Ward: 'My new album is unbelievable'

Shayne Ward has promised that fans will be impressed by his forthcoming third album, describing his new material as "unbelievable".

The former X Factor champion has yet to complete work on the follow-up to 2007's Breathless, which went platinum with sales of 450,000 in the UK.

According to the Manchester Evening News, Ward's new disc will now hit shelves in February or March next year, despite previous talk of a possible Christmas release.

Discussing his chances of matching his previous success, he told the newspaper: "Am I concerned? Not really, no. I remember having this talk with Leon Jackson, who unfortunately got dropped.

"Once you've won the show, you know that there is going to be another show straight away and that all the focus from the public is going to be on the new show. That's why you have to use your time to prove why the people voted for you.

"I've done that now with two successful albums and two tours. And the third album is 100% unbelievable. It's going to be coming out."

Ward added that he is eager for the public to hear his new tracks but insisted that they will be worth waiting for.

He commented: "Every time a great song is made, I'm like, 'Let's go and do it, let's go and do it, let's release the album now'. But I totally understand that we want to make this album right. That's because they believe that there is that killer song that could still come in."

The 24-year-old won The X Factor's second series in 2005 after being mentored by Louis Walsh.