Susan Boyle Makes Top-Selling Debut By A Female Artist In History

Susan Boyle I Dreamed a Dream exceeded any expectations in the U.S., selling 701,000,giving The Britain’s Got Talent star the best-selling debut week of 2009, and the best-selling week for a debut album by a female artist in the history since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking in 1991. Boyle beat out Eminem’s Relapse, which sold 608,000 copies in its opening week back in May, to become the year’s biggest seller.
source:rollingstone