A new album of the late 'King of Pop', Michael Jackson, according to reports, is expected to be released on May 13.

The album, 'Xscape', is the first major album to be released after his death on June 25, 2009 at his home on North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Sony and Epic Records announced Monday of a plan to release a posthumous Michael Jackson album.

Epic CEO L.A. Reid, according to reports, handpicked eight previously unreleased tracks by Michael Jackson, which have been 'contemporized for modern ears' and added new production by Timbaland and Rodney Jerkins.

Michael Jackson's previous albums include, 'Got to Be There' (1972), 'Ben' (1972), 'Music & Me' (1973), 'Forever, Michael' (1975), 'Off the Wall' (1979), 'Thriller' (1982), 'Bad' (1987), 'Dangerous' (1991), 'HIStory: Past', 'Present and Future, Book I' (1995), and 'Invincible' (2001).