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Keep an eye out for news of the role that Botox has played in the transformation of formerly frumpy singing sensation Susan Boyle, 48.
After her explosive debut on “Britain’s Got Talent” last April, she said she would not use Botox. The Times of London reported; Boyle conceded that she might consider a makeover later on.
For now, I’m happy the way I am, short and plump. I would not go in for Botox or anything like that.’
Several patients – both women and men – have told me about the moving success story of [Britain's Got Talent singer] Susan Boyle with tears pouring down their cheeks. As one patient put it, “I’ve spent most of my life trying to be so good, to do the right thing, to be perfect and it’s been such a waste of time, a waste of life.
“Susan Boyle has broken through all that stuff and has gone ahead and done what she’s wanted to do. She doesn’t have to be somebody she’s not.”
Max Clifford, the publicist, points out that the “magical moments which we as a nation love” are those that challenge our assumptions and prejudices. Boyle has challenged the stereotype of what it takes to be a successful woman – Cinderella has not been transformed into a Princess, she has been a Princess all along, but without the material trappings of one.
A dumpy, 47-year-old Scottish singleton, Boyle is the epitome of an old maid.
Susan Boyle prevailed in the final week of music sales for 2009, holding at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart for a sixth week. Her “I Dreamed a Dream” (Syco Music/Columbia) sold 137,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Its 3.1 million sales gave Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” (Big Machine) a run for its money as the best-selling album of the year, but in the end Ms. Swift prevailed. “Fearless” holds at No. 5 on the latest weekly chart with 60,000 sales, but her total for the year was 3.2 million. With no major new releases, Lady Gaga’s “The Fame” (Interscope) sold 82,000 last week to reach No. 2, Alicia Keys’s “The Element of Freedom” (J) is third with 80,000, and Mary J. Blige’s “Stronger” (Geffen) is No. 4 with 62,000. Justin Bieber’s “My World” (Island) is No. 6 with 52,000 sales and the soundtrack to “Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” (Rhino) is No. 7 with 51,000. The only title in the top 50 to have a weekly sales gain in this week after Christmas was the score to the film “Avatar” (Atlantic), which rose 72 spots on the chart to No. 31, with 18,000 copies sold.
Susan Boyle, Lady Gaga and Dita Von Teese will reportedly share the same stage at an event in Italy. Britain’s Got Talent star Susan, 48, will purportedly join the 23-year-old Poker Face singer and the 37-year-old Queen of Burlesque at the 60th Sanremo Festival. Scottish spinster Susan was now said to be amid speculation if she would pick up a few pointers from both the stars, known for the outlandish and barely-there costumes, reports the Daily Express. Susan was reported to have become bigger than Michael Jackson in 2009 after sales of her debut album surpassed those of the late singer by several thousand. Her ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ went on to become the best-selling album of the year.
Sales of Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle’s debut album were said to be have surpassed those of Michael Jackson by several thousand this year. The Scottish singer’s album ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ allegedly pipped the 2.3 million US number of Jackson’s Number Ones collection to become the best-selling album of the year. The 48-year-old spinster may next topple country-pop star Taylor Swift whose album Fearless hit the 2.7 million sales since its release in 2009, experts predicted.
