BOYLE’S $6 MILLION BIRTHDAY CHEQUE
Scottish singing sensation SUSAN BOYLE will get an extra special 49th bir thday present next month (Apr10) - she’s set to receive a $6 million (=C2 =A34 million) pay cheque, according to U.K. reports.
Boyle shot to fame on Simon Cowell’s Britain’s Got Talent last year (09 ) when a clip of her singing spread across the internet and gained her le gions of dedicated fans.
She then went on to release her debut album I Dreamed A Dream, which be came the biggest-selling CD of 2009 in the U.K., and has now sold more th an 8.5 million copies globally.
Boyle has reportedly been living off an allowance from Cowell, but she will receive her first multi-million dollar payout from her worldwide sal es when she turns 49 on 1 April (10).
A source tells Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper, "People have thought of Susan as a millionaire for months already because her album was launched in November, but she hasn’t got it yet. Up until now, her management team have made sure she never wanted for anything, but this is her long-await ed payday."
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