“having to sit watching people up there”
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Susan Boyle
Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer. She rose to fame in 2009 as a contestant on the third series of the television talent competition Britain's Got Talent, where she finished as runner-up. Following the show, Boyle was signed to Syco Music in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States.
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entertainment · Scottish singer (born 1961) · singer · actor · also Susan Boyle, Susan Magdalane Boyle, SuBo, Boyle
Born 1 April 1961 · Q83493
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2026· 7 entries
“I have really enjoyed making this album. I had a huge input in music suggestions and finally have been able to record one of my all time favourites,”
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“made my return to the recording studio for the first time in six years”
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“thrilled to be coming back on tour after four years and starting in Scotland, one of the best audiences in the world”
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Yahoo: The Real Story Behind Susan Boyle's Health Issues
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Public attention spiked: 8,290 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4× the usual 2,087, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: link and site no longer live
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Public attention spiked: 13,166 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.3× the usual 2,087, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Reads POV, like complimentary and praise
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2025· 3 entries
The Guardian: ‘She dreamt bigger than all of us’: is Timothée Chalamet really a Susan Boyle superfan?
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Snopes rated the claim “In June 2025, English broadcaster Piers Morgan and Scottish singer Susan Boyle were engaged and planning to get married.” False.
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Boyle returned to the recording studio and announced her comeback
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2023· 1 entry
Boyle announced that she had suffered a stroke the previous year
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2021· 1 entry
Published video “Happy 60th Birthday Susan Boyle”.
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2019· 11 entries
Published video “Susan Boyle - Miracle Hymn (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Susan Boyle - In the Bleak Midwinter (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Susan Boyle - The Christmas Waltz (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Susan Boyle - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Susan Boyle - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Susan Boyle - I Believe in Father Christmas (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Susan Boyle - The Christmas Song (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Susan Boyle - When a Child Is Born (Official Audio) ft. Johnny Mathis”.
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Published video “Susan Boyle - Little Drummer Boy (Official Audio) ft. The Overtones”.
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Released album “Ten”.
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For her ten-year anniversary for her career, she launched a compilation album titled Ten together with a tour
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2016· 1 entry
Released album “A Wonderful World”.
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2015· 1 entry
The Guardian: Want a job making music playlists for Google? Pass the Susan Boyle test first
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2014· 2 entries
Released album “Hope”.
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Boyle took a break during 2015 to "take a little me time and spend time at home with family and friends"
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2013· 1 entry
Released album “Home for Christmas”.
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2012· 3 entries
Released album “Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage”.
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Boyle was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome; she made her diagnosis public in a BBC interview in December 2013
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In 2012, Boyle was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome; she made her diagnosis public in a BBC interview in December 2013.
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2011· 3 entries
Released album “Someone to Watch Over Me”.
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Released her third album, Someone to Watch Over Me (2011), and released a cover version of "I Know Him So Well" with Geraldine McQueen
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(53rd Grammy Awards) and 2012 (54th Grammy Awards) – Best Pop Vocal Album for I Dreamed a Dream and Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for The Gift respectively
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2010· 3 entries
Released album “The Gift”.
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Boyle still lives in her family home, a four-bedroom ex-council house in Blackburn, which she purchased from her earnings in 2010.
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Won Best New Artist International at the Japan Gold Disc Awards, the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Scottish Variety Awards in 2011 and in 2013 was awarded the Fans Choice Award at the Scottish Music Awards
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2009· 2 entries
Released album “I Dreamed a Dream”.
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As a contestant on the third series of the television talent competition Britain's Got Talent, where she finished as runner-up
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2007· 1 entry
Boyle has never married; she dedicated herself to caring for her ageing mother until her death in 2007 at the age of 91.
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2001· 1 entry
“Modern society is too quick to judge people on their appearances. There is not much you can do about it; it is the way they think; it is the way they are. But maybe this could teach them a lesson, or set an example.”
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1999· 1 entry
Boyle submitted a track for a charity CD to commemorate the Millennium produced at a West Lothian school
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1998· 1 entry
Boyle recorded three tracks—"Cry Me a River", "Killing Me Softly" and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"—at Heartbeat Studio, Midlothian
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1995· 1 entry
Auditioned for Michael Barrymore's My Kind of People
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1961· 2 entries
Born 1961-04-01.
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“in The Mirror (17 April 2009) == Quotes about Boyle == It was a very emotional night. It goes quiet when Susan sings, it always does. She always has that effect. Gerry Boyle, Susan”
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