Susan`s album sets pre-order record on music selling sites

Los Angeles: The upcoming debut album by British singing sensation Susan Boyle has become the largest global CD pre-order in the history of Amazon, the online retailer said on Thursday.

Boyle`s album "I Dreamed a Dream" will be released on November 24 by Sony Music Entertainment. It is the first album since the dowdy 48 year-old church volunteer from Scotland took the Internet by storm with her unlikely star turn on the TV show "Britain`s Got Talent" in April. Amazon said that Boyle`s album was not only the top CD pre-order in the United States, but also the biggest around the world in the 14-year history of it`s web site. Amazon declined to give their pre-order figures but said "I Dreamed a Dream" surpassed the 2008 record held by "Supermarket Fantasy" from Japanese rock band Mr. Children, 2007`s "Not Too Late" by U.S. singer Norah Jones, and British group Take That`s "Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection" in 2008. "Susan`s album is clearly capturing the hearts of our customers around the globe," said Craig Pape, senior manager of music at Amazon. Boyle ultimately lost the final of "Britain`s Got Talent" to a dance team, and she was afterward briefly admitted to a private British clinic for exhaustion. However she was signed to a record deal by "Britain`s Got Talent" and "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell and performed one track from the album -- a cover of The Rolling Stone`s hit "Wild Horses" -- on "America`s Got Talent" in September. Bureau Report