well, according to me !
In
Feb/2003 , If you remeber when they asked her on the first TRL awards about the album ,she said:
"It's almost finished" , and the album came out on November 2003.
This year in
Feb/2006 ,She said
"I'm at the very begining process" , so logically it will be no earlier than
Jan/2007. So forget about a britney album this year. Let christina have her year!
