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Susan Boyle's Debut CD Reveals Eclectic Mix
Originally posted 10/08/2009 12:50PM
While her signature "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miz will be there and even gives the CD its title, Susan Boyle's debut album is not only inspired by Broadway and London's West End – given her inclusion of songs made famous by the Rolling Stones, Madonna and the Monkees. As well as "Silent Night"].
"For the second time in a month Susan has defied preconceptions," Boyle's rep, Nicola Phillips, tells PEOPLE. "Everyone thought it was going to be an album of showtunes, but it's not."
The news of her song tracks comes nearly a month after she wowed the U.S. at her America's Got Talent appearance in September with her rendition of the Stones's "Wild Horses."
"It was my greatest ambition to release an album and I have finally achieved it," Boyle says in a statement. "This amazing journey has helped me find my own identity and fulfill my wish. There is happiness out there for everyone who dares to dream."
The full list of tracks:
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Susan Boyle Is Coming to America – To Sing
Originally posted 09/09/2009 02:50PM
Her first dream – winning Britain's Got Talent – didn't come through. But nothing will keep Scottish singing phenom Susan Boyle's second wish – to perform in America – from coming true.
Boyle, 48, is taking some time off from completing her album, due on Nov 24, to jet across the Atlantic and perform in the States next week. She will appear on the America's Got Talent finale on Sept. 16, PEOPLE has learned.
To prepare for the show, the songstress from the small town of Blackburn in West Lothian, Scotland, has had two fittings this week at the up-market store Suzanne Neville in Beauchamp Place, London.
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Susan Boyle Tops Amazon.com Chart with Debut Album
Originally posted 09/04/2009 07:35AM
At last Susan Boyle has achieved her own personal dream.
The Scottish star's debut album, I Dreamed A Dream, has sensationally topped the online-retail charts, quite a feat considering her record is not even being released until Nov. 24.
Thousands of eager fans have already pre-ordered the record on Amazon.com, just days after the release was announced. That's resulted in Boyle's climbing to the top of the charts, beating heavy hitters Whitney Houston and the Beatles to the top spot.
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POLL: Should Robin Williams Play Susan Boyle on Film?
Originally posted 08/26/2009 03:50PM
Susan Boyle's rags-to-riches story captured the attention of millions of fans – and could pull in big box office numbers if her life's tale made it to the silver screen. Earlier this week, unconfirmed reports surfaced that Robin Williams – who played a frumpy British housekeeper in the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire – may be in talks to fill the singer's sensible flats. Tell us: Is Williams right for the role?
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Meredith Vieira on Susan Boyle: 'She's Figuring It Out'
Originally posted 07/22/2009 07:00PM
Meredith Vieira had heard the rumors about Susan Boyle, the Britain's Got Talent runner-up in the news last month for missing six dates on the show's tour following a five-day stay at a mental health clinic.
"I heard about some of the drama ... that she was out of control, had shown signs of instability," Meredith Vieira tells PEOPLE of taping an interview with Boyle in London July 16. "I really didn't know who I would meet."
Turns out, the cohost was pleasantly surprised.
"She looked great and seemed extremely relaxed and confident," adds Vieira. "[There was] no indication that this was somebody who was unstable. Quite the opposite – she seemed very comfortable in her skin."
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Originally posted 07/18/2009 04:45PM
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Susan Boyle Records First Song for New Album
Originally posted 07/04/2009 11:50AM
Susan Boyle took time out from the Britain's Got Talent tour to record the first track on her planned album with Simon Cowell's team, who are clearly excited by what they heard.
"She sounds fantastic on record," says Cowell. "She's so good, the album is not just going to be show tunes. We're going to take our time with this."
Boyle, 48, also visited the Sony Music offices in London last week to meet with executives, who are treating her gently. Mindful of the pressures and subsequent hospitalization after she finished second in the Britain's Got Talent final, the label says she could walk away from the project any time she wants.
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Susan Boyle Wows the Crowd at London Shows
Originally posted 06/22/2009 07:05AM
Susan Boyle was back before the footlights with the Britain's Got Talent roadshow Sunday, after missing a series of concerts.
The singer, 48, rested rather than performed around the U.K. late last week and into the weekend, but London fans received the full Boyle treatment at two shows at Wembley Arena Sunday. Audiences rewarded her with standing ovations after her signature pieces, "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Memory." "She did really well," her rep says.
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Simon Cowell 'Made Mistakes' with Susan Boyle
Originally posted 06/21/2009 04:15PM
In light of Susan Boyle's second canceled concert, Britain's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell admits that, in the case of managing Boyle's fast-rising fame, "I've made mistakes."
"Looking back on it all, it has become clear to me that we didn't handle the situation with Susan as well as we could have," Cowell wrote in a telling editorial that appeared in Britain's Daily Mail this weekend. "She seemed fine with all the attention. … I thought perhaps naively that she was in control."
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Susan Boyle Cancels Another Concert
Originally posted 06/19/2009 07:45AM
Susan Boyle canceled her Thursday performance in Liverpool – the second time she has missed a show on the current Britain's Got Talent tour, after she failed to appear on stage last weekend in Manchester.
"She had a rest day," says her rep of this latest cancellation, while a source adds that, contrary to some reports, Boyle was not pining for her cat at home. "She certainly wasn't shouting out for Pebbles," says her rep.
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