MADONNA WATCH: Madonna’s look changes all the...

MADONNA WATCH: Madonna’s look changes all the time, but her music has stayed fairly consistent. But she’s taken off in a new direction for her upcoming album. The collection, just turned in to Warner Bros. Records, which distributes her Maverick label, is reportedly a full-out R&B; affair.

The sometimes-blond bomber enlisted four top R&B; producers to help her out: Babyface, Dallas Austin, Dave Hall and former Soul II Soul member Nellee Hooper. Hooper, in turn, brought in Icelandic sprite Bjork (whose 1993 solo album he produced) to write a new song, “Bedtime Story.”

There’s no title picked yet for the album, which is expected to be released in late fall or early winter--in other words, in time for Christmas shoppers.