Johnny Hallyday 's posthumous album, "My country is love," sold 780,177 copies in one week, a record, while it was released on October 19, 2018.

The opus of Johnny Hallyday still beats records. It sold 780,177 copies in one week (cumulative physical and digital sales), a historical figure and a record in France for a start, announced Friday, October 26 his record company Warner Music France.

"This is the best start on a week of sales in the history of music in France, the last record being held by Johnny Hallyday himself in 2002 with 305 634 albums sold," says Thierry Chassagne, the boss of Warner in a statement.

"The fans are at the rendezvous of this exceptional album.

I feel a great pride for all the teams who have worked on this very particular and moving production, " he continues.

From its first day of marketing, the album had already become a diamond disc with more than 500,000 copies sold in three days.

"It has been a long time since CD manufacturers were put to the test in response to such public demand , " said Stu Bergen, General Manager of Global Business Services at Warner Music Group.

And if "My country is love", 51st opus of Johnny, became the biggest commercial success of the singer?