Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle (2013)

Susan Boyle Magda Lane (* 1. April 1961 in Blackburn , West Lothian ) is a Scottish singer who a wider audience in 2009 for her performance in the third season of the talent show Britain's Got Talent was known. She achieved international fame through her performance of "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical Les Misérables .

Articles about them appeared globally; Videos of her performance were viewed tens of millions of times in the first week. In the casting show, she finally reached second place. Her debut album I dreamed a dream , released in 2009, was a national and international commercial success, as did the two follow-up albums The Gift (2010) and Someone to Watch Over Me (2011).

Life

Boyle is the youngest of nine children and lives in Blackburn, a town in West Lothian near Edinburgh in Scotland. She was teased by her classmates because of her appearance; Schoolmates attributed a learning disability to her and teased her for it. The weekly magazine Der Spiegel reported in December 2013 that she was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome , as well as above-average intelligence; Susan Boyle expressed relief at the diagnosis.

Since childhood she received singing lessons in Livingston , Scotland. However, she ended her singing career to take care of her ailing mother, who died in 2007 at the age of 91. She sang for the first time since her mother's death when she appeared in the regional final of “Britain's Got Talent”. Boyle mentioned in the Washington Post that she took part in the competition in memory of her late mother. This had urged her to dare to appear in front of a larger audience than the parish church.

Boyle is unmarried and was unemployed prior to her singing career.

TV appearance

In the first round of the third season of Britain's Got Talent , Boyle performed "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical Les Misérables on April 11, 2009. The performance became widespread and the video for it was viewed over 300 million times on the online video platform Seen youtube . Boyle is said to have been touched and astonished by this reaction.

Before her performance, the jury and audience were skeptical, especially when she presented herself confidently and named a career as a professional singer and Elaine Paige as a role model as the goal of participation, despite being 47 years old . During the performance and afterwards, however, it received strong positive feedback and approval from the audience and the jury. The television broadcast was recorded in Scotland in January 2009.

On May 24, 2009 Boyle was able to qualify with the title "Memory" from the Musical Cats for the finals of the competition, in which they took second place on May 30, 2009. After the performance, she was so exhausted that she had to be taken to a hospital.

In the ITV special I Dreamed A Dream: The Susan Boyle Story , which was later produced , there was a duet with her idol Elaine Paige , which has also been very successful on YouTube with over 36 million views so far.

Media coverage

Many British newspapers reported on Boyle's appearance and reaction to it on the Internet. Colin Robertson, a journalist for the British tabloid The Sun, called her "Paula Potts" after the winner of the first season, Paul Potts .

The international press also became aware of her, including the German news magazine Der Spiegel , but also magazines in Asia and North America reported on Boyle. In the US, ABC News announced that Boyle might be the UK's newest pop sensation and dubbed her "The Woman Who Silenced Simon Cowell ." Here, too, several journalists drew parallels to Paul Potts, who had also become famous as an unexpected vocal talent through the British casting show.

Several US television stations also responded in the form of satellite interviews, including CBS , ABC and FOX .

However, the most important role in spreading Boyle's fame was played by websites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter . The video of their appearance on YouTube was accessed almost 2.5 million times in the first 72 hours. On April 17, 2009, six days after the appearance, it was the most viewed video of the month with 22 million views. The Los Angeles Times wrote that the popularity of this video was due to its emotional breadth in a short time frame, which makes it perfect for the internet where short clips matter. Boyle's fame was also spread through the Twitter website, including Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore . When she found out about it, Boyle admitted that he had never heard of Kutcher and even if the name "Demi Moore" meant something to her, he knew relatively little about her. Nevertheless, she thanked both of them for their support.

In addition to the media coverage of the hype surrounding Susan Boyle, the singer also boosted sheet music sales. The track she sang, "I Dreamed a Dream", was one of the best-selling items on Musicnotes.com shortly after the performance.

Further career

Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the 2009 UK first-week debut album with the highest sales. Her other albums were also successful worldwide.

Many other appearances followed: Boyle performed in front of the Queen on May 13, 2012 in Windsor Castle on the occasion of the diamond jubilee and sang " Mull of Kintyre " by Paul McCartney . In November 2012 she sang a duet with her idol Donny Osmond in Las Vegas .

In July 2013 Susan Boyle went on a critically acclaimed seven-concert tour through Scotland. It was the first time that she performed entire evenings live alone. This concert tour served to prepare for an international tour that took place in 2014.

In December 2013, the film The Christmas Candle opened in British cinemas , in which Boyle not only sings, but also played a supporting role.

Charity CD

Back in 1999, Boyle recorded the song Cry Me a River for a charity CD at a school in Whitburn . This recording was also published on the Internet after its appearance at the casting show and was immediately welcomed. At the beginning of 2010 she also wrote the song Everybody Hurts by REM as Helping Haiti Charity Song together with Leona Lewis , Rod Stewart , Mariah Carey , Cheryl Cole , Mika , Michael Bublé , Joe McElderry , Miley Cyrus , James Blunt , Robbie Williams , Gary Barlow , Mark Owen , Jon Bon Jovi , James Morrison , Alexandra Burke , Aston Merrygold , Marvin Humes , Shane Filan , Mark Feehily and Kylie Minogue .

honors and awards

In 2012, Susan Boyle received an Honorary Doctorate from Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University , where she had a degree in Nursing.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2009	I dreamed a dream	DE3 (9 weeks) DE	AT7th gold (11 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (16 weeks)CH	UK1 × 7 Seven times platinum (39 weeks)UK	US1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (59 weeks)US	First published: November 23, 2009
2010	The Gift	-	AT38 (4 weeks) AT	CH19 (8 weeks) CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (11 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (33 weeks)US	First published: November 8, 2010
2011	Someone to Watch Over Me	-	-	CH47 (3 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (10 weeks)UK	US4th gold (14 weeks)US	First published: November 1, 2011
2012	Standing ovation	-	-	-	UK7th gold (8 weeks)UK	US12 (8 weeks) US	First published: November 13, 2012
2013	Home for Christmas	-	-	-	UK9 gold (5 weeks)UK	US17 (7 weeks) US	First published: October 25, 2013
2014	Hope	-	-	-	UK13 silver (8 weeks)UK	US16 (1 week) US	First published: October 21, 2014
2016	A wonderful world	-	-	-	UK22 (6 weeks) UK	US150 (1 week) US	First published: November 4, 2016
2019	Ten	-	-	-	UK5 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 31, 2019

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2009	I Dreamed a Dream I Dreamed a Dream	-	-	CH37 (4 weeks) CH	UK37 (4 weeks) UK	US62 (1 week) US	First published: November 2009
	Wild Horses I Dreamed a Dream	-	-	-	UK9 (6 weeks) UK	US98 (1 week) US	First published: November 2009
2011	I know him so well	-	-	-	UK11 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 2011 with Peter Kay
2013	O Come All Ye Faithful Home for Christmas	-	-	-	UK48 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 2013 with Elvis Presley

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2010	Everybody hurts	DE16 (7 weeks) DE	AT23 (7 weeks) AT	CH16 (2 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (6 weeks)UK	-	First published: February 7, 2010 with Helping Haiti

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 2011: for the album Someone to Watch Over Me  Denmark 2011: for the album The Gift  Italy 2010: for the album I Dreamed a Dream  Canada 2012: for the album Someone to Watch Over Me  Mexico 2010: for the album I Dreamed a Dream  New Zealand 2015: for the album Hope  Poland 2010: for the album I Dreamed a Dream  Spain 2010: for the album I Dreamed a Dream  Hungary 2009: for the album I Dreamed a Dream 2010: for the album The Gift  United Kingdom 2013: for the video album I Dreamed A Dream - The Dvd Platinum record  Australia 2011: for the video album Susan Boyle: An Unlikely Superstar 2012: for the album Standing Ovation  Belgium 2010: for the album I Dreamed a Dream 2010: for the album The Gift  France 2009: for the album I Dreamed a Dream  New Zealand 2012: for the album Standing Ovation 2013: for the album Home for Christmas  Netherlands 2010: for the album I Dreamed a Dream

2 × platinum record  Australia 2011: for the album Someone to Watch Over Me  Canada 2011: for the album The Gift  New Zealand 2012: for the album Someone to Watch Over Me 3 × platinum record  Australia 2010: for the album The Gift 4 × platinum record  New Zealand 2011: for the album The Gift 5 × platinum record  Canada 2010: for the album I Dreamed a Dream 10 × platinum record  Australia 2011: for the album I Dreamed a Dream 11 × platinum record  New Zealand 2010: for the album I Dreamed a Dream

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	17 × platinum17th	1,135,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	75,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ifpi.dk
France (SNEP)	-	-	platinum1	100,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	-	35,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	7 × platinum7th	600,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	7 × platinum7th	30,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	19 × platinum19th	292,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	platinum1	50,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	10,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	-	10,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	30,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	-	30,000	elportaldemusica.es
Hungary (MAHASZ)	-	2 × gold2	-	10,000	slagerlistak.hu
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	7 × platinum7th	7,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	3 × gold3	11 × platinum11	3,885,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	15 × gold15th	73 × platinum73

Web links

Commons : Susan Boyle  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Susan Boyle in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jordan, Mary April 14, 2009 "The Scot Heard Round the World." The Washington Post: p. A-8. , April 16, 2009
2. ^ "Viral Video Chart - Susan Boyle on Britain Got Talent". viralvideochart.com. April 18, 2009.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 18, 2009  
3. ^ McConville, Ben (April 16, 2009). "Singing 'spinster' strikes chord in talent contest". Associated Press via SignonSanDiego.com. , April 17, 2009
4. ^ Gould, Lara (April 12, 2009). Britain's Got Talent: "Singing sensation Susan Boyle sang to escape the bullies" . The Daily Mirror ., April 14, 2009
5. ↑ Der Spiegel, 12/2013: Talent show star: Susan Boyle suffers from Asperger's Syndrome.Retrieved December 8, 2013
6. ^ MacDonald, Stuart (April 12, 2009). "Secret sadness of Britain's Got Talent star". The Sunday Times. , April 16, 2009
7. ↑ focus.de: "Susan Boyle YouTube star in the casting show finale."
8. ↑ YouTube Blog: "What You Watched and Searched for on YouTube in 2009"
9. ↑ Scottish singer 'gobsmacked' by overnight stardom; CNN, April 17, 2009
10. ↑ "'Fox news, Simon Cowell interview'". April 16, 2009  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 16, 2009  
11. ↑ “Britain's Got Talent” final Susan Boyle loses - and looks relieved ( memento of the original from June 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ Susan Boyle admitted to the clinic . On: Spiegel-online
13. ^ Simon Cable: "Susan Boyle is a virus" claims Elaine Paige as she reveals her true feelings about their duet. ( English ). In: Daily Mail . January 28, 2015, accessed April 18, 2015 .  
14. ^ Robertson, Colin (April 10, 2009). "Paula Potts". The Sun. , April 14, 2009
15. ↑ April 16, 2009 “The mouse that roared”. The mirror.
16. ↑ Farhanghi, Hoda April 14, 2009. "The Woman Who Shut Up Simon Cowell". ABCNews Online. , April 14, 2009
17. ↑ Collins, Scott; Stobart, Janet (April 17, 2009). "Talent trumps all for YouTube sensation Susan Boyle". Los Angeles Times. April 17, 2009
18. ^ Robertson, Colin (April 14, 2009). "Crying out for Moore". The Sun. April 14, 2009
19. ↑ "Susan: Demi who?" The Sun. April 16, 2009
20. ↑ "Susan Boyle". Phlow.net. ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. May 5, 2009 
21. ↑ Susan Boyle beats Leona Lewis, Arctic Monkeys to 'biggest first week sales for UK debut album' title | News. NME, November 29, 2009, accessed December 22, 2013 . 
22. ↑ Linda Das: As she meets her idol Donny Osmond in Las Vegas, Susan Boyle says she may have conquered her demons but now she's terrified it may all disappear. Mail Online, November 16, 2012, accessed on July 13, 2013 . 
23. ↑ There's something about Susan. You Tube, December 12, 2013, archived from the original on January 19, 2014 ; Retrieved December 22, 2013 . 
24. ^ Susan Boyle's first live tour nears sell-out. The Scotsman, July 1, 2013, accessed December 22, 2013 . 
25. ↑ Christmas film with Susan Boyle. Euronews, December 17, 2013, accessed December 22, 2013 . 
26. ^ "Exclusive: Susan Boyle's first ever song release revealed - listen to it here". Daily Record. April 17, 2009
27. ^ Susan Boyle: Honorary doctorate for singer. BBC News, July 6, 2012, accessed December 22, 2013 . 
28. ↑ Dr Boyle: Susan picks up honorary doctorate for her contribution to music . STV News. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 31, 2013. 
29. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US