The Birth of Hope
This was posted by one of the fans "davclas" on Tommy's site "The Amazing Susan Boyle" I couldn't let it slip by without bringing it here for all to see.
...................THE BIRTH OF HOPE................ ....................................................
Headlines Winter 2008-09 were reading: "Markets Fall as Fears of Slump Span World"----"Crises Deals New Blow to Japan: Stocks at '82 Levels"----"Manufacturing Tumbles Globally"----"Crises Deepens as Banks Fail"----"Families Feel Pressure"
Into the middle of these circumstances on April 11, 2009 came a video broadcast that would change lives forever. 10,000,000 viewers watched a little lady walk out on the world stage and perform the greatest audition ever seen on the planet.
In the first 72 hours after her performance, Susan Boyle had 2,500,000 views of her audition. Within a week she reached 66,000,000 setting an online record. In the first nine days, her total reached 109,000,000 views on 20 different websites.
In spite of these phenominal numbers, she was largely ignored by the Music Elite. Not nominated by either the 2010 Grammy Awards or the 2010 Brit Awards, nevertheless Susan Boyle accomplished the following:
•--------Fastest Selling Debut Album of All Time in UK
•--------Amazon Largest Pre-Sales Album Ever 3 full months before its Release in '09
•--------#1 Sales of Hard Copy Album Sales in US in 2009 (3,018,000)
•--------Fastest Selling Global Female Debut Album Ever (2,000,000 in 1st week)
•--------Susan Boyle Story - Largest Audience Ever for TV Guide
•--------November 2010 - Only 3rd Person Ever to Have Two #1 Albums in US and UK in Same Year The following statement summed up the truth of these facts: "You (Music Elite) may be the coolest people in the world, but this year your industry was saved by a 48-year-old Scottish cat Lady in sensible Shoes" - Stephen Colbert, 2010 Grammy Awards Ceremony
In the midst of what was considered a global meltdown of hope for the future, worldwide, strode a sassy, independent, self-assured, middle-aged single lady with a wry, knowing smile who by her actions that day said to the world "I! HAVE! HOPE! and proceeded to prove it to the astonishment of millions who have subsequently followed her AMAZING JOURNEY over the last two years.
The SAGA continues unabated by time or circumstance and the stars are the limit for SUSAN MAGDALANE BOYLE.
God Bless Her and All Who Have Been Immeasurably Touched By Her Life!! 11:24pm,NC, USA
NY Nov. 2010
On another note: Is it possible that Susan's YouTube BGT Audition video of IDAD on April 11, 2009 may have helped in some way?
The President of Guinness World Records, Alistair Richards, confirmed the news and congratulated the show. He stated: "We are delighted to confirm that Got Talent has broken the previous world record and is now the official Guinness World Record holder for the Most successful reality television format, a landmark moment in television record breaking history, congratulations!"
Susan Boyle has enjoyed a successful career after she appeared on Britain's Got Talent.
Poster's note:
It appears that Susan Boyle has helped in some way to make the following BGT Guinness record happen. Susan's audition video of her phenomenal performance on April 11, 2009 went viral worldwide and was seen by millions that first week and is still watched today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A13qN_FZeqE
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1945379_1945171_1945166,00.html
1. Susan Boyle
Before she had the biggest-selling debut album in the history of the U.K. charts, frumpy Susan Boyle was
YouTube's darling.
In April, British television viewers watched the middle-aged Scottish woman astonish a live audience
(and difficult-to-impress judge Simon Cowell) with a rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" on Britain's Got Talent. Days later, YouTube users in the U.S. and elsewhere around the world wept for joy at the storybook success (however carefully crafted by the reality show's producers) of the simple woman with the bushy eyebrows and crystal-clear voice.
Sure, she lost the final competition to some dancing kids. And she succumbed more than once to the emotional pressure that comes with sudden fame. But with her record selling well, she said she doesn't want it to end.
Adding up the various posts on YouTube, the number of views of her first TV appearance hovers at about
100 million. With a statistic like that, she's the most viral of them all, and no
list of the year's viral hits can exclude her.
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'Britain's Got Talent' Breaks Guinness World Record For 'Most Successful Reality Format'
by Elinor Cosgrave | 07 April 2014
The reality series 'Britain's Got Talent' has broken world records by becoming the Most successful reality television format. The Guinness World Record's website confirmed the news on Monday (7th April). The show has spawned 59 versions worldwide including series in the US, Afghanistan and Iceland.
Britain's Got Talent has set the Guinness World Record for being the most popular reality television format in the world, having been adopted by 59 different shows worldwide. The announcement was made today (7th April) on the Guinness World Record website.
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