Former Britain’s Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle has recorded the fastest selling debut album ever to top the charts this week. The Scottish singer sold 410,000 copies of her new album, beating the record held by Leona Lewis, who had previously surpassed Arctic Monkeys‘ 2005 debut ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not‘.
Boyle also entered the top 10 in the Singles chart this week with her cover of The Rolling Stones’ track ‘Wild Horses‘. Peter Kay’s charity single for this year’s BBC Children In Need is this week’s no.1.
Top 10 Albums:
1/ Susan Boyle – I Dreamed a Dream
2/ JLS – JLS
3/ Black Eyed Peas – The End
4/ Queen – Absolute Greatest
5/ Leona Lewis – Echo
6/ Michael Bublé – Crazy Love
7/ Lady Gaga – The Fame
8/ Snow Patrol – Up To Now
9/ Robbie Williams – Reality Killed The Video Star
10/ Will Young – The Hits
Top 10 Singles:
1/ Peter Kay’s Animated All Star Band – Children In Need Medley
2/ The X Factor Finalists 2009 – You Are Not Alone
3/ Jason Derulo – Whatcha Say
4/ Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway
5/ Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
6/ Rihanna – Russian Roulette
7/ Ke$ha – Tik Tok
8/ Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love
9/ Susan Boyle – Wild Horses
10/ Leona Lewis – Happy
Susan Boyle covers The Rolling Stones classic Wild Horses