F.R. David Monthly Listeners & Spotify Streams

Overview

F.R. David currently has 4,652,472 monthly listeners and 160,578 followers. StreamClout groups F.R. David in the mainstream tier, its band for artists of comparable reach. The catalog spans 18 albums and 95 tracks and has drawn 1,924,936,516 Spotify streams in total.

F.R. David gained 31.4K monthly listeners (+0.7%) over the last 7 days and gained 362.9K monthly listeners (+8.5%) over the last 30 days. Followers gained 582 (+0.4%) over the last 7 days.

The most-streamed release is Best of F.R. David with 489,107,610 streams. The first release on record dates to 1982 — 44 years of releases tracked. Listening concentrates in Mexico City (194.0K listeners), Santiago (92.4K listeners) and São Paulo (67.1K listeners).

Streaming Statistics

• 4,652,472 monthly listeners
• 160,578 followers
• 1,924,936,516 total streams
• 18 albums
• 95 tracks

Recorded Count Changes

• Listeners 7d: +31.4K (+0.7%)
• Followers 7d: +582 (+0.4%)

Top Cities

1. Mexico City — 193,952 listeners
2. Santiago — 92,427 listeners
3. São Paulo — 67,114 listeners
4. Lima — 56,949 listeners
5. Guadalajara — 54,814 listeners

Top Tracks

1. Words - Original Version 1983 — 447,025,453 streams from Best of F.R. David
2. Words (Rerecording) — 447,025,453 streams from Aurora Dreams, Vol. 1
3. Words - Original 1982 — 447,025,453 streams from Words (Original Single 1982)
4. Words - Original Version 1983 — 447,025,453 streams from Words
5. Words (Remix 2020) — 29,756,800 streams from Words (Remix 2020)
6. Sahara Night — 18,156,493 streams from Reflections
7. Sahara Night — 18,156,493 streams from Best of F.R. David
8. Pick Up the Phone — 12,966,724 streams from Best of F.R. David
9. Pick Up the Phone — 12,966,724 streams from Words
10. Girl (You're My Song) — 4,080,658 streams from Best of F.R. David

About

Paris-based singer/composer F.R. David (born Elli Robert Fitoussi on January 1, 1947 in Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia) is often regarded as a one-hit wonder since he failed to repeat the success of his 1982 monster hit "Words" that topped the charts in a dozen European countries and even peaked at number two in Great Britain. He began his career in the early '70s as a guitarist for Vangelis and later, he was the lead vocalist in the French rock band Les Variations. After the dissolution of the band,

Discography

• Best of F.R. David — 489.1M streams (2011-12-19)
• Words — 473.5M streams (1983-01-01)
• Words (Original Single 1982) — 450.7M streams (2013-03-25)
• Aurora Dreams, Vol. 1 — 447.1M streams (2025-12-04)
• Words (Remix 2020) — 29.8M streams (2020-11-13)
• Reflections — 20.9M streams (1987-01-01)
• Long Distance Flight — 7.1M streams (1984-01-01)
• Numbers — 4.1M streams (2009-01-01)
• Midnight Drive — 646.6K streams (2013-01-01)
• What A Paradise - Comme Si Comme Ça — 574.6K streams (1982-01-01)
• Time Is Not Mine — 559.8K streams (2022-01-11)
• A Love So Beautiful — 301.7K streams (2024-02-09)

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