"[6] In 2012 Boyle was awarded an honorary doctorate for her contribution to the creative industries from Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University, where she obtained a Certificate of Higher Education in caring.

[7][8] In 2015 Boyle was awarded an honorary doctorate in the field of music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow.

[9] Boyle was victorious in a polling vote by readers of Parade Magazine in the United States in the category Favourite New Face where she beat the likes of Adam Lambert and Lady Gaga.

She won a Gold Disc Award in the category of Top International Artist in Japan.

[10] Susan Boyle was named seventh most influential person in the world in 2010 in a Time Magazine poll.