Susan’s second album, The Gift, sold 272,000 copies last week in the US.

Meanwhile, in the UK album chart, Susan’s album is at number 5 with Take That’s Progress retaining the number one position.

She reached the number one position in the UK with her second album ‘The Gift’ on Sunday, and on Wednesday she repeated her success stateside when her album topped the US charts.

Susan told the Daily Mail: “I’ve never felt happier in all my life. This is an amazing result and one I never expected.”

And Simon Cowell added: “I’m thrilled for Susan, she has once again defied the odds. She is my superwoman.”

Steve Barnett, who is the chairman of Columbia Records, Susan’s US record label, said: “The overwhelming positive response to Susan’s new album is a powerful testament to her unique talent. She’s able to touch the hearts of her fans around the world, who continue to show their loyal support and devotion.”

The upsurge in sales is as a result of Susan’s chat and performance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, although her segment was only 20 minutes long. Adam Lambert’s segment took up the balance of the hour long broadcast.

I am still expecting Susan Boyle to appear on Oprah at some time in the future. Some reports suggest that the interview will be taped tomorrow, and aired at a later date. According to the Chicago Tribune, Adam Lambert will appear on the same episode of Oprah as Susan Boyle.

Adam has apparently tweeted: “Happy as a clam. Off to Chicago tomorrow morning to film Oprah.”

Back to Ke$ha, the spelling of her name is giving me wicked ideas. Should Mr Cowell perhaps change his name to $imon?

Speaking to the Australian Sunday Herald Sun, Susan said: “When I entered the Britain’s Got Talent competition in Scotland this year, I could never in my wildest of dreams imagined having the biggest-selling album of the year on the other side of the world by Christmas.

“I’d like to say a very sincere thank you to everyone in Australia that’s shown me the most incredible support.

“I’m really hoping I might visit Australia in 2010 to thank everyone in person.”

Susan’s album is still the world’s number one.

Within Australia, it has been certified eight times platinum, with 560,000 sales, and counting. It also broke a record in the ARIA chart by selling more than 100,000 copies for two consecutive weeks.

According to Billboard, the total number of sales of Taylor Swift’s Fearless are 3,157,000, whereas the total number of sales of I Dreamed a Dream stand at 2,982,000.

“Fearless” is projected to sell a further 65,000 to 75,000 copies this week, and current predictions are that I Dreamed a Dream will not sell sufficient copies to close the gap, although the album is projected to sell over 100,000 copies this week.

The figures come from Nielsen SoundScan.

Next week’s album chart will be published on Wednesday, 6th January and includes data for the week ending Sunday, 3rd January.

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.

The battle is still on in the US to see if Susan Boyle’s album will be the biggest seller of the year, overtaking Taylor Swift’s Fearless. The result will be announced on January 3rd, 2010.

According to Susan’s official website, her album has also received RIAA-Triple Platinum Certification for shipping over three million copies to retailers in the US. The album is the biggest seller released in 2009, and the first album released in 2009 to hold onto the number one chart position consecutively for three weeks. In that time, it has also achieved the highest album sales ever for a debut artist.

Internationally, there have been over 7 million copies of Susan’s album? shipped worldwide and Susan also has thre record for being the fastest selling global female debut artiste.