New York (dpa) - Beyonce Knowles' new album was due at her label
this week, but it looks as if the 27-year-old rhythm and blues star
won't make her deadline to ensure a mid-November release.

"It's not going to be completed," an inside source told the New
York Daily News. "She's got to get it out early in the fourth
quarter, when there's so much competition among artists."

But Beyonce is not lazing around. Part of the delay is due to the
large number of projects she's working on.

She spent three months filming Cadillac Records, where she plays
gospel singer Etta James, and is deep into the thriller Obsessed.

Another delay stems from a duet with Justin Timberlake recorded
for the album. The two did not like the initial outcome and kept
reworking the song until they got it right, the paper said.

The first two single releases will be If I Were a Boy and Single
ladies.