Scottish singer Susan Boyle sets British chart record with debut CD
British singer Susan Boyle displays a copy of her CD, at the front door of her house in Blackburn, Scotland, on Saturday. Susan Boyle’s debut record, “I Dreamed A Dream,” entered the British album chart in the top spot Sunday. (Associated Press photo)
Scottish singer Susan Boyle, the breakout star if not the winner of the reality TV show “Britain’s Got Talent,” has the fastest-selling album in Britain this year.
MTV.com reports that Boyle’s debut album, “I Dreamed a Dream,” entered the British charts at No. 1 Sunday on sales of 410,000. That sets a record for the biggest first-week sales for a debut album in U.K. chart history, beating out earlier big debuts by the Arctic Monkeys and Leona Lewis.
The album, a mixture of her most famous covers and holiday-appropriate standards, previously took the record for the biggest global CD pre-order in the 14-year history of Amazon.com. Along with her covers of the Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses” (the first single) and Madonna’s “You’ll See,” the album includes the 48-year-old singer’s renditions of the hymns “Amazing Grace,” “Silent Night,” and “How Great Thou Art,” the Monkees hit “Daydream Believer,” and one original song, “Who I Was Born to Be.”
The album sold more than 130,000 copies in its first day in England and has hit No. 1 in Australia and Ireland, according to MTV.
It is also expected to hit No. 1 in the U.S. this week, with experts predicting its 600,000-plus first-week sales will easily best the sales for America reality TV star Adam Lambert’s post-”American Idol” debut “For Your Entertainment.”
The newly minted hitmaker will be the subject of a TV Guide Channel documentary, “I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story,” that will air Dec. 13. The show will feature performances and interviews with Boyle as well as friends and supporters, including “Britain’s Got Talent” and “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell.
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-BAM
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I love her CD. Her voice is amazing. I am so happy for Susan