Ne-Yo doesn't think there would be "much mutiny going down" if Beyoncé Knowles was queen.
"I love Beyoncé's royalty factor - she'd be a kind of queen. The villagers would like her, not much mutiny would be going down," he mused to British magazine Heat.
There are also some British stars who are getting Ne-Yo. excited.
"I'm loving Sam Smith - he's just a talent and I think people are paying attention to the talent, as opposed to making it about anything else," he said.
"Ed Sheeran's another one - it's not about his look, just the fact he writes really, really good songs. That's refreshing at a time when scandal and controversy is always such a focal point."
Ne-Yo feels lucky to have worked with so many big names and to be able to call them his friends. He cites sharing the stage with Rihanna as a highlight and explained she is one person he knows he could call with a problem and get great advice.
He's also met Prince, who left him completely tongue-tied because he was so in awe and has recorded a track with booming songstress Céline Dion.
"Beyond amazing," he said of the experience. "Her energy is incredible." The tea