‘I Dreamed A Dream’ also looks odds-on to hit the top of the Billboard Charts in the US by the end of the week.
The fuzzy-haired forty-something is trouncing Lady Gaga, 50 Cent and Rihanna’s new releases in US midweek sales, and looks set to break Eminem’s previous record for highest first week US sales in 2009.
The long-player has also hit the summit on the French, Spanish, Swiss and Japanese iTunes charts.
In Oz, the disc has hit platinum status, while in Britain, it has just been confirmed as the fastest selling UK debut album of all time, selling 411,820 copies in its first week and beating previous record holders Arctic Monkeys.
SuBo said: "It's fantastic.”
Music mentor Simon Cowell said: "I'm incredibly proud and delighted for her. This success couldn't have happened to a more deserving person.
“Susan Boyle quite simply has broken the rules, her story is like a Hollywood movie but this time it’s real life and a really talented, nice lady who has won."
Down Under, Geoffrey Bonouvrié, MD of Mall Music in Sydney said: “We are hearing from customers who bought the album describe the music as sending shivers up their spines from the beauty of her singing. This will be the No.1 album for Christmas.”
Since appearing on ’Britain’s Got Talent’, SuBo’s performances have received over 300 million YouTube hits and she’s bagged nearly two million friends on Facebook.
Wowzers.
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