Renowned pop-star-turned soprano and businesswoman Sarah Brightman is reportedly set to pay £30 million for a 10-day stay on board the International Space Station next year.

Brightman is also reportedly hoping to become the first professional singer to perform in space, if she can beat Lady Gaga to the feat. She could not, however, be the first person to hold a note in space, nor do so appearing in a YouTube clip.

That honour belongs to former astronaut Chris Hadfield who recorded Jewel in the Night on Christmas Eve 2012 aboard the International Space Station and in 2013 became world-famous for his rendition of David Bowie's Space Oddity.

According to Reuters, Tom Shelley, president of Space Adventures confirmed that Brightman could begin her training within three months for a flight aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which would take her to the station in September 2015.

"She’s absolutely 100 per cent committed," Shelley told a National Space Club Florida Committee meeting this week. "She’s putting together her mission plan now."

Brightman, who had a pop hit I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper in 1978 with the group Hot Gossip, is reportedly worth £36 million, but she is also the ex-wife of billionaire composer Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.