Adele decides no streaming for new album ’25’

And while her new single “Hello”, is holding its #1 spot for the third week in a row and her video is gaining on half a billion views you’re not going to hear the rest of the album unless you buy it. The NY Times is reporting that Apple Music, Spotify, and the rest of the streaming services won’t have access to it.

Parts of Adele’s much anticipated new album, 25, were reported on Wednesday to have been leaked online ahead of its official release today.

If “25” follows the same pattern as “21”, which was also held back from services like Spotify during the album’s debut, then it should arrive on these services a few months from now.

Though it has an impressive record to beat, many critics are projecting that 25 could have a more impactful beginning than 21, which was released in 2011 and dominated the 2011 and 2012 charts for most downloads and sales.

“We love and respect Adele, as do her 24 million fans on Spotify”, Spotify said in a statement.

“Hello”, the first single from the album, released at the end of October, has logged more than 400 million plays on YouTube and topped the USA charts for the past three weeks.

Adele’s 25 is her first studio release in four years.

Taylor Swift pulled all of her albums from Spotify, and Beyoncé’s self-titled album didn’t hit the streaming service until a year after it hit iTunes.

“Adele’s new album won’t be on Spotify and I’m blaming Taylor Swift for it even though it’s technically not her fault”, Kayla LaRosa tweeted.

Despite – or perhaps because of – her lack of interest in modern pop-star gamesmanship, “21” also turned the proudly old-fashioned Adele into a profit center for a struggling record industry.

In July, Swift agreed to put 1989 on Apple Music, days after it agreed to pay artists during a free trial of its new streaming music service.

“The future of growth in the music industry is dependent on paid streaming”, Goldman said.

“If I was sad, if I was confused – which I would say were the running themes for most of my records so far – I’d just go with it”, she said.