''Au cœur de moi'' (At the core of my heart) is the second studio album and debut major label album by French-

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i singer

Amir Haddad Laurent Amir Khlifa Khedider Haddad ( he, לורן עמיר חליפה חדידר חדד, born 20 June 1984), better known as Amir Haddad ( he, עמיר חדד), or simply as Amir, is a French-Israeli singer and songwriter. He took part in 2006 ...

. It was released on 29 April 2016 in

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through

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. The album includes the singles " Oasis" and " J'ai cherché", the song that represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden at the

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. The album has peaked at number 6 on the

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, it has also charted in

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and Switzerland. The album was produced by Skydancers, Tiery F, Felipe Saldivia, Fred Savio, Nyadjiko and The Bionix. A special 2-disc collector's edition of the album was released on 11 November 2016.

Reception

Commercial performance

The album went straight to number 14 on the

on its first week of release, peaking to number 6. On 7 May 2016 the album entered the Belgium Wallonia Albums Chart at number 43, peaking at number 23 on 21 May 2016. On 8 May the album entered the Swiss Albums Chart at number 52. The album went gold within 2 months of its release, and on June 21, 2016, Amir received the award during the Fête de la Musique concert in Toulouse. As of September 2018, it has gone triple platinum in France, gold in Switzerland and gold in Belgium.

Singles

" Oasis" was released as the lead single from the album on 25 June 2015, peaking to number 101 on the

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. " J'ai cherché" was released as the second single from the album on 15 January 2016, peaking to number 2 on the

. On 29 February 2016 France 2 announced that the song would be the French entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Being a member of the " Big Five", the song automatically advanced to the final which took place on 14 May 2016 at the

in Stockholm, Sweden. He performed the song during the first Semi-final on 10 May 2016. The song finished in 6th place with 257 points, France's best finish since 2002 and the highest-scoring entry to date in its contest history. "

On dirait "On dirait" ( en, Looks like) is a song performed by French-Israeli singer Amir Haddad. The song was released as a digital download on 29 August 2016 as the third single from his second studio album '' Au cœur de moi'' (2016). The song was written ...

" was released as the third single from the album on 29 August 2016, peaking to number 15 on the

. " Au cœur de moi" was released as the fourth single from the album on 6 February 2017.

Reception

Commercial performance

Singles

Track listing

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Certifications

Year-end charts

Release history

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