Jean-Michel Jarre discography
Jean-Michel Jarre discographyJarre in 2016
Studio albums 22 Live albums 10 Compilation albums 16 Video albums 19 Music videos 31 Singles 47 Soundtrack albums 1 Remix and cover albums 3 Books 11
Jean-Michel André Jarre (born 24 August 1948) is a French composer , performer and music producer . He is a pioneer in the electronic , synthpop , ambient and new-age genres, and an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays , and fireworks .
Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and grandparents, and trained on the piano. From an early age he was introduced to a variety of art forms, including those of street performers, jazz musicians, and the artist Pierre Soulages . He played guitar in a band, but his musical style was perhaps most heavily influenced by Pierre Schaeffer , a pioneer of musique concrète at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales.
His first mainstream success was the 1976 album Oxygène . Recorded in a makeshift studio at his home, the album sold an estimated 12 million copies. Oxygène was followed in 1978 by Équinoxe , and in 1979 Jarre performed to a record-breaking audience of more than a million people at the Place de la Concorde , a record he has since broken three times. More albums were to follow, but his 1979 concert served as a blueprint for his future performances around the world. Several of his albums have been released to coincide with large-scale outdoor events, and he is now perhaps as well known for these performances as his albums.
Jarre has sold an estimated 80 million albums and singles.[1] He was the first Western musician to be allowed to perform in the People's Republic of China , and holds the world record for the largest-ever audience at an outdoor event.
Albums
Studio albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications
FRA [2]
AUS [3]
AUT [4]
FIN [5]
GER [6]
NL [7]
NOR [8]
SWE [9]
SWI [10]
UK [11]
US [12]
NZ [13]
1973
Deserted Palace
Released: 1973
Format: LP
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—
—
—
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1976
Oxygène
Released:
December 1976 (France)
July 1977 (international)
Format: LP, MC , CD
1
29
10
12
8
4
9
3
85
2
78
3
1978
Équinoxe
Released: 1 December 1978
Format: LP, MC, CD
1
48
14
—
22
3
—
—
—
11
126
36
1981
Les Chants Magnétiques (Magnetic Fields )
Released: 20 May 1981
Format: LP, MC, CD
1
76
4
20
9
5
20
22
—
6
98
22
1983
Musique pour Supermarché (Music for Supermarkets )
Released: 6 July 1983
Format: LP (one single copy)
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1984
Zoolook
Released: 12 November 1984
Format: LP, MC, CD
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69
28
—
24
27
—
21
30
47
—
35
1986
Rendez-Vous
Released: March 1986[20]
Format: LP, MC, CD
1
58
15
6
20
12
—
8
24
9
52
26
1988
Revolutions
Released: 26 September 1988
Format: CD, MC, LP
6
91
13
9
28
17
4
13
13
2
—
—
1990
En attendant Cousteau (Waiting for Cousteau )
Released: 11 June 1990
Format: CD, MC, LP
2
—
19
12
27
27
11
22
21
14
—
—
1993
Chronologie
Released: 24 May 1993
Format: CD, MC, LP
2
—
32
10
50
56
—
25
21
11
—
—
1997
Oxygène 7–13
Released: 17 February 1997
Format: CD, MC, LP
6
89
2
11
19
10
4
16
24
11
—
20
2000
Métamorphoses
Released: 31 January 2000
Format: CD, MC, MD
7
—
28
7
17
42
19
30
32
37
—
—
2002
Sessions 2000
Released: 4 November 2002
Format: CD
140
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—
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2003
Geometry of Love
Released: October 2003
Format: CD
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—
—
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2007
Téo & Téa
Released: 26 March 2007
Format: CD, CD/DVD
8
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—
—
—
46
—
—
43
103
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—
2007
Oxygène: New Master Recording
Released: 26 November 2007
Format: CD, CD/DVD
40
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—
—
—
—
—
—
140
—
—
2015
Electronica 1: The Time Machine
Released: 16 October 2015
Format: CD, LP
3
—
12
30
4
5
14
20
2
8
—
37
2016
Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
Released: 6 May 2016
Format: CD, LP
9
—
22
19
12
14
27
27
5
8
—
—
2016
Oxygène 3
Released: 2 December 2016
Format: CD, LP, digital download
50
—
47
23
34
20
—
46
14
41
—
—
2018
Equinoxe Infinity
Released: 16 November 2018
Format: CD, LP, Limited edition CD/LP set
29
—
31
17
11
26
—
—
15
33
—
—
2021
Amazônia
Released: 9 April 2021[23]
Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
34[24]
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13
—
5
24
—
—
4
21
—
—
2022
Oxymore
Released: 21 October 2022[25]
Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
20
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17
—
14
21
—
—
11
41
—
—
Soundtrack albums
Year
Album details
1973
Les Granges Brûlées
Live albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications
FRA [2]
AUS [3]
AUT [4]
FIN [5]
GER [6]
NL [7]
SWE [9]
SWI [10]
UK [11]
NZ [13]
1982
Les Concerts en Chine (The Concerts in China )
Released: May 1982
Format: LP, CD
5
76
—
—
35
9
—
—
6
46
1987
En Concert Houston/Lyon (In Concert Houston/Lyon )
Released: 6 July 1987[26]
Format: LP, CD
2
94
19
—
31
14
11
10
18
—
1989
Jarre Live
Released: 2 October 1989
Re-released in 1996 as Destination Docklands: The London Concert
Format: CD, LP
16
—
—
19
—
57
45
—
16
—
1994
Hong Kong
21
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1998
Paris Live "Electronic Night" Featuring Tetsuya "TK" Komuro
Included in TK 1998 box set with Paris Live "Rendez-Vous '98 Electronic Night" VHS
Format: CD
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—
—
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—
—
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2004
Jarre in China
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—
—
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2005
Live from Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni)
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—
—
—
—
—
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2006
Live Printemps de Bourges 2002
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—
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2021
Welcome to the Other Side: Concert from Virtual Notre-Dame
Format: Digital download. CD/Blu-ray. LP
41[27]
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73
—
8
39
—
33
63
—
2024
Versailles 400 Live
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Compilation albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications
FRA [2]
AUS [3]
AUT [4]
FIN [5]
GER [6]
NL [7]
SWI [10]
UK [11]
1982
Synthesis
Italian-only release
Format: LP, CS
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1983
Musik aus Zeit und Raum
Central European-release only
Format: LP, MC, CD
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—
5
—
3
—
—
—
The Essential Jean-Michel Jarre
Released: 28 October 1983[28]
Format: LP, MC, CD
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51
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—
—
—
—
14
1985
The Essential 1976–1986
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1989
Les Années Laser
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1991
Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre
Released: 14 October 1991[29]
Format: CD, MC, LP
2
—
—
15
20
85
23
14
1997
Complete Oxygene
Limited edition
Format: 2CD
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2004
The Essential
23
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—
—
—
—
—
—
AERO
Released: 20 September 2004
Format: CD
2
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60
—
37
33
61
14
2006
Sublime Mix
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—
—
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2007
The Complete Oxygene
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—
—
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2011
Essentials & Rarities
70
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—
—
89
—
—
Rarities
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—
—
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—
—
—
2015
Essential Recollection
137
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—
—
—
—
—
—
2016
Oxygene Trilogy
Format: 3×CD, 3×CD+3×LP+book
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—
68
—
25
58
34
78
2018
Planet Jarre: 50 Years of Music
Released: 14 September 2018
Format: LP, 2CD
39
—
22
45
5
23
11
21
Remix albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
FRA [2]
NL [7]
UK [11]
1994
Chronologie Part 6 (Remixes)
Released: May 1994
Format: CD
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—
60
1995
Jarremix
Released: 1995
Format: CD
24
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—
1998
Odyssey Through O2
Released: 1998
Format: CD
10
92
50
2015
Remix EP (I)
Released: 2015
Format: Digital
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—
2023
Oxymoreworks
Released: 3 November 2023
Format: CD, Digital
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Non-album tracks
In addition to the catalogue of songs featured on his studio albums, Jarre has also recorded (or recordings exist of) over 30 songs not included on the original editions of the studio albums. These include new songs featured on compilation albums, soundtracks, live albums, single B-sides, stand-alone singles, songs featured on special edition releases of studio albums and songs performed live on TV.
The songs featured in the table below have either been released officially, and/or have high quality recordings (video or audio) of them accessible on public access sites such as YouTube.
Singles
This list does not include downloads or promotional singles.
Year
Song
Chart positions
Album
FRA [30]
AUS [3] [31]
BEL [32]
NL [33]
SPA [34]
UK [35]
NZ [13]
US Dance [36]
1971
"La Cage" [F]
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—
—
—
—
—
—
1973
"La Chanson Des Granges Brûlées"
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Les Granges Brûlées
1977
"Oxygène 4 "
3
26
3
3
—
4
6
—
Oxygène
"Oxygène 2"
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61
—
—
—
—
—
—
1978
"Equinoxe 5"
5
—
16
10
—
45
—
—
Équinoxe
1979
"Equinoxe 4" (single remix)
10
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1980
"Equinoxe 7" (At the Concorde - live)
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
non-album single
1981
"Magnetic Fields 2"
2
—
40
33
—
—
—
—
Les Chants Magnétiques
"Magnetic Fields 4" (single remix)
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
"The Last Rumba" [N]
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—
—
—
—
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1982
"Orient Express" (live)
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Les Concerts en Chine
"Souvenir De Chine"
4
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1984
"Zoolook"
60
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Zoolook
1985
"Zoolookologie" (single remix)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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1986
"Rendez-Vous 4"
13
79
—
—
—
65
—
41
Rendez-Vous
1987
"Rendez-Vous 2" (live)
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—
—
—
—
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—
En Concert Houston/Lyon
"Rendez-Vous 4" (live)
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—
—
—
—
—
—
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1988
"Revolutions"
—
—
—
—
—
52
—
—
Revolutions
"London Kid"
—
—
—
—
—
52
—
—
1989
"Oxygène 4 " (remix)
—
—
—
—
—
65
—
—
non-album single
1990
"Calypso"
34
149
—
—
—
91
—
—
En attendant Cousteau
1993
"Chronologie 4"
10
—
—
—
—
55
—
45
Chronologie
"Chronologie 6"
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—
—
—
—
—
—
"Chronologie 2" [F]
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
"Chronologie 8" [F]
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—
—
—
—
—
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1994
"Chronologie 6" (live) [F]
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Hong Kong
1997
"Oxygène 8"
—
—
—
53
—
17
—
17
Oxygène 7–13
"Oxygène 10"
42
—
—
76
—
21
—
—
"Oxygène 7"
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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1998
"Rendez-Vous 98" (with Apollo 440 )
—
—
—
—
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12
—
—
"Together Now " (with Tetsuya Komuro) [J]
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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1999
"C'est la vie" (with Natacha Atlas)
95
—
—
60
4
40
—
—
Métamorphoses
2000
"Tout est bleu"
—
—
—
—
—
79
—
—
2007
"Téo & Téa"
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Téo & Téa
2015
"Conquistador" (with Gesaffelstein )
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—
—
—
—
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—
Electronica 1: The Time Machine
"Glory" (with M83 )
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—
—
—
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—
"Zero Gravity" (with Tangerine Dream )
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—
"Watching You" (with 3D )
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—
"Stardust " (with Armin van Buuren )
180
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
"If..!" (with Little Boots )
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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2016
"The Heart of Noise" (with Rone )
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—
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Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
"What You Want" (with Peaches )
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"As One" (with Primal Scream )
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"Oxygène 17"
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Oxygène 3
2018
"Infinity (Movement 6)"
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—
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Equinoxe Infinity
2022
"Brutalism"
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—
—
—
—
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Oxymore
2024
"Epica Oxygène"
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—
—
—
—
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Versailles 400 Live
Notes:
F^ – Released in France only
N^ – Released in NL
U^ - Released in UK
J^ - Released in Japan
Video albums
Place De La Concorde (1980, VHS PAL-G & SECAM)
The China Concerts (1989, VHS PAL-G)
Rendez-vous Houston: A City in Concert (1989, VHS PAL-G)
Rendez-vous Lyon: Concert for the Pope (1989, VHS PAL-G)
Destination Docklands (1989, VHS PAL-G)
Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre (1991, VHS NTSC)
Paris la Defense (1992, VHS SECAM/VHS PAL-G)
Europe in Concert (1994, VHS NTSC)
Concert pour la Tolerance (1995, Laserdisc PAL)
Oxygen in Moscow (1997, DVD NTSC/VHS PAL-G, released on the US and Brazil)
Paris Live: Rendez-vous 98 Electronic Night (1998, VHS NTSC, released on Japan as part of Tetsuya "TK" Komuro's "TK 1998" boxset)
Aero DVD (2004)
Live in Beijing (2004, DVD PAL, 1-disc release in France only)
Jarre in China (2005, DVD PAL, 2-disc European re-release of the above with extra features)
Jean-Michel Jarre: Solidarnosc Live (2005, DVD NTSC; released in 1-disc and 2-disc DVD/CD versions)
Teo & Tea DVD (2007, DVD 5.1 with the "Teo & Tea" video in high definition HD, included in the "De Luxe Edition CD")
Oxygene in Moscow DVD (2007, including "Oxygene in Moscow 1997 concert" + bonus "The Making of Oxygene in Moscow")
Oxygene 2D DVD (2007, available with the special edition Oxygene 2007 album)
Oxygene 3D DVD (2007, limited edition box set which also includes 2 pairs of 3D glasses )
Music videos
Cover version albums
Oxygene - The Magic of Jean-Michel Jarre (performed by Ed Starink ) (1991)
The Symphonic Jean-Michel Jarre (performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) (2006)
Re-Oxygene (2007)
Books
Jean-Michel Jarre (1987)
Concert D'Images (1989)
Paris La Defense - Une Ville En Concert (1990)
Europe in Concert (1994)
Concert pour la Tolérance - Paris Tour Eiffel (1996)
The Millennium Concert - At The Grand Pyramids of Egypt (2000)
Akropolis - Elpida (2001)
Aero - Aalborg, Denmark (2002)
Jean-Michel Jarre à Pékin (2004)
Photo book - Live in Gdansk (2006)
The Making of Water for Life (Hardback book, published by idesine)[37] (2007)
References
^ Dreyfus Records – News – The Jean-Michel Jarre Collection , dreyfusrecords.com, 17 February 2004, archived from the original on 13 February 2008, retrieved 26 May 2009
^ a b c d French Album Charts:
^ a b c d Peaks in Australia:
All except noted: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 153. ISBN 0-646-11917-6 .
Oxyène 7–13 : Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 143.
^ a b c "Discographie Jean-Michel Jarre" . austriancharts.at . Retrieved 24 August 2011 .
^ a b c Finnish charts:
Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 168. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5 .
"Discography Jean-Michel Jarre" . finnishcharts.com . Retrieved 24 August 2011 .
^ a b c "Discographie Jean-Michel Jarre" (enter "Jean-Michel Jarre" into the "Suchen" box) . GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 23 November 2018 .
^ a b c d "Discografie Jean-Michel Jarre" . dutchcharts.nl . Retrieved 24 August 2011 .
^ "Discography Jean-Michel Jarre" . norwegiancharts.com . Retrieved 24 August 2011 .
^ a b "Discography Jean-Michel Jarre" . swedishcharts.com . Retrieved 24 August 2011 .
^ a b c "Discographie Jean-Michel Jarre - hitparade.ch" . Hubg Medien. Retrieved 24 August 2011 .
^ a b c d UK Charts:
^ "Billboard charts" . Billboard . Retrieved 14 February 2008 .
^ a b c "Discography Jean Michel Jarre" . charts.nz . Retrieved 25 August 2022 .
^ a b c d e f g h "French certifications – J-Michel Jarre" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 18 February 2022 . Select J-MICHEL JARRE and click OK.
^ "Platinum and Gold Singles 1982" . Kent Music Report . 28 February 1983. Retrieved 10 November 2021 – via Imgur .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "British certifications – Jean-Michel Jarre" . British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 31 August 2018 . Type Jean-Michel Jarre in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
^ a b c "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Jean Michel Jarre)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 31 August 2018 .
^ a b "Gold and Platinum" . Music Canada. Retrieved 31 August 2018 .
^ a b "Dutch album certifications – Jean Michel Jarre" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved 31 August 2018 . Enter Jean Michel Jarre in the "Artiest of titel" box.
^ "BPI" .
^ "Awards" . swisscharts.com . Switzerland: Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 August 2018 .
^ "Gold & Platin" . IFPI Austria . Retrieved 31 August 2018 .
^ "Amazônia by Jean-Michel Jarre" . Apple Music . Retrieved 9 April 2021 .
^ "Top Albums (Week 15, 2021)" . SNEP . Retrieved 19 April 2021 .
^ "OXYMORE by Jean-Michel Jarre" . Apple Music . Retrieved 6 September 2022 .
^ "BPI" .
^ "Top Singles (Week 37, 2021)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 23 September 2021 .
^ "Music Week ad" (PDF) .
^ "BPI" .
^ "InfoDisc : Historique des Succès Musicaux en France depuis 1900" . Infodisc.fr . Retrieved 26 December 2021 .
^ "Bubbling Down Under 17 September 1990" . 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021 .
^ "Discografie Jean Michel Jarre" . www.ultratop.be . Retrieved 8 September 2022 .
^ "Dutch Charts l" . Dutchcharts.nl . Retrieved 26 December 2021 .
^ "spanishcharts.com - Jean Michel Jarre - Vintage" . spanishcharts.com . Retrieved 3 July 2022 .
^ "UK charts" . OfficialCharts.com .
^ "Jean-Michel Jarre Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts" . www.musicvf.com . Retrieved 4 August 2022 .
^ "Publisher idesine" . Archived from the original on 11 May 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2021 .
Further reading
Needham, Graham (October 1990). "Jean-Michel Jarre". Record Collector . No. 134. pp. 68–72. ISSN 0261-250X . OCLC 9903993 .
External links