Why Adele’s 25 Won’t Be On Spotify

For one, our growing user population might listen to more music in a given month than the month before (resulting in a lower effective “per stream”), while generating far more aggregate royalties for artists …

Most artists have no choice but to opt for streaming and accede to the terms set by the services. Past year it was, of course, Taylor Swift’s “1989” and all its accompanying #squadgoals that permeated the zeitgeist. Spotify also confirmed that its followers would not have access to the new album. However, he stated that it is a “major issue for the streaming services”.

And she was all smiles, despite her third studio album being leaked online just days before its release. Released today after a five year wait, it’s taking the music world by storm.

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.

This is despite the fact that the first single from the album, “Hello”, is already widely available on streaming services, having been downloaded 1.1 million times in its first week.

If you want to put Adele’s “Hello” on repeat for the thousandth time, you won’t be able to do it on Spotify, or any other streaming services. Spotify now has 75 million listeners, 20 million of whom pay for subscriptions.

The “Hello” singer has opened up about juggling her music career with parenthood and confessed her three-year-old son Angelo with partner Simon Konecki makes her feel guilty when she’s away from home for too long.

The sheer optimism shown by Spotify was witnessed in North America’s chief executive, Tyler Goldman’s statement for whom Adele’s decision does not seem to be surprising as her preceding album “21” was primarily not accessible to Spotify either. Eventually in July, she agreed to have it on Apple Music after Apple Inc. agreed to compensate artists in the course of a free trial.

Of her new music, the singer and songwriter revealed to Rolling Stone, “My career’s not my life”, Adele says. Her recent release is expected to break records in the music industry according to Washington Post.

The album has also been accompanied by a steady marketing drumbeat.

Adele’s latest album, “25” was highly anticipated by her fans since her fresh single “Hello” was teased a few weeks ago.

On Saturday, Adele will perform on Saturday Night Live. 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”.