The press release from Jive themselves:
Britney Spears has arranged a wonderful birthday present for herself: her sixth studio album, Circus, due for release Dec. 2 – the day she turns 27, her label announced Monday.
Coming so soon after her triple victory – for video of the year, best female video and best pop video for “Piece of Me” – at MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sept. 7, Circus follows up her well-received 2007 album Blackout and continues the upward spiral the sometimes-troubled pop star has been experiencing.
The Outsyders, described by Spears’s label, Jive records, as an up-and-coming Atlanta production team, have produced the first single from the album, “Womanizer,” which will drop Sept. 22.
Other producers and writers with a hand in the album, according to Jive, include Dr. Luke (writer-producer of the title track, “Circus”), Danja, Max Martin, Bloodshy & Avant and Guy Sigsworth – who’s collaborated with such other artists as Madonna, Alanis Morissette and Bjork.
And now, the waiting begins. September 22nd? That’s in a week! “Womanizer,” where art thou?