MADONNA - MADONNA RELEASES ALBUM TO PHONE USERS

MADONNA will break records when she becomes the first major artist to release an album via mobile phone, prior to its store release next month (Apr08). The pop superstar has announced plans to allow Vodafone customers in Europe to download her new album, Hard Candy, to their phones a week before the CD hits stores on 28 April (08). Madonna will release one song per day to Vodafone users. It's not the first time the singer has offered phone users the chance to download her music early - she released her disco hit Hung Up as a ringtone in 2006, a month before the traditional release of the song.