The hit singer is not making her new album, 25, available on Spotify and others like it – that includes Apple Music as well.
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“Can’t wait for the new album”, one of the impersonators tells her and the others while waiting their turn to perform an Adele song on a stage.
Spotify remains positive and expects Adele to provide her 24 million Spotify fans the chance to relish “25” along with “19” and “21 ” on Spotify quite soon.
Tyler Goldman, North America chief executive of music streaming company Deezer, likewise said the service would not offer “25” at present.
ADELE has oepend up about her worries for her new album, 25, following her huge music comeback last month.
Her Grammy and Brit Award-winning album 21 has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide since it came out in 2011.
Apple bosses reversed their policy and agreed to pay artists during the trial period after reading Swift’s letter, and she subsequently gave them permission to stream her album. However, most of the tracks in the newly released album sounds quite close to its predecessor as most of the tracks are still about the heartbreak that triggered “21”.
While the fans are still getting a grip of the new music, the critics have spoken highly of the new album.
This is a minor issue for Adele, but a major issue for the streaming services, said Mark Mulligan, a digital media analyst with Midia Research.
Predictions are that she’ll cash in on the move, and sell as many as 3.5 million copies of “25” within the first week.
The move means listeners will have to download the album, or buy it in the shops, driving up sales.
The first single, “Hello”, was released October 23 and has been No. 1 on iTunes ever since.
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Can Adele even sing a B-level song? Artists such as Taylor Swift, Beck, Patrick Carney of the Black Keys, and Thom Yorke of Radiohead have spoken out against Spotify, in particular, because of what they say is small compensation for the artists in exchange for Spotify serving their music. They claim the album is “a record that feels like a window into her soul, but one that we can all relate to in our own way”.
