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Susan Boyle gets £4m royalty cheque for her birthday

Britain's Got Talent runner-up is in the money

Susan Boyle lost out to Diversity in the Britain's Got Talent 2009 final

Susan Boyle has received the first instalment of royalties from her best-selling debut album - and it amounts to a whopping £4million.

The payout from Syco record label bosses coincides with the Britain's Got Talent star's 49th birthday today.

Susan had a double celebration party yesterday in Japan, where she is on tour.

She was joined by hundreds of fans who'd flown from across the globe for a bash in the penthouse suite of Tokyo's tallest building.

Guests wore red scarves and specially-made badges in her honour and presented Susan with a cake featuring her album cover on it.

‘I had a wonderful afternoon,' she says. ‘These people are fantastic. They have come all the way from America, Australia, UK and Japan. This is why I am able to do what I do - because of their support and love.'

Susan's album I Dreamed A Dream has sold more than 8.5million copies worldwide since being released in November.

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