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| Boyle album makes chart history | Boyle album makes chart history |
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| Singer Susan Boyle's album is number one after it became the best-selling debut in UK chart history. | Singer Susan Boyle's album is number one after it became the best-selling debut in UK chart history. |
| Boyle, a runner-up in ITV's Britain's Got Talent, has sold 410,000 copies of I Dreamed a Dream, beating the likes of Leona Lewis, Lady GaGa and Rihanna. | Boyle, a runner-up in ITV's Britain's Got Talent, has sold 410,000 copies of I Dreamed a Dream, beating the likes of Leona Lewis, Lady GaGa and Rihanna. |
| Pop mogul Simon Cowell said he was proud his protege, adding: "She did it her way and made a dream come true." | Pop mogul Simon Cowell said he was proud his protege, adding: "She did it her way and made a dream come true." |
| The Official UK Singles Chart was topped by Peter Kay's charity single for the BBC's Children in Need appeal. | The Official UK Singles Chart was topped by Peter Kay's charity single for the BBC's Children in Need appeal. |
| The Animated All Star Band, featuring a host of children's characters from Postman Pat to the Wombles, climbed to the top spot from last week's number eighteen. | The Animated All Star Band, featuring a host of children's characters from Postman Pat to the Wombles, climbed to the top spot from last week's number eighteen. |
| The highest new entry was Rihanna's Russian Roulette, which debuted at number six. | The highest new entry was Rihanna's Russian Roulette, which debuted at number six. |
| Boyle also made an appearance in the singles chart, entering at number nine with her Rolling Stones cover Wild Horses. | Boyle also made an appearance in the singles chart, entering at number nine with her Rolling Stones cover Wild Horses. |
| FASTEST-SELLING ALBUMS OF 2009 1 Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream2 JLS - JLS3 Robbie Williams - Reality Killed The Video Star4 Eminem - Relapse5 U2 - No Line On The Horizon Source: Official UK Charts Company | FASTEST-SELLING ALBUMS OF 2009 1 Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream2 JLS - JLS3 Robbie Williams - Reality Killed The Video Star4 Eminem - Relapse5 U2 - No Line On The Horizon Source: Official UK Charts Company |
| Boyle, 48, said the news was "fantastic". | Boyle, 48, said the news was "fantastic". |
| Her album is also expected to top the charts in the US. | Her album is also expected to top the charts in the US. |
| The huge first-week sales have already smashed several records, giving Boyle the fastest-selling album of the year so far, and one of the biggest first week sales for any artist album in chart history. | The huge first-week sales have already smashed several records, giving Boyle the fastest-selling album of the year so far, and one of the biggest first week sales for any artist album in chart history. |
| Cowell said: "In Britain's Got Talent she opened her mouth and the world fell in love with her, which is why her album has been the fastest selling of any woman making her debut." | Cowell said: "In Britain's Got Talent she opened her mouth and the world fell in love with her, which is why her album has been the fastest selling of any woman making her debut." |
| Martin Talbot, of the Official Charts Company, described Boyle's achievement as "phenomenal". | Martin Talbot, of the Official Charts Company, described Boyle's achievement as "phenomenal". |
| BIGGEST FIRST WEEK SALES FOR A DEBUT ALBUM 1 Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream (2009)2 Leona Lewis - Spirit (2007)3 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006) Source: Official UK Charts Company | BIGGEST FIRST WEEK SALES FOR A DEBUT ALBUM 1 Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream (2009)2 Leona Lewis - Spirit (2007)3 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006) Source: Official UK Charts Company |
| Sales trends suggest the album is largely being bought by the over-30s market. | |
| Supermarket chain Tesco, which has sold 100,000 copies, says that just 3% of its sales were downloads - a method favoured by a younger audience. | |
| By comparison, about 9% of Tesco's sales for X Factor winner Alexandra Burke's debut album were downloads. | |
| High street retailers HMV indicated that their sales figures showed about one album download for every four CDs sold. | |
| Health fears | Health fears |
| Boyle, from West Lothian, struggled to handle the worldwide attention she gained after her first audition was watched by millions on television and online. | Boyle, from West Lothian, struggled to handle the worldwide attention she gained after her first audition was watched by millions on television and online. |
| In June, she was admitted to The Priory clinic after suffering an anxiety attack in the aftermath of the Britain's Got Talent final, where she lost out to dance troupe Diversity. | In June, she was admitted to The Priory clinic after suffering an anxiety attack in the aftermath of the Britain's Got Talent final, where she lost out to dance troupe Diversity. |
| She also missed a number of live shows on the Britain's Got Talent tour after suffering with exhaustion. | She also missed a number of live shows on the Britain's Got Talent tour after suffering with exhaustion. |
| Cowell, who judges on Britain's Got Talent as well as being its creator, admitted that mistakes were made in handling Boyle's speedy rise to global fame. | Cowell, who judges on Britain's Got Talent as well as being its creator, admitted that mistakes were made in handling Boyle's speedy rise to global fame. |