Summary Bjork did not immediately comment.
NEW YORK (AFP) - Bjork s first album in four years appeared to leak online Tuesday, making her the latest major artist whose music was released early.
Several days after the Icelandic pop star announced details of her album "Vulnicura" to come out in March, songs with an identical track list emerged on pirate sites.
Bjork did not immediately comment. Internet leaks of albums have become increasingly common in an era in which reproducing music files requires little technical skill and pirate websites enjoy an eager listenership.
Madonna last month released six songs from her upcoming album months ahead of schedule after early versions emerged on the Internet. Madonna voiced outrage, calling the leak "artistic rape" and saying that the leaked tracks were not her final versions.
The leaked songs attributed to Bjork feature the pop singer s distinctive, wide-ranging voice over a lush orchestration of strings and a layer of electronic beats, a defining trait of Bjork s key works including 1997 s "Homogenic."
Bjork worked on her latest album with Arca, the Venezuelan DJ known for producing rapper Kanye West and the rising British trip-hop artist FKA twigs.
The album is Bjork s first since 2011 s "Biophilia," a wildly ambitious production that used smartphone apps and other multimedia to explore the links between technology, music and nature.
Bjork last week announced a series of intimate New York concerts to promote "Vulnicura" including two nights at Carnegie Hall, one of the world s premier classical venues.
Bjork is also the theme of a retrospective in March at New York s Museum Modern Art.
