Taylor Swift has released the music video for "Fearless," the title track from her bestselling album. Taylor Swift's album, Fearless, was the top selling album in 2009. Fearless just barely edged out Susan Boyle's fast selling album, Dream. No other album came close to the sales generated by Taylor Swift and Susan Boyle in 2009.
The "Fearless" music video features a montage of video highlights from Taylor Swift's concert tour, including behind-the-scenes footage. It should be a fan favorite. Take a look:
Some of the biggest names in UK and American music joined forces to record a cover of the REM classic "Everybody Hurts." The effort will raise money for charities supporting the relief efforts in Haiti. The line up of featured artists includes Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Jon Bon Jovi, Robbie Williams, Kylie, Rod Stewart, Alexandra Burke, Miley Cyrus, Take That, Joe McElderry, Cheryl Cole, JLS, Mika, Michael Buble, James Blunt, James Morrison, Susan Boyle, and Westlife. The song can be purchased on Amazon.co.uk, HMV and Play.com. You can see the official music video below.
Photos: Joel Anderson, Austin Hargrave, SYCO Music
Simon Cowell Launches Haiti Charity Single: Everybody Hurts
Simon Cowell has launched his Haiti celebrity charity single. The single is a cover of R.E.M.'s single, "Everbody Hurts." The cover featurs Mariah Carey, Leona Lewis, Susan Boyle, Rod Stewart, Jon Bon Jovi and Miley Cyrus. The song will be available for download from hmv.com, play.com, and amazon.co.uk on February 7th. Take a look:
Susan Boyle Says Intruder Was More Scared Than She Was
An intruder was found in Susan Boyle's home yesterday. Susan Boyle says the intruder was more scared than she was. Susan Boyle's brother John Boyle is very worried that a crazed fan will kill his sister and she will be assassinated just like John Lennon. Susan Boyle has reassured fans that she is allright. Take a look:
Lady Gaga is a Susan Boyle
fan. Gaga had this to say about the Scottish singing sensation:
"I love Susan Boyle. She is my woman of the year. She has achieved more in this year than most artists will in a lifetime.
"This time last year nobody even knew who she was and now she is knocking the world's most established artists off the album and singles charts.
Our styles are different. I don't know if we could work together, but never say never. It would be great to work with somebody of that talent."
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"I have watched the clip of her singing on BGT a thousand times and every time I see Simon Cowell's face it makes me laugh out loud. He thinks he knows everything but even he wasn't expecting that."
Both GaGa and SuBo landed high-profile gigs to bring in the New Year tomorrow.
Gaga will be performing at the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami for New Year's Eve, while Susan has already performed on Japan's hottest music show
Kohaku Uta Gassen. Susan was greeted at the Tokyo airport by lots of adoring fans.
We're still trying to wrap our heads around a Susan Boyle/Lady Gaga collaboration. But hey, why not? Gaga can play the piano and they can do a duet. It would be fab.
Susan's reaction to Japan is "Wow!" Susan is the first international singer to be invited on the show Kohaku Uta Gassen in many years. The show is watched by up to 40 million people.
Susan reportedly performed two songs, including a Japanese song that was included on the Japanese version of her album. Here's Susan's New Year's Eve performance of "I Dreamed a Dream":
Susan Boyle Stays Number One For Fourth Consecutive Week
Susan Boyle's debut album, I Dreamed a Dream, continues to remain #1 according to data from to Nielsen SoundScan. She sold another 661,000 copies last week reportsVariety.
Still selling at a torrid clip, the Syco/Columbia set moved 661,000 copies (a 14% week-to-week gain) in the Christmas run-up, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures for the week ending Dec. 20. Boyle's American sales have topped 2.4 million within a month.
Despite a run of media exposure fueled by her ubiquitous New York homage "Empire State of Mind," Alicia Keys' new "The Element of Freedom" was unable to unseat Boyle's album in its first week. Pop/R&B singer's J Records collection enters at No. 2, logging a solid 417,000-unit debut.
Susan Boyle albums has also held the #1 music spot on Amazon.com for several weeks.
YouTube has released information about the most watched videos on YouTube in 2009. Susan Boyle topped the list. The video of her moving and surprising performance on Britain's Got Talent was viewed over 120 million times.
Susan Boyle Tops Charts, Simon Cowell Says She's Broken All the Rules
Susan Boyle is truly breaking all the rules in the record business. Her first album, I Dreamed a Dream, sold 700,000 copies in its first week, beating Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Shakira and Adam Lambert, who all released albums the same day.
Simon Cowell talks about how Susan's amazing accomplishment and also blasts the press for saying Susan had a meltdown after her Today Show performance. He said Susan got emotional, but only in a positive way. He says it's been the best week of her life. He also says when he looks back on the way he reacted to her when he first saw her, he didn't like what he saw. Take a look:
Susan Boyle talked with CBS News' Harry Smith about her new found fame. Susan, whose new album has hit #1 on the UK Charts already, says that fame is humbling. Take a look:
Susan then sang her signature song, "I Dreamed a Dream." She looks and sounds just lovely. Take a look:
Video: Susam Boyle Sings Wild Horses in Rockefeller Plaza
Susan Boyle's mini-concert this morning in Rockefeller Plaza included Susan's rendition of The Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses." Susan's album I Dreamed a Dream drops today: it's already the most pre-ordered album in history (it's available at Amazon.com). Take a look:
Video: Susan Boyle Sings Cry Me a River in Rockefeller Plaza
Susan Boyle appeared on The Today Show this morning and sang to a huge crowd in the cold at Rockefeller Plaza. Susan performed three songs; here she sings "Cry Me a River." Take a look:
Susan Boyle: I Chose Madonna Song You'll See as Response to Childhood Bullies
Matt Lauer interviewed Susan Boyle for a Thanksgiving evening special for NBC's People of the Year. In this teaser trailer, Susan talks about how she's changed over the past year. She also says she chose Madonna's song "You'll See" for her new album as a response to the teachers who beat her and the children who bullied her mercilessly when she was a child at school. Susan will be singing live on The Today Show later this morning. Take a look:
Susan Boyle is heading to the Big Apple. People reports that Susan is heading to New York next week to celebrate the release of her debut album, I Dreamed a Dream. Susan will perform live on The Today Show tomorrow morning. On Tuesday she will take in the sights of New York.
Holiday crowds in Manhattan's Rockefeller Center will be able to catch her singing three tracks from the album, which already has notched record-setting pre-orders on Amazon.com.
"The album itself is like a reflection on my whole life," Boyle says. "I've waited so long to become a professional singer and now it's become real."
We'll definitely tune in to see Susan's performance tomorrow. It's so wonderful to see her enjoying her success.
Susan Boyle Talks About Being Beaten, Bullied as a Child With a Learning Disability
In a new
interview
Susan Boyle reveals that she was beaten daily at school for being slow and bullied by the other children. Susan says she has a slight learning disability and that they used to punish children for being slow. She also talks about the loneliness after the death of her mother.
The Britain’s Got Talent star says she was lashed with a belt every day by brutal teachers and cruelly taunted by other kids.
She said: "You're looking at someone who would get the belt every day. 'Will you Shut up, Susan!' -- whack!"
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“I was often left behind at school because of one thing or another. I was a slow learner.
"I'm just I’m a wee bit slower at picking things up than other people. So you get left behind in a system that just wants to rush on, you know?
"That was what I felt was happening to me."
She added: "There was discipline for the sake of discipline back then. But it's all very different now. I think teachers are taught to understand children with learning disabilities a lot better."
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"After mum died it didn’t fully register until maybe six months after. That's when the loneliness set in and there was nobody around except my cat Pebbles. When you lose someone as powerful as your mum you feel as if a part of you is taken away and that does things to your confidence.
My confidence was pretty down at that time. A good way of levelling it out, I found, was to tell myself that even though she's not here physically, mentally and spiritually she is.
That's what keeps you going. I have my faith, which is the backbone of who I am, really."
What a horrifying story. We have great respect for her for staying strong all these years and not giving up on her dream, despite all the naysayers. We wish her continued success in life. Her new album, I Dreamed a Dream is available for pre-order at a huge discount at Amazon.com. It will be released on November 23rd.
The album cover art for Susan Boyle's first album has been released and it's really fabulous. The photo was taken during Susan's Harper's Bazaarphotoshoot and it's gorgeous. The album is already a runaway hit, and it hasn't even been released yet. Currently, it's the second bestselling album on Amazon.com. The track list is pretty interesting, with songs from many artist, including The Monkees ("Daydream Believer"), and Madonna ("You'll See").
Also included are the tracks "Wild Horses," "I Dreamed a Dream," "Cry Me a River" (an amazing version of the classic torch song, not the Justin Timberlake song), "Silent Night" and "Who I Was Born To Be" which was written just for Susan. There are twelve tracks; the album will drop on November 23.
The album is available for pre-order at a discount at
Amazon.com.
