Susan Boyle, born 1 April 1961, is a Scottish singer who rose to fame in 2009 after appearing on the third series of Britain’s Got Talent, singing “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Misérables.
Susan Boyle’s debut studio album, I Dreamed a Dream, was released in November 2009. According to The Official Charts Company, the album became the best-selling British debut album of all time, surpassing the previous records of The Spirit of Leona Lewis and the first week sales of her debut album. to set a record. In her first year of fame, Susan Boyle earned £5million (she now earns £7.1million).
Success continued with their second studio album The Gift (2010), which saw them become only the third group to top the UK and US charts twice in the same year, and was followed by their third album “Someone to” studio. Take Care of Me (2011). She later released the studio albums Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage (2012), Home for Christmas (2013), Hope (2014), A Wonderful World (2016), and Ten (2019).
On 12 May 2012, Susan Boyle returned to Britain’s Got Talent and made a guest appearance in the finale singing “You’ll See”. The next day, she performed at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee pageant at Windsor Castle, singing “Mal of Kintyre”. After performing “I Know Him So Well” as a duet with Elaine Page in London in December 2009, she performed with another music idol, Donny Osmond, in Las Vegas in November 2012. She sang “This is the Moment”, a duet from his fourth album.
She is known for supporting various charitable causes and has appeared at the UK’s BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief charity events. Since 2013, Susan Boyle has sold over 19 million albums worldwide and been nominated for two Grammy Awards. On 23 July 2014, she performed “Mul of Kintyre” for the Queen at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
To date, Susan Boyle has released eight albums, including her two Christmas albums, The Gift and A Wonderful World. In 2019, Susan Boyle celebrated her 10th anniversary in show business with her compilation album titled “Ten” and Tour. As of 2021, Susan Boyle has sold 25 million records. His debut album, I Dreamed A Dream (2009), was one of the best-selling albums of the 21st century, selling over 10 million copies worldwide and becoming the best-selling album of all time .
Susan Boyle grew up in Blackburn, West Lothian. His father, Patrick Boyle, was a miner and World War II veteran who also worked as a singer with Bishop’s Blaze. His mother, Bridget, was a stenographer. Both parents were born in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, but also had family connections in County Donegal, Ireland.
Susan Boyle was born when her mother was 45, and she was the youngest of four brothers and five sisters. She grew up believing she suffered from temporary dystocia from lack of oxygen and a learning disability. However, in 2012 and 2013 she was misdiagnosed and told her IQ was “above average” and on the autism spectrum. She said she was bullied as a child.
After leaving school with few qualifications, Susan Boyle enrolled on a government training program and performed at local venues. Susan Boyle still lives in the family home, a four-bedroom former council house in Blackburn, which she bought with her winnings in 2010. She never married and devoted herself to caring for her aging mother until upon his death in 2007 at the age of 91.
When Susan Boyle was asked in November 2012 if she had tried to find love through internet dating, she said she was too scared: “If I knew my luck and went on a date -you, my members would be in another Blackburn bin! In November 2014, it was reported that Susan Boyle was dating her first boyfriend, who was “around the same age” as her.
In 2012, Susan Boyle was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. She revealed her diagnosis in a BBC interview in December 2013, but suffers from epilepsy herself. She suffered a minor stroke in 2022 and announced the news of her appearance on June 4, 2023, following her appearance on Britain’s Got Talent.
In September 2010, Susan Boyle was awarded three Guinness World Records and was included in the 2011 Guinness World Records list, released on 16 September 2010. All three records were the best-selling album by a woman (UK ) and the best-selling debut album in the UK in its first week, as well as the oldest artist (US and UK) to have a debut album at number 1. On November 20, 2010, Susan Boyle’s second album The Gift set her new world record by becoming the oldest woman to reach number one in the UK charts.
On November 20, 2010, Susan Boyle won two more Guinness World Records for the hit “The Gift”. One is “the only British artist to have two number one releases in the US and UK charts” and the other was her album “Most Successful UK Christmas Song”. “On 20 November 2010, Susan Boyle’s (UK) album ‘The Gift’ became the first Christmas album to reach the top of the UK charts.
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Susan Boyle was never married and devoted herself to caring for her aging mother until her death in 2007 at the age of 91.
When Susan Boyle was asked in November 2012 if she had tried to find love through internet dating, she said she was too scared: “If I knew my luck and went on a date -you, my members would be in another Blackburn bin! In November 2014, it was reported that Susan Boyle was dating her first boyfriend, who was “around the same age” as her.