Album sales and official news
Album sales and official news
But what’s the truth behind this year’s arguably most prestigious British Music Awards? is Susan being blacklisted by the industry because she is just not as cool as Lily Allen, Lady Gaga or other artist remembered in this year’s Brit awards?
The truth is a bit more simple than that really , in spite of all the media speculation about the Brit awards ignoring the popular singer, conspiracies against Simon Cowell and stories about how she is being bullied yet again.
Almost a month after it was broadcasted in the main TV channels in almost every country, Susan Boyle’s TV special still remains as one of Susan most dear and special moments in this dream she is living in since she was catapulted to stardom last year.
One of the first words of the video that made Susan famous was that she wanted to be like Elaine Page and as of she was telling her wish to genie a few days lates she was as famous or more than Elaine Page and a few months down the line Susan and Elaine sang together in a TV special dedicated to Susan Boyle.
“I can’t believe I have just sung on a stage with Elaine Paige – she is an icon of the stage. I know I don’t have the years behind me that she has had but I sang with her as an equal. That is something I never thought I would do.”
-says Susan in her dressing room after singing her duet with Elaine.
If you weren’t able to watch Susan’s TV special when it aired here you have an opportunity to watch it
With more than 5 million albums sold worldwide, 2,4 of those sold in the United States, Susan Boyle is becoming one of the highest selling artist of the year blocking solid acts like Alicia Keys and Andrea Bocelli from the top of the best selling albums lists.
Susan Boyle sold 661,00 copies of her CD “I Dreamed a Dream” this week in the USA and according to Billboard SUsan Boyle is on her way to sell more than 500,00 copies this week placing here way ahead of May J Blige´s “Stronger with Each Tear” which is on it´s way to sell around 300,000 copies, still no match for Susan Boyle´s.
If, as Billboard predicts, Susan sells in the neighborhood of half a million copies this week, she will likely be the best selling artist of the year outperforming Taylor Swift´s album, which has sold over 2,930,000 copies.
