LAST UPDATE: 09.13.08
About the album
The Princess of Pop, Britney Spears, started visiting the studio and recording her new material for her sixth studio album on
March 24th, 2008. Her second visit was on
April 14 when she re-united with her old manager Larry Rudolph. Larry spoke to PEOPLE magazine about the day they spent at Glenwood Place Studios saying:
"She sat at a piano and got some ideas. She played the piano and sang a bit. She enjoyed herself."
On May 16th, Billboard Magazine reported that the album is scheduled for
Holidays Season and that JIVE [her record label] is impressed with the material that she had recorded.
<source>. On July 6th, Producer Darkchild revealed in an interview to Rap-Up.tv that the album is scheduled for an
EARLY 2009 release.
<source>. According to producer Junkie XL, the album would be out by
APRIL 2009. In an interview with OK! Magazine on August 08', Britney said the album would be out within
6 - 9 months from August 2008.
<source>. According to Popjustice, an inside sources from JIVE records confirmed an album release on
December 2008.
<source>
Britney has been to the recording studio on the following days:
April 14
April 15
April 16
April 17
April 25
April 26
May 6
May 7
May 12
May 14
May 16
May 17
May 21
May 24
May 27
June 04
June 05
*Mid June
July 1
July 10
July 13
July 14
July 19
July 23
August 1
August 6
August 11
August 13
August 14
August 19
August 20
August 23
August 25
August 29
September 3
September 6
*
Bold = She visited a Vocal Coach as well.
All Confirmed Producers, Songwriters and info
- On May 21st,
J.R. Rotem and
Sean Garrett confirmed to PEOPLE magazine that "Britney is in the experimental stages of a new album".
SOURCE
- Producer
Fredwreck also confirmed his working on the new album through Myspace.
SOURCE
- Producers
Bloodshy & Avant confirmed through a Myspace message that they are working on new Britney album.
SOURCE
- On June 6th, Producer and song-writer
Guy Sigsworth revealed to L.A. Times that he is working with Britney again for the new album.
SOURCE
- On June 17th, Producer
Nate "Danja" Hills confirmed through his Myspace bulletin that he's working with Britney again: “I got some heat for britney spears…shhhhhhh!! i been grinding!!!”
- On June 18th, Producer
Dallas Austin confimred through a live chat on Justin.tv that he is working on new Britney material.
SOURCE
- On June 20th, Producer and Songwriter
Jim Beanz confirmed to Us Weekly Magazine that he was working with her on the new material.
SOURCE
- Producer
Darkchild said in an interview that he’s “trying to reinvent her” and described the new sound as “very dancey, really uptempo, in the clubs, real aggressive, and catchy.”
SOURCE
- On July 3rd, songwriter and producer
Kara Dioguardi has confirmed though her official website that she is working with Britney again on her new album and that she’s collaborating with Danja and Bloodshy & Avant.
SOURCE
- On July 6th, producer
Darkchild revealed to E! that Britney's next album is going to be a huge record and that he made a song that will be a huge club banger.
SOURCE
- Songwriter
Taio Cruz revealed to the Daily Star that he is writing songs for the new album.
SOURCE
- On July 17th, Producer
Sean Garrett spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the album: "We're trying to take her stuff to the next level. I'm going to come up with something crazy for her. I like to work on an artist when they count them out...and bring them back."
SOURCE
- Producer and song-writer
Kenneth “Babyface” Emmonds confirmed to E! News that he is working with Britney on her new album.
- Producer
Bryan Michael Cox revealed during a live web chat that he is working with Britney as well claiming, "it's going to be hot".
- Singer and songwriter
Lady GaGa confirmed to 99.9 FM in Toronto that she had written two songs for Britney's new album. She also claimed that the album is going to be Britney's big comeback. Lady GaGa also confirmed that Britney had already recorded the two songs and one of them will definitely make it to the album.
SOURCE
- On July 22nd, singer and songwriter
Keri Hilson revealed to Extra TV that she has been contacted by Britney's management and that she will work with producer Danja again on Britney's album.
SOURCE
- Songwriter and producer
Fernando Garibay has listed on his official website that he had recorded two songs with Britney titled "Amnesia" and "Quicksand".
SOURCE
- On August 17th, Producer
Junkie XL confirmed that he wrote 3 songs for the album. However; it's not confirmed whether any of the songs would make the record.
- In an interview with OK! Magazine,
Britney described the album to be more urban and that she has been writing material on daily basis for the new album. she also called it "her best work ever". In addition to that; Britney revealed that the music videos will be different from her previous ones.
SOURCE
- On September 2nd, Singer and Songwriter
Lady Gaga had confirmed in an interview that she co-wrote two songs for Britney's album titled
"Quicksand" and
"Underground".
SOURCE
- On September 5th, a video footage was leaked on MSN showing Britney practicing a choreography to a song allegedly called
"Mannequin". The song is upbeat with an urban vibe and features Britney's signature breathy vocals.
LISTEN HERE.
- On September 7th, singer
Chris Brown revealed that he wrote a couple of songs for Britney that she hadn't heard yet. He also mentioned that all the executives on their label had heard the records and they love them, and that he's hoping for them to be recorded for the new album.
SOURCE
- On September 11th, MTV revealed that Britney has been lining up a steady stream of collaborators for the new album, including Rodney Jerkins, Nate "Danjahandz" Hills, Keri Hilson and even rapper
Lil Jon. Producer
Sean Garrett and songwriter
Keri Hilson revealed some of their collaboration plans for the album:
- "we're going to work really hard to give her something exceptionally special."
- "Getting Spears' music back in the clubs is a priority, Garrett said, but he's also working on giving her songs with a longer shelf life than your average dance track."
- "This time, we're going to try some different sounds," he said. "We're really trying to push the sound limits. We're definitely going to make sure it's hot, you know, great songs that fans will go crazy over, but I'm not just [aiming to] 'stay in the clubs.' If it's a ballad, a midtempo, fusing techno with hip-hop or whatever it is, what matters is that it has some sounds we've never heard before."
- "Of course, everybody's giving her party smashes, and I've heard some of them, and they're great," Hilson said. "But I think we can dig a little deeper this time. I want it to feel a little more real and organic. That's where I want to go with her."
- Hilson is due to sit down with Spears in the next week to get on the same page. "We need to figure it out," she said. "Sit down, have a conversation, and see what she's feeling at the moment, and take a bird's-eye view of that."
- "It'll be her real comeback," Garrett said. "At the end of the day, it's about the music, and this is incredible music."
SOURCE
- Britney's mother,
Lynne Spears, revealed in her book, "Through The Storm", that Britney and
Justin Timberlake are reuniting - for a song, and it's going to be a duet for one of their new albums.
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