Boyle's CD a huge seller on Amazon.com

SEATTLE, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Amazon.com says Scottish singer Susan Boyle's upcoming album, "I Dreamed a Dream," is the largest global CD pre-order in the Web site's history.

Sony Music Entertainment is releasing the album Nov. 23. Amazon did not say exactly how many copies have been pre-ordered.

Boyle became an Internet star after she brought the house down last April by singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from "Les Miserables" during her appearance on the television competition show "Britain's Got Talent."

"We were excited when Susan Boyle's album became the top CD pre-order in the United States. We're absolutely ecstatic now that the album has become our largest global CD pre-order," Craig Pape, senior manager of music at Amazon.com, said in a statement Thursday. "Looking at the rest of our global Top 5, you see titles that resonated in their local markets. Susan's album is clearly capturing the hearts of our customers around the globe."

"One of the things that is so unique about Susan Boyle is her ability to touch people around the world," said Steve Barnett, chairman of Columbia Records. "We're excited that 'I Dreamed a Dream' holds the new record for global pre-orders and that Amazon's customers have supported her album in this way."

Coming in at No. 2 on Amazon's Top 5 CD pre-orders of all time are Mr. Children's "Supermarket Fantasy," followed by Ken Hirai's "Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection, '95-'05" at No. 3, Norah Jones's "Not Too Late" at No. 4 and Take That's "Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection."