Those are underwhelming opening numbers for her... but the final sales are going to be huge again. At least another 300K worldwide next week from the US alone.
(AP) Singing sensation Susan Boyle has a No. 1 album in the United States and the U.K. simultaneously for the second time in a year - a feat not achieved for more than 40 years.
Her record label, Sony, says she is the first woman to reach the milestone achieved previously by the Beatles in 1969 and The Monkees in 1967.
Boyle said she has "never felt happier" than seeing "The Gift," match her first record's successful debut. "The Gift" reached No. 1 in the U.K. on Sunday and topped the U.S. charts Wednesday.
I Dreamed A Dream did 1,284,000 in first week worldwide.
701k US
411k UK
171k elsewhere
Her debut album also basically depended on the US & UK, so these sales are expected since she dropped in 1st week sales for both of those countries. It's still nearly a half million, and #1.
..still !