Scotland’s Susan Boyle left many viewers in Britain spellbound by her singing on a television talent show, but industry watchers say it’s the Internet that has turned her int
o an international phenomenon. She has ”clicked” with the online public at a record-setting pace, tracking firm Visible Measures said on Monday.
The latest numbers put Boyle at 103 million total video views on more than 20 different Web sites, said Matt Fiorentino, a spokesman for Visible Measures.
It was only on April 11 that Boyle gained public attention with her performance on TV show “Britain’s Got Talent,” and Fiorentino said that Boyle has become the fastest growing Internet sensation his firm has ever seen.
Compare her numbers to another viral video sensation, the December incident of an Iraqi journalist throwing a shoe at former U.S. President George W. Bush, which had 21.4 million online video views in a week, Fiorentino said.
Clips of Boyle’s performance on “Britain’s Got Talent” have generated 91.6 million views to date, Visible Measures said. The rest of the online views have been for other material, such as Boyle’s 1999 rendition of “Cry Me a River,” interviews and fan videos.
By comparison, comedian Tina Fey’s impersonation of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on NBC sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” has generated 34.2 million views.
Boyle has yet to reach the Internet success of singer Mariah Carey’s “Touch My Body,” a video that has been seen 164 million times since it was posted online a little more than a year ago, according to Visible Measures.
Boyle, 47, is an unlikely pop star, with untamed hair and a plain-spoken manner. But none of that has blunted her online appeal.
“She’s definitely among the heavy hitters in viral video history,” Fiorentino said.
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After these months, I think the hype has died down. It is sad to see that most people are not really interested in her singing but for the buzz of it all.
- Posted by Emily | retractable badge holderSusan Boyle is going to sing again on Britain’s Got Talent TONIGHT! Woohoo! Let’s see if she can do it again…
- Posted by Susan Boyle Blog100 millones en 12 días, son casi 100 personas por segundo. Si el video dura algo así como 100 segundos, entonces hubo durante ese período en todo momento 10,000 personas viendo el video.
- Posted by Cesar MoronI hope she can get beyond her “15 minutes of fame”. It’s time for Susan to quit the interviews and practice for the semi-final. I suspect she’ll be facing some stiff competition.
- Posted by donnolaSusan is fabulous. It’s about time the entertainment industry started promoting REAL talent. People are looking for a change. They want something different. Their souls are crying out for the extraordinary not the ordinary. To make it in the entertainment industry today you must meet a certain image and financial criteria, talent is no longer a prerequisite. Today, you not only need money to pay your way in, you also must look a certain way, act a certain way, be a certain age and weight and imitate the actor and singers that make up the fad of the times. In
- Posted by Marie Carewessence, you must lose your entire identity and allow yourself to portray something that isn’t unique. Few entertainers today are individuals.
What is filmed, written and recorded now will reflect our past, but
what our children learn from it, will represent our future. Using the media as our message tool we, as a race of people, have the ability to make a difference for all the young and impressionable minds. For more Entertainers like Susan Boyle, Check out these links; http://www.youtube.com/singingsibs
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- Posted by Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band - Scorpio (1972) | 931 WDRQI love her authenticity, it makes her beautiful on the inside. I hope stardom does not change her. I listened to her clip over and over and over and I am not generally a fan of classical music, however, this woman can SING yall! I am a Journalist from Texas and I wrote a column this week about her called “An Unlikely Idol,” it’s posted on my website: http://www.aboutlifecolumn.com. Way to go, Susan! G.L.
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