New York - Beyonce’s new album had to be finished this week, but it appears that the 27-year-old rhythm and blues star won’t make her deadline to ensure a mid-November release.

"It's not going to be completed," an inside source told the New York Daily News. "She's got to get it out early in the fourth quarter, when there's so much competition among artists."

But Beyonce is not lazing around. Part of the delay is due to the large number of projects she's working on.

She spent three months filming Cadillac Records, where she plays gospel singer Etta James, and is deep into the thriller Obsessed.

Another delay stems from a duet with Justin Timberlake recorded for the album. The two did not like the initial outcome and kept reworking the song until they got it right, the paper said.

The first two single releases will be If I Were a Boy and Single ladies.