SUSAN Boyle has spoken about her meteoric rise to fame on the day that her album is released worldwide.
I Dreamed a Dream – the debut album from the 48-year-old – hits shops today (Mon) having already sold more pre-order copies than any other album on internet shopping website Amazon.
It is just another achievement for the spinster from Blackburn, West Lothian, who shot to fame after her appearance on Britain’s Got Talent in April.
And she has spoken for the first time about how it feels to get so much attention, and insists she is still “a wee wifey from Blackburn”.
SINGING sensation Susan Boyle today (fri) prepared for the launch of what is expected to be her multi-million selling debut album launch on Monday – by going shopping in Bathgate.
And showing the celebrity status hasn’t gone to her head she even travelled the short distance from Blackburn by bus, stopping off at her favourite store to buy a new outfit before her appearance on this weekend’s X-Factor.
Casually dressed in a rain coat and black trousers, and sporting her signature Burberry scarf and a splash of red lipstick, SuBo showed no sign of nerves as she wandered along the West Lothian town.
The star walked confidently from her house past the local primary school before being called over by a friend outside the newsagents.
The blonde bespeckled woman, in her 50s, shouted across the street to SuBo before walking over to have a chat.
By Cara Sulieman
Deadline Press & Picture Agency 