Au Cœur Du Stade
Celine Dion
Au cœur du stade is Céline Dion’s fourth live album, released on August 27, 1999 and recorded at the Stade de France in Paris during two sold‑out shows on June 19 and 20, 1999. Captured at the height of her Let’s Talk About Love era superstardom, the concerts drew a combined audience of over 180,000 people, making them among the largest performances of her career and underscoring her huge appeal in the Francophone world. The CD edition features 11 tracks (about 64 minutes) focused mainly on her French‑language repertoire from S’il suffisait d’aimer (1998), while a companion DVD released later in 1999 presents the full 90‑minute show, including additional songs and backstage footage.
The album’s setlist highlights a mix of contemporary and classic material: French songs like “Dans un autre monde,” “Je sais pas,” “Je crois toi,” “Terre,” “J’irai où tu iras,” “S’il suffisait d’aimer,” and “On ne change pas,” plus a crowd‑pleasing acoustic medley of early hits (“Ce n’était qu’un rêve,” “D’amour ou d’amitié,” “Mon ami m’a quittée,” “L’amour existe encore,” and “Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)”), and English‑language blockbusters “Let’s Talk About Love” and “My Heart Will Go On.” Critics noted that Au cœur du stade shows a different facet of Dion than her English live albums, balancing big adult‑contemporary ballads with more pop‑ and rock‑oriented songs and giving generous space to her French catalog. Commercially, it was a major success: the album sold over two million copies worldwide, went double‑platinum in France, platinum in Belgium and Switzerland, gold in Canada, and topped charts across Francophone Europe, peaking at number nine on the European Top 100 Albums chart.
Au Cœur Du Stade
Celine Dion
Au cœur du stade is Céline Dion’s fourth live album, released on August 27, 1999 and recorded at the Stade de France in Paris during two sold‑out shows on June 19 and 20, 1999. Captured at the height of her Let’s Talk About Love era superstardom, the concerts drew a combined audience of over 180,000 people, making them among the largest performances of her career and underscoring her huge appeal in the Francophone world. The CD edition features 11 tracks (about 64 minutes) focused mainly on her French‑language repertoire from S’il suffisait d’aimer (1998), while a companion DVD released later in 1999 presents the full 90‑minute show, including additional songs and backstage footage.
The album’s setlist highlights a mix of contemporary and classic material: French songs like “Dans un autre monde,” “Je sais pas,” “Je crois toi,” “Terre,” “J’irai où tu iras,” “S’il suffisait d’aimer,” and “On ne change pas,” plus a crowd‑pleasing acoustic medley of early hits (“Ce n’était qu’un rêve,” “D’amour ou d’amitié,” “Mon ami m’a quittée,” “L’amour existe encore,” and “Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)”), and English‑language blockbusters “Let’s Talk About Love” and “My Heart Will Go On.” Critics noted that Au cœur du stade shows a different facet of Dion than her English live albums, balancing big adult‑contemporary ballads with more pop‑ and rock‑oriented songs and giving generous space to her French catalog. Commercially, it was a major success: the album sold over two million copies worldwide, went double‑platinum in France, platinum in Belgium and Switzerland, gold in Canada, and topped charts across Francophone Europe, peaking at number nine on the European Top 100 Albums chart.