"I've Had The Time Of My Life!"

As she marks her 62nd birthday, Susan Boyle reflects on her sensational career...

- CLAIRE SAUL

Measures Of Success
Susan participated in the third series of Britain's Got Talent in 2009, auditioning with the song I Dreamed A Dream. Her audition clip has received over 680 million YouTube hits to date.

Susan has sold over 25 million albums globally and holds three Guinness World Records. She is the only British female artist to simultaneously top both the UK and US album charts, with the release of albums / Dreamed A Dream (2009) and The Gift (2010). Susan became the oldest female at No.1 on the UK albums chart for The Gift, which also became the most successful Christmas album in the UK.

She was named seventh most influential person in the world, 14 places above US President Obama, in a Time Magazine 2010 poll, and was third in Time's 2011 poll.

Fan-tastic! 
"I love meeting my fans! It's one of the perks of the job, so to speak. They truly are the best and oftentimes they tell me about still watching my BGT audition clip all these years on, as well as asking for photos. I really enjoy meeting with people - and it's people of all ages, from children to octogenarians! I've been proposed to in Japan, met inspirational people, gone on a date with a doctor I met in Florida... they are all wonderful encounters. I also have the most generous fans who spoil me with gifts."