Santo Domingo.– Sony Ericsson and Warner Music International announced an agreement enabling new music and mobile content from Madonna's smash hit new album Hard Candy to be sold with selected Sony Ericsson mobile devices in twenty seven countries, including the Dominican Republic.

High profile marketing campaigns in each country will promote the availability of the phones and Madonna's eleventh studio album for Warner Bros. Records. Hard Candy has debuted at number one in thirty seven countries, with 4 Minutes, the first single from the album, also hitting the top spot across the world.

From this month, a range of Sony Ericsson phones pre-loaded with Hard Candy will be sold in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela.

The phones will retail in two packages, one with five tracks from the album, the other with the full album and both with extra content such as wallpapers and ringtones.

In a staggered roll-out that began in May, a download voucher for Hard Candy and an array of additional content including an exclusive 4 Minutes remix is being 'bundled' with purchases of the Sony Ericsson W890 Walkman phone in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.