NEW BRITNEY ALBUM DUE OUT LATE SPRING

Britney Spears will release the follow-up to 2008’s Circus in late spring 2010, it has been confirmed.

According to her record label Jive, the singer is working towards a May release for her seventh studio album.

US songwriter Sean Garrett recently confirmed that he is penning material for the new record.

The 27-year-old is also expected to team up with Max Martin, who wrote previous hits including '…Baby One More Time', 'If U Seek Amy' and current single '3'.

Spears releases The Singles Collection on November 16.

source: http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a187527/new-britney-album-due-out-late-spring.html

EDIT:
http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/popwrap/new_britney_cd_in_may_1dpdB5atAw9Qgc1BK1GjOI

We all know Christmas is the best time to release a "Best of" CD because Nanas everywhere love an impulse purchase at the Target registers. So in other words, I have no hate directed at Britney for dropping her "Singles" album with only one new track on it.

I guess the reason for this little Brit-riff is that it looks like she is getting ready to drop all new material this spring. According to her record label Jive (via) the singer is eyeing a May release for her seventh studio album, which includes collaborations with Fernando Garibay (Pussycat Dolls "Bottle Pop" and Lady GaGa's "Dance in the Dark"), David Guetta, Danja (Madonna's "4-Minutes"), Sean Garrett (Beyoncé's "Diva" and "Ring the Alarm") and the brilliant Max Martin, who has penned some of her biggest hits ever!

Sidenote: Congrats are in order to Britney for receiving two Virgin Media Award nominations, one for Best Solo Female 2009 and the other for Twit of the Year (Best Twitter) 2009 -- random, I know.