Susan Boyle | featured news

Susan Boyle is making her big-screen acting debut in a Christmas-themed British period drama. The Scottish singer appears in "The Christmas Candle," a story of angels and wishes set in an English village in the 1890s. Boyle's role has not been disclosed. In a statement, Boyle said she was enjoying filming and "everyone on set is a delight to work with."

Amid the deluge of holiday music that comes in November and December, Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas II You and Susan Boyle’s The Gift are poised to make all those other seasonal crooners sound like off-key carolers.

Competitor Lin Yu Chun blew away judges on the Taiwanese singing show 'Super Star Avenue' with his version of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You." He won the $1M prize for his performance and a recording contract and has become a YouTube sensation. British papers have even crowned him the next Susan Boyle.

After performing at Italy's Sanremo music festival on February 16, Susan Boyle told an adoring audience, "Dreams have no expiry date. I'd like this to go on and on." But at what cost?

The Scottish singing sensation went from dowdy unknown to Internet sensation to the top of the charts, and then some!

For the second consecutive time, Mary J. Blige had to settle for a Number Two debut as the diva’s Stronger With Every Tear was outsold by Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream on the Billboard Top 200. Stronger sold 330,000 copies, but it wasn’t in the same weight class as I Dreamed ...

In the contest, she finished second. But on the charts, she's number one. According to the Official Charts Company, which tracks music sales in Britain, the more than 410,000 copies of "I Dreamed a Dream" sold since its release Nov. 23 make it the fastest selling album so far this year, and are the largest first-week sales for a debut album in U.K. chart history.

That dreamed she dreamt is coming true! Wow! Susan Boyle came out of nowhere and shocked people all over the world as she performed on Britain's Got Talent. We kind of thought she was just a phase (or a fun video to watch on YouTube), but it turns out she's the real deal and it looks like she's here to stay.

Susan Boyle has cut a trimmer figure and the first track for her new album.
The overnight Scottish singing sensation was seen in a blue T-shirt and pants looking slimmer and switched on for her touring engagements.
She has cut her first track - and Britain's Got Talent's judge Simon Cowell is tickled pink.

Susan Boyle may have earned a pair of standing ovations this weekend, but Britain's Got Talent's head honcho and resident curmudgeon, Simon Cowell, has been humbled by the singer's...