{"id":358661,"date":"2011-04-01T16:49:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T16:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/susan-boyle-suffers-a-case-of-windswept-hair-as-she-celebrates-her-50th-birthday\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T16:49:46","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T16:49:46","slug":"susan-boyle-suffers-a-case-of-windswept-hair-as-she-celebrates-her-50th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/susan-boyle-suffers-a-case-of-windswept-hair-as-she-celebrates-her-50th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Boyle suffers a case of windswept hair as she celebrates her 50th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"67.060242839352\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daily Mail Reporter<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 5:49 PM on 1st April 2011<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s had plenty of reasons to celebrate since she shot to overnight stardom on Britain&#8217;s Got Talent in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>And Susan Boyle had another reason to smile on Friday as she celebrated her 50th birthday with gifts, cards and balloons from well-wishers.<\/p>\n<p>However it wasn&#8217;t all plain sailing for the singer as she showed off her birthday treats on the doorstep of her home in Blackburn, West Lothian.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"31\">\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/03f91043277_468x637.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"637\" alt=\"Birthday breeze: Susan's hair suddenly became windswept as she was reading her cards on the doorstep of her house\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Birthday breeze: Susan&#8217;s hair suddenly became windswept as she was reading her cards on the doorstep of her house<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"18\">\n<p>The birthday girl was caught out by a sudden gust of wind which blew her hair up in the air and made her look\u00a0 almost comical.<\/p>\n<p>However it didn&#8217;t dampen her good humour as Susan &#8211; dressed for her big day in a vivid red frock with a frilled neckline &#8211; saw the funny side.<\/p>\n<p>The singer &#8211; who recently moved from her modest council house in the Scottish village to a \u00a3300,000 town house nearby &#8211; told Scottish channel STV that she had enjoyed receiving all the gifts from fans and other well wishers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/d50e3689931_468x589.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"589\" alt=\"Lift-off: The singer's hair blew upwards in a sudden gust of wind outside her Blackburn home\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lift-off: The singer&#8217;s hair blew upwards in a sudden gust of wind outside her Blackburn home<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"16.5\">\n<p>&#8216;I have had lots of nice people at the door, lots of nice presents which I thank you all for. Thank you!&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Susan added that the past two years of her life had been &#8216;fantastic&#8217;. They\u2019ve really changed my life and I\u2019d like it to continue.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>the singer has enjoyed huge success since her now infamous Britain&#8217;s Got Talent audition in April 2009.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/acb449f7693_468x341.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"341\" alt=\"Back under control: The singer appeared to see the funny side of her windswept hair and kept on smiling\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back under control: The singer appeared to see the funny side of her windswept hair and kept on smiling<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> Since then, her debut album I Dreamed A Dream has been named the fastest selling album by a<br \/>\nUK female and also the most successful first week sale of a UK debut<br \/>\nalbum by the Guinness Book of Records.<\/p>\n<p>Her second album, The Gift, topped the album charts in both the UK and<br \/>\nAmerica and now Susan is thought to be working on a third album.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"13\">\n<p>She recently joined Peter Kay for a spoof version of the video to the Elaine Paige\/Barbra Dickson hit I Know Him So Well, in aid of Comic Relief. The track has since been released as a single and entered the charts last Sunday at number 11.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/040a74d7987_468x311.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"311\" alt=\"Bright and breezy: Susan - who is currently in the charts with Peter Kay - wore a scarlet dress for her big day\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bright and breezy: Susan &#8211; who is currently in the charts with Peter Kay &#8211; wore a scarlet dress for her big day<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/03f91043277_468x637.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go here to read the rest:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1372394\/Susan-Boyle-suffers-case-windswept-hair-celebrates-50th-birthday.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Susan Boyle suffers a case of windswept hair as she celebrates her 50th birthday\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Susan Boyle suffers a case of windswept hair as she celebrates her 50th birthday<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:49 PM on 1st April 2011 She&#8217;s had plenty of reasons to celebrate since she shot to overnight stardom on Britain&#8217;s Got Talent in 2009. And Susan Boyle had another reason to smile on Friday as she celebrated her 50th birthday with gifts, cards and balloons from well-wishers. However it wasn&#8217;t all plain sailing for the singer as she showed off her birthday treats on the doorstep of her home in Blackburn, West Lothian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-358661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Susan Boyle suffers a case of windswept hair as she celebrates her 50th birthday - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/susan-boyle-suffers-a-case-of-windswept-hair-as-she-celebrates-her-50th-birthday\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Susan Boyle suffers a case of windswept hair as she celebrates her 50th birthday - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:49 PM on 1st April 2011 She&#039;s had plenty of reasons to celebrate since she shot to overnight stardom on Britain&#039;s Got Talent in 2009. 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