It is the news Michael Jackson fans have been waiting for - but those desperate for a new album by the King of Pop may have to buy a new mobile phone to hear it.
Sky News understands Sony Music Entertainment will release an album of the late singer's unreleased material and lost tracks by the end of April.
However, it will initially be available only as pre-installed music on the Sony Xperia Z2 phone.
An advert for the Xperia Z2 phone uses a song from the album - a remix of Jackson track 'Slave 2 The Rhythm'.
The ad features a ballerina dancing with a red sheet, and Sky News sources believe this will form part of the music video.
The album is being produced by Epic Records, which is owned by Sony, and its chief executive LA Reid is thought to be personally involved.
It would be the first Jackson album featuring fresh material since 2010's 'Michael'.
Music journalist Kevin Hughes said Jackson would probably have welcomed the move to release the songs on the smartphone.
"A couple of years before his death Michael became very interested in YouTube and the future of music and the delivery of it to his fans and how they would purchase or download his music," he told Sky News.
"Average fans might be initially disappointed but there is such expectation they will do anything to get hold of it so likely they will invest in the phone.
"It has worked for artists in the past so could do again.
"But from what I have heard these tracks are such high quality it will definitely get people talking about his music again in 2014."
Jackson was said to be working on new songs when he died in 2009 and rumours of an album surfaced last year.
Renowned producer Timbaland is known to be working on several tracks.
His official DJ, Freestyle Steve, tweeted last year: "So last night I heard some of the new tracks Timbaland is doing for the King of Pop … WOW!"
Sony's official price for the Xperia Z2 is £599 in the UK and is expected to cost about $600 in the US.
The company is not the first to use music to sell phones.
Rapper Jay Z made the first million copies of his 2013 album 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' available for free download to Samsung customers.
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In pratica all'inizio(non capisco per quanto tempo) il nuovo album sarà preinstallato solo sullo smartphone Xperia Z2, di cui abbiamo avuto un assaggio nello spot. Quelle immagini farebbero parte di un video, secondo quelli di Sky News.
LA Raid, Ceo di Epic Records sembra molto coinvolto.
Secondo Sky i vecchi fan inizialmente non saranno convinti, ma Michael negli ultimi anni avrebbe guardato con entusiasmo a Youtube ed alla musica liquida.
I brani nuovi sembrano essere di buona qualità ed attuali al 2014, a cui avrebbe lavorato Timbaland.
Anche Jay Z aveva utilizzato una campagna simile per il suo album.
Il telefono costa 600$
[Modificato da dollarboy77 07/03/2014 20:57]