Susan Boyle Triple-world-record-breaker in new Guinness World Records 2011 Book

Susan Boyle Smashes Previous Records From Arctic Monkey, Dido and Jane McDonald

LONDON, September 19, 2010 - Susan Boyle has been presented with three Guinness World Records -
cementing her status as of one of music's biggest singing sensations.
Featured in the new Guinness World Records 2011 edition published this week
(16.09.10), her impressive accolades include Fastest-selling Album by a
Female (UK), Most Successful First Week UK Debut Album Sale, as well as
Oldest Artist to Reach No.1 with a Debut Album (US & UK).

Boyle's debut album "I Dreamed a Dream" sold 411,820 copies in its first
week in the UK (133,599 on the first day), trouncing the previous record held
by the Arctic Monkeys ("People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" sold 363,735
copies in 2006) to become the Most Successful First Week UK Debut Album Sale.
It went on to sell more than a million copies in just 21 days and making it
the Fastest-selling album by a female (UK), breaking the previous record held
by Dido for her album "No Rent," which reached sales of one million copies in
50 days, in 2006. Aged 48 when the album debuted at No.1 in the US and UK,
she also managed to break the record for Oldest Artist to Reach No.1 with a
Debut Album previously held by Jane McDonald for her eponymous album in 1998
aged 35.

Reflecting on the latest chapter of her story, the record-breaking
singer, Susan Boyle said: "This is a real honour. I used to read this book as
a wee girl. I never dreamt that one day I would actually appear in the
Guinness Book of Records. I only ever wanted to sing and perform. This is
truly fantastic."

Craig Glenday, Editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records said "As a
fellow Scot, I'm proud to watch record-breaker Susan Boyle enjoy such
fantastic acclaim not only here about around the world. Her success is
testament to her great talent and she embodies the very spirit of Guinness
World Records - anyone prepared to dedicate themselves and strive for success
can be a world beater. Well done, Susan!"

Susan Boyle is also the second British solo singer in the 55-year history
of Guinness World Records to appear in the new book on the back of breaking
three records. Only fellow reality TV star-turned-pop star Leona Lewis can
rival these achievements, when in 2007 she notched up an unprecedented five
world records within a 12-month period.

Other British singers to make the Guinness World Records 2011 Edition are
Pixie Lott (Biggest jump to No.1-UK) and Sir Tom Jones (Oldest No.1 singles
act -UK). International record-breakers grabbing a hallowed spot in the
annual best-selling publication, include Lady Gaga (Most weeks on UK chart in
any year and Most searched-for female on the internet), Rage Against the
Machine (Fastest-selling Digital Track) and Madonna (Biggest-selling female
album act of the 21st century -UK, Most No. 1 albums by a female artist - UK
Album Chart and Most Simultaneous Hits on UK Singles Chart Debut). The late
"King of Pop" Michael Jackson also gains a posthumous record entry in the
book for the Most Searched for Male on the Internet, overtaking the previous
record held by Heath Ledger.

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