 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 as a performer as he is as a musician . 
