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Susan Boyle

March 20, 2023

Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961)[1][5] is a Scottish singer. She rose to fame in 2009 after appearing as a contestant on the third series of Britain's Got Talent, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables.

Susan Boyle
Boyle in 2009
Background information
Birth nameSusan Magdalane Boyle[1][2][3]
Born (1961-04-01) 1 April 1961 (age 61)[1]
Dechmont, West Lothian, Scotland[4]
OriginBlackburn, West Lothian, Scotland
GenresOperatic pop
OccupationsSinger
Years active1998–present
Labels
Websitesusanboylemusic.com

Boyle's debut studio album, I Dreamed a Dream, was released in November 2009; it became the UK's best-selling debut album of all time, beating the previous record held by Spirit by Leona Lewis,[6] and set a record for first-week sales by a debut album, according to the Official Charts Company.[6] In her first year of fame, Boyle made £5 million (£7.1 million today) with the release of I Dreamed a Dream and its lead-off singles, "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Wild Horses".[7] The success continued with her second studio album, The Gift (2010), where she became only the third act ever to top both the UK and US album charts twice in the same year, and was followed by Boyle's third studio album, Someone to Watch Over Me (2011).[8][9] She subsequently released the studio albums Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage (2012),[10] Home for Christmas (2013),[11] Hope (2014), A Wonderful World (2016), and Ten (2019).[12]

On 12 May 2012, Boyle returned to Britain's Got Talent to perform as a guest in the final, singing "You'll See".[13] The following day, she performed at Windsor Castle for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant singing "Mull of Kintyre".[14] Having performed "I Know Him So Well" in a duet with one of her idols Elaine Paige in London in December 2009, Boyle performed with her other musical idol Donny Osmond in Las Vegas in November 2012, singing "This is the Moment", a duet from her fourth album. She is known for supporting various charitable causes, and has appeared on the UK charity telethons BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief. As of 2013, Boyle had sold over 19 million albums worldwide and received two Grammy Awards nominations.[15] On 23 July 2014, she performed "Mull of Kintyre" at the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in front of the Queen.[16] To date, Boyle has released eight albums, including two Christmas releases, The Gift and A Wonderful World. In 2019, Boyle celebrated ten years in showbiz, with a compilation album titled Ten and a tour.

As of 2021, Boyle has sold 25 million records.[17] Her debut album, I Dreamed A Dream (2009), is one of the best-selling albums of the 21st century, having sold over 10 million copies worldwide, and it was the best-selling album internationally in 2009.[18]

Life and career

Early life and childhood

Boyle was raised in Blackburn, West Lothian.[19] Her father, Patrick Boyle, was a miner and veteran of the Second World War who also worked as a singer at the Bishop's Blaize; her mother Bridget was a shorthand typist. Both her parents were born in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, but also had family links to County Donegal in Ireland.[20][21] Born when her mother was aged 45 years, Boyle was the youngest of four brothers and five sisters.[19] She was raised thinking that she had been briefly deprived of oxygen during a difficult birth resulting in a learning disability.[22] However, she was told in 2012–13 that she had been misdiagnosed and is on the Autism spectrum with an IQ "above average".[23] Boyle says she was bullied as a child.[19][24]

After leaving school with few qualifications,[19] Boyle took part in government training programmes,[21] and performed at local venues.[22]

Early musical training and career

Boyle took singing lessons from vocal coach Fred O'Neil.[19] She attended Edinburgh Acting School and took part in the Edinburgh Fringe.[22] She also long participated in her parish church's pilgrimages to the Knock Shrine, County Mayo, Ireland, and sang there at the Marian basilica.[25]

In 1995, she auditioned for Michael Barrymore's My Kind of People.[22]

In 1998, Boyle recorded three tracks—"Cry Me a River", "Killing Me Softly", and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"—at Heartbeat Studio, Midlothian.[26] She used all her savings to pay for a professionally cut demo, copies of which she later sent to record companies, radio talent competitions, local and national TV. The demo consisted of her versions of "Cry Me a River" and "Killing Me Softly with His Song"; the songs were uploaded to the Internet after her BGT audition.[27]

In 1999, Boyle submitted a track for a charity CD to commemorate the Millennium[19][28] produced at a West Lothian school. Only 1,000 copies of the CD, Music for a Millennium Celebration, Sounds of West Lothian, were pressed.[citation needed] An early review by Amber McNaught in the West Lothian Herald & Post said Boyle's rendition of "Cry Me a River" was "heartbreaking" and "had been on repeat in my CD player ever since I got this CD..."[29][30] The recording found its way onto the internet following her first televised appearance, and the New York Post said it showed that Boyle was "not a one-trick pony."[31] Hello! said the recording "cement[ed] her status" as a singing star.[32]

After Boyle won several local singing competitions, her mother urged her to enter Britain's Got Talent and take the risk of singing in front of an audience larger than her parish church. Former coach O'Neil said Boyle abandoned an audition for The X Factor because she believed people were being chosen for their looks. She almost abandoned her plan to enter Britain's Got Talent, believing she was too old, but O'Neil persuaded her to audition nevertheless.[33] Boyle said that she was motivated to seek a musical career to pay tribute to her mother.[19] Her performance on the show was the first time she had sung in public since her mother died.[34][35]

Britain's Got Talent (2008–2009)

Main article: Britain's Got Talent

In August 2008, Boyle applied for an audition for the third series of Britain's Got Talent (as contestant number 43212) and was accepted after a preliminary audition in Glasgow. When Boyle first appeared on Britain's Got Talent at the city's Clyde Auditorium, she said that she aspired to become a professional singer "as successful as Elaine Paige".[36] Boyle sang "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables in the first round, which was watched by over 10 million viewers when it aired on 11 April 2009.[37] Programme judge Amanda Holden remarked upon the audience's initially cynical attitude, and the subsequent "biggest wake-up call ever" upon hearing her performance.[38]

I know what they were thinking, but why should it matter as long as I can sing? It's not a beauty contest.

Susan Boyle, The Sunday Times[19]

Boyle was "absolutely gobsmacked" by the strength of the reaction to her appearance.[39] Afterwards, Paige expressed interest in singing a duet with Boyle,[36] and called her "a role model for everyone who has a dream".[40] Boyle's rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" was credited with causing a surge in ticket sales in the Vancouver production of Les Misérables.[41][42] Cameron Mackintosh, the producer of the musical, also praised the performance, as "heart-touching, thrilling and uplifting".[37]

Boyle was one of 40 acts that were put through to the semi-finals.[43] She appeared last on the first semi-final on 24 May 2009, performing "Memory" from the musical Cats.[44] In the public vote, she was the act to receive the highest number of votes to go through to the final.[45] She was the clear favourite to win the final,[46] but ended up in second place to dance troupe Diversity; the UK TV audience was a record of 17.3 million viewers.[47]

The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) became concerned by press reports about Boyle's erratic behaviour and speculation about her mental condition and wrote to remind editors about clause 3 (privacy) of their code of press conduct.[46] The day after the final, Boyle was admitted to The Priory, a private psychiatric clinic in London,[47] Talkback Thames explained, "Following Saturday night's show, Susan is exhausted and emotionally drained." Her stay in hospital attracted widespread attention, with Prime Minister Gordon Brown wishing her well.[48] Simon Cowell offered to waive Boyle's contractual obligation to take part in the BGT tour. Her family said "she's been battered non-stop for the last seven weeks and it has taken its toll [...but...] her dream is very much alive", as she had been invited to the Independence Day celebrations at the White House.[47]

Boyle left the clinic three days after her admission[49] and said she would participate in the BGT tour. Despite health concerns, she appeared in 20 of the 24 dates of the tour,[50] and was well received in cities including Aberdeen,[51] Edinburgh,[52] Dublin,[53] Sheffield,[54] Coventry,[55] and Birmingham.[56] The Belfast Telegraph stated that "Despite reports of crumbling under the pressure..., she exuded a confidence resembling that of a veteran who has been performing for years".[57]

I Dreamed a Dream and tour (2009–2010)

Main article: I Dreamed a Dream

Boyle's first album, I Dreamed a Dream, was released on 23 November 2009.[58] The album includes covers of "Wild Horses" and "You'll See" as well as "I Dreamed a Dream", and "Cry Me a River".[59] In Britain, Boyle's debut album was recognised as the fastest selling UK debut album of all time selling 411,820 copies, beating the previous fastest selling debut of all time, Spirit by Leona Lewis.[60] I Dreamed a Dream also outsold the rest of the top 5 albums combined in its first week.[61]

In the US, the album sold 701,000 copies in its first week, the best opening week for a debut artist in over a decade.[62] It topped the Billboard chart for six straight weeks and although it narrowly failed to become the best-selling album of 2009, with sales of 3,104,000 compared to 3,217,000 for Taylor Swift's Fearless, it was one of only two albums to sell over 3 million copies in the US, and was also the top selling "physical" album of 2009, with only 86,000 of its sales coming from digital downloads.[63] This has in turn garnered more media attention, as mentioned by People magazine.[64]

In Italy, it was the first album of the month in the Italian No. 1 Account by a non-Italian artist ever. In only a week, it sold more than 2 million copies worldwide, becoming the fastest selling global female debut album.[61]

On 13 December 2009 she appeared in her own television special "I Dreamed a Dream: the Susan Boyle Story", featuring a duet with Elaine Paige.[65] It got ratings of 10 million viewers in the United Kingdom[66] and in America was the TV Guide Network's highest rated television special in its history.[67]

In November 2009 it was reported[68] that Boyle's rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" would be the theme song of the anime movie Eagle Talon The Movie 3 which was later released in Japan on 16 January 2010.[69] Boyle performed for Pope Benedict XVI on his tour of Britain in 2010.[70] In May 2010, Boyle was voted by Time magazine as the seventh most influential person in the world.[71] Boyle's original song "Who I Was Born To Be" was the theme song of anime film Welcome to the Space Show, which opened in Japan on 26 June 2010.[72]

The Gift and Someone to Watch Over Me (2010–2011)

On 9 July 2010, Boyle announced that her second album would be a Christmas album entitled The Gift.[73] As part of the lead-up to the album, she held a competition called Susan's Search, the winner of which sang a duet with her on her new CD.[74] The album was released on 8 November 2010.[75]

The album was produced by Steve Mac, who said that "Now Susan's used to the studio and the recording process, this time round we might go even further down a traditional route of recording by getting a band together and rehearsing songs before we go into the studio to see what works, how she reacts with certain parts, and so we can change the arrangements that way. I think that's going to work much better....With Susan it's very important she connects with the public and the public connect with her. She doesn't want to sing anything that hasn't happened to her or she can't relate to."[76]

In October 2010 Boyle's autobiography The Woman I Was Born To Be – My Story was published.[77]

In November 2010, Boyle became one of only three acts ever to top both the UK and US album charts twice in the same year.[8] On 30 November 2010, in the United States, Boyle performed on ABC's The View singing "O Holy Night" and then on NBC's Christmas at Rockefeller Center programme performing "Perfect Day" and "Away in a Manger".

Boyle performed on the second semi-final results show of the sixth season of America's Got Talent, which aired on 31 August 2011.[78] Her third studio album, Someone To Watch Over Me, was released the same year.

Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage (2012)

Main article: Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage

Boyle released her fourth album Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage in November 2012. She reportedly took piano lessons as she planned on playing it for the album. A reporter told The Sun "Susan loves the piano and always dreamed of being able to reach a standard which would allow her to play on stage and on her albums."[79] In October 2012 renowned opera star Placido Domingo released his album Songs which included a duet with Boyle of Shania Twain's "From This Moment On".[80]

Acting debut and Home for Christmas (2013–2014)

Main article: Home for Christmas
 
Boyle performing during her first concert tour, Susan Boyle in Concert, 2013

Boyle made her first acting appearance as Eleanor Hopewell in The Christmas Candle. The film is based on a book written by author Max Lucado about a 19th-century village of simple people in the English Cotswolds in need of a miracle.[81] The film was released on 22 November 2013 in the US and 29 November 2013 in the UK. Talking about her first acting role, Boyle said, "I can't believe I'm making a film. I'm very excited to be a part of The Christmas Candle. Everyone on set is a delight to work with and it's a fantastic experience to be part of the team."[82] In the movie Boyle sings an original song, "Miracle Hymn", the anthem for the film and a track from her album Home for Christmas, which also featured a duet with Elvis Presley singing "O Come All Ye Faithful".[83] The album was released on 29 October 2013 in the US.[84] Previously in television, Boyle starred as herself in I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story and in a 2011 documentary titled Susan Boyle: An Unlikely Superstar.[85] Boyle also starred in a second documentary titled There's Something About Susan in the UK, which first aired on ITV on 12 December 2013.[86] It aired in the US on Ovation Channel under the title Susan Boyle Her Secret Struggle with the premiere on 9 April 2014.[87] In October 2013 American vocalist Johnny Mathis released an album titled Sending You a Little Christmas. The album includes "Do You Hear What I Hear?" a duet performed with Boyle.[88]

Hope (2014–2016)

Main article: Hope

Boyle released her sixth album, Hope, in October 2014 in the US and in November 2014 in the UK. The album, whose theme is hope and inspiration, includes a recorded live performance by Boyle of "You Raise Me Up" with the Lakewood Church choir.[89] Hope mostly contains renditions of classic ballad song, as well as uptempo songs themed around inspiration and hope as Boyle sees those as the "two elements we all need in our life to drive us forward and inspire us to go out and capture our dreams; they worked for me after all." Boyle stated that "I have really enjoyed making this album. I had a huge input in music suggestions and finally have been able to record one of my all time favourites, "Angel", originally by Sarah Mclachlan. I also am pleased to be able to sing some uptempo songs that show variation in my repertoire."[90]

The album debuted at number 16 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, becoming Susan Boyle's sixth consecutive top 20 album there. The album spent 35 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart.[91] It has sold 115,000 copies in the United States as of November 2016.[92]

The album spent 35 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart.[93]

Boyle performing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland, performing "Mull of Kintyre" upon the arrival of the Head of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth II.[94]

Return to music and A Wonderful World (2016–2018)

Following the release of previous album, Hope in 2014, Boyle took a break during 2015 to "take a little me time and spend time at home with family and friends", and thus the recording of her seventh studio album was postponed to 2016.[95] In October 2016, Boyle announced the release of A Wonderful World.

America's Got Talent: The Champions and Ten (2019–present)

In September 2018, Boyle was confirmed to be a contestant in America's Got Talent: The Champions. When asked why she joined the competition, she stated that she wanted to win this time.[96] She performed on 7 January 2019, singing "Wild Horses" from her 2009 debut album I Dreamed a Dream and received a golden buzzer from judge Mel B.[97] She progressed straight to the finals where she sang the song "I Dreamed a Dream" from her original audition back in 2009, but failed to finish in the top five.[98]

Boyle's eighth studio album, Ten, was released on 31 May 2019 and features a duet with Michael Ball on the track "A Million Dreams".[99]

On 21 August 2019, Boyle performed on the results show for season 14 of America's Got Talent.[100]

Boyle performed her song "Wings To Fly" at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony in 2021.[101]

Media impact

Websites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have been crucial in facilitating Boyle's rapid rise to fame.[102] The most popular YouTube video submission of her audition garnered nearly 2.5 million views in the first 72 hours.[103] On the day following the performance, the YouTube video was the most popular article on Digg[104] and made the front page of Reddit.[105] Within a week, the audition performance had been viewed more than 66 million times, setting an online record, while on Wikipedia her biography attracted nearly half a million page views. A total of 103 million video views on 20 different websites was reached within nine days.[106] The Los Angeles Times wrote that her popularity on YouTube may in part be due to the broad range of emotion packed into a short clip which was "perfect for the Internet".[107] In December 2009, her audition was named the most-watched YouTube video of the year, with over 120 million viewings, more than three times higher than the second-most-popular video.[108]

Additionally, Boyle's first on-camera interview with Scots journalist Richard Mooney for her local newspaper the West Lothian Courier was named as YouTube's Most Memorable Video of 2009.[109] The video went viral after being uploaded to YouTube on 14 April 2009, amassing more than 5.4 million views as of November 2022.[110][111]

Many newspapers around the world[112][113] (including China,[114] Brazil[115] and the Middle East[116][117]) carried articles on Boyle's performance. Later, the British press took to referring to her by a short-form of her name, 'SuBo'.[118] In the US, several commentators drew parallels between Boyle's performance and that of Paul Potts.[119] ABC News hailed "Britain's newest pop sensation", and its Entertainment section headlined Boyle as "The Woman Who Shut Up Simon Cowell".[120]

Within the week following her performance on Britain's Got Talent, Boyle was a guest on STV's The Five Thirty Show.[121] She was interviewed via satellite on CBS's The Early Show,[28] NBC's Today, FOX's America's Newsroom,[122] The Oprah Winfrey Show, and via satellite on Larry King Live;[123] she was also portrayed in drag by Jay Leno, who joked that they were related through his mother's Scottish heritage.[124]

At the invitation of NHK, a major Japanese broadcaster, Boyle appeared as a guest singer for the 2009 edition of Kōhaku Uta Gassen, an annual songfest on New Year's Eve in Tokyo, Japan.[125][126] She was introduced as the ōen kashu (応援歌手, lit. "cheering singer") by the MCs and appeared on the stage escorted by Takuya Kimura; she sang "I Dreamed a Dream".[127]

Although Boyle was not eligible for the 2010 Grammy Awards,[128] its host Stephen Colbert paid tribute to Boyle at the ceremony, telling its audience "you may be the coolest people in the world, but this year your industry was saved by a 48-year-old Scottish cat lady in sensible shoes."[129] There was also earlier controversy when Boyle was not nominated in any of the categories for the 2010 Brit Awards.[130]

Stage musical

Main article: I Dreamed a Dream (musical)

A stage musical of Boyle's life was originally planned with Boyle appearing as herself. She said she hated "having to sit watching people up there" who are actors.[131] However it was later decided that actress Elaine C. Smith would portray her[132] and that Boyle would join the cast of I Dreamed a Dream for a cameo appearance.

I Dreamed a Dream opened on 27 March 2012 with fans from all over the world occupying the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, for the opening week.[133] The musical received generally warm reviews.[134] The musical toured the UK and Ireland in 2012.[135]

Boyle said she was initially upset by the show, because she was "not used to it". She called it "surreal", but later changed her mind and found it "clever and amusing".[136]

Fox Searchlight has bought life rights to Boyle along with rights to the musical I Dreamed a Dream. Fox plans to develop a film version of the musical.[137]

Social analyses

Judging by appearance

The Huffington Post noted that the producers of the show would have anticipated the potential of this story arc by deliberately presenting Boyle in a manner that would enhance this initial reaction.[138] The Herald described Boyle's story as a modern parable and a rebuke to people's tendency to judge others based on their physical appearance.[139] Similarly, Entertainment Weekly said that Boyle's performance was a victory for talent and artistry in a culture obsessed with physical attractiveness and presentation.[140] In an interview with The Washington Post, Boyle said:

Modern society is too quick to judge people on their appearances. ... There is not much you can do about it; it is the way they think; it is the way they are. But maybe this could teach them a lesson, or set an example.[141]

The Washington Post believed that her initial demeanour and homely appearance caused the judges and audience to be "waiting for her to squawk like a duck".[142] New York's Daily News said that an underdog being ridiculed or humiliated but then enjoying an unexpected triumph is a common trope in literature, and the stark contrast between the audience's low expectations and the quality of her singing made Boyle's performance such an engaging piece of television.[143]

Feminist view

R.M. Campbell, music critic for The Gathering Note, compared Boyle to iconic American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, who had a long and distinguished career despite being overweight: "[it is] really, really hard to make a career if a woman isn't attractive".[144] In another Huffington Post article, Letty Cottin Pogrebin wrote that although people may "weep for the years of wasted talent", Boyle's performance was a triumph for "women of a certain age" over a youth culture that often dismisses middle-aged women.[145] Tanya Gold wrote in The Guardian that the difference between Boyle's hostile reception and the more neutral response to Paul Potts in his first audition reflected society's expectation that women be both good-looking and talented, with no such expectation existing for men.[146] Los Angeles vocal coach Eric Vetro stated, "She's an Everywoman as opposed to an untouchable fantasy goddess, so maybe that's why people react to her."[147]

American Dream

Several media sources have commented that Boyle's success seemed to have particular resonance in the United States. An American entertainment correspondent was quoted in The Scotsman comparing Boyle's story to the American Dream, as representing talent overcoming adversity and poverty.[148] The Associated Press described this as Boyle's "hardscrabble story", dwelling on her modest lifestyle and what they characterised as urban deprivation in her home town.[35] Similarly, The Independent's New York correspondent David Usborne wrote that the United States will always respond to "the fairy tale where the apparently unprepossessing suddenly becomes pretty, from Shrek to My Fair Lady".[149]

Personal life

Boyle still lives in the family home, a four-bedroom ex-council house in Blackburn, which she purchased from her earnings in 2010.[19] Her father died in the 1990s, and her eight siblings had left home.[150] Boyle has never married, and she dedicated herself to caring for her ageing mother until her death in 2007 at the age of 91. A neighbour reported that when Bridget Boyle died, her daughter "wouldn't come out for three or four days or answer the door or phone".[151] Boyle is a practising Roman Catholic and sang in her church choir at her church in Blackburn.[152] Boyle remains active as a volunteer at her church, visiting elderly members of the congregation in their homes.[24] On a 2010 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Boyle summarised that her daily life was "mundane" and "routine" prior to stardom.

In 2012, Boyle was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. She made her diagnosis public in a BBC interview in December 2013, and is also epileptic.[23]

In November 2012, when asked if she had tried to find love through Internet dating, Boyle said she was too scared, saying: "Knowing my luck I'd go out on a date and you'd find my limbs scattered around various Blackburn dustbins!"[153]

In July 2013, Boyle endorsed the Better Together campaign to keep Scotland as part of the United Kingdom in the 2014 independence referendum. In so doing, she stated, "I am a proud, patriotic Scot, passionate about my heritage and my country. But I am not a nationalist", going on to say, "We have still been able to retain our proud identity whilst being a part of Britain."[154]

In November 2014, it was reported that Boyle was dating her first boyfriend, who was "around the same age" as she was.[155]

Philanthropy

Charity performances

On 26 January 2010, Boyle sang together with other major artists on the charity recording "Everybody Hurts" put together by Simon Cowell for Haiti Relief for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.[156] On 30 January 2010, Boyle performed at the Indsamling Charity Gala, a telethon for Haiti and Africa held at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark.[157]

Boyle has appeared on the three major UK charity telethons. On 19 March 2010 she sang for the Sports Relief charity on BBC1.[158] On 18 March 2011 she sang a duet of "I Know Him So Well" with Peter Kay on the BBC's Comic Relief;[159] in addition to the television performance, the duet was sold on CD, DVD, and MP3 download to raise more money for charity. The CD was #21 on the all-time Comic Relief CDs sold.[160] She has performed for BBC Children in Need telethon five times thus far: on 19 November 2010;[161] on 18 November 2011,[162] and on 16 November 2012.[163] on 16 November 2013.[164] on 14 November 2014.[165]

On 10 November 2010, Boyle performed at the Pride of Britain Awards in London.[166] On 19 March 2011 in Glasgow at the Scottish Variety Awards Boyle performed; the money raised was donated to Cash for Kids Charity.[167]

On 28 August 2013 Boyle travelled down with the Lothian Special Olympics Team to the Special Olympics Great Britain National Summer games in Bath.[168] In the evening she performed at the Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics GB at the Royal Crescent in Bath, England and also stayed to watch the events and hand out medals to the first day's winners.[169]

On 14 August 2013 it was announced that Boyle would sing at the Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice 30th Anniversary Variety Performance at the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow on 27 October 2013.[170][171]

Community and faith

On 16 September 2010 Boyle sang at the Papal Mass performed for Pope Benedict XVI in Glasgow at Bellahouston Park in front of a crowd of 65,000.[172]

For three years Boyle has launched the Wee Box campaign for the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) in Glasgow, on 9 March 2011,[173] on 21 February 2012,[174] and on 12 February 2013.[175]

In May 2012 it was reported that Boyle would become patron of the struggling Regal Theatre, Bathgate where she first performed "I Dreamed a Dream".[176]

On 24 October 2012 Boyle, together with the West of Scotland and Edinburgh Garrison Military Wives choirs, launched the Poppy Scotland appeal on the steps of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.[177][178]

Other

In January 2012, Boyle donated a performance dress, which she had worn on America's Got Talent on 31 August 2011, to The Laura McPhee Memorial Fund (Asthma) UK Charity. The dress was sold at auction for £521 and helped raise awareness of the charity.[179]

In July 2012 Boyle donated a performance dress designed by Suzanne Neville, which she had worn at performances in Madrid on the Ana Rosa Show on 12 February 2010 and in Paris on Vivement Dimanche on 17 February 2010. £6,523 was raised and presented to the Prince's Trust.[180]

Also in June 2013 Boyle donated for auction a performance dress which she had worn on The Oprah Show on 19 October 2010, with proceeds of the auction going to Metro Radio Newcastle England's Cash For Kids Campaign, with all funds raised going to disadvantaged kids across the region. The winning bid was £400.[181]

Prior to performing at the International Music Festival "White Nights of St. Petersburg", at the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 13 June 2013, Boyle visited Children's Hospital Number 17 and presented to the hospital a gift of an anesthetic machine.[182][183]

It was announced 28 October 2013 that Boyle is a new ambassador for Save the Children UK. Boyle released a music video 8 December 2013 featuring children from the FAST program singing "O Come All Ye Faithful" with Elvis Presley. All royalties will go towards Save the Children UK and money raised in the US will be donated to the Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation.[184]

In popular culture

The Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show aired a comedy sketch showing the "feel good" effect that Boyle's performance has had on people.[185]

The Simpsons aired a new commercial for its 20th-anniversary show "Springfield's Got Talent", in which Homer Simpson talks about his dreams "to be a great singer like Boyle".[186][187]

A European trailer for the video game The Sims 3 includes a character mocked up as Boyle.[188]

In June 2009, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a short story called "I Dreamed a Dream" that was based on a combination of Boyle's appearances on Britain's Got Talent and the political difficulties of the then UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.[189]

The 5 November 2009 episode of the show 30 Rock showed recurring character Kathy Geiss (Marceline Hugot) – who has a dowdy appearance and awkward demeanor – singing in the style of Boyle as Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy teared up.[190]

In 2016 Boyle made a cameo appearance in Zoolander 2 where she is ambushed by paparazzi.[191]

In the Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode “Return of the King”, main character Charles Boyle mentions a cousin named Susan, who didn’t know she could sing until her late 40s, hinting that said cousin is Boyle herself.

Discography

Main article: Susan Boyle discography

Concert tours

Awards and nominations

Overview

Year Association Category Result
2009 Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards Top Scot of the Year Won[192]
2010 World Music Awards Best New Artist Nominated
2010 World Music Awards World's Best Album – I Dreamed a Dream Nominated
2010 World Music Awards World's Best Selling British Artist Won[citation needed]
2010 People's Choice Awards Favorite Breakout Music Artist Nominated[193]
2010 Japan Gold Disc Award Best New Artist International Won[194]
2010 Juno Award Canada International Album of the Year Nominated[195]
2010 ARIA Music Awards Australia Most Popular International Artist Nominated[196]
2010 Scotscare Scot of the Year Won[197]
2011 Billboard Music Awards Top Billboard 200 Album Nominated[198]
2011 Billboard Music Awards Top Billboard 200 Artist Nominated[198]
2011 Scottish Variety Awards Outstanding Achievement Award Won
2011 53rd Grammy Awards Best Pop Vocal Album – I Dreamed a Dream[199] Nominated
2012 54th Grammy Awards Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – The Gift[200] Nominated
2013 Radio Forth Awards Icon Award[201] Won
2013 Scottish Music Awards Fans Choice Award Won

Honorary doctorates

In 2012 Boyle was awarded an honorary doctorate for her contribution to the creative industries from Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University, where she obtained a Certificate of Higher Education in caring.[202][203]

In 2015 Boyle was awarded an honorary doctorate in the field of music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow.[204]

Guinness World Records

In September 2010 Boyle was presented with three Guinness World Records which were featured in the Guinness World Records 2011 edition published 16 September 2010. The three records were for Fastest-selling Album by a Female (UK), Most Successful First Week UK Debut Album Sales, as well as Oldest Artist to Reach No. 1 with a Debut Album (US & UK).[205]

On 20 November 2010 Boyle achieved another World Record for Oldest Female at No. 1 on UK Albums Chart with her second album The Gift.[206]

On 20 November 2010 Boyle received two other Guinness World Records due to the success of The Gift, one record being "Only British female artist to top both the US and UK album charts with two releases"[207] and the other being "Most successful Christmas album in the UK" – "On 20 November 2010, Susan Boyle's (UK) album The Gift became the first Christmas album to ever top the UK chart."[208]

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susan, boyle, susan, magdalane, boyle, born, april, 1961, scottish, singer, rose, fame, 2009, after, appearing, contestant, third, series, britain, talent, singing, dreamed, dream, from, misérables, boyle, 2009background, informationbirth, namesusan, magdalane. Susan Magdalane Boyle born 1 April 1961 1 5 is a Scottish singer She rose to fame in 2009 after appearing as a contestant on the third series of Britain s Got Talent singing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables Susan BoyleBoyle in 2009Background informationBirth nameSusan Magdalane Boyle 1 2 3 Born 1961 04 01 1 April 1961 age 61 1 Dechmont West Lothian Scotland 4 OriginBlackburn West Lothian ScotlandGenresOperatic popOccupationsSingerYears active1998 presentLabelsSony Music Syco ColumbiaWebsitesusanboylemusic wbr com Boyle s debut studio album I Dreamed a Dream was released in November 2009 it became the UK s best selling debut album of all time beating the previous record held by Spirit by Leona Lewis 6 and set a record for first week sales by a debut album according to the Official Charts Company 6 In her first year of fame Boyle made 5 million 7 1 million today with the release of I Dreamed a Dream and its lead off singles I Dreamed a Dream and Wild Horses 7 The success continued with her second studio album The Gift 2010 where she became only the third act ever to top both the UK and US album charts twice in the same year and was followed by Boyle s third studio album Someone to Watch Over Me 2011 8 9 She subsequently released the studio albums Standing Ovation The Greatest Songs from the Stage 2012 10 Home for Christmas 2013 11 Hope 2014 A Wonderful World 2016 and Ten 2019 12 On 12 May 2012 Boyle returned to Britain s Got Talent to perform as a guest in the final singing You ll See 13 The following day she performed at Windsor Castle for the Queen s Diamond Jubilee Pageant singing Mull of Kintyre 14 Having performed I Know Him So Well in a duet with one of her idols Elaine Paige in London in December 2009 Boyle performed with her other musical idol Donny Osmond in Las Vegas in November 2012 singing This is the Moment a duet from her fourth album She is known for supporting various charitable causes and has appeared on the UK charity telethons BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief As of 2013 Boyle had sold over 19 million albums worldwide and received two Grammy Awards nominations 15 On 23 July 2014 she performed Mull of Kintyre at the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in front of the Queen 16 To date Boyle has released eight albums including two Christmas releases The Gift and A Wonderful World In 2019 Boyle celebrated ten years in showbiz with a compilation album titled Ten and a tour As of 2021 Boyle has sold 25 million records 17 Her debut album I Dreamed A Dream 2009 is one of the best selling albums of the 21st century having sold over 10 million copies worldwide and it was the best selling album internationally in 2009 18 Contents 1 Life and career 1 1 Early life and childhood 1 2 Early musical training and career 1 3 Britain s Got Talent 2008 2009 1 4 I Dreamed a Dream and tour 2009 2010 1 5 The Gift and Someone to Watch Over Me 2010 2011 1 6 Standing Ovation The Greatest Songs from the Stage 2012 1 7 Acting debut and Home for Christmas 2013 2014 1 8 Hope 2014 2016 1 9 Return to music and A Wonderful World 2016 2018 1 10 America s Got Talent The Champions and Ten 2019 present 2 Media impact 3 Stage musical 4 Social analyses 4 1 Judging by appearance 4 2 Feminist view 4 3 American Dream 5 Personal life 6 Philanthropy 6 1 Charity performances 6 2 Community and faith 6 3 Other 7 In popular culture 8 Discography 9 Concert tours 10 Awards and nominations 10 1 Overview 10 2 Honorary doctorates 10 3 Guinness World Records 11 References 12 External linksLife and careerEarly life and childhood Boyle was raised in Blackburn West Lothian 19 Her father Patrick Boyle was a miner and veteran of the Second World War who also worked as a singer at the Bishop s Blaize her mother Bridget was a shorthand typist Both her parents were born in Motherwell Lanarkshire but also had family links to County Donegal in Ireland 20 21 Born when her mother was aged 45 years Boyle was the youngest of four brothers and five sisters 19 She was raised thinking that she had been briefly deprived of oxygen during a difficult birth resulting in a learning disability 22 However she was told in 2012 13 that she had been misdiagnosed and is on the Autism spectrum with an IQ above average 23 Boyle says she was bullied as a child 19 24 After leaving school with few qualifications 19 Boyle took part in government training programmes 21 and performed at local venues 22 Early musical training and career Boyle took singing lessons from vocal coach Fred O Neil 19 She attended Edinburgh Acting School and took part in the Edinburgh Fringe 22 She also long participated in her parish church s pilgrimages to the Knock Shrine County Mayo Ireland and sang there at the Marian basilica 25 In 1995 she auditioned for Michael Barrymore s My Kind of People 22 In 1998 Boyle recorded three tracks Cry Me a River Killing Me Softly and Don t Cry for Me Argentina at Heartbeat Studio Midlothian 26 She used all her savings to pay for a professionally cut demo copies of which she later sent to record companies radio talent competitions local and national TV The demo consisted of her versions of Cry Me a River and Killing Me Softly with His Song the songs were uploaded to the Internet after her BGT audition 27 In 1999 Boyle submitted a track for a charity CD to commemorate the Millennium 19 28 produced at a West Lothian school Only 1 000 copies of the CD Music for a Millennium Celebration Sounds of West Lothian were pressed citation needed An early review by Amber McNaught in the West Lothian Herald amp Post said Boyle s rendition of Cry Me a River was heartbreaking and had been on repeat in my CD player ever since I got this CD 29 30 The recording found its way onto the internet following her first televised appearance and the New York Post said it showed that Boyle was not a one trick pony 31 Hello said the recording cement ed her status as a singing star 32 After Boyle won several local singing competitions her mother urged her to enter Britain s Got Talent and take the risk of singing in front of an audience larger than her parish church Former coach O Neil said Boyle abandoned an audition for The X Factor because she believed people were being chosen for their looks She almost abandoned her plan to enter Britain s Got Talent believing she was too old but O Neil persuaded her to audition nevertheless 33 Boyle said that she was motivated to seek a musical career to pay tribute to her mother 19 Her performance on the show was the first time she had sung in public since her mother died 34 35 Britain s Got Talent 2008 2009 Main article Britain s Got Talent In August 2008 Boyle applied for an audition for the third series of Britain s Got Talent as contestant number 43212 and was accepted after a preliminary audition in Glasgow When Boyle first appeared on Britain s Got Talent at the city s Clyde Auditorium she said that she aspired to become a professional singer as successful as Elaine Paige 36 Boyle sang I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables in the first round which was watched by over 10 million viewers when it aired on 11 April 2009 37 Programme judge Amanda Holden remarked upon the audience s initially cynical attitude and the subsequent biggest wake up call ever upon hearing her performance 38 I know what they were thinking but why should it matter as long as I can sing It s not a beauty contest Susan Boyle The Sunday Times 19 Boyle was absolutely gobsmacked by the strength of the reaction to her appearance 39 Afterwards Paige expressed interest in singing a duet with Boyle 36 and called her a role model for everyone who has a dream 40 Boyle s rendition of I Dreamed a Dream was credited with causing a surge in ticket sales in the Vancouver production of Les Miserables 41 42 Cameron Mackintosh the producer of the musical also praised the performance as heart touching thrilling and uplifting 37 Boyle was one of 40 acts that were put through to the semi finals 43 She appeared last on the first semi final on 24 May 2009 performing Memory from the musical Cats 44 In the public vote she was the act to receive the highest number of votes to go through to the final 45 She was the clear favourite to win the final 46 but ended up in second place to dance troupe Diversity the UK TV audience was a record of 17 3 million viewers 47 The Press Complaints Commission PCC became concerned by press reports about Boyle s erratic behaviour and speculation about her mental condition and wrote to remind editors about clause 3 privacy of their code of press conduct 46 The day after the final Boyle was admitted to The Priory a private psychiatric clinic in London 47 Talkback Thames explained Following Saturday night s show Susan is exhausted and emotionally drained Her stay in hospital attracted widespread attention with Prime Minister Gordon Brown wishing her well 48 Simon Cowell offered to waive Boyle s contractual obligation to take part in the BGT tour Her family said she s been battered non stop for the last seven weeks and it has taken its toll but her dream is very much alive as she had been invited to the Independence Day celebrations at the White House 47 Boyle left the clinic three days after her admission 49 and said she would participate in the BGT tour Despite health concerns she appeared in 20 of the 24 dates of the tour 50 and was well received in cities including Aberdeen 51 Edinburgh 52 Dublin 53 Sheffield 54 Coventry 55 and Birmingham 56 The Belfast Telegraph stated that Despite reports of crumbling under the pressure she exuded a confidence resembling that of a veteran who has been performing for years 57 I Dreamed a Dream and tour 2009 2010 Main article I Dreamed a Dream Boyle s first album I Dreamed a Dream was released on 23 November 2009 58 The album includes covers of Wild Horses and You ll See as well as I Dreamed a Dream and Cry Me a River 59 In Britain Boyle s debut album was recognised as the fastest selling UK debut album of all time selling 411 820 copies beating the previous fastest selling debut of all time Spirit by Leona Lewis 60 I Dreamed a Dream also outsold the rest of the top 5 albums combined in its first week 61 In the US the album sold 701 000 copies in its first week the best opening week for a debut artist in over a decade 62 It topped the Billboard chart for six straight weeks and although it narrowly failed to become the best selling album of 2009 with sales of 3 104 000 compared to 3 217 000 for Taylor Swift s Fearless it was one of only two albums to sell over 3 million copies in the US and was also the top selling physical album of 2009 with only 86 000 of its sales coming from digital downloads 63 This has in turn garnered more media attention as mentioned by People magazine 64 In Italy it was the first album of the month in the Italian No 1 Account by a non Italian artist ever In only a week it sold more than 2 million copies worldwide becoming the fastest selling global female debut album 61 On 13 December 2009 she appeared in her own television special I Dreamed a Dream the Susan Boyle Story featuring a duet with Elaine Paige 65 It got ratings of 10 million viewers in the United Kingdom 66 and in America was the TV Guide Network s highest rated television special in its history 67 In November 2009 it was reported 68 that Boyle s rendition of I Dreamed a Dream would be the theme song of the anime movie Eagle Talon The Movie 3 which was later released in Japan on 16 January 2010 69 Boyle performed for Pope Benedict XVI on his tour of Britain in 2010 70 In May 2010 Boyle was voted by Time magazine as the seventh most influential person in the world 71 Boyle s original song Who I Was Born To Be was the theme song of anime film Welcome to the Space Show which opened in Japan on 26 June 2010 72 The Gift and Someone to Watch Over Me 2010 2011 On 9 July 2010 Boyle announced that her second album would be a Christmas album entitled The Gift 73 As part of the lead up to the album she held a competition called Susan s Search the winner of which sang a duet with her on her new CD 74 The album was released on 8 November 2010 75 The album was produced by Steve Mac who said that Now Susan s used to the studio and the recording process this time round we might go even further down a traditional route of recording by getting a band together and rehearsing songs before we go into the studio to see what works how she reacts with certain parts and so we can change the arrangements that way I think that s going to work much better With Susan it s very important she connects with the public and the public connect with her She doesn t want to sing anything that hasn t happened to her or she can t relate to 76 In October 2010 Boyle s autobiography The Woman I Was Born To Be My Story was published 77 In November 2010 Boyle became one of only three acts ever to top both the UK and US album charts twice in the same year 8 On 30 November 2010 in the United States Boyle performed on ABC s The View singing O Holy Night and then on NBC s Christmas at Rockefeller Center programme performing Perfect Day and Away in a Manger Boyle performed on the second semi final results show of the sixth season of America s Got Talent which aired on 31 August 2011 78 Her third studio album Someone To Watch Over Me was released the same year Standing Ovation The Greatest Songs from the Stage 2012 Main article Standing Ovation The Greatest Songs from the Stage Boyle released her fourth album Standing Ovation The Greatest Songs from the Stage in November 2012 She reportedly took piano lessons as she planned on playing it for the album A reporter told The Sun Susan loves the piano and always dreamed of being able to reach a standard which would allow her to play on stage and on her albums 79 In October 2012 renowned opera star Placido Domingo released his album Songs which included a duet with Boyle of Shania Twain s From This Moment On 80 Acting debut and Home for Christmas 2013 2014 Main article Home for Christmas Boyle performing during her first concert tour Susan Boyle in Concert 2013 Boyle made her first acting appearance as Eleanor Hopewell in The Christmas Candle The film is based on a book written by author Max Lucado about a 19th century village of simple people in the English Cotswolds in need of a miracle 81 The film was released on 22 November 2013 in the US and 29 November 2013 in the UK Talking about her first acting role Boyle said I can t believe I m making a film I m very excited to be a part of The Christmas Candle Everyone on set is a delight to work with and it s a fantastic experience to be part of the team 82 In the movie Boyle sings an original song Miracle Hymn the anthem for the film and a track from her album Home for Christmas which also featured a duet with Elvis Presley singing O Come All Ye Faithful 83 The album was released on 29 October 2013 in the US 84 Previously in television Boyle starred as herself in I Dreamed a Dream The Susan Boyle Story and in a 2011 documentary titled Susan Boyle An Unlikely Superstar 85 Boyle also starred in a second documentary titled There s Something About Susan in the UK which first aired on ITV on 12 December 2013 86 It aired in the US on Ovation Channel under the title Susan Boyle Her Secret Struggle with the premiere on 9 April 2014 87 In October 2013 American vocalist Johnny Mathis released an album titled Sending You a Little Christmas The album includes Do You Hear What I Hear a duet performed with Boyle 88 Hope 2014 2016 Main article Hope Boyle released her sixth album Hope in October 2014 in the US and in November 2014 in the UK The album whose theme is hope and inspiration includes a recorded live performance by Boyle of You Raise Me Up with the Lakewood Church choir 89 Hope mostly contains renditions of classic ballad song as well as uptempo songs themed around inspiration and hope as Boyle sees those as the two elements we all need in our life to drive us forward and inspire us to go out and capture our dreams they worked for me after all Boyle stated that I have really enjoyed making this album I had a huge input in music suggestions and finally have been able to record one of my all time favourites Angel originally by Sarah Mclachlan I also am pleased to be able to sing some uptempo songs that show variation in my repertoire 90 The album debuted at number 16 on the Billboard 200 in the United States becoming Susan Boyle s sixth consecutive top 20 album there The album spent 35 weeks at No 1 on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart 91 It has sold 115 000 copies in the United States as of November 2016 update 92 The album spent 35 weeks at 1 on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart 93 Boyle performing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow Scotland performing Mull of Kintyre upon the arrival of the Head of the Commonwealth Queen Elizabeth II 94 Return to music and A Wonderful World 2016 2018 Following the release of previous album Hope in 2014 Boyle took a break during 2015 to take a little me time and spend time at home with family and friends and thus the recording of her seventh studio album was postponed to 2016 95 In October 2016 Boyle announced the release of A Wonderful World America s Got Talent The Champions and Ten 2019 present In September 2018 Boyle was confirmed to be a contestant in America s Got Talent The Champions When asked why she joined the competition she stated that she wanted to win this time 96 She performed on 7 January 2019 singing Wild Horses from her 2009 debut album I Dreamed a Dream and received a golden buzzer from judge Mel B 97 She progressed straight to the finals where she sang the song I Dreamed a Dream from her original audition back in 2009 but failed to finish in the top five 98 Boyle s eighth studio album Ten was released on 31 May 2019 and features a duet with Michael Ball on the track A Million Dreams 99 On 21 August 2019 Boyle performed on the results show for season 14 of America s Got Talent 100 Boyle performed her song Wings To Fly at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony in 2021 101 Media impactWebsites such as YouTube Facebook and Twitter have been crucial in facilitating Boyle s rapid rise to fame 102 The most popular YouTube video submission of her audition garnered nearly 2 5 million views in the first 72 hours 103 On the day following the performance the YouTube video was the most popular article on Digg 104 and made the front page of Reddit 105 Within a week the audition performance had been viewed more than 66 million times setting an online record while on Wikipedia her biography attracted nearly half a million page views A total of 103 million video views on 20 different websites was reached within nine days 106 The Los Angeles Times wrote that her popularity on YouTube may in part be due to the broad range of emotion packed into a short clip which was perfect for the Internet 107 In December 2009 her audition was named the most watched YouTube video of the year with over 120 million viewings more than three times higher than the second most popular video 108 Additionally Boyle s first on camera interview with Scots journalist Richard Mooney for her local newspaper the West Lothian Courier was named as YouTube s Most Memorable Video of 2009 109 The video went viral after being uploaded to YouTube on 14 April 2009 amassing more than 5 4 million views as of November 2022 110 111 Many newspapers around the world 112 113 including China 114 Brazil 115 and the Middle East 116 117 carried articles on Boyle s performance Later the British press took to referring to her by a short form of her name SuBo 118 In the US several commentators drew parallels between Boyle s performance and that of Paul Potts 119 ABC News hailed Britain s newest pop sensation and its Entertainment section headlined Boyle as The Woman Who Shut Up Simon Cowell 120 Within the week following her performance on Britain s Got Talent Boyle was a guest on STV s The Five Thirty Show 121 She was interviewed via satellite on CBS s The Early Show 28 NBC s Today FOX s America s Newsroom 122 The Oprah Winfrey Show and via satellite on Larry King Live 123 she was also portrayed in drag by Jay Leno who joked that they were related through his mother s Scottish heritage 124 At the invitation of NHK a major Japanese broadcaster Boyle appeared as a guest singer for the 2009 edition of Kōhaku Uta Gassen an annual songfest on New Year s Eve in Tokyo Japan 125 126 She was introduced as the ōen kashu 応援歌手 lit cheering singer by the MCs and appeared on the stage escorted by Takuya Kimura she sang I Dreamed a Dream 127 Although Boyle was not eligible for the 2010 Grammy Awards 128 its host Stephen Colbert paid tribute to Boyle at the ceremony telling its audience you may be the coolest people in the world but this year your industry was saved by a 48 year old Scottish cat lady in sensible shoes 129 There was also earlier controversy when Boyle was not nominated in any of the categories for the 2010 Brit Awards 130 Stage musicalMain article I Dreamed a Dream musical A stage musical of Boyle s life was originally planned with Boyle appearing as herself She said she hated having to sit watching people up there who are actors 131 However it was later decided that actress Elaine C Smith would portray her 132 and that Boyle would join the cast of I Dreamed a Dream for a cameo appearance I Dreamed a Dream opened on 27 March 2012 with fans from all over the world occupying the Theatre Royal Newcastle for the opening week 133 The musical received generally warm reviews 134 The musical toured the UK and Ireland in 2012 135 Boyle said she was initially upset by the show because she was not used to it She called it surreal but later changed her mind and found it clever and amusing 136 Fox Searchlight has bought life rights to Boyle along with rights to the musical I Dreamed a Dream Fox plans to develop a film version of the musical 137 Social analysesJudging by appearance The Huffington Post noted that the producers of the show would have anticipated the potential of this story arc by deliberately presenting Boyle in a manner that would enhance this initial reaction 138 The Herald described Boyle s story as a modern parable and a rebuke to people s tendency to judge others based on their physical appearance 139 Similarly Entertainment Weekly said that Boyle s performance was a victory for talent and artistry in a culture obsessed with physical attractiveness and presentation 140 In an interview with The Washington Post Boyle said Modern society is too quick to judge people on their appearances There is not much you can do about it it is the way they think it is the way they are But maybe this could teach them a lesson or set an example 141 The Washington Post believed that her initial demeanour and homely appearance caused the judges and audience to be waiting for her to squawk like a duck 142 New York s Daily News said that an underdog being ridiculed or humiliated but then enjoying an unexpected triumph is a common trope in literature and the stark contrast between the audience s low expectations and the quality of her singing made Boyle s performance such an engaging piece of television 143 Feminist view R M Campbell music critic for The Gathering Note compared Boyle to iconic American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald who had a long and distinguished career despite being overweight it is really really hard to make a career if a woman isn t attractive 144 In another Huffington Post article Letty Cottin Pogrebin wrote that although people may weep for the years of wasted talent Boyle s performance was a triumph for women of a certain age over a youth culture that often dismisses middle aged women 145 Tanya Gold wrote in The Guardian that the difference between Boyle s hostile reception and the more neutral response to Paul Potts in his first audition reflected society s expectation that women be both good looking and talented with no such expectation existing for men 146 Los Angeles vocal coach Eric Vetro stated She s an Everywoman as opposed to an untouchable fantasy goddess so maybe that s why people react to her 147 American Dream Several media sources have commented that Boyle s success seemed to have particular resonance in the United States An American entertainment correspondent was quoted in The Scotsman comparing Boyle s story to the American Dream as representing talent overcoming adversity and poverty 148 The Associated Press described this as Boyle s hardscrabble story dwelling on her modest lifestyle and what they characterised as urban deprivation in her home town 35 Similarly The Independent s New York correspondent David Usborne wrote that the United States will always respond to the fairy tale where the apparently unprepossessing suddenly becomes pretty from Shrek to My Fair Lady 149 Personal lifeBoyle still lives in the family home a four bedroom ex council house in Blackburn which she purchased from her earnings in 2010 19 Her father died in the 1990s and her eight siblings had left home 150 Boyle has never married and she dedicated herself to caring for her ageing mother until her death in 2007 at the age of 91 A neighbour reported that when Bridget Boyle died her daughter wouldn t come out for three or four days or answer the door or phone 151 Boyle is a practising Roman Catholic and sang in her church choir at her church in Blackburn 152 Boyle remains active as a volunteer at her church visiting elderly members of the congregation in their homes 24 On a 2010 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show Boyle summarised that her daily life was mundane and routine prior to stardom In 2012 Boyle was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome She made her diagnosis public in a BBC interview in December 2013 and is also epileptic 23 In November 2012 when asked if she had tried to find love through Internet dating Boyle said she was too scared saying Knowing my luck I d go out on a date and you d find my limbs scattered around various Blackburn dustbins 153 In July 2013 Boyle endorsed the Better Together campaign to keep Scotland as part of the United Kingdom in the 2014 independence referendum In so doing she stated I am a proud patriotic Scot passionate about my heritage and my country But I am not a nationalist going on to say We have still been able to retain our proud identity whilst being a part of Britain 154 In November 2014 it was reported that Boyle was dating her first boyfriend who was around the same age as she was 155 PhilanthropyCharity performances On 26 January 2010 Boyle sang together with other major artists on the charity recording Everybody Hurts put together by Simon Cowell for Haiti Relief for the victims of the Haiti earthquake 156 On 30 January 2010 Boyle performed at the Indsamling Charity Gala a telethon for Haiti and Africa held at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen Denmark 157 Boyle has appeared on the three major UK charity telethons On 19 March 2010 she sang for the Sports Relief charity on BBC1 158 On 18 March 2011 she sang a duet of I Know Him So Well with Peter Kay on the BBC s Comic Relief 159 in addition to the television performance the duet was sold on CD DVD and MP3 download to raise more money for charity The CD was 21 on the all time Comic Relief CDs sold 160 She has performed for BBC Children in Need telethon five times thus far on 19 November 2010 161 on 18 November 2011 162 and on 16 November 2012 163 on 16 November 2013 164 on 14 November 2014 165 On 10 November 2010 Boyle performed at the Pride of Britain Awards in London 166 On 19 March 2011 in Glasgow at the Scottish Variety Awards Boyle performed the money raised was donated to Cash for Kids Charity 167 On 28 August 2013 Boyle travelled down with the Lothian Special Olympics Team to the Special Olympics Great Britain National Summer games in Bath 168 In the evening she performed at the Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics GB at the Royal Crescent in Bath England and also stayed to watch the events and hand out medals to the first day s winners 169 On 14 August 2013 it was announced that Boyle would sing at the Prince amp Princess of Wales Hospice 30th Anniversary Variety Performance at the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow on 27 October 2013 170 171 Community and faith On 16 September 2010 Boyle sang at the Papal Mass performed for Pope Benedict XVI in Glasgow at Bellahouston Park in front of a crowd of 65 000 172 For three years Boyle has launched the Wee Box campaign for the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund SCIAF in Glasgow on 9 March 2011 173 on 21 February 2012 174 and on 12 February 2013 175 In May 2012 it was reported that Boyle would become patron of the struggling Regal Theatre Bathgate where she first performed I Dreamed a Dream 176 On 24 October 2012 Boyle together with the West of Scotland and Edinburgh Garrison Military Wives choirs launched the Poppy Scotland appeal on the steps of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 177 178 Other In January 2012 Boyle donated a performance dress which she had worn on America s Got Talent on 31 August 2011 to The Laura McPhee Memorial Fund Asthma UK Charity The dress was sold at auction for 521 and helped raise awareness of the charity 179 In July 2012 Boyle donated a performance dress designed by Suzanne Neville which she had worn at performances in Madrid on the Ana Rosa Show on 12 February 2010 and in Paris on Vivement Dimanche on 17 February 2010 6 523 was raised and presented to the Prince s Trust 180 Also in June 2013 Boyle donated for auction a performance dress which she had worn on The Oprah Show on 19 October 2010 with proceeds of the auction going to Metro Radio Newcastle England s Cash For Kids Campaign with all funds raised going to disadvantaged kids across the region The winning bid was 400 181 Prior to performing at the International Music Festival White Nights of St Petersburg at the Ice Palace in St Petersburg Russia on 13 June 2013 Boyle visited Children s Hospital Number 17 and presented to the hospital a gift of an anesthetic machine 182 183 It was announced 28 October 2013 that Boyle is a new ambassador for Save the Children UK Boyle released a music video 8 December 2013 featuring children from the FAST program singing O Come All Ye Faithful with Elvis Presley All royalties will go towards Save the Children UK and money raised in the US will be donated to the Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation 184 In popular cultureThis section appears to contain trivial minor or unrelated references to popular culture Please reorganize this content to explain the subject s impact on popular culture providing citations to reliable secondary sources rather than simply listing appearances Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2021 The Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show aired a comedy sketch showing the feel good effect that Boyle s performance has had on people 185 The Simpsons aired a new commercial for its 20th anniversary show Springfield s Got Talent in which Homer Simpson talks about his dreams to be a great singer like Boyle 186 187 A European trailer for the video game The Sims 3 includes a character mocked up as Boyle 188 In June 2009 BBC Radio 4 broadcast a short story called I Dreamed a Dream that was based on a combination of Boyle s appearances on Britain s Got Talent and the political difficulties of the then UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown 189 The 5 November 2009 episode of the show 30 Rock showed recurring character Kathy Geiss Marceline Hugot who has a dowdy appearance and awkward demeanor singing in the style of Boyle as Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy teared up 190 In 2016 Boyle made a cameo appearance in Zoolander 2 where she is ambushed by paparazzi 191 In the Brooklyn Nine Nine episode Return of the King main character Charles Boyle mentions a cousin named Susan who didn t know she could sing until her late 40s hinting that said cousin is Boyle herself DiscographyMain article Susan Boyle discography I Dreamed a Dream 2009 The Gift 2010 Someone to Watch Over Me 2011 Standing Ovation The Greatest Songs from the Stage 2012 Home for Christmas 2013 Hope 2014 A Wonderful World 2016 Ten 2019 Concert toursSusan Boyle in Concert 2013 2014 TEN Tour 2019 2020 Awards and nominationsOverview Year Association Category Result2009 Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards Top Scot of the Year Won 192 2010 World Music Awards Best New Artist Nominated2010 World Music Awards World s Best Album I Dreamed a Dream Nominated2010 World Music Awards World s Best Selling British Artist Won citation needed 2010 People s Choice Awards Favorite Breakout Music Artist Nominated 193 2010 Japan Gold Disc Award Best New Artist International Won 194 2010 Juno Award Canada International Album of the Year Nominated 195 2010 ARIA Music Awards Australia Most Popular International Artist Nominated 196 2010 Scotscare Scot of the Year Won 197 2011 Billboard Music Awards Top Billboard 200 Album Nominated 198 2011 Billboard Music Awards Top Billboard 200 Artist Nominated 198 2011 Scottish Variety Awards Outstanding Achievement Award Won2011 53rd Grammy Awards Best Pop Vocal Album I Dreamed a Dream 199 Nominated2012 54th Grammy Awards Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album The Gift 200 Nominated2013 Radio Forth Awards Icon Award 201 Won2013 Scottish Music Awards Fans Choice Award WonHonorary doctorates In 2012 Boyle was awarded an honorary doctorate for her contribution to the creative industries from Edinburgh s Queen Margaret University where she obtained a Certificate of Higher Education in caring 202 203 In 2015 Boyle was awarded an honorary doctorate in the field of music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Glasgow 204 Guinness World Records In September 2010 Boyle was presented with three Guinness World Records which were featured in the Guinness World Records 2011 edition published 16 September 2010 The three records were for Fastest selling Album by a Female UK Most Successful First Week UK Debut Album Sales as well as Oldest Artist to Reach No 1 with a Debut Album US amp UK 205 On 20 November 2010 Boyle achieved another World Record for Oldest Female at No 1 on UK Albums Chart with her second album The Gift 206 On 20 November 2010 Boyle received two other Guinness World Records due to the success of The Gift one record being Only British female artist to top both the US and UK album charts with two releases 207 and the other being Most successful Christmas album in the UK On 20 November 2010 Susan Boyle s UK album The Gift became the first Christmas album to ever top the UK chart 208 References a b c Interview with Susan s brother Gerry Boyle on RadioLive NZ Radio Live Archived from the original on 16 July 2011 Retrieved 23 February 2011 Susan Boyle Albums Songs Bios Photos Archived 23 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine from Amazon com with middle name spelling Magdalane The 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