Her album is up there with Justin's album. Songs confirmed to have been developed were "La, La" and "Candy Shop", which was written by Pharrell Williams. Together he and Justin Timberlake were confirmed to have worked on the album with Madonna and said that they wrote ten songs for her. In August 2007, Timbaland spoke about the development of the album to MTV News. The 10-year deal with Live Nation encompassed all of Madonna's future music and music-related businesses, including the exploitation of the Madonna brand, new studio albums, touring, merchandising, fan clubs/Web sites, DVDs, music-related television and film projects and associated sponsorship agreements. Records, and following the release of a greatest hits collection ( Celebration), she would join Live Nation Artists, a new initiative launched by concert promoter Live Nation. It was Madonna's last studio album for Warner Bros. In February 2007, Timbaland said that he was working with Madonna for her upcoming eleventh studio album. Furthermore, Madonna embarked on the Sticky & Sweet Tour between 20, which went on to become the highest-grossing concert tour ever by a female artist. To promote the album, Madonna went on a small promotional tour, where she played in three cities in small venues. Other singles released were " Give It 2 Me" and " Miles Away". The first, " 4 Minutes", was a worldwide success, topping the charts in 21 countries and becoming Madonna's 37th Billboard Hot 100 top-ten hit. Three singles were released from the album. The album has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide. On release Hard Candy debuted at number one in 37 countries worldwide, including the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom and became the eleventh best-selling album worldwide of 2008. Critical reaction to the album were generally favorable, though some reviewers criticized it for its attempt to cater to the urban market. She instead named the album Hard Candy, which refers to the juxtaposition of toughness and sweetness. Madonna had initially decided to portray herself as the Black Madonna for the cover art, and call it the same, but later felt the idea may have been seen as controversial. However, according to her, this was not intentional and happened while she was in the process of developing the album. Later, Madonna recalled that most of the songs on Hard Candy were autobiographical in many respects. They had intensive discussions among themselves before recording a song. Madonna had a number of songs written down for the album, which amazed Timberlake. Together they developed a number of songs for the album, but the basis of the development was Pharrell Williams's demos. The singer became interested in collaborating with Timberlake after hearing his 2006 album FutureSex/LoveSounds. The Pet Shop Boys were also asked to collaborate with Madonna on the album by Warner Bros., but the record company later changed their mind and withdrew their invitation. Hard Candy is primarily a dance-pop record, incorporating hip hop, electropop, disco, electro, funk and R&B. Madonna started working on the album in early 2007, and collaborated with Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, the Neptunes and Nate "Danja" Hills. The album was her final studio album with the record company, marking the end of a 25-year recording history. It was released on April 19, 2008, by Warner Bros. Hard Candy is the eleventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Madonna.
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