Susan Boyle - who shot to fame last year on Simon Cowell’s show Britain’s Got Talent - said she would like to sing with Lady Gaga outrageous singer and get some fashion tips from her.

Speaking about Gaga, Susan said: “I think Lady Gaga is a wonderful artist and completely original and I like her costumes. Love it! Yes, I’d love to do a duet with her, complete with telephone hat too!”

Deeply religious Susan, 49, also hopes to fulfil another ambition, to sing for Pope Benedict XVI, who visits her native Scotland later this year. “The Pope is a very special person and singing for him within the Mass, it’s not just for him, it’s for everybody,” Boyle told the Daily Mirror.

The singer - who was the biggest-selling female solo artist worldwide last year, selling more than 10 million copies of her debut album I Dreamed a Dream - is also itching to get back into the studio to work on a second album.

“I love recording. The recording studio is your own space, it’s your bubble, it’s you and the music and the producer and engineer,” she said. “That’s when the real craft comes in and that’s how people get to hear what you are really like. It is like my sanctuary.”