Adele, together with her advisers, implemented pragmatism by releasing her first single album for streaming to attract interest to the album.
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Adele appears on the “Today” show in the US.
Immediately, I fell in love with “Million Years Ago”, a dreamy harmony akin to the background music one would hear in a Parisian cafe in the spring.
“You’re gonna wish you never had met me”, she sings in the background of “Deep”, turning her heartbreak into one of the iconic songs of the decade behind a foot-stomping, neo-soul groove.
Oasis stars have not commented on the news, unlike ‘NSYNC members who congratulated Adele for beating the 15-year record they held in the US for their 2000 album No Strings Attached. The singer has just stated, however, that the album will probably appear on the services sometime in the future. Nielse Music has yet to tally the final numbers of Adele’s “25” album sales during its debut week, since the sales tracking week will official close by end of business hours on Thursday, Nov. 26.
The only thing that can outmatch Adele’s voice is her sales.
Such sales make her a unicorn in an era when the record industry moves units in a decidedly unmagical way.
The previous record for a new number one album was set by Oasis, whose Be Here Now sold 696,000 copies on its way to the top of the charts in 1997, albeit over a shorter period.
Adele has also broken the sales record in Canada according to People.
Adele, her soaring but soulful voice possessing the same power, retraces the memories of her working-class childhood around London as she reflects from her new, uncomfortable perch. You won’t even be able to open up Pandora and start playing “Hello”. In order to sell records, musicians and artist have to engage with their audiences through live performances.
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“Hello” is a deceptive first single: it is Adele doing what she does best (e.g. slowly breaking our hearts over sparse piano), but it is not representative of the rest of “25.” . “We hope that she will give those fans the opportunity to enjoy 25 on Spotify alongside 19 and 21 very soon”.
