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Justin Bieber is working with Rick Rubin.
The 20-year-old singer headed into the studio with the founder of Def Jam Records late on Tuesday night (13.01.15) and has reportedly enlisted the help of the super-producer in order to create an "urban" sound for his new music.
Confirming they are working together, the 'Beauty and a Beat' hitmaker posted a grainy photo of the pair on his Shots account yesterday (14.01.15), writing, "With the man Rick."
Reposting the selfie, the youngster's manager Scooter Braun teased the news music by writing, "Working on some history!"
The 51-year-old producer has previously worked with the likes of Kanye West and Jay Z, and has been credited with raising the profile of hip hop music by popularising acts such as Run-D.M.C., Public Enemy and the Beastie Boys during his extensive career.
Despite heading into the studio with the legendary music-maker, Justin - whose last album, 'Believe', was released in 2012 and spawned the singles 'Boyfriend' and 'As Long as You Love Me' - is reportedly keen to avoid making a full album because he doesn't want to have to tour to promote it.
A source told gossip website HollywoodLife: "He is in no rush to make a full album because he doesn't want to tour right now.
"A full album doesn't make him any money. He will still continue to release singles and keep his music out there, but a full album is still a long time coming."

Fozzy frontman Chris Jericho always asks for Nando's chicken on his rider when he is on tour in Britain.
The rocker loves coming to the UK with his band and a highlight of the trip is knowing he will get to feast on the restaurant chain's flame-grilled, spicy chicken.
When asked what he has to have on his rider, Jericho told BANG Showbiz: "Nando's! We love Nando's. When we come over and do a tour we get to pick a rider with the food that we want on it for the dressing room after the show. Promoters like to just give you pizzas and send you on your way but we're not a pizza band. I found out a while ago you can get Nando's, which is just amazing chicken. As long as we get our Nando's then I'm happy. That's my favourite food to eat in the UK."
The 'Lights Go Out' singer and his bandmates are on tour in the UK from March 4 - tickets available at FozzyRock.com - and as well as having Nando's on their backstage list or requests, the group include lots of healthy snacks to keep them fit on the road.
He added: "Believe it or not we don't have quirky stuff on our rider, we just make sure that we don't get pizzas and crisps and chocolate. "We have a specific rider and it is a healthy rider, we like strawberries and stuff. When you're on the road you can't eat junk food all the time, you just can't do it because it will make you feel like crap.
"You can have a laugh and say we don't want any brown M&M's but just having a rider at all, to pay attention to it, is how you know promoters are listening ... Rock 'n' roll is a dangerous game man, you've got to stay on top of everything."
Jericho - who still competes part-time for WWE - can't wait to get on stage in March because Fozzy's British fans are among their most loyal supporters in the world.
He said: "We love playing in the UK ... The British fans are very loyal and every time we play in the UK the shows are insane, there's a certain vibe in this country, that only happens in the UK."
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Bjork has announced she is releasing a new album.
The Icelandic musician's ninth studio LP is called 'Vulnicura' and will be available in March.
The 'Army of Me' singer unveiled the details for her record on her official Facebook page, posting a photo of a handwritten note to her fans.
Bjork's note read: "Ladies and gentleman. I am very proud to announce my new album is coming out in March. It is called: vulnicura. The songs are called stonemilker, lionsong, history of touches, black lake, family, notget, atom dance, mouth mantra & quicksand. I do hope you will enjoy it!! warmthness. (sic)"
Accompanying the note, was a post detailing who had produced the LP and the songwriting credits.
The post read: "6 songs written by björk, 2 songs co-written with arca, 1 with john flynn. String arrangements by björk. 6 songs produced by björk & arca, 1 by björk & arca & the haxan cloak, 2 by björk. Mixed by the haxan cloak except 2 songs mixed by the haxan cloak and chris elms. Mastered by mandy parnell. (sic)"
Producer Arca - real name Alejandro Ghersi - has also worked with FKA Twigs and Kanye West.
The album is Bjork's first since 2011's 'Biophilia'.

Bjork 'Vulnicura' tracklisting:

1. 'Stonemilker'
2. 'Lionsong'
3. 'History Of Touches'
4. 'Black Lake'
5. 'Family'
6. 'Notget'
7. 'Atom Dance'
8. 'Mouth Mantra'
9. 'Quicksand'

Kaiser Chiefs say flying two fans to South Africa to record with them was like Christmas Day.
The group teamed up with MasterCard as a part of their 2015 Priceless Surprises campaign for the BRITs, to stun devoted supporters Jessica Wright and Sarah Luke with a trip to Cape Town to join them on tour and they even got the pair to join them in the recording studio to add vocals to new track 'Say My Name'.
Frontman Ricky Wilson said of the scheme: "It's really nice because this Priceless Surprises thing, you get excited on Christmas day about giving presents. You get excited about getting them as well, but giving them is really nice and this feels a bit like that.
"It's something you can't buy, it's something we're able to give someone and it's not that hard, it's just a couple of plane tickets and a couple of days in the studio.
"I'm really grateful we've been able to give them that and it's not like climbing a mountain or anything - although we could go and climb a mountain."
Superfan Sarah admits the surprise break last month was the "trip of a lifetime", especially as she got to be so close to her favourite band.
She said: "It was an out of this world experience to be that close to the Kaiser Chiefs who I have been following for years and just love. South Africa is a beautiful country, and it really was the trip of a lifetime!"
MasterCard will be working with more artists organising a host of Priceless Surprises for their 2015 BRITs campaign, giving MasterCard cardholders unique opportunities to get closer to their favourite artists.
Fans of Kaiser Chiefs can stay tuned to pricelesssurprises.co.uk for their own chance to see the band up close at an exclusive, intimate gig later this year.
MasterCard is in its 17th year of sponsoring The BRIT Awards, which will be broadcast on ITV1 on 25th February 2015.

Paloma Faith, George Ezra and Royal Blood have joined the line-up for the BRITs 2015. The three British acts have been announced as performers during the evening, joining the already announced Taylor Swift, Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran for the prestigious...

Noel Gallagher "can't live in a world" where Ed Sheeran is playing Wembley Stadium.
The former Oasis lead guitarist and vocalist has blasted the 'Thinking Out Loud' hitmaker, who will play three dates at iconic 80,000 capacity stadium in north-west London later this year.
Referring to the concerts, the 47-year-old musician said: "I don't think I can live in a world where that's even possible.
"When you hear that kind of polished pop and then there's a ginger guy with a f***ing guitar it seems subversive, but it's f***ing not."
The 23-year-old singer/songwriter responded to the comments by Noel, writing on Twitter: "i can live in it, its really enjoyable (sic)"
Noel also slammed the state of the current music scene, explaining that it was a "strange time" for music.
He told NME magazine: "It's a strange time, and it seems like the whole thing is embedded for good now, for f***ing forever.
"It's not all over, but it'll go back to the way it was in the early '80s where indie bands are the alternative thing, the lower level. In the early '80s everyone at indie labels, even major labels, were trying to push this music to the fore because everything else was s**t, and maybe it'll happen again, but I don't see it for the next decade."

James Bay is desperate to play "big gigs" in 2015.
The rapidly rising star has gained praise for his debut single 'Hold Back The River' and now has his sights set on a string of huge performances in the next 12 months.
He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "I just want to play big gigs!"
The 24-year-old singer-songwriter - who last month was named as the recipient of the 2015 Brits Critics' Choice Award - admitted he is also keen to let people hear his debut album 'Chaos and the Calm', which will be released on March 23 in the UK, because he wants to hear his fans singing his songs.
He explained: "My album is coming out this year which is still something I find hard to believe but I am also burning to get it out because I want people to hear it.
"With the EPs I've released I've heard people singing the words at my gigs to my songs, so I want to show the people all the material now, so they can sing all the songs... if they want to!"
The handsome musician performed as part of BBC Radio 1's Future Festival last night (13.01.15) alongside other hotly-tipped artists including Years & Years, Shura and Coasts, and is hoping he will have plenty more concerts in store for the rest of the year because it is what he enjoys most about being a musician.
He added: "I'm excited to play loads of shows. It's the simple stuff but it's why I do it all."

One Direction have started recording their next album.
The five-piece band - featuring Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne - confirmed in December they had started thinking about their next LP, and have now headed into the studio to begin work on the collection.
A source revealed: "There has been a bit of a question about the timing of the fifth album but there was never any doubt it would be released, despite the ridiculous speculation."
The chart-topping group released their latest album, 'Four', in November, and are now hoping to have their fifth record completed in time to release before Christmas - as they have done with all of their previous albums - despite considering taking a break.
The source continued: "Initially the guys thought they might want more time away from the studio because they've been busy promoting 'Four'.
"But they've been itching to get back recording again because it's what they love to do, so it's full steam ahead."
As with their previous albums, the lads have enlisted the help of songwriting experts Wayne Hector, who co-wrote 'Best Song Ever' and 'Steal My Girl', and Julian Bunetta, who was responsible for 'You And I' and latest single 'Night Changes'.
Wayne - who has previously written hits for Nicki Minaj, Olly Murs and Westlife - recently confirmed he would be returning to write with the band following sessions with drum and bass group Sigma.
He said: "I'm finishing off some songs with Sigma then I'm going to start writing for the new One Direction album.
"I'm really looking forward to it -- they're always great to work with."
Despite enlisting the help of their long-term songwriting collaborators, the world-renowned band - who scooped the American Music Award for Artist of the Year at the 2014 ceremony in November - will have "control" over the music and the direction of the band.
The source told The Sun newspaper: "The reality is that after nearly five years together they are very much in control of their sound and the process."

Noel Gallagher believes the 90s music scene would "never have happened" without The Beatles album 'Revolver'.
The 'In The Heat Of The Moment' singer's former group Oasis became the biggest band in the world during the decade, emerging from the Britpop movement with Blur, Suede and Pulp and the 90s also saw the emergence of dance acts like The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers.
Noel insists you can trace the sound of the 90s acts directly to The Fab Four's eclectic and acclaimed LP.
Speaking to Apple iTunes about his favourite albums and songs, he said: "The 90s would never have happened without The Beatles 'Revolver'."
'Tomorrow Never Knows' - the closing song of 'Revolver' - was described by The Chemical Brothers as their "manifesto" and its influence can be heard on their two tracks with Noel, 'Setting Sun' and 'Let Forever Be'.
The rock legend also lists The Sex Pistols self-titled debut LP and 'The Wall' by Pink Floyd as two of the most influential albums on his career, as well as several other LPs.
He said: "'Never Mind The B******s Here's The Sex Pistols' is probably the single most important album of all time. Why? Because it reignited youth culture.
"'The Wall' by Pink Floyd is staggering. The scope, the vision, the story, the iconic guitar playing - not to mention the songs! I know every single word of it."
Speaking about why he wanted to compile a list of his favourite music for iTunes (available at itunes.com/noelfavourites), Noel, 47, said: "iTunes asked me to put together a list of my favourite albums and songs. Your life will become instantly more interesting should you even consider buying any of this gear. Onwards!"