We present a generalization of the definition of singularly perturbed operators to the case of normal operators. To do this, we use the idea of normal extensions of a prenormal operator and prove the relation for resolvents of normal extensions similar to the M. Krein relation for resolvents of self-adjoint extensions. In addition, we establish a one-to-one correspondence between the set of singular perturbations of rank one and the set of singularly perturbed (of rank one) operators.