French Sweep: October 2, 2012...

Hey folks, it's time for a trip over the ocean to see the new song making their debut in France according to their official charts. This week dance group C2C jump from #7 to #1 with their hit "Down The Road"...

The top debut this week belongs to French rapper Booba, who scores his first top-10 single off the bat as "Caramel" is at #10 in its first week. The last single for the artist who group up in the Parisian environs, "Scarface" was his previous leader at #20...

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French singer Jenifer (Bartoli), from the southeastern city of Nice, had a #1 hit back in 2002 after she won the TV comp Star Academy with a remake of ABBA's "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)". She's now a coach/judge herself on France's version of The Voice, and her new single "L'amour et Moi" ("Love and Me") comes in at #27...

The Swedish House Mafia get their second top-40 hit in France as "Don't You Worry Child" debuts at #37. "Save The World" peaked at #30 last year...

Asian-American rap/dance collective the Far East Movement's debut single "Like A G6" went to #14 here in France back in 2010. Their latest featuring Barbadian group Cover Drive, "Turn Up The Love", enters at #70...

Singer Axel Tony's first single, "Avec Toi" ("With You") debuts at #78...

Entering at #80 is American singer Lana Del Rey, who's had a lot of success in France with her debut album, Born To Die. Her song "Video Games" made it to #2 here last year, and her latest, a cover of Bobby Vinton's "Blue Velvet", is her sixth to make this country's top-100...

Christina Aguilera has taken three singles to #3 on the French chart: "Genie In A Bottle", "Hurt", and last year's "Moves Like Jagger" with Maroon 5.  The diva's latest, "Your Body", pops in at #84...

Meanwhile, another American superstar, Pink, has taken two songs to #4 here, "Get This Party Started" and "So What". Her latest, "Try", is in at #87...

A third Amercian, Ne-Yo, has only been in the French top-10 once, with last year's "Give Me Everything" supporting Pitbull. He debuts at #93 with a former #1 UK hit, "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)"...

DJ (Adam) Assad is from the island nation of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, a country that crams over a million people in just 787 square miles. Back in 2008, he had a top-20 hit here in France with "Summer Lovin'", and four years later, he's back at #97 with "Addicted", featuring Congolese singer Mohombi (who went to #3 in 2010 with "Bumpy Ride"), British singer Craig David (whose best so far is "Do It On My Own" with Remady at #12), and French DJ/producer Greg Parys )who had a minor hit in 2010 with "Get Sexy")...

That does it for the French side of the house, check back later this evening as I cross the border for the latest in Germany on "Kraut Sweep". Cheers!