Britney Spears is heading for a major comeback and will be the on top of her game next year – claims the man who is writing songs for her new album.

Taio Cruz, the British producer, songwriter and chart star, thinks that the pop wreck’s last album, Blackout, failed because she was forced into recording it during a turbulent time in her life.

But her next album will put her back in the spotlight. Speaking to Glasgow Sunday Mail, Cruz said: "I have been writing and producing tracks for the new Britney record but as always with her, I'm not allowed to talk about the sound.

"Her career is riding on this record so I need to sit down and talk to her to make sure she is ready.

"The songs will be good - she has Kanye, Pharrell, Timbaland and me doing tracks for her.

"It is more a matter of whether she is mentally and physically ready for this. On the last album, Blackout, she was tired and people were forcing her to put another album out.

"If she is ready it will be huge - she just came with Blackout too early."