Susan Boyle

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Susan Boyle’s debut album, I Dreamed a Dream, has held onto the number one position on the Billboard 200 for an amazing fifth week in succession, according to MTV, despite a strong challenge from Mary J Blige, whose album Stronger reached number 2 with sales of 330,000 copies. Susan’s album sold a further 510,000 according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan, which pushed her five week US sales total to just under 3 million.

Andrea Bocelli, with whom Susan Boyle has been tipped to duet in 2010, held onto his number 3 position with his album My Christmas.

According to the article, Susan’s album sales “almost equal” those of Taylor Swift’s Fearless, so we’ll just have to wait until Sunday to see if Susan’s album sales overtake those of Taylor.

Susan Boyle is to perform a duet with Andrea Bocelli, according to a report in today’s Sun. Susan will be joining Andrea Bocelli on a new ITV television show “Pop Star To Opera Star”, where pop stars compete against each other by singing arias.

Andrea Bocelli has sold 70 million records worldwide and he has been a mentor on American Idol. However, Susan Boyle’s album prevented Bocelli from reaching the number one spot on the Billboard 200 earlier this month.

A source told The Sun: “Susan has held Andrea off the top of the US charts for weeks – it’s incredible.

“But he holds no grudges – he joked that he ‘must sing with this amazing woman’.”

Susan is being predicted to sing one of Bocelli’s famous duets with him, such as Time to Say Goodbye or The Prayer, which he has sung with Celine Dion.