who was from France and working as an au pair in England. She gave me several 45 rpm records (anyone remember those?) of pop songs from French singers--men and women. But in general, she preferred American (and sometimes British) pop music. I don't know if that was typical of young French people then, or if it is typical now. And I don't know if it was because of the language, or because the English speaking singers were just marketed better.
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