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“25” Has Everything We Love About Adele

If you happen to be north of these parts, you might want to catch her at Manchester Arena on March 7, the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on March 25 and 26 or the Genting Arena in Birmingham on March 29 and 30.

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The minute I heard Adele had a new album coming out, I was searching for a way to pre-order it. My wife and I were disheartened to find out the vinyl we ordered would not make it to our house the day it was released.

Adele made her comeback earlier this year as she released “Hello”, her first single in four years.

However the Oasis record only went on sale three days prior to the conclusion of the chart week, whereas Adele has notched her total up in six days.

Adele’s latest album, “25”, smashed a seemingly even more impervious record after just a few days on store shelves.

Adele’s first single from the album was knocked off the top spot in the United Kingdom but Hello is still number one in the US.

Given she did the Bond theme for Skyfall, Adele sometimes runs the risk of falling into bombast and melodrama.

The race to stream Adele’s 25 on one of the three leading music-streaming platforms is over, and Pandora (NYSE:P) is the victor.

“Million Years Ago” is dark and slow, with nothing but a guitar to back up Adele’s tremendous vocals. The album will be released on November 20.

That sold 696,000 copies in its first week.

Adele has a powerful voice, but her singing tends toward the theatrical and overblown. The NSync album sold 2.41 million copies in its first week. The artist’s former wish to secure a sponsorship from Apple for her next tour could be an easy way to negotiate a deal to exclusively debut 25 on Apple Music at some point. “That’s what made me write about everything I’ve ever done, because I’ve got his love”.

The music industry, which has been stagnant after stemming years of heavy losses, believes 25 could be the most successful album in more than a decade.

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Pandora shares rose as much as 5.8 per cent Wednesday after an Entertainment Weekly report pointed out that the complete 25 album by British singer Adele was available for listening, albeit by piece-meal, on the streaming music radio station.

Adele 25 shows the world it doesn’t need Spotify or Apple Music