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The album encountered a huge success in France. It is stated to have sold 1 200 000 copies by rapper Akhenaton in his autobiography "La Face B" and 1 400 000 copies in a 2011 interview. Other sources tell of 1 500 000 copies. The album is officially certified diamond (1 000 000 copies at the time). In the months following its release, eight of its tracks were played on the rap radio station Skyrock, despite only 4 of them had a music video. The song "Demain, c'est loin", too long to be played on radios, had a music video too. It is still actually the best selling album of French Rap History. It is widely considered, among both professionals and the audience, as the best french rap album of all time, though not by the band itself. The album is often quoted as the exception by those who don't like IAM, massilian rap, or French rap in general. The 9 minutes long song "Demain c'est loin" which ends the album has often been quoted as the French Rap Anthem and the best french rap song ever. Later different versions were released. The version edited now has the song "Libère mon imagination" replaced by the song "Independenza", a single released more than one year after the album and not included in it. The album won the "Best album of the year" prize (all kinds of genres included) at the French Music Awards ceremony of 1998. The album is considered to have widely influenced French rap artists and French music industry, opening a new era of success for French rap.