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Kanye West's new album still doesn't have a name.
The 'Bound 2' hitmaker is expected to release his highly-anticipated new LP later this month and though he initially revealed the record was called 'Swish', he then announced he was changing it to 'Waves' - and now he's admitted he doesn't actually know what it will be called.
Speaking to Los Angeles' Real 92.3 radio station earlier today (04.02.16), he said: "We don't have a name yet. I wanted to get people's opinions on how they felt."
The 38-year-old star also shared some details on the tone of the album, admitting it has a "gospel" sound but with his own twist.
He said: "This is a gospel album with a lot of cursing on it."
Kanye's admission about the title came after his wife Kim Kardashian West ran a Twitter poll on the title.
Tagging Kanye in a post, she wrote: "Which album title do you like best? Swish, Waves or So Help Me God? (sic)"
Whatever the album is called, Kanye has already declared it "the best album of all time".
Taking to the micro blogging site, he wrote: "This is not album of the year. This is album of the life ...
"So happy to be finished with the best album of all time (sic)"

Black Sabbath have postponed a third show due to Ozzy Osbourne's illness.
The 'Paranoid' hitmakers were due to perform in Vancouver on Wednesday night (03.02.16) but they pulled the gig due to the severity of Ozzy's sinusitis.
The veteran rockers have released a statement on their Facebook page and promised to inform fans when the show will be rescheduled.
They wrote: "Due to continued severe sinusitis, Ozzy Osbourne will be unable to perform with Black Sabbath as scheduled. The Vancouver performance has been postponed. Details regarding the rescheduled date will be announced as soon as it is available. Please hold on to your tickets until further details are available."
The Canadian show is the third gig the heavy metal group have had to cancel, after pulling their Edmonton and Calgary dates at the end of January.
The band are on their final tour, entitled 'The End Tour', which is set to end in Phoenix, USA, on September 21.
The band are also set to headline Download festival in June.
The 'Crazy Train' rockers have put together a final record to be sold as a limited-edition at the concerts.
The LP includes four unheard studio tracks, 'Season Of The Dead', 'Cry All Night', 'Take Me Home' and 'Isolated Man', leftover from their 2013 reunion album '13'.

Rebecca Ferguson, Blake and DJ Judge Jules will perform at the British Heart Foundation's Roll Out the Red fundraising ball .
The trio will line-up at star-studded bash at London's Savoy Hotel on February 11 to raise money for the charity's life-saving heart research.
Former 'X Factor' finalist Rebecca will headline the evening's entertainment, followed by the classical, all-male singing quartet Blake and a performance from DUO, featuring British Opera star Emily Estelle and award-winning pianist Marina Lieberman.
International DJ Judge Jules will close the event.
Rebecca said of her headline slot: "I'm thrilled to be performing at the Roll Out the Red ball this year and supporting the BHF's life saving work.
"It's fantastic to be a part of this unforgettable night as every pound raised will bring us one step closer to beating heart disease."
Stephen Bowman, lead singer of Blake, added: "We are absolutely delighted to be supporting Roll Out the Red and performing on the night.
"The British Heart Foundation is such a fantastic charity and we are so pleased to be helping their fight against coronary heart disease, the UK's single biggest killer."
The glitzy do will be hosted by newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky and will include a welcome speech by BHF Ambassador Pippa Middleton.
Last year's event featured VIP guests including Pippa, Michelle Keegan and Oliver Proudlock.
Find out more info at: www.bhf.org.uk/rollout

Rihanna's 'ANTI' tour rider is full of calorific treats and alcohol.
The 27-year-old R&B superstar will have an endless supply of Cheetos, processed noodles, vodka, Oreo biscuits and both red and white wine for her forthcoming world tour, which kicks off in San Diego on February 26.
During the 'FourFiveSeconds' hitmaker's interview on the 'Ellen DeGeneres Show' on Thursday (04.02.16), Ellen read out the calorific rider.
She listed: "Regular Cheetos, hot Cheetos, Golden Grahams cereal, Oreo's, Cuppa Noodles, red and white wine, vodka, soda and garlic olives."
The US chat show host then asked the singer: "How much do you consume?"
Rihanna replied: "I will definitely take it with me. I just like to be prepared you never know where you are going to be."
The Bajan beauty admitted she has a particular pencahnt for both hot and original variations of cheesy snack Cheetos.
She added: "I don't eat the Oreos that much. I haven't eaten Golden Grahams in about two years. Hot Cheetos definitely happening. Regular Cheetos when I am tired of hot Cheetos. Crunchy ones always."
The star also admitted she would "love" to go on tour with her 'Work' collaborator Drake.
She said: "He's not touring with me. Maybe next time. I'd love to go on tour with Drake that has to happen."

Zayn Malik reportedly refused to play BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend on the same day as Little Mix.
The 'Pillowtalk' hitmaker was engaged to singer Perrie Edwards before breaking up with her last August just weeks before they were set to move into their dream home.
Zayn - who is now dating supermodel Gigi Hadid - has been in negotiations to play at the radio station music extravaganza in Exeter, South West England, in May but talks hit a stumbling block when he insisted he wouldn't take to the stage the same day as Perrie and her bandmates as he didn't want an awkward backstage encounter - even though the girl group are yet to be added to the line-up of the event.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Zayn's team don't want it to become 'a thing' if the two of them are backstage at the same time. It will take the shine off his performance, because many people would then just talk about his past relationship. Zayn and his team really want his solo career to be all about the music. Obviously there are ways to ensure they are kept apart at the site. But once they are both at the same location on the same day, tongues will wag. And if they were to bump into each other, it would make the whole day awkward."
Little Mix are on tour the same weekend of the mini-festival which takes place on May 28 and May 29, so if they cannot commit then Zayn will be free to play any day he chooses.
Coldplay, Ellie Goulding, Bring Me The Horizon and Chase & Status have all been confirmed for BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend so far.
Zayn's debut solo single 'Pillowtalk' has been a hit all over the world since he released it last week and his album 'Mind of Mine' will be released on March 25, exactly one year since he quit One Direction.

Craig David's most famous song 'Re-Rewind' was saved from being lost by a cassette tape copy.
The 34-year-old singer and producer Mark Hill were left stunned after finishing the iconic garage tune only to see the computer file it was saved as had become corrupted but luckily they had made a copy on an old school cassette to play in the car and that became "gold dust" as they recreate the track from that recording.
He recalled: "We finished the song and dubbed it onto a little TDK D90 cassette to go and play it in the car. It sounded good but there was a couple of little tweaks we wanted to do - and literally as [producer Mark Hill] turned the computer on, all we saw was this error, file number' message. The only way to get rid of it was to press OK. So we pressed OK, and it kept coming up with new error numbers. So we'd press OK, press OK, press OK. But when we looked at the session, all that we saw was the hi-hats. I was like, 'Are you actually for real? So that plastic TDK tape became gold dust. We had the whole song on there, and we had to use the recording as our reference, playing it very carefully so it didn't get chewed up, and trying to remember all the things we did. And that was 'Rewind'."
Without 'Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)' - which reached number two on the UK single chart in 1999 - Craig doesn't think he would have secured his first album deal with Sony Records.
And Craig thinks it was that song that paved the way for garage music to become a phenomenon.
The pop star - who is returning with a new album this year - told the BBC: "It got to the point where every artist, and every new pop group that were put together, were doing garage and it started to become a fad thing."

Zayn Malik insists his album release date is a coincidence.
The 23-year-old singer will release 'Mind of Mine' on March 25, exactly one year after he quit One Direction, but Zayn claims it wasn't planned.
He said: "I don't know, is that how it works out? It's March 25, it wasn't planned that way. It works that way. It just seems to coincide with the iTunes launch and everything. Maybe it's a sign."
Meanwhile, the 'Pillowtalk' hitmaker revealed he was happy to be included in One Direction's 'History' music video, which shows old footage of the band from when they were first formed on 'X Factor'.
Speaking in an interview with Zach Sang & The Gang, he said: "I have the seen the music video. That was cool. I liked that fact that they were nostalgic, shall we say, about the memories we shared together. It was a positive thing to watch. I enjoyed it. It was nice to look back at those memories that we shared together. It was cool."
And Zayn also revealed he was heavily involved with the concept behind the music video for 'Pillowtalk' but he wanted people to come to their own conclusions about what it means.
He said: "Mostly my idea. I wanted it to be representational of the art that I'm looking at right now, even just a perspective level. On the surface of it, I wanted it be arty, and different and out-there. That was the whole feel for the video. We wanted a dream-feel to it and represent that. There are deeper meanings to things as well. I don't want to put labels on things. I want people to figure it out themselves."

Tom Parker wants to make another album with The Wanted.
The 27-year-old singer reckons the group - which also included Nathan Sykes, Jay McGuiness Max George and Siva Kaneswaran - will get back into the studio when "the time is right" because they had "something special".
He told BANG Showbiz: "When we came out of the band there was always talk of who is going to do well, who is going to be a solo star and Nathan's doing amazing.
When you are in a band for five years with people, we got put together, naturally you don't fall away from each other, but you find your own feet, so we don't speak to each other as much as we did in the band.
"It has been nice for us to have time apart. I think when the time is right perhaps three, four, five or 10 years, it will be nice for us to get back together and get in the studio because we had something really special."
And 'Over And Over Again' hitmaker Nathan would also be up for reuniting with his pals in the next 10 years.
He previously told BANG Showbiz: "I don't know. Never say never. You never know what is going to happen tomorrow or in 10 years time."

The Weeknd lead the nominations at The 45th annual JUNO Awards.
The 'Can't Feel My Face' hitmaker received six nods, with Justin Bieber and Drake following closely behind with a potential five accolades in contention.
The Weeknd - real name Abel Tesfaye - will battle it out with the 'What Do You Mean?' singer and 'Hotline Bling' rapper for the Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Single of the Year prizes.
The Weeknd is also up for Songwriter of the Year, the Juno Fan Choice trophy and R&B/Soul Recording of the Year for 'Beauty Behind the Madness'.
Other notable nominees - who are chosen by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences with preference given to Canadian artists - include Shawn Mendes, who is up for Artist of the Year, the Juno Fan Choice Award and Album of the Year for 'Handwritten', and Adele, who is the running for a double for Video of the Year for 'Hello' and International Album of the Year for '25'.
Speaking about this year's nominations, CEO of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Allan Reid said: "It's been an absolutely phenomenal year for Canadian artists, here at home and around the globe. Just back in December, seven of the top 10 artists on the Billboard Hot 100 charts were Canadian. I've been in the industry longer than 25 years and I've got to say not since the 90s have we seen our artists dominate the charts like this. It's absolutely incredible."
The 45th annual JUNO Awards broadcast gala takes place Sunday, April 3 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.

The 45th annual JUNO Awards selected nominees:

JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD
Alessia Cara
Carly Rae Jepsen
Cœur de pirate
Dean Brody
Drake
Justin Bieber
Shawn Hook
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
Walk Off The Earth

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Here, Alessia Cara
Hotline Bling, Drake
What Do You Mean? , Justin Bieber
Clothes Off , Ria Mae
Can't Feel My Face, The Weeknd

INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
25, Adele
Hozier, Hozier
Title, Meghan Trainor
Four, One Direction
Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake
À Paradis City, Jean Leloup
Purpose, Justin Bieber
Handwritten, Shawn Mendes
Beauty Behind the Madness, The Weeknd

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
City and Colour
Drake
Justin Bieber
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd

GROUP OF THE YEAR
Hedley
Marianas Trench
Metric
Three Days Grace
Walk Off The Earth

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Alessia Cara
Coleman Hell
Francesco Yates
Scott Helman
Tobias Jesso Jr.

BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR
Dear Rouge
Half Moon Run
Milk & Bone
The Elwins
Young Empires

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Abel Tesfaye
Béatrice Martin
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Dallas Green
Tobias Jesso Jr.

ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Deep in the Iris, BRAIDS
Poison Season, Destroyer
Are You Alone?, Majical Cloudz
Half Free, U.S. Girls
Viet Cong, Viet Cong

POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Hello, Hedley
Purpose, Justin Bieber
Augusta, Scott Helman
Handwritten, Shawn Mendes
Sing It All Away, Walk Off The Earth

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Get Up, Bryan Adams
The Physical World, Death From Above 1979
Chaotic Neutral, Matthew Good
No Fixed Address, Nickelback
Future Nostalgia, The Sheepdogs

VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
New, Alex Pangman
Live from the Cellar, Dan Brubeck Quartet
Clear Day, Emilie-Claire Barlow
This Bitter Earth, Jaclyn Guillou
Some Version of the Truth, Tara Kannangara


RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Sour Soul, BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah
If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake
Kardi Gras Vol. 1: The Clash, Kardinal Offishall
Can't Fly Without Gravity, k-os
For The Town, SonReal

DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
We All Fall Down ft. Jamie Lidell, A-Trak
Badman (Torro Torro Remix), Autoerotique & Max Styler
At All, Kaytranada
Save Me ft. Katy B, Keys N Krates
Be Right There, Sleepy Tom & Diplo

R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Four Pink Walls, Alessia Cara
The Fall Out, August Rigo
Déjà Vu, Dru
Butchy's Son, Patrick Lehman
Beauty Behind the Madness , The Weeknd

REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
The French Sessions, Dubmatix
Hello Mama, Exco Levi
Nah Complain ft. Daddy U Roy, Kafinal
Sexy Gal ft. T.O.K., Kreesha Turner
Escape from the Mongoose Gang, Lyndon John X

ABORIGINAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The One, Armond Duck Chief
Come and Get Your Love: The Tribe Session, Black Bear
Power In The Blood, Buffy Sainte-Marie
Rumble, Derek Miller
Refined, Don Amero

BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Faded But Not Gone, Big Dave McLean
Brothers In This World, Blackburn
Vicksburg Call, David Gogo
This Is From Here, Harrison Kennedy
Sliding Delta, Michael Jerome Browne

JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Bob Ezrin
Dallas Green
Henry "Cirkut" Walter
Steve Webster & Emilie-Claire Barlow
Thomas "Tawgs" Salter

RECORDING PACKAGE OF THE YEAR
CLUB MEDS, Dan Mangan + Blacksmith - Cam Dales and Ben Clarkson
LOST VOICES, Esmerine - Clyde Henry Productions: Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, Constellation: Ian Ilavsky
ELEMENTS, Long Distance Runners - Duncan Major, Joel Upshall
WEST TRAINZ, West Trainz - Erik West Milette
LES GRANDES ARTÈRES, Louis-Jean Cormier - Sarah Marcotte-Boislard

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Virgins, Eva Michon (Death From Above 1979)
Dark Days, Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux and Chandler Levack (Pup)
For the Town, Peter Huang (Sonreal)
Avalanche, Philip Sportel (Kalle Mattson)
Hello, Xavier Dolan (Adele)

ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
A Life Well Lived, AM Static
Concubine, Concubine
The Midas Touch, Discrete
Noontide, Humans
The Other Day, Pomo