Susan Boyle is attempting to break the USA before releasing any music in Britain.

The Britain’s Got Talent runner-up – who gained worldwide fame overnight after her audition video singing I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables became an internet hit on YouTube – is planning a promotional tour of the US in November before releasing an album at the end of that month, the Daily Mirror reports.

Susan, 48, will apparently sing at several public events before launching her trans-Atlantic career, which record bosses reportedly see as the most important and so are encouraging her to focus all her efforts on.