Susan Boyle's Album Already a Best-Seller

Only the Beatles and Monkees have done it in a year

(NEWSER) - Susan Boyle has the No. 1 album on both the US and UK charts for the second time in one year. It's a sales metric achieved only twice before—by the Beatles in 1969 and the Monkees in 1967—making Boyle the first woman to pull it off. The new album is The Gift, following up on her earlier I Dreamed a Dream. The honor will likely be short-lived, however, notes the Guardian . Take That's Progress looks set to be the UK's No. 1 next week. More»

Debut album for Britain's Got Talent star is selling fast

(NEWSER) - Susan Boyle's popularity shows no signs of dying down: The Britain's Got Talent runner-up is releasing her first album Nov. 23, and it has already broken Amazon's record for most pre-orders, the New York Daily News reports. "Although it's normal to see early enthusiasm for artists who have come off of television shows, the response from our customers to Susan Boyle's upcoming album has been unprecedented," says an Amazon exec. More»

Post-rehab, singer promises 'nae crap', plans recording demos

(NEWSER) - Susan Boyle is chilling at home with her cat Pebbles after a high-profile stint in rehab, News of the World reports. "I want to take on the world,” she said. “From now on there's nae crap.” Boyle returned to Scotland at the urging of Simon Cowell, who called her at London's Priory clinic to say a career still awaited her—if she wanted it. Now's the Britain's Got Talent runner-up plans to start recording demos next week. More»

Akon, will.i.am are helping out

(NEWSER) - Whitney Houston is releasing an album Sept. 1, and she's getting a little comeback help from today's R&B/hip-hop kings. The untitled Arista record is rumored to include collaborations with will.i.am, Sean Garett, and Akon, Billboard reports. During the run-up to the big release—her last effort was 2002's Just Whitney—selected tracks will preview on WhitneyHouston.com. More»

(NEWSER) - Foul-mouthed songbird Susan Boyle not only had a few choice words about a judge on Britain's Got Talent, she also blew up at fans yesterday and lit into a British bobby who subsequently tried to calm her down, reports the Sun. London cops intervened when Boyle screamed at comments by passers-by. When a cop asked: "Is there a problem?" she responded: "Of course there's a fucking problem!" An officer spoke to the tearful singer until she regained her composure. More»