Susan Boyle

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It was a close run thing, with internet rumours going this way and that, but in the end it appears that Susan Boyle has lost out to Taylor Swift in the battle to have the bestselling album of 2009 in the US, according to the New York Times.

The final figures from Neilsen/SoundScan for 2009, are that Susan Boyle sold 3,103,000 copies of I Dreamed a Dream, whereas Taylor Swift sold 3,216,000 copies of Fearless. Other albums in the top five bestsellers were at #3 Number Ones by Michael Jackson, selling 2,355,000 copies, at #4 Fame by Lady Gaga selling 2,237,000 copies and at #5 My Christmas by Andrea Bocelli, selling 2,207,000 copies.

However, Susan did sell more physical copies of her album than Taylor, she sold 3 million compared to Taylor’s 2.8 million, with only 100,000 Susan Boyle fans choosing to download the album instead of buying a physical copy.

As Susan is still number one on the Billboard 200, she may well catch up on Taylor’s figures this year. Total sales for Fearless so far are more than 5 million copies.

Susan Boyle sold around 650,000 copies of her debut album, I Dreamed a Dream, last week in the US, bringing her total US sales so far to in the region of 2.5 million, and maintaining her number one position on the Billboard 200 for an amazing 4th successive week. Taylor Swift’s album has, to date, sold 2.7 million copies in the US. However, in the last week, Susan’s album sold approximately 650,000 copies, whereas Taylor Swift’s album sold 230,000 more copies.

Nevertheless, in the US, there are still two full sales weeks left and the highest selling album will not be known until January 3rd, 2010. With Susan Boyle is currently selling about three times as many copies of her album as Taylor Swift, will her sales surpass Taylor’s next week or the week after? I predict that they will.

In the meantime, I Dreamed A Dream is officially the second biggest selling album of the year in America, overtaking Eminem’s Relapse, according to Undercover.com.au.