Susan Boyle does her best Home Alone pose.

By ThisGirl’s Jezza

So Susan Boyle sold 701,000 copies of her debut album, I Dreamed a Dream, in its first week, thanks to word of mouth, underdog appeal, YouTube, and okay, to some degree, talent. That’s more than the 2009 releases by Eminem, Jay-Z and Black Eyed Peas moved in week one. But can she possibly achieve career longevity once the novelty of an ordinary-looking middle-aged pop star wears off? How many dreary, plodding covers of “Wild Horses” can one sit through before throwing up the hands and screaming, “Next!”

Boyle gets the stylist treatment.

P.S. Are you digging her makeover as much as I am?

And the winner is … Sasha Fierce! Um, or is it Beyonce?

By ThisGirl’s Jezza

The 2010 Grammy nominations confuse me.

How does Beyoncé’s “Halo” get nominated for Record of the Year, while “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” gets a nod for Song of the Year (a songwriter’s award)? Is “Single Ladies” a triumph of songwriting over sound?

Also, is there any doubt that in the Album of the Year category, Dave Matthews Band will trump Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift? Middle-aged and senior-citizen pop and rock always seem to prevail in that category (see 2009 winners Robert Plant and Alison Krauss for Raising Sand and 2008’s Herbie Hancock for River: The Joni Letters).