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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = I Dreamed a Dream
| Name = I Dreamed a Dream I Could Die
| Type = studio
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Susan Boyle]]
| Artist = [[Susan Boyle]]
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| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[acoustic music|acoustic]]
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[acoustic music|acoustic]]
| Length = 43:00
| Length = 43:00
| Label = [[Syco]]/[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| Label = [[Gay Songs]]/[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| Producer = [[Steve Mac]]
| Producer = [[Steve Mac]]
| Last album =
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| Next album = ''[[The Gift (Susan Boyle album)|The Gift]]'' <br/> (2010)
| Next album = ''[[The Gift (Susan Boyle album)|The Gift]]'' <br/> (2010)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = I Dreamed a Dream
| Name = I Dreamed a Dream I Could Die
| Type = Studio
| Type = Studio
| single 1 = [[Wild Horses (Rolling Stones song)#Susan Boyle version|Wild Horses]]
| single 1 = [[Wild Horses (Rolling Stones song)#Susan Boyle version|Wild Horses]]

Revision as of 23:33, 8 November 2010

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I Dreamed a Dream is the debut album from Scottish singer Susan Boyle. It was released on 23 November 2009 by Syco Music in the United Kingdom, and by Columbia Records in the United States one day later. In the standard edition, 11 out of the 12 songs that appear on the album are cover songs, plus the original composition "Who I Was Born to Be". It quickly became the world's biggest selling album of 2009. The album has sold almost 9 million copies worldwide.[1]

The album entered the UK album chart at number 1 and became the fastest-selling debut album ever in the UK, selling 411,820 copies, beating the record previously set by Spirit by Leona Lewis and outselling the rest of the top five albums combined during its first week on sale. The album remained at the top spot for four weeks, becoming the biggest selling album in the UK in 2009.[2] In the U.S., I Dreamed a Dream debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, with 701,000 copies sold in its first week, breaking the record for the highest debut by a new solo female artist in the SoundScan era (post 1991).[3] I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest opening sales week of 2009 in the U.S., beating out Eminem's Relapse which sold 608,000.[4] It was the second-biggest selling album of 2009 in the U.S., with 3.1 million copies sold, right behind Taylor Swift's Fearless at 3.2 million copies (and which, released in 2008, had been on sale all year).[5] In only six weeks of sales, it became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009.[6]

Background

Production and songs

According to producer Steve Mac, the song selection process started with Simon Cowell compiling a list of around 150 songs that had in part been accumulated from "various A&R guys" sending them to him.[7] He then whittled these down to 50 and presented the list to Mac so that he could try out the songs with Boyle to see which worked for her and which she wanted to record.[7] They then recorded 20 songs for the album, with 11 eventually making the final cut.[7]

Boyle began the production of the album soon after the Britain's Got Talent tour.[8] The album included "I Dreamed a Dream", the song that she sang for her audition and on the show's finale, which was composed by Claude-Michel Schonberg (music) and Alain Boublil and adapted to English by Herbert Kretzmer for the 1985 musical Les Misérables.

The first song from the album was "Wild Horses", a song originally recorded by The Rolling Stones in 1971 which she described as "[o]ne of my personal favourites and an emotional release." Boyle said its "haunting theme" conjures up memories of her childhood amongst council estates, poverty and struggle in the first verse.[9] It has been covered by Guns N' Roses, Alicia Keys and Melanie Safka. Boyle included "Cry Me a River", which she had previously recorded in 1999 for a charity CD,[10][11] and "You'll See", a 1995 song by Madonna, and chose a new composition, "Who I Was Born to Be", written by Audra Mae.

The album also included a version of "Proud", a song that album producer Steve Mac had originally written with Wayne Hector and Andy Hill for the Britannia High television series. "The End of the World" was an international pop music hit by Skeeter Davis in the 1960s written by Arthur Kent with lyrics by Sylvia Dee,[12] and has been covered by, amongst others, The Carpenters, Loretta Lynn, Sonia and Herman's Hermits.

Boyle had been a volunteer at Our Lady of Lourdes church in Blackburn, West Lothian, and recorded some religious songs, including "Amazing Grace" and "How Great Thou Art", a Christian hymn based on a Swedish poem written by Carl Gustav Boberg in Sweden in 1885,[13] with a melody based on the Swedish folk songs.[14] The album's last track is the popular Christmas song "Silent Night".[15]

The album was produced and arranged by Steve Mac. For the recording, different studios were used, the orchestra recorded at the Air Studios in London, the choir at Sphere Studios, and the final mixing at Mac's own Rokstone Studios, also in London.

Commercial performance and reception

Publicity

To promote the release, Boyle sang on several television shows. Her first performance was on the America's Got Talent final, on 16 September, where she performed "Wild Horses" before more than 13 million viewers in the United States[16] On 10 November, she sang "I Dreamed a Dream" on Dancing with the Stars, during the performance of Chelsie Hightower and Tony Dovolani, and she also sang "Wild Horses" on The X-Factor.[17]

On 23 November, Boyle gave a live TV performance on the Today Show on the NBC television network which took place outside its studios on Rockefeller Plaza;[18] Boyle sang "I Dreamed a Dream", "Wild Horses", and "Cry Me a River".[18] After the show, Boyle attended a lunch with fans where she was presented with a handmade quilt made by over one hundred people from 28 countries including Mexico, Poland, Japan and Antarctica.[19]

On 13 December 2009 she appeared in her own television special, "I Dreamed a Dream: the Susan Boyle Story", featuring a duet with her idol Elaine Paige.[20] The show achieved ratings of 10 million viewers in the United Kingdom.[21] In the U.S. it was carried on the TV Guide Network, becoming the highest rated special in the tiny cable network's history.[22] It was reported that Susan Boyle would be invited to perform "I Dreamed a Dream" for a small gathering at the birthday celebration of Michelle Obama on 17 January 2010.[23] Her debut world tour, beginning in Las Vegas, is being planned.

The song You'll See was included in the international soundtrack to Ti Ti Ti, a Brazilian telenovela, which helping to propel "I Dreamed A Dream" up the charts in Brazil.[24]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[25]
Entertainment Weekly(B-)[26]
The Guardian[27]
The Independent[28]
Los Angeles Times[29]
MSN[30]
Slant Magazine[31]
The Times[32]

According to the Daily Mail, I Dreamed a Dream sold approximately 134,000 copies in the United Kingdom on its first day of release alone, and approximately 300,000 copies by Friday, 27 November.[33][34] Sales of 411,820 copies made it the largest first week sales of any debut album in UK chart history.[35][36] It recorded sales of 303,708; 274,148 and 352,612 copies respectively in its second to fourth weeks, remaining at the top of the album chart for four weeks consecutively. In its fifth week, it was displaced at number one by Michael Bublé's Crazy Love.[citation needed]

The album debuted at #1 in Australia, selling 26,474 in the first week of release and has been certified 9x Platinum (630,000 units shipped). In New Zealand, the album was certified 3x Platinum for shipping over 45,000 copies after just one week of release while debuting at number 1; the album was certified 8x Platinum (120,000 units shipped) three weeks after its release.[37] It has also become the highest-selling debut album in New Zealand history.[38] The Japanese market regarded it as a classical music album,[39] and it debuted at #5 on the Oricon weekly comprehensive charts with around 36,000 copies,[40] and climbed to #3 the next week.[41]

In the United States, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with approximate sales of 701,000 units, becoming the best sales week for an album in the United States for 2009.[citation needed] It stayed at number one for five consecutive weeks, selling in excess of half a million copies each week, bringing her total U.S. sales over to 2.9 million copies. It is the fastest-selling debut album to reach two million in sales and 2009's second biggest-selling album, with 3.1 million sold according to SoundScan, behind Taylor Swift's Fearless which sold 3.21 million.[5]

The album sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide in its first three weeks of release, and has sold almost 9 million to date.[42] The album received a score of 54 out of 100 on aggregate review site Metacritic, based on seven reviews.[43]

Track listing

[44]

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Wild Horses"Mick Jagger, Keith RichardsThe Rolling Stones4:55
2."I Dreamed a Dream"Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert KretzmerPatti LuPone, from Les Misérables3:11
3."Cry Me a River"Arthur HamiltonJulie London2:43
4."How Great Thou Art"Carl BobergChristian hymn3:13
5."You'll See"Madonna, David FosterMadonna4:43
6."Daydream Believer"John StewartThe Monkees3:20
7."Up to the Mountain"Patty GriffinPatty Griffin3:32
8."Amazing Grace"John NewtonChristian hymn3:35
9."Who I Was Born to Be"Audra Mae, Mark Linn-Baker, Johan Fransson, Tobias Lundgren, Tim LarssonOriginal composition4:10
10."Proud"Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Andy HillThe cast of Britannia High3:22
11."The End of the World"Arthur Kent, Sylvia DeeSkeeter Davis3:16
12."Silent Night"Josef Mohr, Franz Xaver GruberChristian Christmas Hymn3:00
13."Wings to Fly" (Tesco Bonus DVD/Japanese bonus track)Kunihiko MuraiAkai Tori3:51
14."The Susan Boyle Story: Interview" (Tesco Bonus DVD)  11:19
15."I Dreamed a Dream (Original Audition)" (Tesco Bonus DVD)Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert KretzmerPatti LuPone, from Les Misérables3:11


Charts

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
JLS by JLS
 Irish Albums Chart number-one album
27 November 2009 - 17 December 2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by UK Albums Chart number-one album
29 November 2009 - 27 December 2009
Preceded by Australian Albums Chart number-one album
29 November 2009 - 15 February 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by New Zealand Albums Chart number-one album (first run)
30 November 2009 - 1 February 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Glee: The Music, Volume 2 by Glee
 New Zealand Albums Chart number-one album (second run)
8 February 2010 - 21 February 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by New Zealand Albums Chart number-one album (third run)
10 May 2010 - 16 May 2010 		Succeeded by
My Worlds by Justin Bieber
Preceded by U.S. Billboard 200 number-one album
3 December 2009 - 13 January 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
My World (Part I) by Justin Bieber
 Canadian Albums Chart number-one album
3 December 2009 - 22 January 2010
Preceded by Switzerland Albums Chart number-one album
13 December 2009 - 2 January 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Die Beste Medisyne by Kurt Darren
 South African Albums Chart number-one album (first run)
6 February 2010 - 13 February 2010 		Succeeded by
The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga
Preceded by South African Albums Chart number-one album (second run)
20 February 2010 - 27 February 2010

Credits and personnel

Sales and certifications

Region Provider Certification Sales/Shipments
Argentina CAPIF Gold 20,000+[66]
Australia ARIA 9× Platinum 630,000+[67]
Austria IFPI Gold 10,000+[68]
Belgium IFPI Gold 15,000+[68]
Canada CRIA 5x Platinum [69] 400,000+[70]
Denmark IFPI Gold 15,000+[49]
EU IFPI 3× Platinum[71] 3,000,000+
France SNEP Platinum 100,000+[72]
GCC*[73] IFPI Platinum 6,000+[74]
Greece IFPI Gold 3,000+[75]
Hungary Mahasz Gold 7,500+[76]
Ireland IRMA 8× Platinum 120,000[77]
Italy FIMI Gold 40,000+[78][79]
Japan RIAJ Gold 195,000+[80]
Mexico AMPROFON Gold 50,000+[81]
New Zealand RIANZ 10× Platinum 150,000+[82]
Poland ZPAV Gold[83] 10,000+[84]
Sweden IFPI Gold 30,000+[85]
Spain PROMUSICAE Gold 30,000+[86]
Switzerland IFPI Gold 20,000+[87]
United Kingdom BPI 7x Platinum 2,100,000+[88]
United States RIAA 4x Platinum[89] 4,000,000 [70]
  • GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) covers Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia & UAE.

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