After singing a country version of Irreplaceable on the American Music Awards last week, Beyonce has decided to give that genre a go. She has enlisted the help of singer/songwriter Amanda Ghost - the creative force behind James Blunt hit You're Beautiful - for the project.

"Beyonce wants to try something completely different. She's a fan of country music and thought that would be an interesting and exciting way to go. She contacted Amanda early this week and she is going over to work with her on it."

Beyonce and country / western doesn't really make sense to me. But if anyone can do it, it's this mega-superstar. I am actually really curious to see how this turns out. Head to head against Jessica Simpson? That would be interesting... Who's next to convert? Pink?