Susan Boyle discography

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Susan Boyle discography
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Susan Boyle in July 2013
Studio albums7
Compilation albums1
Video albums2
Music videos6
Singles16

The discography of Susan Boyle, a Scottish singer, contains seven studio albums and sixteen singles, thirteen as a solo artist, and three as a featured artist. Boyle achieved global attention after auditioning for Series 3 of Britain's Got Talent in 2009. After much attention, Boyle signed a record deal with British record producer Simon Cowell, releasing her worldwide multi-platinum selling début album I Dreamed a Dream . The album's first two singles, "Wild Horses" and "I Dreamed a Dream" were successful, both reaching the top forty of the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, Boyle's album charted at number one on the Billboard 200 album charts. The singles were a success in the United States, with "Wild Horses" making ninety-eight and "I Dreamed a Dream" making sixty-two.

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In 2010, Boyle was one of few artists who featured on Simon Cowell's 2010 Haiti earthquake appeal single, "Everybody Hurts", a cover of the R.E.M. song. On 9 July 2010, Boyle announced that her second album would be a Christmas album entitled The Gift . As part of the lead-up to the album, she held a competition called Susan's Search, the winner of which sang a duet with her on her new CD. The album was released on 8 November 2010. Emeli Sandé was reported to have helped Boyle to write songs for her third studio album, Someone to Watch Over Me, which was released on 31 October 2011. Boyle performed on the second semi-final results show of the sixth season of America's Got Talent , which aired on 31 August 2011. Boyle made her first appearance in Australia, on The X Factor, on 8 November 2011 and sang "Autumn Leaves". In November 2012 she released her fourth studio album, Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage . In two of the songs, she collaborates with Donny Osmond.

As of 2013, Boyle had sold over 25 million records worldwide. [1]

Albums

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSales Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
FRA
[5]
IRE
[6]
NLD
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
I Dreamed a Dream 1118111211
  • UK: 1,932,657 [12]
  • US: 3,195,000 [13]
  • World: 9,000,000 [14]
The Gift
  • Released: 8 November 2010
  • Label: Syco Music, Columbia,
    Sony Music (#88697720772)
  • Format: CD, digital download
1212941110191
  • BPI: 2× Platinum [25]
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum [26]
  • IRMA: 2× Platinum [27]
  • MC: 2× Platinum [19]
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum [20]
  • RMNZ: 4× Platinum [21]
Someone to Watch Over Me
  • Released: 1 November 2011
  • Label: Syco Music, Columbia,
    Sony Music (#88697962522)
  • Format: CD, digital download
116145111829474
Standing Ovation:
The Greatest Songs from the Stage
  • Released: 13 November 2012
  • Label: Syco Music, Columbia,
    Sony Music (#88765417892)
  • Format: CD, digital download
561719111312
  • BPI: Gold [25]
  • ARIA: Platinum [34]
  • RMNZ: Platinum
Home for Christmas
  • Released: 25 October 2013
  • Label: Syco Music, Columbia,
    Sony Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
913172012317
Hope
  • Released: 21 October 2014
  • Label: Syco Music, Columbia,
    Sony Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
1311616
A Wonderful World
  • Released: 25 November 2016
  • Label: Syco Music, Columbia,
    Sony Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
2214358150
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released.

Compilation albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
Ten
  • Released: 31 May 2019 [40]
  • Label: Syco Music, Columbia, Sony Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
55

Video albums

TitleDetailsCertification
The Making of a Dream
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Sony
An Unlikely Superstar
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Syco, Sony

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[2]
AUS
[42]
CAN
[43]
IRE
[6]
NLD
[7]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[44]
"Wild Horses"200999395119998I Dreamed a Dream
"I Dreamed a Dream"37666520593762
"You'll See"2010197
"Amazing Grace"
"Perfect Day"124The Gift
"I Know Him So Well"
(with Geraldine McQueen)
201111Non-album single
"You Have to Be There"Someone to Watch Over Me
"Enjoy the Silence"
"Unchained Melody"
"Autumn Leaves"
"The Winner Takes It All" [45] 2012Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage
"O Come, All Ye Faithful"
(with Elvis Presley)
201348Home for Christmas
"You Raise Me Up"2014Hope
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[2]
AUS
[46]
IRE
[47]
NZ
[46]
SWE
[46]
SWI
[46]
"Everybody Hurts"
(as part of Helping Haiti)
20101281172116Charity single
"A Mother's Prayer"
(with Jackie Evancho)
2011 Dream with Me
"From This Moment On" [48]
(with Plácido Domingo)
2012 Songs
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

Music videos

TitleYearDirector
"Perfect Day"2010 Lou Reed
"I Know Him So Well"
"You Have to Be There"2011
"Unchained Melody"
"Autumn Leaves"

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