Susan Boyle making Christmas album

July 24, 2010|Billboard.com

Susan Boyle is in the studio recording a Christmas album, according to U.S. retail sources. While specifics are unclear, Sony is targeting it for an October release.

Columbia spokeswoman Fran DeFeo confirmed that Boyle is "recording a new album to come out later this year."

Boyle recently announced a competition, called "Susan's Search," to give her fans the chance to sing on the follow-up to her chart-topping debut, "I Dreamed a Dream." Aspiring Boyle collaborators can enter the competition by uploading a video of themselves singing "Silent Night" to her YouTube page. The winner will record a duet with Boyle to appear on the album.

Industry sales executives expect the Boyle album to rack up healthy sales.

"Dream" has sold more than 3.7 million copies in the U.S., second only to Taylor Swift's "Fearless" in overall sales in 2009.

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