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<i>By Stephanie Lysaght</i>

Susan Boyle

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By Stephanie Lysaght

After an appearance on "Britain's Got Talent," Susan Boyle became the talk of Twitter and the Internet with 13 million hits -- and counting -- on Youtube of her performance of "I Dreamed a Dream."

The 47-year-old Scottish charity worker was soon living the dream thanks to the rapid word of mouth and appeared on a number of talk shows stateside in the immediate wake of her surprise success.

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