Susan Boyle again tops U.S., UK charts at same time

Singing sensation Susan Boyle has the No. 1 album in the United States and in the United Kingdom simultaneously for the second time in a year - the first time anyone's done that in more than 40 years, The Associated Press reports.

Her record label, Sony, says she is the first woman to reach the milestone achieved previously by the Beatles in 1969 and The Monkees in 1967.

Boyle said she has "never felt happier" than seeing "The Gift," match her first record's successful debut. "The Gift" reached No. 1 in the U.K. last Sunday and topped the U.S. charts on Wednesday.

The eccentric Scot shot to international fame after her audition video for the TV show "Britain's Got Talent" got more than 120 million views on YouTube. Boyle's first album, "I Dreamed A Dream," came out in 2009 and has sold more than 10 million copies.