Susan Boyle sets US album sales record

Susan Boyle's debut album
Susan Boyle's debut album
 
 

Thursday, 03, Dec 2009 10:46

Susan Boyle, the Britain's Got Talent star, has topped the US charts and set a first week sales record for a female debut album.

Having leapt straight to number one with the album in the UK, I Dreamed A Dream sold 701,000 copies in the US in its first week.

The huge sales put Boyle, 48, second only to Snoop Dogg's debut album Doggystyle, which in 1993 sold 803,000 copies. SuBo beat competition from American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert, whose debut charted at number three.

The Official Charts Company said on Sunday that the album had sold over 410,000 copies in the UK since it was released, making it the fastest-selling album of the year so far.

I Dreamed A Dream also takes the title of the biggest first week sales for a debut album in chart history and one of the biggest first week sales for any artist album in chart history.

Martin Talbot, managing director of the Official Charts Company said: "Susan Boyle's achievement is quite phenomenal.

"After all of the excitement surrounding her appearance on Britain's Got Talent, everyone expected her to make a big impact when she released her first music - but to arrive with such a bang is exceptional."

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