London, January 3 (ANI): Sales of Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle’s debut album were said to be have surpassed those of Michael Jackson by several thousand this year.

The Scottish singer’s album ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ allegedly pipped the 2.3 million US number of Jackson’s Number Ones collection to become the best-selling album of the year.

The 48-year-old spinster may next topple country-pop star Taylor Swift whose album Fearless hit the 2.7 million sales since its release in 2009, experts predicted.

“Susan is on the crest of a phenomenal sweep,” the Daily Express quoted a top US chart forecaster as saying.

“Her album has been available only weeks and is already closing in fast on Taylor’s CD, which has been available all year. There is very little doubt that I Dreamed A Dream will end up as 2009’s top-seller,” the forecaster added.

Martin Talbot, of the UK Official Charts Company, further said: “After all of the excitement surrounding her appearance on Britain’s Got Talent, everyone expected her to make a big impact but to arrive with such a bang is exceptional.”

Media analyst Mike Raia, Los Angeles, also confidently claimed: “She’s ­already cracked America and now she can become one of the highest-paid solo artists on the planet.” (ANI)