Miley Cyrus calls Alabama singer ‘the best of the best’

One of pop’s superstars has been starstruck. Miley Cyrus took to social media to voice her admiration of Brittany Howard, after the two women duetted on a cover of Queen’s “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Friday during “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert” in New York.

“Singing beside Brittany has been a dream of mine,” Cyrus wrote on X. “She is vocally the best of the best and as the performance grew closer I started questioning my choice to stand next to her and perform. At every rehearsal (which was very few) I was completely blown away. It doesn’t get better than BH.”

Shapeshifting rockers Queen released the country-tinged “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” on 1980 album “The Game,” which also boasted disco hit “Another One Bites The Dust.” The band, fronted by late great singer Freddie Mercury performed “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” during Queen’s only Saturday Night Live” appearance, in 1982.

“SNL50: The Homecoming Concert” was part of a celebration of the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live.”

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Cyrus, a Grammy-winning singer from Tennessee who rose to fame starring in Disney Channel series “Hannah Montana,” is known for smashes like “Party In The U.S.A.,” “Flowers” and “Wrecking Ball.”

Athens, Ala., native Howard is also a Grammy-winning artist. Her signature solo songs include “Stay High.” Howard recently reunited with the band she made her name with, “Hold On” hitmakers Alabama Shakes.

Rap band The Roots served as Cyrus and Howard’s backing musicians for “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.” Cyrus wrote on X, “Thank you to The Roots for supporting us and rocking it as you always do.”

Cyrus, Howard and The Roots teamed up again over the weekend. As part of Sunday’s star-studded “SNL50: The Anniversary Special,” they did “Nothing Compares 2 U,” the Prince-written ballad Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor took to a number one-hit in 1990.

O’Connor was an “SNL” musical guest in ’92, but didn’t sing “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Prince performed on the show in 1981, 1989, 2006 and 2014.

Paul McCartney closed out Sunday’s “Anniversary Special” with a medley of songs from 1969 Beatles album “Abbey Road.”