Beyoncé starts work on new album

Beyoncé Knowles started work on her forthcoming third studio album this week, it has been confirmed.

The singer has teamed up with music producers Chris "Tricky" Stewart and Kuk Harrell for the new LP. She started recording tracks at a studio in New York this week.

"She's a professional," Tricky told People magazine. "She loves what she does and works her [butt] off. Right now she's basically doing three to four songs a day and that's unheard of."

Asked about the possibility of a new collaboration between Beyoncé and her new husband Jay-Z, Tricky replied: "It’s always a possibility. They worked together before, so it may be just a matter of getting the right record."

Beyoncé's last album B-Day was released in 2006.