Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle is on course to have the fastest-selling album of the year in the UK.

HMV have revealed that Susan’s debut album I Dreamed a Dream has sold almost 150,000 copies on its first day of release.

“The Susan Boyle story just keeps getting bigger and more fantastic,” spokesperson Gennaro Castaldo said.

”Our hmv.com online store had one of its largest ever pre-orders for an album and now we’re seeing a huge surge in demand in our stores, though especially in Susan’s native Scotland.

”People of all ages seem to be buying it, and it’s clearly going to be one of the must-have gift items this Christmas.

”Susan’s accomplished performance on The X Factor has given the album a massive, timely boost, and it now has the momentum to challenge the likes of Leona, JLS and The Soldiers for the Christmas number one.”

Online retailer Amazon have previously revealed that I Dreamed a Dream has broken all previous records and achieved the largest global CD pre-orders in the history of the site.

American TV Guide Network has revealed that it will air a TV special on Susan Boyle next month.

“I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story,” a one hour documentary, will feature interviews with and performances by Susan herself as well as chats with friends and Simon Cowell.

The documentary will show Susan’s rise to fame after wowing the world with her audition for ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent. It will follow her as she cracks America and appears on TV shows all over the world.

Susan Boyle gave X Factor bosses a fright last weekend, when she turned up to do her performance sporting a new bright red hair colour.

The Britain’s Got Talent star reportedly tried to dye her grey hair at home, but messed up and ended up with vibrant red locks. ITV bosses called in top hair stylists to recolour her hair before she went on TV.

A source told The Sun: “It was chaos. “She was due on stage at 4pm on Saturday but at 1pm she arrived with bright red hair and a great big grin.

“The grey bits had completely soaked up the colour and were especially vibrant. There was no way she could have gone on stage like that.

“At one point they considered giving her a wig.”

Susan Boyle performed her debut single, ‘Wild Horses’ on tonight’s X Factor results show. Well actually she pre-recorded it yesterday but we’re not ones for splitting hairs.

Unreality TV have never really been aboard the Susan train, she sang well on her first Britain’s Got Talent audition but the hype ran away with her and we never felt that she lived up to it on subsequent performances. However this song is goose pimply stuff, she had a couple of wobbly moments during her vocal but we’ll put that down to nerves.

If tonight’s performance is any indication of the rest of her album, we may actually have to buy a copy.

You can pre-order your very own copy of I Dreamed a Dream
by clicking the link below.

After recording her performance for tonight’s X Factor show, Susan Boyle reportedly advised John & Edward on how to deal with the negative press they have received.

“She spoke to them about her experiences and especially how to cope afterwards,” a source told The Daily Mail. “She also talked to them about some of the bullying comments she got from people before the final about her appearance.

“People have said John and Edward are a freak show, which is what they were saying about Susan. She said it was important that they had ways of dealing with the criticism.”

Despite her recent newfound wealth, Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle has insisted that she won’t be moving to a posh new house.

Susan currently lives in a small council house in Blackburn, Scotland and when she gets her first royalty cheque next week, she won’t be splashing out on a new pad, instead she’ll buy the £80,000 house from her local council.

Boyle told the News of the World: “I don’t want to be moving an inch away from my family, and Pebbles doesn’t want to move.

“She’s lived there all her life and cats hate upping sticks.

“I’m the wee wifey with the mop and the cat next door. It’s what keeps me grounded – remembering I am just that wifey. And Pebbles would hate to live anywhere posh.”

Neither Mariah Carey nor Susan Boyle will appear live on this weekend’s X Factor results show.

Mariah recorded her song during a trip to the UK last week and The Sun reports that Subo will film her guest appearance on Saturday afternoon.

The decision was reportedly made because Susan is due to fly out of the UK on Sunday morning in time for an appearance on NBC’s Today show at 6am on Monday.

Susan Boyle’s debut album I Dreamed a Dream has broken all previous records and achieved the largest global CD pre-orders in the history of Amazon.

The Britain’s Got Talent star, who will appear on this weekend’s X Factor, broke the record set by Japanese rock group Mr Children’s Supermarket Fantasy in 2008.

“Just eight months ago, no-one was aware of the talents of Susan Boyle. Now, she has generated more Amazon pre-order CD sales globally than any other artist,” Julian Monaghan said.

“That is an incredible achievement and is testament to the fact that she has captured the hearts of people all over Britain, America and the rest of the world.”

Columbia Records Chairman Steve Barnett added: “One of the things that is so unique about Susan Boyle is her ability to touch people around the world. We’re excited that I Dreamed A Dream holds the new record for global pre-orders and that Amazon’s customers have supported her album in this way.”

Britain’s Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle, has admitted that she auditioned for the show as part of a promise she made to her late mother.

The 48 year old told The Sun:

“I had promised my mum I would do something with my life just before she died – that I’d do something with my singing. So I applied for Britain’s Got Talent.”

Susan added: “We’d seen a soloist singing on the TV just before she passed and I said, ‘Is that what you want me to do, Mum?’

“She said, ‘Yes.’ She had a good belief that I could do it. So I decided to do something about it.

“I couldn’t straight away because the bereavement hit me hard.

Susan will sing her new single ‘Wild Horses’ on X Factor this Sunday night.

Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle has admitted that she was tormented by her teachers as a child and was a victim of their violence every day.

In an interview with The Mirror Susan admitted”You’re looking at someone who would get the belt every day… ‘Will you shut up, Susan!’ – whack!”

She continued: “I was often left behind at school because of one thing or another. I was a slow learner. I’m just a wee bit slower at picking things up than other people. So you get left behind in a system that just wants to rush on, you know? That was what I felt was happening to me.”

She added: “There was discipline for the sake of discipline back then. But it’s all very different now. I think teachers are taught to understand children with learning disabilities a lot better.”

“There’s nothing worse than another person having power over you by bullying you and you not knowing how to get rid of that thing.”

Susan will be performing her new single ‘Wild Horses’ on this weekend’s X Factor show.