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Britney Spears wants to collaborate with Katy Perry.
The 'Toxic' hitmaker has started working on her currently untitled ninth studio album - a follow up to 2013's 'Britney Jean' which spawned the singles 'Alien' and 'Work B***h' - and is hoping to get the 'Roar' singer to duet with her on the record along with Aussie popstar Iggy Azalea.
When asked if she was working on a new album, she told Extra TV: "Very slowly, but progressively, yeah. It's in the works, yes, definitely."
She added: "I would love [to work with] Katy Perry, I would love to do something with her. And Iggy."
The blonde beauty - who recently launched her new range of lingerie and sleepwear named 'Intimate Britney Spears' - also revealed that fans should expect a change of direction with the new record, steering away from her trademark pop sound.
Britney, 32, explained: "I want to do something very artsy fartsy, something I've never done before.
"Even if it's just take a left lane and go for a little bit of rock or rock-pop. Just do something that's kind of out there and different."

Spandau Ballet have been honoured with a Heritage Award in London.
A plaque was unveiled today (10.09.14) at the site of The Blitz Club on Great Queen Street in London's West End - the venue in which the iconic new wave band first performed live in December 1979.
The show turned out to be a landmark moment for the group as legendary founder of Island Records, Chris Blackwell, was in the crowd and instantly offered them a record deal.
Guitarist Gary Kemp said: "We are honoured to have received this award from PRS for Music. The Blitz was an incredible melting pot of music, fashion and creativity.
"It's not just Spandau Ballet that owe our career to that place at that moment in time. Musical icons such as Chris Blackwell and David Bowie all came to The Blitz to check out what was going on, the place was that important."
Formed in the 1970s, the five-piece band debuted their album 'Journeys to Glory' in 1981 and went on to sell 25 million albums worldwide, releasing a string of hits including 'Gold', 'True', 'Chant No. 1' and 'Only When You Leave'.
Guy Fletcher OBE, PRS Chair, added: "It is an honour to present Spandau Ballet with the PRS for Music heritage award today, at what was truly their birthplace.
"The Blitz Club was the beating heart of the New Romantics movement that propelled some of British music's most successful artists to stardom."
The PRS for Music Heritage Award aims to recognise live venues which were significant in launching the careers of influential artists, with other recipients including Elton John, Blur and Queen.

Professor Green treated fans to a performance of his new single at an intimate gig last night (09.09.14).
The 30-year-old rapper put in a scintillating performance of his brand new song 'Can't Dance Without You' with singer Whinnie Williams at the Samsung Galaxy Alpha launch in central London ahead of his rescheduled tour later this year.
Pro - whose real name is Stephen Manderson - got the crowd going as he played several hits at the gig including a superb version of his number one single 'Read All About It', and he was clearly pumped up by his performance as he took to Twitter afterwards to rave about the show.
He wrote: "#GalaxyAlpha @SamsungMobileUK Launch - just sang a few songs including the brand new 'Can't Dance Without You' ft. @WhinnieWilliams (sic)"
The 'Remedy' rapper was supported by his wife Millie Mackintosh at the event, and she looked on proudly as he strutted his stuff on the stage.
Before the gig, the former 'Made In Chelsea' star took to her Twitter account to reveal she was looking forward to seeing Whinnie on stage with her husband.
She wrote: "On way way to #GalaxyAlpha @SamsungUK can't wait to see @whinniewilliams perform with my hubby @professorgreen (sic)"
Several other stars also attended the Samsung Galaxy Alpha launch including singers Pixie Lott and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
Pro's performance comes after he had to postpone his tour in April and reschedule for later this year due to a "stressful" 18 months.
In a post on his website, he wrote: "Dear all. The last 18 months have been mental, turbulent, up and down, round and round, amazing, horrible, happy, sad, frustrating, testing, trying and above all incredibly f*****g stressful."

Paolo Nutini wanted his stage name to be 'Frankie Vaseline'.
The half-Scottish, half-Italian singer has admitted that he often despairs when confused fans think he is using an alias on stage.
The 'These Streets' hitmaker - whose birth name is Paolo Nutini - told GQ magazine: "A lot of people say, 'Come on, what's your real name?' But if I had a stage name it would be 'Johnny Moped' or 'Frankie Vaseline'. Not Paolo Nutini."
The 27-year-old musician recently came back to the scene with his hugely successful album, 'Casutic Love' following a four-year hiatus after releasing his second album, 'Sunny Side Up' in 2009.
Regarding the break, he explained: "[It] was really for the music, in that I wasn't too sure what I was writing about. I really needed to experience things to write."
Meanwhile, Paolo recently admitted he is keen to collaborate with Pharrell Williams in the future and believes the 'Happy' singer has the "Midas touch" - meaning he can do no wrong in the industry.
He said: "He's the man with the Midas touch. I don't think it is as easy as just saying, 'Hey Pharrell, let's do this!'
"But I think he seems to be making more and more music. He seems a busy man just now but who knows maybe I'll bump into him. You never know."

Demi Lovato has started to work on a new album.
The 'Heart Attack' hitmaker is beginning to pen tracks for her next LP but she admits the record probably won't be ready for a release for a "while" because she's busy with her world tour at the moment.
Speaking to MTV News US, she said: "I am working on a new album. I think that I'll be so extremely busy with the world tour it won't come out for a while but I have started and have worked on some stuff that is really amazing and I can't wait for people to hear it."
The 22-year-old singer is determined to have a more "organic" sound on her next album but admits she probably won't decide on the genre of the record until all of the tracks have been put together.
She explained: "That's one of the most exciting parts about my entire life is creating music and listening to it over and over and over again and getting excited and thinking, 'What are people going to think when they hear this?' "
She added: "I'll say I want to make a more country album or I want to make a more rock album or I want to make an R&B album and it's like, I will never know until all the songs are on the actual album because what happens is I love all different types of music, I'm influenced by every single type of music there is.
"I'll never know until I decide which songs are on the album and it may be a compilation of different types and it may all just be pop or it may take on a life of its own."

U2 are giving away their 13th studio album for free. The Irish rockers - made up of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr - have made their latest offering 'Songs Of Innocence' available cost-free to over a half a billion U2.com subscriber...

Cher has postponed her tour after being struck down with an "acute viral infection" over the weekend.
The 68-year-old singer has been forced to delay the second leg of her 'Dressed to Kill' tour after she was ordered by doctors to be on bed rest for several days.
Cher - whose real name is Cherilyn Sarkisian - was supposed to be opening the tour in Albany, New York, on September 11 and performing in Manchester, New Hampshire, on September 13, but she has rescheduled the gigs for October 6 and October 7, respectively.
Ticket holders who are unable to attend the rescheduled dates will be entitled to a full refund, while the rest of the tour is expected to remain the same.
The second leg of the tour will now kick off on September 15 in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
'Dressed to Kill', which has seen the brunette beauty play 49 shows already, is Cher's first tour since her 'Living Proof Farewell Tour' that ended in 2005.
Meanwhile, this isn't the first time Cher has been forced to pull out of shows as she cancelled six gigs in Las Vegas in 2008 after being diagnosed with bronchitis.

David Bowie is releasing a new track on his greatest hits album. The 67-year-old star is to unveil his first new track for over a year titled 'Sue (or In A Season of Crime)', which will feature on his upcoming greatest hits record 'Nothing Has Change...

Damien Rice is releasing a new album.
The 40-year-old singer's latest offering, 'My Favourite Faded Fantasy', marks his first album in eight years, following on from his shortlist prize-wining 'O' in 2002, which sold two and a half million copies worldwide and his second studio album '9', which was released in 2006.
'My Favourite Faded Fantasy' - which was co-produced by the 'Canonball' hitmaker and Def Jam records founder Rick Rubin - will be released on Monday 3 November and is currently available to pre-order.
Damien said: "Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again.
"I came to Rick mostly based on what I didn't know about him, rather than what I did. For some reason I just had a feeling that I would feel comfortable being open and being me and being vulnerable with Rick."
Meanwhile, Rick, 51, had been a huge fan of the singer since the release of 'O' in 2002.
He said:"He was my favourite new artist at the time. A lot of our work together was to help him see what was so clear to everyone else in the room."
The album's first single 'I Don't Want To Change you' is available to play on Spotify from today (09.09.14).