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New York : Destiny's Child principal Beyonce Knowles will release her second solo album, "B'Day," on September 5, a day after her actual birthdate, in the United States. The new album will feature music co-written, arranged, and produced by Beyonce.

Knowles co-produced, wrote and arranged all the tracks on the Music World Music/Sony Urban Music/Columbia set. Co-producers include Rich Harrison, the Neptunes and Swizz Beatz. The first single is "Deja vu" featuring Jay-Z and co-produced by Rodney Jerkins.

Beyonce completed recording B'Day just three weeks after the wrap of Dreamgirls. The new album is the follow-up to her smash 2003 solo debut Dangerously In Love, which earned the Houston native five Grammy Awards.

Destiny's Child issued its final album "Destiny Fulfilled" last year. It sold 3 million copies and spawned the hit single "Check On It," which held the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for five straight weeks.

Group member Kelly Rowland's own sophomore project, "My Story: Kelly Rowland," was recently bumped from July to the first quarter of 2007, reportedly to allow more time to work out a marketing strategy. Both are managed by Mathew Knowles, Beyonce's father.

Madonna will open the Confessions Tour in Los Angeles on May 21, work eastward through North America and jump to Europe on July 30 in Cardiff, Wales, it was announced Monday. "I'm going to turn the world into one big dance floor," the 47-year-old singer said in a statement.

It is Madonna's first tour since the 2004 Re-Invention Tour. She will be supporting her 2005 album, Confessions on a Dance Floor.

Other stops include Las Vegas, Phoenix, Chicago, Montreal, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami and Atlantic City, N.J.

According to Madonna's website, the on Canadian date is Montreal on June 21.

European destinations include London, Rome and Paris. The tour will also extend to Japan, featuring concerts in Tokyo and Osaka. More dates are expected to be added.

As previously announced, Madonna will make her first festival performance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., on April 30.