Adele's decision not to stream her new hit album "25" on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services may have contributed to her huge first week sales, which have smashed records in the U.S. and the UK. The singer has just stated, however, that the album will probably appear on the services sometime in the future.
Adele's new album "25" has broken sales records for the first week of release, and shows no signs of slowing down as the holiday shopping season kicks into full gear. Although her first single "Hello" was available on Spotify, Apple Music and other streamers, she decided not to allow the full album to appear on the services, in a decision which echoed the strategy for her last album "19," which was released over 4 years ago, and before streaming was as popular and widespread as it is today.
Now, the singer has stated that she is likely to offer the album on streaming services at some point in the future. When asked about the possibility of streaming, she replied "Yeah, probably. I'm certainly not one for spicing things up. I'm just doing what I've always done. I've always done this. 'Hello' is on there because it's on the radio. So... probably." The singer, however, gave no time frame for the action, and based on history, chances are it's still quite a ways off.
Meanwhile, after smashing the record for first week sales in the U.S. previously held by N'Sync's "No Strings Attached" album, Adele has added another notch to her belt by breaking the same record in her home territory of the UK. Beating out the previous record holder, Oasis' 1997 CD "Be Here Now," with sales of 737,000 compared to the band's 696,000. Oasis lead singer Noel Gallagher can't be too happy about the beating, especially since he recently remarked that "nobody cares" what Adele is up to, blasting her along with several other modern pop stars.
However, Gallagher may argue that his group still technically holds a record, because "Be Here Now" was released on a Thursday and therefore its first week sales tally included only three days of sales, whereas Adele's include a full seven. Record companies recently agreed to Friday as a universal release day for music throughout the world in order to combat Internet piracy resulting from music being released earlier in some territories than others.
