Susan Boyle

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Susan Boyle has been nominated for a Juno, a Canadian music award.

Susan’s album “I Dreamed a Dream” has been nominated as “Best International Album”. Other nominations in the same category include:

Susan’s album was the best selling album in Canada last year, even though the album was only released in November.

The Juno award ceremony will take place on? April 18th in St. John’s, Newfoundland and will air live throughout Canada on the CTV networks. No doubt videos of the ceremony will appear on YouTube in due course

Susan Boyle is again postponing her appearance in Canada.

Originally scheduled for November 26th and later rescheduled for December 21st, Susan had been due to perform at the? First Canadian Place in Toronto on the Waterfall stage.

A spokesperson at Susan’s record company said: “Unfortunately Susan will no longer be visiting Canada at the end of this year.

“The trip will be rescheduled for 2010 to allow more time between international promotional trips. Please accept apologies for any inconvenience and Susan is very much looking forward to visiting Canada next year.”

I think it is sensible for Susan not to overdo it and I am glad that she is not being pressurised into doing too much.

Susan Boyle’s debut album, I Dreamed a Dream, is still number one in the UK for the second week of its release, outselling rivals Westlife and Take That by two to one.

Susan’s album has sold 209,305 copies so far this week. Last week, her album sold 411,820 UK in the UK alone (there were 784,000 sales in the US according to the latest figures).

Meanwhile, Westlife are likely to enter the album charts at number 2 with 97,000 sales of Where We Are with Take That’s The Greatest Day selling 87,000 copies.

Worldwide, Susan Boyle is number one in the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The album is also number two in Holland and Argentina and number five in Switzerland, according to The Sun.

Currently, over three million of her albums have been shipped worldwide and record company bosses are making urgent arrangements to ship even more!

Just to whet your appetite, here is a sneak peak at Susan’s TV special I Dreamed A Dream – The Susan Boyle Story which will be airing in the UK on Sunday, 13th December 2009, 9:30pm – 10:30pm and in the US on Sunday, 13th December 2009, first showing 8pm-9pm on the TV Guide Network.

Finally, there are now 17 video questions and answers on the Video Questions page – check them out!

According to Susan Boyle’s official website, Susan Boyle?s Canadian performance, originally scheduled for November 26th, has been rescheduled for December 21st, 2009. Susan’s performance will take place at the same venue – the First Canadian Place in Toronto on the Waterfall stage, commencing at 12:15pm ET. The event has been rescheduled because of “Global demand on her very busy schedule”, says the Canadian arm of Susan’s record company.

Susan will also be signing autographs for 500 lucky people who have wristbands. If you want a wristband, they will be available at HMV in First Canadian Place only, on December 14th at 10 am. Only one wristband will be available per person while stocks last, so don’t miss out!

Attendance at the event will be restricted to 2,000 people on a first-come, first-served basis.

Susan Boyle will be performing in Toronto, Canada, on November 26th. Her performance will take place on the Waterfall Stage at First Canadian Place at 12:15pm. on November 26th, just three days after the release of her debut album, I Dreamed a Dream.

According to a report in the Toronto Star, Susan will sing just one song from her album. However, the concert itself will be free and the venue can hold about 2,000 spectators.