Returning to Britain’s Got Talent was a highlight. It was very exciting to be going back to the stage where it all began three years ago. Singing You’ll See from my first album, I Dreamed A Dream, well I felt it was quite apt. It was a really enjoyable experience and I’m very glad I did it. My highlight was meeting the gorgeous Pudsey. What an amazing dog and I’m very very pleased he won. Ashleigh was an absolute delight and so talented to be able to train her dog to that incredible standard.

On Sunday it was off to Windsor to perform for the Queen. Another dream ticked off my wish list! I performed Mull of Kintyre, written by Paul McCartney as part of the Jubilee celebrations. To say it was an honour was an understatement. I have such respect for our Monarch, she is the backbone to this country and to be a part of celebrating 60 years as our Queen, it’s a moment that I’ll never forget.

The best moment for me was meeting the Queen herself and Dame Helen Mirren, it’s a memory I shall cherish.

A special congratulations to my record label, Columbia in the USA for winning the Grammy with Tony Bennett’s album. They are a super team to work with, very talented and deserved to win this award.

I am so sorry that I have not written sooner and been delayed in wishing you all a very happy 2012. I’ve been quite busy over the past few weeks so let me begin where I left off, Christmas.

I spent christmas with my brother Gerry. I had a wonderful time and was very spoilt by everyone. My favourite gifts this year were a big teddy bear and a christmas jumper that’s a bit loud. Thank you so much to you all for the gifts and cards you sent to me. I was very touched by your kindness, sorry I can’t respond to each and everyone of you individually. I am trying!

Christmas isn’t Christmas without the Pantomime and Cinderella at the Kings Theatre, Edinburgh was great and extremely funny- Allan Stewart, Scotland’s most popular dame was hysterical and Grant Stott was great to. I always enjoy a good panto.

New Year’s Eve I spent with friends, we had a lovely meal together and waited for the bells at midnight. It was a great party and good to see in an exciting new year full of expectations with my oldest and dearest friends.

2012 has started off well. I’ve been choosing songs and ideas for the new album which I’m very excited about. So far I’ve come up with 86 songs that are personal favourites as well as looking at new material. I really enjoy the beginning of a new album, I like the creativity and team work as well as asking my fans opinion- your thoughts are very important to me.

Elaine C Smith and I have been discussing more of the musical, which starts in March and I’m really looking forward to the stage shows and being a part of a big ensemble cast.

At the beginning of January I was able to escape for a lovely few days to Ireland to visit friends. We had a really good time. I managed to visit the place, Lough Swilly, where John Newton was inspired to write Amazing Grace after being shipwrecked. This song was on my first album, I Dreamed A Dream and it was a really special day especially with my connection to that song. I had lunch at a lovely little country pub and what started with one person at the bar ended up with over 40 people joining us.

2012 is going to an exciting year and I will try to keep my updates as regular and interesting as possible, I don’t want to bore you all! I will definitely be writing once a fortnight but if there is any exciting news then I will write more and share it here first on the website.

點此觀看這支錄音室版音樂錄影帶，蘇珊全新專輯即將發行，歌迷請密切期待囉！

蘇珊出道短短14個月，就在全球狂銷超過一千四百萬張專輯，如今蘇珊將重回樂壇，即將在年底推出最新專輯《Someone To Watch Over Me》。

這張專輯對蘇珊而言，是全新的音樂里程碑，她重新權釋了〈Unchained Melody〉和〈Both Sides Now〉兩首精典曲目，同時也大膽翻唱〈Enjoy The Silence〉及〈Mad World〉兩首名曲，並賦予它們全新的生命力！收錄在專輯中的原創作品，包含由Emeli Sande、Naughty Boy 及 Josh Kear 共譜的〈This Will Be The Year〉以及由 Steve Mac 和 Wayne Hector 攜手合作創作的〈Return〉。這些全新創作，飽含了豐富多元的編曲與演唱，也再次向世人展現蘇珊動人、純真的美聲傳奇。

專輯完整曲目如下：
1. You Have To Be There
2. Unchained Melody
3. Enjoy The Silence
4. Both Sides Now
5. Lilac Wine
6. Mad World
7. Autumn Leaves
8. This Will Be The Year
9. Return
10. Someone To Watch Over Me

專輯中的歌曲，都是蘇珊的人生歷練，加上她簡視自我內心而精淬而來。

蘇珊說：「專輯中有幾首歌是來自歌迷寫給我的信，這些信的內容深深的打動我，我相信所有歌迷都能在歌曲中感同身受。」「我深知自己的音樂必須朝向何種方向，這張專輯深刻地描寫了悲傷、愛、快樂和感傷不同的情感，這是張反映出我真實情感和人生經驗的專輯。」

The superstar Scot is taking time out from recording her 3rd album to celebrate the big 50 with an intimate private party for her family and close friends in Scotland.

When asked about reaching this landmark birthday, Susan jokingly laughed, “Well there’s not much I can do about it. But I’m happy to be here and will be growing older gracefully”

She went on to say; “I’ve had some wonderful moments throughout my life, especially over the past two years and I would like to thank everyone for their kindness and encouragement, I wouldn’t be here without it and I appreciate it every single day.”

Simon Cowell said; “Happy 50th Birthday Susan. You are an amazing lady and I hope you have a fantastic day.”

英國歌手蘇珊波爾的第二張專輯《星光獻禮 The Gifted》，本週以24萬張的銷售成績，再度拿下全美告示牌專輯榜冠軍，並以累積4週稱霸專輯榜冠軍的亮眼成績，在發行短短5週內創下全美狂銷146萬張的驚人成績。

蘇珊的《星光獻禮》持續在全球各地開出紅盤，南半球的紐西蘭以連續4周銷售冠軍的成績穩坐冠軍；在加拿大和澳洲也都以僅次於歡樂合唱團Glee的成績，緊追在Top 2；而在家鄉英國也持續以排行前10的穩定銷售，朝銷售50萬大關邁進，有望為唱片公司拿下雙白金唱片。而《星光獻禮》在今年底熱銷的好成績，也一連帶動去年發行的《星光圓夢 I Dreamed A Dream》銷售數字，加上在日前出爐的第53屆葛萊美音樂獎提名名單中，蘇珊以《星光圓夢》入圍〈年度最佳流行專輯〉，預計明年2月揭曉的得獎名單，可望再為蘇珊整年熱門的專輯銷售再下一城。

  美國告示牌專輯和單曲榜，來自尼爾森 (Nielsen SoundScan) 綜合所有音樂類型的整體銷售成績，統計出西洋流行樂壇整年度最賣、人氣最夯的專輯和單曲。

  縱觀年度最賣專輯榜，除了來自英國的蘇珊拿下冠軍外，葛萊美R&B創作天后艾莉西亞凱斯以《無限元素》專輯登上Top 11，鄉村天后凱莉安德伍以《夢想啟程》緊追在後拿下Top 12，長青女歌手莎黛率領樂團睽違10年的《愛的戰士》也有Top 14的好成績。其它名列前茅的歌手，包括亞瑟小子Top 18的《頂尖對決》、搖滾藍調才子約翰梅爾Top 19的《愛戀守則》，及惡女凱莎Top 20的《動物派對》，都在年度專輯榜內，守住前20名的漂亮表現。

  暢銷單曲榜則有新世代跑趴惡女凱莎，以全美9週冠軍單曲〈跑趴滴答〉橫掃整年排行榜，冠軍到手「莎」無敵；追隨者合唱團則以清新搖滾風格的專輯《拯救我，舊金山》中的單曲〈Hey, Soul Sister〉登上Top 3，同時也在數位下載單曲榜拿下Top 2緊追在惡女凱莎之後；R&B天王亞瑟小子則以《頂尖對決》中選出的全美冠軍單曲〈喔麥尬〉拿到Top 5，並在數位下載單曲榜上穩坐Top8的好成績，奠定他當代節奏藍調之王的王者風範。

  Billboard年終榜是從2009年12月5日的期刊統計至2010年11月27日。
  http://www.billboard.com/features/features/best-of-2010-1004133971.story

Many thanks,
SB HQ.

蘇珊大嬸、龐克搖滾教父路瑞德〈Lou Reed〉完美的一天MV大和解！大嬸破天荒首度拍攝音樂錄影帶「完美的一天〈Perfect Day〉」，先前傳出「心結」的路瑞德不僅擔任MV導演，還欽點英格蘭羅蒙德湖〈Loch Lomond〉國家公園景點拍攝，氣勢磅礡，讓路瑞德曾被電影「猜火車」運用的不朽經典帶來全新感動。蘇珊波爾全新專輯《星光獻禮》全球本週盛大發行，台灣則於12日(週五)開賣，即日起歌迷可以到蘇珊全球中文官網(http://www.susanboylemusic.com/tw/giftpremiere/)搶聽新輯外，唱片公司將在《星光獻禮The Gift》專輯發行時贈送首批限量『蘇珊波爾星光獻禮DVD』。「完美的一天」MV即刻起在SONY西洋粉絲團(http://www.facebook.com/sonymusic.tw)及各大電視頻道同步首播。

說到49歲的蘇珊大嬸與在歌壇享有崇高地位的68歲龐克教父路瑞德，本來井水不犯河水，怎會種下心結？原來這次新專輯《星光獻禮》蘇珊選擇翻唱教父的經典名曲「完美的一天」，原本就是歡天喜地，蘇珊更不諱言這首歌在自己的人生有很重要的意義，「你種什麼因就會得什麼果」認為這首歌對她來說談論的是一種感情的責任。偏偏九月9日蘇珊專程飛到洛杉磯「American’s Got Talent」現場演唱歌曲，誰知謠傳登台前一刻蘇珊被告知教父並不同意授權蘇珊演唱，驚傳大嬸為此淚灑洛城，不但不接受更換歌曲演唱的提議，馬上飛回英國療傷。

雖然大嬸從未提及當日情況，不過工作人員表示，是因為技術問題才導致歌曲美國部份並未即時處理，和路瑞德本人沒有關係，事情愈演愈烈，選秀評審包括一首捧紅蘇珊的賽門考爾及皮爾斯(Piers Morgan)都相繼聲援蘇珊。但更讓人意外是，這樣的結果竟然促成路瑞德決定破天荒和蘇珊合作，親自幫這首歌曲製作MV，還擔任導演，原來，教父對於蘇珊演唱的版本非常喜愛，更因蘇珊的歌聲獲得靈感，兩人達成共識要在英格蘭羅蒙德湖國家公園拍攝MV，忠實呈現蘇格蘭自然美景的氛圍；其實羅蒙德湖就是英格蘭傳說有精靈出沒的神秘景觀！路瑞德受訪說他要求拍攝出美麗和親密感的畫面馬上得到蘇珊認同，大嬸則說，「我超喜愛他的想法，他清楚知道在蘇格蘭拍MV對我的意義有多深遠，我不在乎這邊下雨吹風，拍攝的每一分鐘對我來說都是享受！」蘇珊在MV中搭配國家公園山林樹木與河流湖泊等美不勝收的美景，空靈的情境猶如電影「魔戒」般迷人，網友驚呼，「蘇珊大嬸的天使美聲根本就是這裡的精靈！」

這個MV原本完全不在蘇珊既定的發片計畫，一直到發片當週MV才完整釋出，成為大嬸出道有史以來拍攝的第一首音樂錄影帶！有了路瑞德的強力背書，讓蘇珊新專輯更添氣勢。蘇珊波爾全新專輯《星光獻禮》全球本週盛大發行，台灣則於12日(週五)開賣，即日起歌迷可以到蘇珊全球中文官網(http://www.susanboylemusic.com/tw/giftpremiere/)搶聽新輯外，包括KKBOX、ezPeer+本週都會上架蘇珊這張萬眾矚目的新作。唱片公司將在《星光獻禮》專輯發行時贈送首批限量『蘇珊波爾星光獻禮DVD』。

◎蘇珊波爾「完美的一天」MV首播
http://www.facebook.com/sonymusic.tw
◎蘇珊波爾全球中文官網搶聽新專輯《星光獻禮》
http://www.susanboylemusic.com/tw/giftpremiere/
◎1112新發行：美聲傳奇 蘇珊波爾 / 2010最新專輯 星光獻禮
http://sonybmg.pixnet.net/blog/post/32717378
◎蘇珊波爾《星光獻禮》中文Bio介紹
http://sonybmg.pixnet.net/blog/post/32753720
◎Susan Boyle (蘇珊波爾) 【The Gift (星光獻禮) 搶先聽】@ KKBOX
http://tw.kkbox.com/album/GawN1ri85axTMMw0FanR008l-index.html
◎Susan Boyle (蘇珊波爾) 【The Gift (星光獻禮) 搶先聽】@ ezPeer+
http://web.ezpeer.com/cd/c81096s21293.html

為了慶祝蘇珊的新專輯，”The Gift”，我們即將發飆蘇珊的 跨越全球的的’禮物地圖‘。這個活動將給予你一個能讓你親自向蘇珊說話的機會。你可以告訴她有關你從她音樂，她的故事裡所獲得的禮物。你也能與她討論你一直都很想要的一份禮物。這個 ‘禮物地圖’ 也能讓你顯示出你自己的家在哪裡，好讓蘇珊和蘇珊的粉絲們知道你現在正在地球上的什麼地方。

參與此活動，你必需是本站的會員。你可以從右手邊的欄位裡登入，或者你也可以成為會員。