Susan Boyle’s rendition of Silent Night is so breathtakingly beautiful, it feels like a gift from heaven itself. Her angelic voice carries every note with such purity and emotion that it could bring even the stars to tears. This is more than just a cover—it’s a moment of magic that lingers in the heart long after the last note fades.
Don’t believe us? Listen for yourself, below. The moody, atmospheric production is subdued enough to let Boyle’s heavenly voice take center stage. Later on the track, she’s joined by a full choir, adding even more dimension to this cover. ư
“I come from a musical family,” Boyle told Revive magazine. “My mum was a singer, my dad was a singer, and even my nine siblings were passionate about music, so I had a great support network.”
“Our expectations were quite low, but she is the perfect example of never judge a book by its cover,” Simon Cowell said on an episode of America’s Got Talent recalling Boyle’s BGT Audition. “She is just the most incredible person. This was a lady who lived on her own in Scotland, and she came on the show and everything changed. Because up until that point, there was a perception that you had to look this way, or be this age, and she just changed the rulebook.”
“I’ll never forget this,” Cowell said about watching Boyle in 2009. “I was having a terrible, terrible day, and I remember saying, ‘I really, really hope she’s not gonna sing,’ because there were so many bad singers that day and I thought, ‘I just can’t take another one.’”
