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Susan Boyle may not have dreamed the dream of being a dancing queen, but that's not stopping her from performing alongside a few of them.

The Britain's Got Talent phenom is making her way back to the States to perform on next week's Dancing with the Stars, People reports. No word on what the Scottish songstress will sing, but we're willing to bet she'll grace the stage in her glamorous new get-up.

And Boyle's brother says the reality show runner-up is just as excited as we are. "She loves America and loves the people," says John Boyle. "She appreciates their honesty."

Boyle's debut album I Dreamed a Dream hits stores Nov. 24.

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If you thought the tracklist on Susan Boyle's hugely anticipated debut album was sexy, get a load of the album cover!

The Scottish songbird's I Dreamed a Dream features a seriously glammed-up holding her chin in her hands and wearing a sequined top. Her hair is finely-coiffed, brows cleanly arched and makeup done to perfection.

In fact, if the flawless look seems familiar, that's because it is. The image was taken by Hugh Stewart during that jawdropping makeover spread for Harper's Bazaar's September issue.

The album by the Britain's Got Talent runner-up—which features covers of songs by Madonna, the Rolling Stones and the Monkees—has already blown the roof off the album charts, topping Amazon.com's bestseller list months before its Nov. 24 release.

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Good news, everyone who dropped a tenner on Susan Boyle's sight-unseen and music-unheard debut album. Now you know what you're in for.

SuBo has released the full tracklisting of I Dreamed a Dream, and the Britain's Got Talent winner also-ran will be channeling Madonna ("You'll See"), the Rolling Stones ("Wild Horses") and the Monkees ("Daydream Believer"), as well as herself ("Who I Was Born to Be," written especially for the Brit phenom) on her cover-heavy release.

"It was my greatest ambition to release an album and I have finally achieved it," she said. "This amazing journey has helped me find my own identity and fulfill my wish. There is happiness out there for everyone who dares to dream."

Even if they don't quite achieve what they set out to. Here's the complete tracklist for the album, due out Nov. 24:

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Las Vegas will be seeing a new name in lights.

After weeks of grueling rehearsals, cranky judges, whiny judges, overly excited judges and unfavorable comparisons to the amateur-turned-global-phenomenon that is Susan Boyle, one lucky act walked away from America's Got Talent tonight $1 million richer and headed for a top-billed gig in Sin City.

But not before Boyle made her presence felt once again, this time in person. In her first performance for U.S. television, the unassuming-looking Scot sang a mellifluous version of the Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses."

But you know, this country is no slouch when it comes to cranking out our own flash in the pans, either.

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America's Got Talent. Britain's Got Talent. Now thanks to Simon Cowell, America's Got Britain's Talent.

Good old SuBo herself, Susan Boyle, is scheduled to make her U.S. performance debut next week when she takes to the stage on the season finale of the Nick Cannon-hosted reality fest. (A nice and long-rumored bookend as she also appeared, briefly via satellite, in the season premiere.)

Neither NBC nor the infamous BGT runner-up, whose months-away debut album has already bested Whitney Houston's and Jay-Z's in Amazon pre-sales, have disclosed exactly which ditty Boyle will sing come next Wednesday, though "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Memory" are both safe bets, as she performed both during her U.K. reality show reign.

Boyle will arrive stateside tomorrow afternoon in advance of her prime-time debut.

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Some people just can't take a joke. Others just can't tell them. Simon Cowell falls into the latter category.

While the American Idol judge apparently can't spare a moment to officially comment on Ellen DeGeneres' replacement of Paula Abdul (unlike everyone else involved), he did take time to go on record today to clarify a joke he made about the Beatles on CBS' Early Show Wednesday morning. Which, as the most cursory of Google searches will tell you, didn't exactly translate well.

Cowell was on the show to talk about Susan Boyle's recording future but got slightly off-course when his interviewer, his Britain's Got Talent cojudge Amanda Holden, asked the critical Brit, "If the Beatles came on Britain's Got Talent or American Idol, do you think you would have put them through to boot camp?"

Unfortunately, Cowell never met a piece of bait he didn't lunge for.

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Whitney Houston, The Beatles and Jay-Z ought to step aside. Susan Boyle is the new queen bee of the album charts.

Too bad no one will get to hear her record until Nov. 24.

Britain's Got Talent's undeniable breakout star—whether she won the grand prize or not—is nearly three months from the release of her debut album, yet, thanks to presales, stands at the very top of Amazon.com's bestseller list.

Houston's comeback album, reissues of the Fab Four's classics, Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 and even the soundtrack for New Moon are eating her dust.

Talk about dreaming a dream!

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It's hard to believe that even performing on Good Morning America or taking long walks with Oprah aren't enough to be a chart-topper.

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Susan Boyle finally showed up on America's Got Talent last night. And the crowd went mild.

The summer-dominating NBC show turned in a (relatively) weak performance, averaging 11.1 million viewers, per preliminary Nielsen estimates, despite a heavily promoted segment with the YouTube superstar. 

NBC was so hot for audiences to see Boyle meet obsession Donny Osmond that the network made it known it wouldn't air President Barack Obama's press conference if that show meant preempting America's Got Talent. (Obama blinked, and moved his presser to 8 p.m. ET.)

Judging by the numbers, NBC—and Boyle—could've used a sexier crush.

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Eccentric YouTube superstar Susan Boyle gets slightly spiffed up and, by the looks of this preview, slightly stiff as well for a Wednesday sitdown with Today's Meredith Vieira.

The Britain's Got Talent phenom, who jumps the pond for appearances on NBC news shows and America's Got Talent, responds to compliments on her new look by saying, "I brush up quite well." After her recent bouts with exhaustion, not to mention the stress of working with Simon Cowell, the show-tunes-loving singer does seem to be showing well, but what do you think?

Is this a good makeover or should Sue do another do-over? Let us know in the comments section.

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Looks like everyone's favorite meany is making nice.

After Simon Cowell recently spoke out about mistakes made in handling the Susan Boyle phenomenon, the famed music man has teamed up with the Britain's Got Talent songstress to begin production on her debut album and the duo has already recorded her first song.

"She sounds fantastic on record," Cowell tells People. "She's so good, the album is not just going to be show tunes."

Just don't expect to see Boyle's record out any time soon. After the runner-up's countless issues with hospitalization, stress and exhaustion, the American Idol judge reassures fans: "We're going to take our time with this."

Sources say that Boyle's Sony Music label is also on board with absolutely no pressure to record being placed on the overnight-sensation, as well as an open option to walk away from the project at any time.

Despite a few bumps along the way, Boyle can currently be seen performing across the U.K. on the Britain's Got Talent tour.

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•  Reps for ABC have already said it's completely false, but we still think the rumor that that Susan Boyle was going to appear on Ugly Betty is funny.

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Robert Pattinson really ought to turn that frown upside down in the Big Picture gallery.

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