Boyle expected to get to Number 1

Sat Nov 28 2009 21:26:54

Susan Boyle's debut album I Dreamed A Dream is expected to go to Number 1 later after selling hundreds of thousands of copies in its first week of release.

The 48-year-old Britain's Got Talent runner-up shifted more than 130,000 copies on its first day of release.

Experts at the Official Charts Company said it is now set to become one of the fastest sellers of the decade.

The album features her version of I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables which catapulted her to fame when she performed the song on Britain's Got Talent which left judges agog at her voice.

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