Hard Candy is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna and was first released on April 25, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records. Hard Candy is the final studio album released with Warner Bros., with whom Madonna has been signed with for over 25 years. The album, overall, has a hip-hop/urban pop vibe, while remaining a dance-pop record at heart.[4] In the early stages of recording, Stuart Price, the producer of Confessions on a Dance Floor, described the new album as moving in an urban direction.
