Susan Boyle album for November release

Susan Boyle has topped the charts of a leading online retailer hours after the release date of her debut album was announced.

Titled I Dreamed A Dream, the record will be available in the UK from November 23 and in the US a day later.

The album tops the bestsellers charts on Amazon, ahead of the upcoming Beatles remasters and Whitney Houston's long-awaited comeback album I Look To You.

Earlier this year, Britain's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell said that Boyle's debut release would "surprise a lot of people" and claimed that the singer was "blown away" by the song choices on the album.