Adele ’25’ not available on streaming sites

The album is predicted to sell more than one million copies in its first week.

A few Adele impersonators, nine of them to be exact, were invited to the Wimbledon Theatre and were told there was an audition for a new Graham Norton top secret television show.

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

Adele’s representatives declined to comment on the decision, which follows a similar move by US country-pop artist Taylor Swift over her album “1989”.

In a message on her Twitter feed on Friday, Adele did not mention the decision not to stream the album but said she hoped fans would enjoy the music.

Adele’s “25” is expected to surpass Swift’s album and easily become the biggest in a decade.

The album will be similarly absent from Apple Music – although Apple can claim an income from sales through its iTunes platform. She and her team may be looking to increase album and song sales by skipping streaming services.

The music label has indicated to streaming executives that “25” will stay off Spotify-like services indefinitely, but that calculation could change in the coming months.

The singer appears to be following in the footsteps of Taylor Swift, one of the first artists who took a stand against streaming services, this included Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Apple Music and Spotify.

The singer’s work, however, will not be available to listen to on most major music streaming services.

It’s naturally an unfavorable development for Spotify, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), and any of the other premium streaming services still left standing, but it’s not as if Adele needs the digital exposure.

Yet 25 is being withheld not only from outlets like Spotify which has both paid and free versions, supported by ads but also those like Apple Music and Rhapsody that do not use the so-called freemium model. As early as now, the British singer’s new album is already being predicted to sell a record of 2.5 million in its first week, beating NSYNC’s historical record sales of 2.4 million in 2000.

For those who were able to get their hands on a hard copy (one person in our office asked what would he play a CD on?), there’s been a general consensus that the album is pretty good.