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I Dreamed a Dream is the debut album from Scottish singer Susan Boyle. It was released on 23 November 2009 by Syco Music in the UK, and by Columbia Records in the US one day later.

I Dreamed a Dream became Amazon.com's best-selling album in pre-sales on 4 September 2009, three months before the scheduled release.[9] In Britain, Susan's debut album was confirmed as the fastest selling UK debut album of all time selling 411,820 copies beating the previous fastest selling debut of all time, Spirit by Leona Lewis. It also outsold the rest of the top 5 albums combined. I Dreamed A Dream debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 with 701,000 copies sold in its first week, breaking the record for the highest debut ever for a new solo female artist in the Soundscan era.[10] I Dreamed A Dream became the biggest opening sales week of 2009 in the United States, beating out Eminem's Relapse which sold 608,000.[11]

According to a December 9th article on Susan Boyle's official site, I Dreamed A Dream has amassed sales over 5 million worldwide since its release.[12]

Background and conception

In August 2008, Boyle applied for an audition for the third series of Britain's Got Talent and was accepted after a preliminary audition in Glasgow. When Boyle first appeared on Britain's Got Talent at the city's Clyde Auditorium, she said that she aspired to become a musical theatre singer "as successful as" Elaine Paige.[13] Boyle sang "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables in the first round of the third series of Britain's Got Talent, which was watched by over 10 million viewers when it aired on 11 April 2009.[14] Amanda Holden remarked upon the audience's initially cynical attitude, and the subsequent "biggest wake-up call ever" upon hearing her performance.[15] The most popular YouTube video submission of her audition garnered nearly 2.5 million views in the first 72 hours.[16] Within a week, the audition performance had been viewed more than 66 million times, setting an online record.[17]

She was one of 40 acts that were put through to the semi-finals.[18] She appeared last on the first semi-final on 24 May 2009, performing "Memory" from the musical Cats.[19] In the public vote she was the act to receive the highest number of votes and go through to the final.[20][21] She was the clear favourite to win the final,[22] but ended up in second place to Diversity;

The day after the final, Boyle was admitted to The Priory, a private psychiatric clinic in London,[23] TalkbackThames explained "Following Saturday night's show, Susan is exhausted and emotionally drained." Her stay in hospital attracted widespread attention, with Prime Minister Gordon Brown wishing her well.[24] Boyle left the clinic five days after her admission[25] and said she would participate in the BGT tour.

Immediately following her participation on the tour, Susan began the production of the album. The songs were chose by herself among 300 titles from different movies and musicals, songs like "My Heart Will Go On", from Titanic, and "Memory", from Cats, were originally programed,[26] but weren't recorded. The album brings "I Dreamed a Dream", the song that she sang at BGT, "Cry Me a River", that she recorded in 1999 for a charity CD,[27][28] and "You'll See", a 1995 song by Madonna. It also contains an original composition, "Who I Was Born to Be", written by Audra Mae.

The first single from the album is to be "Wild Horses", a song originally recorded by The Rolling Stones. Boyle explained why she decided to cover the song: "How could you help but be drawn in by this haunting theme? It conjures up memories of childhood amongst Council Estates, poverty and struggle in the first verse. Irony and bitterness – One of my personal favourites and an emotional release."[1]

Different studios were used, the orchestra was recorded at the Air Studios, in London, the chorus at Sphere Studios, assisted by Ronan Phelan, and the final mixing was made at the Rokstone Studios, also in London.

Publicity

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Susan live at The Today Show, on November 23, 2009.

On September 16, 2009, Susan sang "Wild Horses" on the season finale of America's Got Talent season 4, was her debut at United States.[29] The show was broadcasted on NBC on September 16, 2009, and watched for 15.53 million people at US[30] and for 14.47 million in Canada.[31] On November 10, Susan sang "I Dreamed a Dream" on Dancing with the Stars, during the dance performance of Chelsie Hightower and Tony Dovolani.[32] She also sang "Wild Horses" on the series 6 of The X-Factor, where Mariah Carey also performed her song "I Want to Know What Love Is"; the performances where watched by 16.90 million people in the shows peak.[30]

On November 23, Susan hosted a live performance on the Today Show, a popular American morning news show on the NBC television network. The performance took place outside the Today Show studios on Rockefeller Plaza, New York;[33] Susan sang "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Wild Horses",[33] she also sang "Cry Me a River" for the first time since 1999. After the show, Susan attended a lunch with fans where she received a quilt hand-made by them. Over one hundred people from 28 countries including UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Poland, Japan and Antarctica got together to design and create the quilt.[34]

Critical reception

Initial critical response to I Dreamed a Dream was average. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 57, based on seven reviews.[35]

Track listing

[36]

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Wild Horses"Mick Jagger, Keith RichardsThe Rolling Stones4:55
2."I Dreamed a Dream"Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert KretzmerPatti LuPone, from Les Misérables3:11
3."Cry Me a River"Arthur HamiltonJulie London2:43
4."How Great Thou Art"Carl BobergChristian Hymn3:13
5."You'll See"Madonna, David FosterMadonna4:43
6."Daydream Believer"John StewartThe Monkees3:20
7."Up to the Mountain"Patty GriffinPatty Griffin3:32
8."Amazing Grace"John NewtonChristian Hymn3:35
9."Who I Was Born to Be"Audra Mae, Johan Fransson, Tobias Lundgren, Tim LarssonOriginal composition4:10
10."Proud"Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Andy HillHeather Small3:22
11."The End of the World"Arthur Kent, Sylvia DeeSkeeter Davis3:16
12."Silent Night"Josef Mohr, Franz Xaver GruberChristian Christmas Hymn3:00
13."Wings to Fly[37] (Japanese bonus track)"Kunihiko MuraiAkai Tori3:57

Commercial performance

According to the Daily Mail, I Dreamed a Dream sold approximately 134,000 copies in the United Kingdom on its first day of release alone, and approximately 300,000 copies by Friday, November 27.[38][39] It sold 411,820 copies by the end of its first week of release, becoming the fastest selling debut album in its first week there having the largest first week sales of any debut album in UK chart history.[40][41] In its second week, it managed to sell 304,000 copies, remaining at #1 on the chart. In its third week, it managed to sell 274,000 copies, remaining at #1 on the chart for three weeks consecutive.

The album debuted at #1 in Australia, selling 36,474 in the first week of release and has been certified 4x Platinum. In New Zealand, the album was certified 3x Platinum for selling over 45,000 copies after just one week of release while debuting at number 1; after just three weeks of release the album was certified 8x Platinum.[42] It has also become the highest selling debut album in New Zealand history.[43] It debuted at #5 on the Japanese Oricon weekly comprehensive charts with the first week sales of around 36,000 copies.[44]

In the United States, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with approximate sales of 701,000 copies. It also became the best sales week for an album in the United States for 2009, beating Eminem's Relapse which sold 608,000 copies.[41] In its second week, I Dreamed a Dream held on to the top spot and sold approximately 527,000 copies, bringing her total United States sales to 1.23 million copies and making it the fastest-selling debut album to achieve platinum status in the United States. The album has sold over 3 million copies in it's first 3 weeks worldwide. [45]

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Argentinian Albums Chart[46] 1
Australian Albums Chart[47] 1
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[48] 7
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[48] 5
Canadian Albums Chart[10] 1
Dutch Albums Chart[49] 2
Finnish Albums Chart[50] 12
French Albums Chart[51] 8
German Albums Chart[52] 3
Hungarian Albums Chart[53] 15
Irish Albums Chart[54] 1
Italian FIMI Albums Chart[55] 21
Japanese Oricon Chart[56] 3
Mexican Albums Chart[57] 10
New Zealand Albums Chart[58] 1
Norwegian Albums Chart[48] 5
Polish Albums Chart[59] 23
Portuguese Albums Chart[48] 16
Spanish Albums Chart 10
Swedish Albums Chart[60] 3
Swiss Albums Chart[48] 1
UK Albums Chart[61] 1
U.S. Billboard 200[41] 1

Certifications and Sales

Region Provider Certification Sales/Shipments
Australia ARIA 4× Platinum[47] 280,000+
France SNEP 22,499[62]
Canada CRIA 112,000[63]
Japan RIAJ 67,987[64]
New Zealand RIANZ 6× Platinum[65] 120,000+
United States RIAA 1,230,000+[63]
United Kingdom BPI 1,000,000+[66]

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by Canadian Albums Chart number-one album
12 December 2009 - present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
JLS by JLS
 Irish Albums Chart number-one album
27 November 2009 - present
Preceded by Australian Albums Chart number-one album
29 November 2009 - present
Preceded by UK Album Charts number-one album
29 November 2009 - present
Preceded by
The System Is A Vampire by Shapeshifter
 New Zealand Albums Chart number-one album
30 November 2009 - present
Preceded by
Rated R by Rihanna
 Switzerland Albums Chart (album) number-one album
13 December 2009 - present
Preceded by U.S. Billboard 200 number-one album
03 December 2009 - present

Credits and personnel

See also

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