New Rihanna Album Due This Year?

A new Rihanna album looks set for release by the end of the year.

When asked by one of her followers via Twitter when her next record was due, the singer replied with an emphatic ‘THIS FALL!!!!!’. The potential for another full length studio effort in 2011 has, according to Billboard, been confirmed by sources close to the act.

The album will be Rihanna’s sixth, following last year’s ‘Loud’. The news shouldn’t be too much of a surprise - the only year since her 2005 debut that hasn’t seen a new record was 2008.