U.S. pop star Madonna, director of movie "W.E.", is helped as she leaves by speedboat …
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) -
Madonna's latest cinematic effort, "W.E.," isn't exactly wowing the
critics, but maybe the singer will have better luck with her return to
music.
The "Material Girl" songbird
announced during a recent interview that her next album -- the first
since 2008's "Hard Candy" -- will be released in spring 2012.
Madonna made the reveal while
promoting "W.E." during an interview with Sweden's Sveriges Television
in Venice, Italy. The singer noted that she's done "a little bit of
work" on the new collection in the studio, but will pick the project
back up in earnest when she returns to New York, recording "until the
end of the year."
According to the singer, the first
single for the album will be released in February or March 2012, with
the full album due in the spring.
As reported by Billboard, this will
be Madonna's first album since parting ways with Warner Bros. in favor
of a deal with Live Nation.
"Hard Candy" debuted at No. 1 on
the Billboard 200 chart; its single "4 Minutes," featuring Justin
Timberlake and Timbaland, reached No. 3 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.