Chart Performances
In France, the album debuted at number 8 on April 1988, but it dropped to number 26 five months later. However, thanks to the successful single "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" (number-one hit on December 1988), the album reached number one for two weeks on December 1988. The album managed to stay for eleven months in the top ten and about one year on the chart. On 29 June 1988, the album was certified Gold disc by the SNEP for 100,000 copies sold, then Platinum disc for 300,000 sales, then Double platinum disc on 17 February 1989 for 600,000 sales, and eventually Diamond disc on 14 November 1989 for a minimum of 1,000,000 copies sold. According to the French show Les Hits de Diamant, broadcast on M6 on October 20, 2007, Ainsi soit je... is the 46th best-selling album of all time in France.
The album was also released in Germany, where it reached number 47.
On March 20, 2005, the album, then reissued in a digipack version, entered the French Top Mid' Price for four weeks, peaking at number 2.
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