Boyle Tops Amazon, Houston and Beatles

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Susan Boyle Secures 2nd Week Atop U.K. Chart

Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" (Syco Music/Sony Music Entertainment) has started a second week at the U.K. album chart summit, taking its two-week sales past 700,000 units. Peter Kay and his All Star Band's "Official Children In Need Medley" (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment) secured a second week atop the singles survey.

http://www.billboard.com/news/susan-...04051319.story

 

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http://www.billboard.com/news/susan-...04052558.story

Susan Boyle Set to Top the Billboard 200 for a Third Week

Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" is on course to spend a third week atop the Billboard 200, as industry sources suggest the set will sell at least another 500,000 copies and could approach 600,000 by week's end on Dec. 13.

This past week, Boyle's "Dream" held on to the No. 1 slot for a second week with sales of 527,000, after bowing last week with 701,000. Now, with 1.23 million sold in its first two weeks, "Dream" is chasing after Taylor Swift's "Fearless" (2.53 million sold this year) for the title of 2009's best selling album. With four sales weeks left in the SoundScan tracking year, Boyle could overtake Swift's sales figure by year's end

 

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http://www.billboard.com/news/susan-...04052558.story

Susan Boyle Set to Top the Billboard 200 for a Third Week

Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" is on course to spend a third week atop the Billboard 200, as industry sources suggest the set will sell at least another 500,000 copies and could approach 600,000 by week's end on Dec. 13.

This past week, Boyle's "Dream" held on to the No. 1 slot for a second week with sales of 527,000, after bowing last week with 701,000. Now, with 1.23 million sold in its first two weeks, "Dream" is chasing after Taylor Swift's "Fearless" (2.53 million sold this year) for the title of 2009's best selling album. With four sales weeks left in the SoundScan tracking year, Boyle could overtake Swift's sales figure by year's end

Who would have thought that a runner-up in a talent competition would be the

#1 First week sales by a female (so far)

(and that her second & third week of sales could almost be DOUBLE the next female with first week sales.)

#1 First week sales by female/male/group

Even though the release was late in the year it could possibly be the highest selling for all of 2009.

 

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Those are truly amazing numbers. Wonder what effect Alicia Keys will have next week.

 

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British singing sensation Susan Boyle continues her dominance of the U.S. pop charts, with her orchestral-lite takes on boomer standards hitting a sweet spot with music buyers. In three weeks, her "I Dreamed a Dream" has sold a stunning 1.8 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, surpassing 2009 releases from such mega-stars as Eminem and Green Day, and even overtaking another TV-made phenomena -- the soundtrack to "Hannah Montana: The Movie," which has sold 1.7 million copies since its release in the spring.

How far can Boyle go? Expect her sales to coast through the holidays. It will be worth watching to see what happens in January, when music sales typically plummet. With comfy-soft renditions of "Daydream Believer," "Amazing Grace" and more, Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" is clearly built for holiday-timed sales, and it's taking full advantage.

Her album hit another milestone this week too, racking up an additional 582,000 copies sold. Billboard reports that "I Dreamed a Dream" is the first album by a woman to sell 500,000 copies in each of its first three weeks since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. If Boyle's pace stays relatively steady, and with three sales weeks left in 2009, including the two biggest of the year, her album could top 3 million copies sold and quite possibly become the year's top seller. But one week at a time.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/12/holiday-season-sales-boyle-and-more-boyle.html

 

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Susan Boyle continues her reign at #1 with an additional 659,382 in the US where she is fast approaching 3X Platinum.

Even though she came in #2, Alicia Keys managed to sell 405,762 also putting her in the #2 position of first week sales for a female ahead of Whitney Houston.



http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

 

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There's just no stopping Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream."

The album continues to lock up the top slot on the Billboard 200 chart for a fourth week in a row, selling 661,000 copies (up 14%), according to Nielsen SoundScan. "I Dreamed a Dream" has now sold a total of 2,465,000 copies and is the second-best selling album of 2009. Only Taylor Swift's "Fearless" -- with 2,933,000 sold -- is standing in its way. And with two weeks left in the 2009 tracking year, anything is possible.

http://www.billboard.com/news/susan...blocks-alicia-keys-from-no-1-1004055332.story