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Natalia Kills Collaborating with Madonna for the Queen of Pop’s Next Album…

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Natalia Kills is having a royal moment…

The 27-year-old half-Uruguayan singer-songwriter, whose real name is Natalia Cappuccini, recently spent time in the studio with Madonna.

Natalia Kills & Madonna in the Studio

The Queen of Pop shared an image on Instagram late in the evening this week with the caption “Working the midnight shift with Natalia Kills. 2 girls on a couch… don’t it taste like Holy Water? #artforfreedom #rebelheart #revolutionoflove”

In the photo, Madonna is seated next to Kills, in front of two microphones. In the foreground is Martin Kierszenbaum, the founder and chairman of Cherrytree Records (Kills’ label) and senior executive of A&R for Interscope Records.

Among his many credits, Kierszenbaum A&R’d Lady Gaga‘s debut album The Fame, and co-wrote and produced four of the songs on the set. He also did A&R for Gaga’s The Fame Monster EP.

Madonna’s next studio album will be released on Interscope Records.

Her collaboration with Kills comes shortly after Madonna confirmed that she had worked with DJ/producer Avicii in March.

Back in February, Madonna said that “plans” were “in the works already” for a new album. Her forthcoming set will be the follow-up to 2012’s MDNA. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and has sold 536,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Kills, meantime, released her second album, Trouble, in September 2013.

Shakira Finalizing New Deal with Live Nation

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It appears that Shakira is thisclose to finalizing a lucrative deal with Live Nation to release her next albums.

The mega-concert promoter is reportedly nearing a projected $60 million-deal with Sony to release the 35-year-old Colombian singer’s next three albums. The deal would give Live Nation a cut of the profits from Shakira’s sponsorships, merchandising and music recordings.

Shakira

With Sony serving as distributor, the two companies would divide the sales, according to the New York Post .

Shakira—who just released the video for her latest single “Addicted to You” last week—originally signed a 10-year “360-degree” contract with Live Nation in July 2008 valued at between $70 million and $100 million

“Shakira is one of the few truly global artists. She can sell music and tickets in nearly every corner of the globe,” said Live Nation’s global music chief about the previous contract, which related to touring and other rights.

But Live Nation never developed the ability to record and distribute albums, according to the Post, so it has had to team up with traditional record companies to make its “360 deals” work.

In recent years, Live Nation has brokered similar deals with Jay-Z and Madonna. Most recently, Live Nation brokered an estimated $30 million deal with Universal Music Group to distribute Madonna’s latest album, MDNA.