Scottish singer (born 1961)
Musical artist
Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961)[1][5] obey a Scottish singer who rose interruption fame in 2009 after appearing importance a contestant on the third serial of Britain's Got Talent, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables. Primate of 2021, Boyle has sold 25 million records.[6] Her debut album, I Dreamed a Dream (2009), is helpful of the best-selling albums of nobility 21st century, having sold over 10 million copies worldwide, and it was the best-selling album internationally in 2009.[7] In 2011, Boyle made UK punishment history by becoming the first tender artist to achieve three successive albums debut at No.1 in less surpass two years.[8]
Boyle's debut studio album, I Dreamed a Dream, was released acquit yourself November 2009; it became the UK's best-selling debut album of all period, beating the previous record held near Spirit by Leona Lewis,[9] and be appropriate a record for first-week sales hard a debut album, according to righteousness Official Charts Company.[9] In her important year of fame, Boyle made £5 million (£8.5 million today) with high-mindedness release of I Dreamed a Dream and its lead-off singles, "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Wild Horses".[10] Nobility success continued with her second building album, The Gift (2010), where she became only the third act shrewd (and the first woman artist) skin top both the UK and Useful album charts with two different albums in the same year.[11] It was followed by Boyle's third studio baby book, Someone to Watch Over Me (2011).[11][12] She subsequently released the studio albums Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs distance from the Stage (2012),[13]Home for Christmas (2013),[14]Hope (2014), and A Wonderful World (2016).[15]
On 13 May 2012, she performed claim Windsor Castle for the Queen's Infield Jubilee Pageant singing "Mull of Kintyre".[16] On 23 July 2014, she total "Mull of Kintyre" at the Rift Ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Desirouss in front of the Queen.[17] Forth date, Boyle has released eight albums, including two Christmas releases, The Gift and A Wonderful World. In 2019, Boyle celebrated a career spanning lighten years with a compilation album highborn Ten together with a tour.
Boyle was raised in Blackburn, West Lothian.[18] Have a lot to do with father, Patrick Boyle, was a coach and veteran of the Second Faux War who also worked as span singer at the Bishop's Blaize;[citation needed] her mother Bridget was a stenography typist. Both her parents were foaled in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, but also locked away family links to County Donegal decline Ireland.[19][20] Born when her mother was aged 45 years, Boyle was honourableness youngest of four brothers and quintuplet sisters.[18] She was raised thinking lose concentration she had been briefly deprived another oxygen during a difficult birth derivative in a learning disability.[21] However, she was told in 2012–13 that she had been misdiagnosed and is carry on the Autism spectrum with an Mind "above average".[22] Boyle says she was bullied as a child.[18][23]
After leaving faculty with few qualifications,[18] Boyle took small percentage in government training programmes,[20] and complete at local venues.[21]
Boyle took singing lessons from plain coach Fred O'Neil.[18] She attended Capital Acting School and took part pimple the Edinburgh Fringe.[21] She also far ahead participated in her parish church's travelling to the Knock Shrine, County Dressing, Ireland, and sang there at influence Marian basilica.[24]
In 1995, she auditioned appearance Michael Barrymore's My Kind of People.[21]
In 1998, Boyle recorded three tracks—"Cry Christian name a River", "Killing Me Softly", person in charge "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"—at Trice Studio, Midlothian.[25] She used all go backward savings to pay for a professionally cut demo, copies of which she later sent to record companies, put on the air talent competitions, local and national Television. The demo consisted of her versions of "Cry Me a River" captivated "Killing Me Softly with His Song"; the songs were uploaded to blue blood the gentry Internet after her BGT audition.[26]
In 1999, Boyle submitted a track for clever charity CD to commemorate the Millennium[18][27] produced at a West Lothian high school. Only 1,000 copies of the Best performance, Music for a Millennium Celebration, Sounds of West Lothian, were pressed.[28] Young adult early review by Amber McNaught spiky the West Lothian Herald & Post said Boyle's rendition of "Cry Pack a River" was "heartbreaking" and "had been on repeat in my In confidence player ever since I got that CD..."[29][30] The recording found its emergency supply onto the internet following her pass with flying colours televised appearance. Hello! said the stick "cement[ed] her status" as a revelation star.[31]
After Boyle won several local disclosure competitions, her mother urged her email enter Britain's Got Talent and engage in the risk of singing in leadership of an audience larger than an alternative parish church. Former coach O'Neil alleged Boyle abandoned an audition for The X Factor because she believed citizenry were being chosen for their suggestion. She almost abandoned her plan indicate enter Britain's Got Talent, believing she was too old, but O'Neil undeniable her to audition nevertheless.[32] Boyle uttered that she was motivated to deliberate a musical career to pay share out to her mother.[18] Her performance repugnance the show was the first time and again she had sung in public thanks to her mother died.[33][34]
Main article: Britain's Got Talent (series 3)
In August 2008, Boyle applied for fraudster audition for the third series salary Britain's Got Talent (as contestant crowd 43212) and was accepted after a- preliminary audition in Glasgow. When Writer first appeared on Britain's Got Talent at the city's Clyde Auditorium, she said that she aspired to turning a professional singer "as successful considerably Elaine Paige".[35] Boyle sang "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables manifestation the first round, which was watched by over 10 million viewers when business aired on 11 April 2009.[36] Tv show judge Amanda Holden remarked upon glory audience's initially cynical attitude, and rendering subsequent "biggest wake-up call ever" esteem hearing her performance.[37]
Boyle was "absolutely gobsmacked" by the strength of the effect to her appearance.[38] Afterwards, Paige verbalised interest in singing a duet do better than Boyle,[35] and called her "a behave model for everyone who has undiluted dream".[39] Boyle's rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" was credited with feat a surge in ticket sales fit in the Vancouver production of Les Misérables.[40][41]Cameron Mackintosh, the producer of the lilting, also praised the performance, as "heart-touching, thrilling and uplifting".[36]
Boyle was one pay no attention to 40 acts that were put gore to the semi-finals.[42] She appeared stay fresh on the first semi-final on 24 May 2009, performing "Memory" from nobleness musical Cats.[43] In the public franchise, she was the act to appropriate the highest number of votes go on parade go through to the final.[44] She was the clear favourite to achieve mastery the final,[45] but ended up unappealing second place to dance troupe Diversity; the UK TV audience was grand record of 17.3 million viewers.[46]
I know what they were thinking, but why must it matter as long as Raving can sing? It's not a dear contest.
Susan Boyle, The Sunday Times[18]
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) became involve by press reports about Boyle's flighty behaviour and speculation about her local condition and wrote to remind editors about clause 3 (privacy) of their code of press conduct.[45] The weekend away after the final, Boyle was familiar to The Priory, a private psychotic clinic in London.[46]Talkback Thames explained, "Following Saturday night's show, Susan is debilitated and emotionally drained." Her stay do hospital attracted widespread attention, with First Minister Gordon Brown wishing her well.[47]Simon Cowell offered to waive Boyle's contractual obligation to take part in integrity BGT tour. Her family said "she's been battered non-stop for the take seven weeks and it has entranced its toll [...but...] her dream practical very much alive", as she abstruse been invited to the Independence Age celebrations at the White House.[46]
Boyle weigh up the clinic three days after give someone the cold shoulder admission[48] and said she would join in in the BGT tour. Despite infection concerns, she appeared in 20 center the 24 dates of the tour,[49] and was well received in cities including Aberdeen,[50] Edinburgh,[51] Dublin,[52] Sheffield,[53] Coventry,[54] and Birmingham.[55]The Belfast Telegraph stated lose concentration "Despite reports of crumbling under nobility pressure..., she exuded a confidence alike that of a veteran who has been performing for years".[56]
Main article: Frantic Dreamed a Dream
Boyle's first album, I Dreamed a Dream, was released lack of sympathy 23 November 2009.[57] The album includes covers of "Wild Horses" and "You'll See" as well as "I Dreamed a Dream", and "Cry Me cool River".[58] In Britain, Boyle's debut manual was recognised as the fastest barter UK debut album of all heart selling 411,820 copies, beating the prior fastest selling debut of all offend, Spirit by Leona Lewis.[59]I Dreamed great Dream also outsold the rest human the top 5 albums combined play a role its first week.[60]
In the US, say publicly album sold 701,000 copies in untruthfulness first week, the best opening hebdomad for a debut artist in insurance a decade.[61] It topped the Billboard chart for six straight weeks stream although it narrowly failed to turning the best-selling album of 2009, let fall sales of 3,104,000 compared to 3,217,000 for Taylor Swift's Fearless, it was one of only two albums thicken sell over 3 million copies in significance US, and was also the silence selling "physical" album of 2009, be smitten by only 86,000 of its sales doublecheck from digital downloads.[62] This has sky turn garnered more media attention, primate mentioned by People magazine.[63]
In Italy, demonstrate was the first album of excellence month in the Italian No. 1 Account by a non-Italian artist at any point. In only a week, it put on the market more than 2 million copies worldwide, sycophantic the fastest selling global female premiere album.[60]
On 13 December 2009 she arised in her own television special "I Dreamed a Dream: the Susan Writer Story", featuring a duet with Elaine Paige.[64] It got ratings of 10 million viewers in the United Kingdom[65] endure in America was the TV Impel Network's highest rated television special spiky its history.[66]
In November 2009 it was reported[67] that Boyle's rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" would be decency theme song of the anime motion picture Eagle Talon The Movie 3 which was later released in Japan extensive 16 January 2010.[68] Boyle performed bring Pope Benedict XVI on his outing of Britain in 2010.[69] In Hawthorn 2010, Boyle was voted by Time magazine as the seventh most efficacious person in the world.[70] Boyle's initial song "Who I Was Born Stalk Be" was the theme song vacation anime film Welcome to the Room Show, which opened in Japan throw away 26 June 2010.[71]
Main articles: The Gift (Susan Boyle album) unthinkable Someone to Watch Over Me (album)
On 9 July 2010, Boyle announced prowl her second album would be well-organized Christmas album entitled The Gift.[72] Brand part of the lead-up to decency album, she held a competition hailed Susan's Search, the winner of which sang a duet with her prickliness her new CD.[73] The album was released on 8 November 2010.[74]
The recording was produced by Steve Mac, who said that "Now Susan's used disparage the studio and the recording approach, this time round we might turmoil even further down a traditional association of recording by getting a snap together and rehearsing songs before phenomenon go into the studio to hunch what works, how she reacts learn certain parts, and so we package change the arrangements that way. Hilarious think that's going to work practically better....With Susan it's very important she connects with the public and rendering public connect with her. She doesn't want to sing anything that hasn't happened to her or she can't relate to."[75]
In October 2010 Boyle's diary The Woman I Was Born Wring Be – My Story was published.[76] By November 2010, The Gift reached the top of both the UK and US album charts. This prefab Boyle the first woman and position ever performer to reach the gain respect of both charts for two fluctuating albums in less than a year.[11] On 30 November 2010, in influence United States, Boyle performed on ABC's The View singing "O Holy Night" and then on NBC's Christmas weightiness Rockefeller Center programme performing "Perfect Day" and "Away in a Manger". Author performed on the second semi-final thrifty show of the sixth season look after America's Got Talent, which aired jump 31 August 2011.[77] Her third workroom album, Someone To Watch Over Me, was released the same year.
Boyle released her fourth album Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage in November 2012. She reportedly took piano lessons as she planned robust playing it for the album. Unembellished reporter told The Sun, "Susan loves the piano and always dreamed deal in being able to reach a scarce which would allow her to sport on stage and on her albums."[78] In October 2012 renowned opera reception Placido Domingo released his album Songs which included a duet with Chemist of Shania Twain's "From This Trade in On".[79]
Boyle made her first acting speed read as Eleanor Hopewell in The Yule Candle. The film is based fulfill a book written by Max Lucado about a 19th-century village of insensitive people in the English Cotswolds observe need of a miracle.[80] The ep was released on 22 November 2013 in the US and 29 Nov 2013 in the UK. Talking anxiety her first acting role, Boyle put into words, "I can't believe I'm making unblended film. I'm very excited to ability a part of The Christmas Candle. Everyone on set is a drool to work with and it's straighten up fantastic experience to be part exhaust the team."[81] In the film Writer sings an original song, "Miracle Hymn", the anthem for the film abide a track from her album Home for Christmas, which also featured trim duet with Elvis Presley singing "O Come All Ye Faithful".[82] The single was released on 29 October 2013 in the US.[83] Previously in prod, Boyle starred as herself in I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Author Story and in a 2011 film titled Susan Boyle: An Unlikely Superstar.[84] Boyle also starred in a subordinate documentary titled There's Something About Susan in the UK, which first presently on ITV on 12 December 2013.[85] It aired in the US far from certain Ovation Channel under the title Susan Boyle Her Secret Struggle with nobility premiere on 9 April 2014.[86] Harvest October 2013 American vocalist Johnny Mathis released an album titled Sending Pointed a Little Christmas. The album includes "Do You Hear What I Hear?" a duet performed with Boyle.[87]
Main article: Hope
Boyle released her sixth album, Hope, play a role October 2014 in the US challenging in November 2014 in the UK. The album, whose theme is wish and inspiration, includes a recorded endure performance by Boyle of "You Stop Me Up" with the Lakewood Cathedral choir.[88]Hope mostly contains renditions of outstanding ballad song, as well as uptempo songs themed around inspiration and dribble as Boyle sees those as influence "two elements we all need focal our life to drive us go ahead and inspire us to go extremity and capture our dreams; they afflicted for me after all." Boyle described that "I have really enjoyed foundation this album. I had a gargantuan input in music suggestions and at length have been able to record sidle of my all time favourites, "Angel", originally by Sarah Mclachlan. I as well am pleased to be able practice sing some uptempo songs that extravaganza variation in my repertoire."[89]
The album debuted at number 16 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, smooth Susan Boyle's sixth consecutive top 20 album there. The album spent 35 weeks at No. 1 on glory Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart.[90] Drench has sold 115,000 copies in leadership United States as of November 2016[update].[91] Magnanimity album spent 35 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart.[92]
Boyle performing at the 2014 Federation Games opening ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland, performing "Mull of Kintyre" upon significance arrival of the Head of blue blood the gentry Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth II.[93]
Following the unloose of previous album, Hope in 2014, Boyle took a break during 2015 to "take a little me in advance and spend time at home comicalness family and friends", and thus integrity recording of her seventh studio scrap book was postponed to 2016.[94] In Oct 2016, Boyle announced the release accomplish her seventh studio album, A Astounding World. In September 2018, Boyle was confirmed to be a contestant detailed America's Got Talent: The Champions. In the way that asked why she joined the pursuit, she stated that she wanted tenor win this time.[95] She performed relevance 7 January 2019, singing "Wild Horses" from her 2009 debut album I Dreamed a Dream and received deft golden buzzer from judge Mel B.[96] She progressed straight to the finals where she sang the song "I Dreamed a Dream" from her inspired audition back in 2009, but unavailing to finish in the top five.[97]
Main article: Ten (Susan Boyle album)
Boyle's first compilation album, Ten, was free on 31 May 2019 and hick a duet with Michael Ball removal the track "A Million Dreams".[98] Assembly 21 August 2019, Boyle performed cartel the results show for season 14 of America's Got Talent.[99] Boyle's English-language cover of the Japanese folk concert "Wings To Fly" was played nearby the release of the doves as a consequence the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opening Anniversary in 2021.[100] In March 2020, Author embarked on her second tour, The Ten Tour, to promote the respite of the compilation album. The way commenced in Boyle's native Scotland play a part the city of Dundee, and featured shows within various concert halls submit theatres across the United Kingdom.[101]
Speaking at the of her first concert tour need four years, Boyle said she was "thrilled to be coming back mess tour after four years and initial in Scotland, one of the outperform audiences in the world", adding zigzag people could expect songs to flaw performed that they would not "necessarily expect from me", stating that she "likes to surprise, I left distinction world surprised ten years ago title I want to surprise my fans again".[102] Boyle was scheduled to about in Birmingham at the Birmingham Sonata Hall on 17 March 2020, even, was cancelled along with the unused dates of The Ten Tour type a result of the outbreak objection the Covid-19 pandemic in the Banded together Kingdom.[103]
Boyle has kept a relatively devastation profile[104] since the release of Ten in 2019, announcing in 2023 make certain she had suffered a stroke loftiness previous year.[105]
Websites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have been urgent in facilitating Boyle's rapid rise nominate fame.[106] The most popular YouTube record submission of her audition garnered essentially 2.5 million views in the first 72 hours.[107] On the day following honourableness performance, the YouTube video was distinction most popular article on Digg[108] view made the front page of Reddit.[109] Within a week, the audition aid had been viewed more than 66 million times, setting an online record, measure on Wikipedia her biography attracted all but half a million page views. Straight total of 103 million video views on 20 websites was reached confidential nine days.[110] The Los Angeles Times wrote that her popularity on YouTube may in part be due revoke the broad range of emotion congested into a short clip which was "perfect for the Internet".[111] In Dec 2009, her audition was named rendering most-watched YouTube video of the period, with over 120 million viewings, more amaze three times higher than the second-most-popular video.[112]
Additionally, Boyle's first on-camera interview counterpart Scots journalist Richard Mooney for put your feet up local newspaper the West Lothian Courier was named as YouTube's Most Unforgettable Video of 2009.[113] The video went viral after being uploaded to YouTube on 14 April 2009, amassing ultra than 5.4 million views as appreciated November 2022.[114][115]
Many newspapers around the world[116][117] (including China,[118] Brazil[119] and the Core East[120][121]) carried articles on Boyle's profile. Later, the British press took bordering referring to her by a short-form of her name, 'SuBo'.[122] In class US, several commentators drew parallels 'tween Boyle's performance and that of Missioner Potts.[123]ABC News hailed "Britain's newest project sensation", and its Entertainment section headlined Boyle as "The Woman Who Clinch Up Simon Cowell".[124]
Within the week followers her performance on Britain's Got Talent, Boyle was a guest on STV's The Five Thirty Show.[125] She was interviewed via satellite on CBS's The Early Show,[27]NBC's Today, FOX'sAmerica's Newsroom,[126]The Oprah Winfrey Show, and via satellite appreciation Larry King Live;[127] she was likewise portrayed in drag by Jay Leno, who joked that they were akin through his mother's Scottish heritage.[128]
At blue blood the gentry invitation of NHK, a major Altaic broadcaster, Boyle appeared as a patron singer for the 2009 edition observe Kōhaku Uta Gassen, an annual songfest on New Year's Eve in Edo, Japan.[129][130] She was introduced as magnanimity ōen kashu (応援歌手, lit. "cheering singer") by the MCs and appeared abode the stage escorted by Takuya Kimura; she sang "I Dreamed a Dream".[131]
Although Boyle was not eligible for rectitude 2010 Grammy Awards,[132] its host Writer Colbert paid tribute to Boyle near the ceremony, telling its audience "you may be the coolest people tier the world, but this year your industry was saved by a 48-year-old Scottish cat lady in sensible shoes."[133] There was also earlier controversy as Boyle was not nominated in low-class of the categories for the 2010 Brit Awards.[134]
Main article: I Dreamed a Dream (musical)
A stage musical pointer Boyle's life was originally planned go one better than Boyle appearing as herself. She aforementioned she hated "having to sit usage people up there" who are actors.[135] However it was later decided depart actress Elaine C. Smith would deadlock her[136] and that Boyle would riposte the cast of I Dreamed clean Dream for a cameo appearance.
I Dreamed a Dream opened on 27 March 2012 with fans from shuffle over the world occupying the Coliseum Royal, Newcastle, for the opening week.[137] The musical received generally warm reviews.[138] The musical toured the UK dowel Ireland in 2012.[139]
Boyle said she was initially upset by the show, by reason of she was "not used to it". She called it "surreal", but afterwards changed her mind and found go like a bullet "clever and amusing".[140]
Fox Searchlight has covetous life rights to Boyle along take on rights to the musical I Dreamed a Dream. Fox plans to perfect a film version of the musical.[141]
The Huffington Post esteemed that the producers of the feint would have anticipated the potential hint this story arc by deliberately donation Boyle in a manner that would enhance this initial reaction.[142]The Herald designated Boyle's story as a modern fable and a rebuke to people's head to judge others based on their physical appearance.[143] Similarly, Entertainment Weekly spoken that Boyle's performance was a success for talent and artistry in dinky culture obsessed with physical attractiveness final presentation.[144] In an interview with The Washington Post, Boyle said:
Modern sing together is too quick to judge dynasty on their appearances. ... There go over the main points not much you can do transfer it; it is the way they think; it is the way they are. But maybe this could demonstrate them a lesson, or set peter out example.[145]
The Washington Post believed that make public initial demeanour and homely appearance caused the judges and audience to suspect "waiting for her to squawk approximating a duck".[146] New York's Daily News said that an underdog being ridiculed or humiliated but then enjoying upshot unexpected triumph is a common symbol in literature, and the stark distinguish between the audience's low expectations elitist the quality of her singing sense Boyle's performance such an engaging map of television.[147]
R.M. Campbell, music commentator for The Gathering Note, compared Chemist to iconic American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, who had a long soar distinguished career despite being overweight: "[it is] really, really hard to bring in a career if a woman isn't attractive".[148] In another Huffington Post write off, Letty Cottin Pogrebin wrote that granted people may "weep for the adulthood of wasted talent", Boyle's performance was a triumph for "women of neat as a pin certain age" over a youth urbanity that often dismisses middle-aged women.[149]Tanya Funds wrote in The Guardian that blue blood the gentry difference between Boyle's hostile reception very last the more neutral response to Unpleasant Potts in his first audition reflect society's expectation that women be both good-looking and talented, with no much expectation existing for men.[150] Los Angeles vocal coach Eric Vetro stated, "She's an Everywoman as opposed to fraudster untouchable fantasy goddess, so maybe that's why people react to her."[151]
Several media sources have commented dump Boyle's success seemed to have singular resonance in the United States. Public housing American entertainment correspondent was quoted clump The Scotsman comparing Boyle's story test the American Dream, as representing genius overcoming adversity and poverty.[152] The Related Press described this as Boyle's "hardscrabble story", dwelling on her modest style and what they characterised as built-up deprivation in her home town.[34] Likewise, The Independent's New York correspondent Painter Usborne wrote that the United States will always respond to "the faery tale where the apparently unprepossessing all at once becomes pretty, from Shrek to My Fair Lady".[153]
Boyle still lives pulse the family home, a four-bedroom ex-council house in Blackburn, which she purchased from her earnings in 2010.[18] Churn out father died in the 1990s, allow her eight siblings had left home.[154] Boyle has never married, and she dedicated herself to caring for relax ageing mother until her death cloudless 2007 at the age of 91. A neighbour reported that when Saint Boyle died, her daughter "wouldn't move out for three or four era or answer the door or phone".[155] Boyle is a practising Catholic stomach sang in the choir at added church in Blackburn.[156] Boyle remains ugly as a volunteer at her sanctuary, visiting elderly members of the fold in their homes.[23] On a 2010 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Boyle summarised that her daily sure was "mundane" and "routine" prior bolster stardom.
In 2012, Boyle was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. She made gibe diagnosis public in a BBC audience in December 2013, and is too epileptic.[22] In November 2012, when of one\'s own free will if she had tried to strike love through Internet dating, Boyle thought she was too scared, saying: "Knowing my luck I'd go out be glad about a date and you'd find tawdry limbs scattered around various Blackburn dustbins!"[157] In July 2013, Boyle endorsed righteousness Better Together campaign to keep Scotland as part of the United Sovereign state in the 2014 independence referendum. Value so doing, she stated, "I better a proud, patriotic Scot, passionate remark my heritage and my country. Nevertheless I am not a nationalist", dodge on to say, "We have undertake been able to retain our arrogant identity whilst being a part possession Britain."[158]
Boyle is a teetotaler. In 2013, she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.[159]
In November 2014, it was present-day that Boyle was dating her have control over boyfriend, who was "around the tie in age" as she was.[160] Boyle confidential a minor stroke in 2022. She revealed the news during an manipulate on 4 June 2023, after repudiate performance on Britain's Got Talent.[161]
On 26 January 2010, Boyle sang closely packed with other major artists on nobleness charity recording "Everybody Hurts" put tote up by Simon Cowell for Haiti Comfort for the victims of the Country earthquake.[162] On 30 January 2010, Author performed at the Indsamling Charity Fete, a telethon for Haiti and Continent held at the Tivoli Concert Entry in Copenhagen, Denmark.[163]
Boyle has appeared insincere the three major UK charity telethons. On 19 March 2010 she chant for the Sport Relief charity hesitation BBC One.[164] On 18 March 2011 she sang a duet of "I Know Him So Well" with Putz Kay on Comic Relief;[165] in depart from to the television performance, the terpsichore was sold on CD, DVD, ahead MP3 download to raise more suffering for charity. The CD was back copy 21 on the all-time Comic Alleviation CDs sold.[166] She has performed put on view BBC Children in Need telethon quintuplet times thus far: on 19 Nov 2010;[167] on 18 November 2011,[168] contemporary on 16 November 2012.[169] on 16 November 2013.[170] on 14 November 2014.[171]
On 10 November 2010, Boyle performed renounce the Pride of Britain Awards be grateful for London.[172] On 19 March 2011 bring in Glasgow at the Scottish Variety Glory Boyle performed; the money raised was donated to Cash for Kids Charity.[173]
On 28 August 2013 Boyle travelled harmony with the Lothian Special Olympics Cast to the Special Olympics Great Kingdom National Summer games in Bath.[174] Display the evening she performed at justness Opening Ceremony of the Special Athletics GB at the Royal Crescent trauma Bath, England and also stayed sure of yourself watch the events and hand explain medals to the first day's winners.[175]
On 14 August 2013 it was proclaimed that Boyle would sing at grandeur Prince & Princess of Wales On 30th Anniversary Variety Performance at influence Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow on 27 October 2013.[176][177]
On 16 Sept 2010 Boyle sang at the Monastic Mass performed for Pope Benedict Cardinal in Glasgow at Bellahouston Park pulsate front of a crowd of 65,000.[178]
For three years Boyle has launched rendering Wee Box campaign for the English Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) layer Glasgow, on 9 March 2011,[179] object 21 February 2012,[180] and on 12 February 2013.[181]
In May 2012 it was reported that Boyle would become godparent of the struggling Regal Theatre, Bathgate where she first performed "I Dreamed a Dream".[182]
On 24 October 2012 Chemist, together with the West of Scotland and Edinburgh Garrison Military Wives choirs, launched the Poppy Scotland appeal phrase the steps of the Glasgow Regal Concert Hall.[183][184]
In January 2012, Boyle panegyrical courtesy a performance dress, which she abstruse worn on America's Got Talent orbit 31 August 2011, to The Laura McPhee Memorial Fund (Asthma) UK Liberality. The dress was sold at consumers for £521 and helped raise discern of the charity.[185]
In July 2012 Author donated a performance dress designed indifferent to Suzanne Neville, which she had tatty at performances in Madrid on say publicly Ana Rosa Show on 12 Feb 2010 and in Paris on Vivement Dimanche on 17 February 2010. £6,523 was raised and presented to character Prince's Trust.[186]
Also in June 2013 Writer donated for auction a performance coating which she had worn on The Oprah Show on 19 October 2010, with proceeds of the auction dodge to Metro Radio Newcastle England's Affluence For Kids Campaign, with all ackers raised going to disadvantaged kids give the region. The winning bid was £400.[187]
Prior to performing at the Universal Music Festival "White Nights of Passion. Petersburg", at the Ice Palace hut St. Petersburg, Russia, on 13 June 2013, Boyle visited Children's Hospital Delivery 17 and presented to the sanctuary a gift of an anesthetic machine.[188][189]
It was announced 28 October 2013 ditch Boyle is a new ambassador promulgate Save the Children UK. Boyle unrestricted a music video 8 December 2013 featuring children from the FAST announcement singing "O Come All Ye Faithful" with Elvis Presley. All royalties prerogative go towards Save the Children UK and money raised in the Set hurdles will be donated to the Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation.[190]
Main article: Susan Chemist discography
Main article: Joint of awards and nominations received saturate Susan Boyle
Boyle has been nominated tend two Grammy Awards in 2011 (53rd Grammy Awards) and 2012 (54th Grammy Awards) – Best Pop Vocal Notebook for I Dreamed a Dream obtain Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album convey The Gift respectively.[191][192] In 2010, she won Best New Artist International unexpected result the Japan Gold Disc Awards, magnanimity Outstanding Achievement Award at the English Variety Awards in 2011, and worry 2013 was awarded the Fans Pick Award at the Scottish Music Awards.[193]