Susan Boyle: Official Topic

[celinesounds]

maybe it will be the best selling album of the year

[Prince Whiskers]

Projected to be #1 for the third straight week in the US.

 

Them hoes Shakira, Rihanna and Gaga biting her dust in the charts. :giggle:

[Lian]

Well, I listened to her album for the first time yesterday. Was very impressed with 'Wild Horses', but sorry, I am nót impressed by her version of I Dreamed A Dream. I am a big Les Mis-fan, and she really ruins the song. It's just not the right emotion, somehow.

 

Do like the rest though

[celinesounds]

Sales to date

 

Susan Boyle I Dreamed A Dream 2.332.500

[celinesounds]

Best selling album of the year 4 880 500

 

 

'I Dreamed A Dream' sold nearly 5 million copies in four weeks"

Edited December 26, 2009 at 06:58 PM by celinesounds

[Ted]

BOYLE-ING OVER: Susan Boyle’s runaway Syco/Columbia best seller, I Dreamed a Dream, has achieved R.I.A.A. certification for four times platinum shipments in 45 days, the fastest since the org instituted the multi-platinum category in 1984. The album has been #1 now six charts in a row, logging in another 131k this week, for a total of more than 3.1 million to date. And she's the only woman out there not sleeping with Tiger Woods. We think. (1/6p)

[popstar60]

4x Platinum in the USA!!! She will finish at least at 5,000,000 copies sold there!

[popstar60]

329,000 copies sold this week in the world! Christmas is over! The new total is 6,343,000!

[GoldenLeaf]

Susan Boyle will follow last year's record-setting debut "I Dreamed a Dream" with "The Gift," her second full-length. Set for release Nov. 9 on SYCO/Columbia Records, the 10-track album will feature the "Britain's Got Talent" superstar offering a "seasonal collection" of holiday songs and inspirational pop covers.

 

A cover of "Perfect Day," the Lou Reed song that Boyle unsuccessfully tried to sing on "America's Got Talent" earlier this month, will be the album's first single.

 

Boyle's "Gift" will also include performances of Christmas classics like "The First Noel," "O Holy Night" and "Away In A Manger," as well as re-workings of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over." Boyle will duet with Amber Stassi, the winner of her Susan's Search online talent contest, on "Do You Hear What I Hear?"

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjQK8KDUV8A

 

"I wanted there to be a mix of songs that would flow with all our moods this holiday season," says Boyle of "The Gift" in a statement. "As much as the season is a time for reflection, it is also a time for fun and enjoyment with those closest to us."

 

Upon its November 2009 release, "I Dreamed a Dream" became the only debut album by a female artist to debut at No. 1 and top the Billboard 200 for six weeks. The set has since sold 3.8 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

http://www.billboard.com/news/susan-boyle-...004115795.story

 

http://www.boozetoi.fr/pics/09/0918_susan_boyle_the_gift_son_nouvel_album_et_chante_pour_le_pape.JPG

 

Here is the full tracklist of her sophomore album "The Gift" :

 

1. "Perfect Day"

2. "Hallelujah"

3. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (featuring Amber Stassi)

4. "Don't Dream It's Over"

5. "The First Noel"

6. "O Holy Night"

7. "Away in a Manger"

8. "Make Me a Channel of Your Peace"

9. "Auld Lang Syne"

10. "O Come All Ye Faithful"

Edited October 4, 2010 at 03:29 PM by Calypso

[Céline74]

Wow she looks unrecognizable on that cover...

[celinesounds]

Wow she looks unrecognizable on that cover...

 

 

so Mariah Carey too

[GoldenLeaf]

Her album is currently #1 on amazon.ca and #3 on amazon.com

 

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/bestsellers/music/ref=pd_dp_ts_m_1

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/music/ref=pd_dp_ts_m_1

 

I bet ''The Gift'' will sell millions and millions of copies worldwide just like ''I Dreamed A Dream''. She will overpower everybody in the music industry once again.

Edited November 2, 2010 at 03:15 PM by Calypso

[GoldenLeaf]

Samples from ''The Gift''

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGryQc04eaw

 

For me her ''I Dreamed A Dream'' album was a disappoint overall because it lacked feelings (IMO) but this album judging by these short samples sounds classy but sultry and touching at the same time. Just listen to the ''Hallelujah'' sample at 0:31, we can tell she really ''feels'' the song.

Edited November 3, 2010 at 06:20 PM by Calypso

[celinesounds]

the album is on the web now

[celinesounds]

this is her best album, amazing vocals, even some songs sounds like lullaby

[GoldenLeaf]

SWIFT AND BOYLE REVISIT YEAR-END CHART BATTLE

 

After Duking It Out for 2009’s Best-Seller, They Go Head-to-Head on Next Week’s Chart

 

_{November 10, 2010}

 

It’s age vs. youth for next week’s chart, as a debuting Susan Boyle will battle it out against Taylor Swift for #1 on next week’s HITS Album sales chart.

 

The duel is a repeat of last year, when Swift’s Fearless and Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream went to the wire as 2009’s top-selling album, with the country princess barely edging the hard-charging Britain’s Got Talent star at the finish line.

 

Look for Boyle’s sophomore Columbia album, The Gift, to keep on giving for the holidays, after debuting this week with 240-260k, which would put her neck-and-neck for the top spot alongside the third week for Swift’s Speak Now. Which is good news for Lou Reed, whose “Perfect Day” is the first single from the Scottish singer’s release.

 

Swift’s album should benefit from tonight’s CMA awards, while the Boyle album is a certain stocking-stuffer as we head into the teeth of the gifting season.

 

Universal Motown rap superstar Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager bows with a number between 180-220k, a lock for the #3 position.

 

Capitol/EMI’s debuting Now 36 is up next, with a total of 80-85k, while Island/IDJ’s Bon Jovi will score 70-75lk with their Greatest Hits—The Ultimate Collection package.

 

Valory/Big Machine veteran country star Reba McEntire is counting on All the Women I Am to buy between 60-65k of her new release.

 

Gnarls Barkley and former Goodie Mob moonlighting soul crooner Cee-Lo Green’s New Elektra album, The Lady Killer, rides the viral smash, “f*** You,” to between 30-35k, followed by ABR/EMI’s Alter Bridge (24-27k) and Get Money Gang/EMI’s Twista (19-22k).

 

The market was down 6% vs. last week, down 21% vs. same week last year and still down 13% year to date. You can now resume looking for Bret Favre’s penis text on your iPhone.

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPa...gi?news08298m01

[trls]

That kind of sucks compare to the first week sales of her first album which was over 700k. 250k is not that bad, probably going to be platinum at the end of the day.

[celinefanonline]

well i got her xmas album

i would say it's not bad but it's not everyone's cup of tea

some would love it some wouldn't like it as much...

as for me i would give it like 3 out of 5

and i think it lack some xmasish feelings in some songs

also she should have record some faster songs

 

what u guys think?

[GoldenLeaf]

LW TW artist / album label power index % change

-- 1 SUSAN BOYLE COLUMBIA 321,506 --

THE GIFT

1 2 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 209,512 -36%

SPEAK NOW

-- 3 KID CUDI UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 176,298 --

MAN ON THE MOON 2: LEGEND OF MR.

-- 4 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 36 CAPITOL/EMI 87,872 --

VARIOUS ARTISTS

-- 5 BON JOVI ISLAND/IDJMG 87,077 --

GREATEST HITS

2 6 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 79,604 -60%

MY KINDA PARTY

-- 7 REBA MCENTIRE VALORY 64,604 --

ALL THE WOMEN I AM

3 8 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 61,786 +3%

INCREDIBLE MACHINE

5 9 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 34,868 -22%

I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING

7 10 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 34,535 -6%

RECOVERY

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

[GoldenLeaf]

Susan Boyle's "The Gift" scores a rare second-week increase from a No. 1 debut as it sells 335,000 (up 5%), according to Nielsen SoundScan, and holds atop the Billboard 200. It bowed at No. 1 last week with 318,000.

Source : http://www.billboard.com/news/susan-boyle-...004130523.story

 

OMG! Her album sold 653.000 copies in the U.S. in just 2 weeks!!!

 

 

On amazon.ca and amazon.com her album is literally glued to the #1 spot.

Edited November 27, 2010 at 01:23 AM by Calypso

[Bellamy]

I think her album is boring, especially O Holy Night, even Mariah's version is better.

[sayyed]

true, the album is not very diverse. But I love her renditions of Perfect Day & Don't Dream It's Over.

[GoldenLeaf]

True. The album is not very diverse but it's mainly because her album is a classical and traditional themed Xmas album. Anyway, her vocals are awesome on this CD.

 

To me the highlights on this CD are :

 

Perfect Day

Hallelujah

Don't Dream It's Over

The First Noel

Away in a Manger

Auld Lang Syne

 

Susan Boyle - Away In A Manger (Live @ Christmas at Rockefeller Center 11/30/2010)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJtu8058jV8

Edited December 1, 2010 at 06:41 PM by Calypso

[GoldenLeaf]

Susan Boyle - O Holy Night (Live on Alan Titchmarsh Show, Dec 6, 2010) HQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rzVAs3z1gY

[GoldenLeaf]

TOP 25 CURRENT ALBUMS IN THE U.S.

 

1 BOYLE*SUSAN THE GIFT 271,567 3 262,865 1,133,898

2 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 182,018 -24 240,530 2,147,125

3 EVANCHO*JACKIE O HOLY NIGHT 144,572 2 142,240 516,596

4 GLEE CAST MUSIC: XMAS 129,436 20 108,004 398,733

5 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC,V4 128,160 999 158 128,327

6 BLACK EYED PEAS BEGINNING 118,704 999 292 119,033

7 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 108,404 -78 495,835 605,493

8 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 103,149 -73 375,191 479,122

9 GROBAN*JOSH ILLUMINATIONS 78,085 -21 98,884 368,068

10 RIHANNA LOUD 77,040 -45 140,838 424,654

11 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC 66,383 -43 115,467 181,850

12 CAREY*MARIAH MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU 64,676 56 41,575 230,035

13 KID ROCK BORN FREE 63,498 -39 103,748 356,256

14 URBAN*KEITH GET CLOSER 59,380 -22 75,909 296,817

15 RASCAL FLATTS NOTHING LIKE THIS 57,194 -31 82,808 305,073

16 SULLIVAN*JAZMINE LOVE ME BACK 55,648 999 81 55,731

17 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 48,593 -33 72,020 724,977

18 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 47,750 -19 58,858 437,725

19 VARIOUS NOW 36 47,102 -24 61,795 253,573

20 SUGARLAND INCREDIBLE MACHINE 46,957 -26 63,428 570,575

21 BURLESQUE SOUNDTRACK 45,385 -28 63,173 108,623

22 EMINEM RECOVERY 43,563 -9 48,033 3,096,441

23 MICHELE*CHRISETTE LET FREEDOM REIGN 42,039 999 91 42,130

24 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 40,483 -33 60,801 2,092,800

25 MCGRAW*TIM NUMBER ONE HITS 40,409 999 36 40,455

 

1,133,898 copies sold in the U.S. in just 4 weeks!!!!

Edited December 9, 2010 at 11:40 PM by Calypso

[CelineAndRene]

7 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 108,404 -78 495,835 605,493 I hate Kanye

 

Glad that Glee and Susan are on top!

[GoldenLeaf]

TOP 25 CURRENT ALBUMS

 

1 BOYLE*SUSAN THE GIFT 243,227 -10 271,567 1,362,766

2 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 200,927 10 182,018 2,348,052

3 GLEE CAST MUSIC: XMAS 193,421 49 129,436 592,154

4 T.I. NO MERCY 159,462 999 180 159,740

5 EVANCHO*JACKIE O HOLY NIGHT 148,646 3 144,572 659,861

6 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 81,870 -21 103,149 560,992

7 GROBAN*JOSH ILLUMINATIONS 75,492 -3 78,085 443,417

8 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC,V4 74,489 -42 128,160 202,816

9 RIHANNA LOUD 70,987 -8 77,040 495,641

10 SOUNDTRACK TRON LEGACY 70,794 999 144 70,941

11 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC 70,711 7 66,383 252,561

12 RASCAL FLATTS NOTHING LIKE THIS 67,767 18 57,194 372,840

13 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 66,501 -39 108,404 671,994

14 KID ROCK BORN FREE 66,410 5 63,498 422,666

15 BLACK EYED PEAS BEGINNING 62,288 -48 118,704 181,321

16 CAREY*MARIAH MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU 59,469 -8 64,676 289,504

17 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 59,100 22 48,593 784,077

18 WILSON*CHARLIE JUST CHARLIE 57,286 999 162 57,448

19 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 56,225 18 47,750 493,950

20 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 53,855 33 40,483 2,146,655

21 URBAN*KEITH GET CLOSER 52,019 -12 59,380 348,836

22 SUGARLAND INCREDIBLE MACHINE 50,698 8 46,957 621,273

23 VARIOUS NOW 36 49,654 5 47,102 303,227

24 EMINEM RECOVERY 49,319 13 43,563 3,145,760

25 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 46,486 29 36,084 2,933,512

[GoldenLeaf]

TOP 25 CURRENT ALBUMS

 

1 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 259,136 29 200,927 2,607,188

2 BOYLE*SUSAN THE GIFT 254,341 5 243,227 1,602,302

3 JACKSON*MICHAEL MICHAEL 227,673 999 515 228,219

4 EVANCHO*JACKIE O HOLY NIGHT 190,720 28 148,646 846,573

5 GLEE CAST MUSIC: XMAS 158,227 -18 193,421 750,381

6 KELLY*R. LOVE LETTER 153,873 999 393 154,281

7 DIDDY - DIRTY MONEY LAST TRAIN TO PARIS 100,786 999 102 100,890

8 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 97,447 19 81,870 658,439

9 KID ROCK BORN FREE 93,934 41 66,410 516,600

10 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC,V4 86,842 17 74,489 289,658

11 RIHANNA LOUD 83,681 18 70,987 579,322

12 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC 82,887 17 70,711 335,448

13 GROBAN*JOSH ILLUMINATIONS 79,532 5 75,492 522,802

14 BLACK EYED PEAS BEGINNING 76,623 23 62,288 257,944

15 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 74,287 26 59,100 858,364

16 RASCAL FLATTS NOTHING LIKE THIS 74,084 9 67,767 446,924

17 CAREY*MARIAH MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU 73,848 24 59,469 363,352

18 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 73,079 36 53,855 2,219,734

19 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 71,167 27 56,225 565,117

20 T.I. NO MERCY 69,388 -56 159,462 229,128

21 EMINEM RECOVERY 68,519 39 49,319 3,214,279

22 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 66,128 -1 66,501 738,122

23 VARIOUS NOW 36 65,152 31 49,654 368,379

24 SUGARLAND INCREDIBLE MACHINE 63,473 25 50,698 684,746

25 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 61,624 33 46,486 2,995,136

[Tyler1991]

I didn't know you posted in other artists topics without hating on them. LOL

[GoldenLeaf]

I didn't know you posted in other artists topics without hating on them. LOL

Just because I hate Mariah and Whitney doesn't mean I hate every other singers. LOL