French Sweep: November 13, 2012...

Hey gang. It's time to cross the Atlantic for this week's French Sweep sampling the new songs making their way on to their official music charts. This week Adele climbs to the #1 position with "Skyfall", her second chart-topping single.

The highest debut of the week at #47 is Swiss singer Bastian Baker, who appeared on France's version of Dancing With The Stars, with his version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", his first hit single..

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Actor/singer Benjamin Biolay comes in at #60 with his first solo hit, "Aime mon Amour" ("Love My Love")...

Marseilles-born DJ Mam's enters at #70 with "Fiesta Buena" ("Good Party" in Spanish) featuring Luis Guisao and Soldat Jahman. Earlier this earlier he went to #7 with "Zumba He Zumba Ha (2012 Remix)"...

Stone & Van Linden arrive at #87 with "Summerbreeze"...

Irish rockers the Script are at #89 with their UK #1 hit "Hall Of Fame" featuring will.i.am...

The final debut at #99 is British singer Des'ree with "Kissing You", a song from the soundtrack to the 1997 Baz Luhrmann treatment of Romeo & Juliet. It was a top-20 hit in Australia back then...

That's it for now...later today I'll cross the border to bring you the latest in Germany. Au revoir!