Britney "hard at work"

Jive Records has announced that Britney Spears is currently "hard at work":

"(Spears) is spending her summer in the recording studio, working on a brand new album," her label, Jive Records, and her manager said in a statement to the Associated Press.

"She's working with a team of top-notch producers and songwriters and we're very excited about what she's accomplished so far. No album release date has been confirmed yet," they said.

Now, we suspect that it's the team of top-notch producers and songwriters who will be hard at work during the summer, with Britney dropping by to do some singing as the leaves change colour - but then why mess with a winning formula?