But what could outrageous hip-hip star Nicki Minaj and troubled but immensely talented singer Susan Boyle possibly have in common? Well, your guess is as good as mine, but that doesn’t mean that they haven’t made besties when they were both backstage for America’s Got Talent. Because they did!

The new friends’ first few items of friendship included Susan pinching Nicki’s ass because “she was fascinated by Nicki’s bum and just couldn’t take her hands off it,” Nicki teaching Susan how to rap, and Susan giving Nicki some pointers on singing.

Just because we don’t understand it doesn’t mean that we can’t find it adorable!

Along with my 60 year old alt-country former hippie father, you can add Jay-Z to the list of unlikely Susan Boyle fans.

In a recent interview, he sung the Boyle’s praises and even suggested that she capitalize on her success by starting her own clothing line.

“What Susan’s achieved is unbelievable. Everybody wants a piece of her and the market for her is huge. I could see her with her own clothing range. Sure, why not? She’ll appeal to women of a certain age. They’ll see an ordinary person who made the best of herself. It’ll give them hope.”

I’m going to ignore the fact that he used the odious phrase “women of a certain age” and just hope to high hell that we don’t see an “Oh Susan Ugh!” or “Susan B-eautiful” line of polyester blend slacks and sensible pantsuits coming to a K-mart near you anytime soon.

With all the dudes getting kicked in the nuts and Chis Crockers and horny web-cam chicks and teen girls dancing in their bedroom to songs with suggestive lyrics that clog up the works on YouTube, you’d probably think that the most popular clip every uploaded to the site would most likely be something along those lines. However, it was just officially announced today that the number one video in the site’s history is Susan Boyle’s incredibly moving Britain’s Got Talent audition. (Sorry, no embed option for this video.)

From Hollyscoop:

Susan became a household name overnight after appearing on Britain’s Got Talent, and has managed to get over 120 million views on YouTube. The second place winner was a very funny and popular clip entitled “David After Dentist,” which didn’t even come close with 37 million views.

“JK Wedding Entrance Dance,” which featured a wedding party walking down the aisle to Chris Brown’s Forever placed third with 33 million. “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” movie trailer took fourth place, scoring 31 million, while the “Evian Roller Babies” clip took fifth place with more than 27 million views.

It’s honestly alarming that the majority of popular clips on YouTube have messages of hope or love behind them. As much as you may hate Chris Brown, I can’t ask you to not cry when the bride finally enters during this video because it’s impossible.

In a world where Nickelback is the most popular band of the decade, Daniel Powter is the number-one one hit wonder, and where Jon and Kate get more coverage than the financial crisis we are in, it’s refreshing to see that people are still seeking out heartwarming entertainment on their own. You just need to go to the Internet, the amazing place where all things are possible, in order to find it I guess. Love you, Internet!

Susan Boyle’s dream is officially realized. Although she didn’t win Britain’s Got Talent, she clearly captured the hearts of plenty of people who didn’t bother to vote, because her debut album, I Dreamed a Dream, sold more than 410,000 copies — the biggest first week sales for a debut album in UK chart history. (For comparison, Britney Spears’ Circus sold 505,000 in its first week.) This month, the record became the largest global CD pre-order in the 14-year history of Amazon.com. It’s expected to top the US charts as well. Congratulations, Susan!!!

Above hear Susan singing her hit cover of “Wild Horses.”

After cancelling a performance earlier this week due to “fatigue”, Susan Boyle has once again raised concerns about her mental health after having a full on freak out last evening shortly before she was scheduled to sing during the Liverpool performance of the Britain’s Got Talent tour. Sources say that she was acting strangely all night, wandering around looking dazed and “scratching her belly with her top pulled up.” She later became hysterical and “repeatedly bawled: ‘Where’s my cat… I want my cat!”

It then took event staff half an hour to “sneak her out of the Liverpool hotel via a fire escape,” moments before she was scheduled to go on.

I don’t often profess concern for celebrities in my posts. This is mostly because I’m a bitch, but also because although I write about these people all the time, I don’t really know them. It’s hard for me to feel more than the most general “we’re all human beings and we’re all in this together” kind of concern for strangers who do stupid things like Twitter about their vaginas when they have too much to drink. But I am honestly worried about this woman.

Without speculating on any underlying preexistant mental illness, I’m just going to say that some people are not meant to be famous.

It’s not easy. You have to put up with an insanely hectic schedule, nary a moment’s privacy or peace, and people like me in your business all the time, writing snarky things about you and constantly judging your every action.

Susan Boyle is not meant to be famous. If she keeps this up, it will destroy her. Someone get her out of the spotlight before she gets burned… because chances are that she is not going to stop this on her own.

Now that Susan Boyle is all rested up, she began her Britain’s Got Talent UK tour.  Oddly enough, after one performance, she had to take off last night to rest.  This could be part of her recovery plan from the exhaustion and breakdown she suffered a couple of weeks ago. 

It really begs the question:  When is it enough money?  Boyle gets paid $164,000 to perform a twelve-minute set.  She also has a recording deal for a Christmas CD that is worth about $13M. 

Susan, can you hear me?  Do the CD, do ten 12-minute sets — that’s two hours out of your life — and get the hell out of the spotlight, buy a house in the country and enjoy your millions of pounds.  And your good mental health.