KERI HILSON SPEAKS ABOUT NEW 'BRITNEY' ALBUM....

It's been noted this week that singer Keri Hilson is one of the songwriters working on the forthcoming new Britney Spears album. She has characterized working with Britney as being "completely normal" during a conversation with Extra backstage at F'N MTV this week.

Here's what she had to say about working with the Pop starlet: "You wouldn't think that - but [she's] very normal. We just have girl talk and bang out a song, just like any other artist I would work with."

Keri also let it be known that Britney's next album will have collaborations with Danja and "the rest of Timbaland's crew", and that she'd already started working with Britney in both Vegas and LA. The outcome of their recording sessions should be pretty tight because "Gimme More" was the ultimate banger and Keri also contributed to writing the song. The new album is slated for a late 2008/early 2009 release. Britney has also nabbed herself a VMA nomination. "Piece Of Me" has been nominated for Best Female Video at the forthcoming VMAs.