Today Kylie Minogue is exclusively releasing her latest album for download from the Nokia Music Store.

The pint-sized singer is following in the footsteps of British band Radiohead by releasing her newest material on the web before it hits the shelves in record stores. Girls Aloud are jumping on the bandwagon later this week with their latest album, Tangled Up, becoming exclusively available online at the store.

As well as pumping up the excitement for the store release (set for November 26th), Kylie’s 10th album, X, along with the Girls Aloud album is creating a lot of hype around the recently launched Nokia Music Store.

The web release comes just two weeks after Kylie launched her own social networking site for her fans, KylieKonnect.