• April 25, 2008

While Madonna's new album Hard Candy was leaked online this weekend, it is slated to officially launch on MySpace today--four days before the album will be in stores.

Hard Candy has been described as an up-tempo collection of 12 tracks with Madonna remaining firmly ensconced in dance floor mode with an added hip-hop beat with the help of her musical collaborators Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes and Nate "Danja" Hills.

Previously, MySpace Music has exclusively premiered albums for Nine Inch Nails, Black Eyed Peas, Outkast, 50 Cent, Sean Kingston, the Shins and R.E.M.

--Gavin O'Malley