Saturday 16th August 2014 by Peter Kandunias, Alexandra Pollard

Happy Birthday Madonna: everything we know about the new album

What to expect from Madge's next LP

She's not going to tone it down: Just because she's just turned 56 doesn't mean anything's going to change. Speaking to The Globe and Mail in a brief interview she said: "I think not only do we have to live in a homophobic society, but we live in an ageist society, too. Once you reach a certain age, you're not supposed to do certain things. I don't really know where that came from."

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According to a lot of the world's media, Madonna has been too old to be making music for about twenty years now. Well, today (16 August) she turned 56, and guess what? She's got a new album coming.

In a recent interview, the singer said: "We live in an ageist society. Once you reach a certain age, you're not supposed to do certain things. I don't really know where that came from." Determined not to follow society's ageist rules, Madonna is currently working on her thirteenth studio album.

Here's everything we know about it so far. Happy birthday Madge.