French Sweep: July 16, 2013...

Hey gang, I'm back with this week's new songs from the official French music charts, as Daft Punk climbs back to #1 for an eighth non-consecutive week with "Get Lucky"...

The top-debut is from an album from a collective of artists under the banner of "Tropical Family", which has an album that came in at #5 this week. A cut from the project, a remake of the bachata song "Obsession" by Aventura done by Lucenzo and Kenza Farah, comes in at #23. The original was a #1 hit in this country in 2004...

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French girl-group The Mess, who won the last season of the singing competition Popstars, comes in at #34 with their first single, "Au Top"...

Veteran new wave group Depeche Mode enter at #45 with "Soothe My Soul"...

 Singer Sophie Tith, who won France's version of American Idol, Nouvelle Star, back in February enters with two songs this week. First at #68 is her cover of Elton John's "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"...

French hip-hop duo Casseurs Flowters arrives at #70 with their first single "Bloque" ("Blocked"). Member Orelsan went to #9 in 2011 with "La Terre est Ronde"...

EDM superduo Duck Sauce, made of Armand van Helden and A-Trak, dance in at #76 with "It's You". The pair went all the way to #3 in 2010 with "Barbra Streisand"...

Florent Mothe who starred in the successful Mozart, L'Opera Rock, debuts at #79 with "Les blessures qui ne se voient pas" ("The Unseen Injuries"). It's my "French Pick of the Week"...

Colombian-born singer Carolina Marquez, who now lives in Rome, enters at #81 with "Sing La La La" featuring rapper Flo Rida and soca singer Dale Saunders. It's an interpolation of the song "Around The World (La La La)", a Russian pop song made famous by the German group ATC in 2000...

The second entry from Sophie Tith, a version of Ed Sheeran's "The A Team", is in at #99...

The final debut of the week at #100 is by alt-electronica group Major Lazer, who are already at #5 with "Watch Out For This (Bumaye)". Their new one, "Bubble Butt" includes Bruno Mars on the chorus and Tyga and Mystic on guest rap...

That's it for now...I'll return with the newest in Germany in a bit...