MADONNA - MADONNA SIGNS UP GOSPEL CHOIR

Pop legend MADONNA has thrilled a group of British choir singers by inviting them to perform on her next album.

The MATERIAL GIRL - famous for her allegiance to the Kabbalah, a mystical offshoot of Judaism - was so impressed with the LONDON COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR's contribution to her 2003 disc AMERICAN LIFE, she's enlisted them again to lay down tracks on her eagerly-awaited 12th studio LP.

However, the choir won't be intimidated working with such a famous artist - they've already leant their vocal chords to songs by STEVIE WONDER, STING, SIR PAUL McCARTNEY, TINA TURNER, GEORGE MICHAEL, SIR ELTON JOHN and SEAN 'P DIDDY' COMBS.