Helping Haiti's song goes to #1!

Helping Haiti's rendition of 'Everybody Hurts' has gone straight in at number one in the UK singles chart.

The single, which was arranged by Simon Cowell, features 21 artists including Kylie Minogue, Cheryl Cole, Leona Lewis, Robbie Williams, Mariah Carey, Rod Stewart and Susan Boyle. It recorded the biggest-first week sales of any single since 2000.

The money raised from sales of the track will be split between The Sun's Helping Haiti campaign and the Disasters Emergency Committee.

A look at Susan Boyle's incredible success.

SUSAN BOYLE - RECORD SETTER.

Susan Boyle's 'I Dreamed A Dream' (Columbia Records) dominates the charts holding down the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 for the third consecutive week with 581,966 copies sold. The album has also received RIAA-Triple Platinum Certification for shipping over three million units to retailers nationwide. ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ continues to break records by becoming the biggest selling album released in 2009.

In addition, ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ is the first album released in 2009 to hold the #1 spot consecutively for three weeks and has garnered the highest album sales for a debut artist during that time period. YouTube announced today that Susan Boyle’s “I Dreamed A Dream” from “Britain’s Got Talent” is their most watched video of 2009.

Internationally, Boyle's debut album was #1 again on the charts this week in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland. 'I Dreamed A Dream' has shipped over 7 million copies worldwide and has become the fastest selling global female debut.
'I Dreamed A Dream' made history two weeks ago as the largest-ever debut for a female artist on the Billboard 200 in the Soundscan era, and marked the highest first, second and third-week sales for any album in 2009.

Susan Boyle sets U.S. chart record

Susan Boyle has topped the US charts, setting a first-week sales record for a female debut album.

Record sales tracker Neilsen SoundScan said I Dreamed A Dream shifted 701,000 copies in the US in its first week.

It is second only to Snoop Dogg's debut Doggystyle, which sold 803,000 in its first week in 1993.

The Britain's Got Talent finalist beat competition from American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert, whose debut charted at number three.

Boyle, 48, also topped the UK chart on Sunday.

Her album became the best-selling debut in UK chart history, selling 410,000 copies in its first week.

from bbc.co.uk

Susan Boyle admitted to hospital.

The wonderful Susan Boyle has admitted to a clinc/hospital after suffering from exhaustion. It's no wonder really, after Susan's ordeal of the past 7 weeks - I hope she gets well soon and proves to the world why we fell in love with her.

Internet singing star Susan Boyle has been admitted to a private clinic after being beaten into second place in the final of the popular "Britain's Got Talent" television contest, media reported.

Boyle, 48, had been heavily backed to beat nine other finalists late on Saturday after clips of her first appearance on the show in April were downloaded nearly 200 million times and she was hailed the world over as a superstar.

But according to The Sun newspaper, Boyle suffered an "emotional breakdown" at her hotel in London on Sunday.

A police spokesman confirmed that officers had been called to a London hotel "to doctors attending a woman under the mental health act."

"She was taken voluntarily by ambulance to a clinic. At the request of doctors, police accompanied the ambulance," the spokesman added.

Despite expectations that Boyle would make a fortune from her talent and almost instant fame, there has been concern among show organizers about her ability to cope with pressure.

Boyle, who was starved of oxygen at birth leading to minor brain damage, has been pursued by the world's press since early April and, according to show judge Piers Morgan, broke down in tears repeatedly during the run-up to the final.

Nearly four million people phoned in to choose a winner, and street dance troupe Diversity won 24.9 percent of the vote ahead of Boyle's 20.2 percent.

(Billboard.com)