MELBOURNE/STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - EMI Australia claims that "The Pop Hits" will be released in Australia on April 21. According to Li Eriksson at Capitol Records Sweden, "The Pop Hits" will also be released in the UK, "in June".

  EMI Australia will be releasing the "The Pop Hits" CD in two formats - the standard CD, and the CD with the Limited Edition EP. We have no further details on the UK release yet.

  There's also, as previously reported, a US release date set for "The Ballad Hits" and it's April 22.

  Thomas Evensson contributed to this article.