Adele’s new album 25 won’t be on Spotify or Apple Music

Spotify also confirmed that its subscribers would not have access to Adele’s new album.

A report from yesterday suggested that Adele’s “25” album might not be available for streaming at launch.

As would be expected, streaming services are not happy about Adele’s latest move.

And that’s just it: “25” not only meets incredibly high expectations, it exceeds them.

Most artists have no choice but to opt for streaming and accede to the terms set by the services. 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.

‘[She] could have had it all, ‘ but instead Adele has pulled a Taylor Swift, keeping her newest music off steaming sites (Although T-Swift did eventually buckle to Apple Music).

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. This may result in a big blow to music streaming services. And that’s actually the best feeling in the world.

In the meantime, she’s one of the few artists that can use streaming singles – “Hello” has 156.6m Spotify streams and 423.7m YouTube plays – to promote large-scale album sales.

“I’d like to tour properly”, she said. “Thankfully I am on my fifth album and can support myself, my band, crew, and entire management team by playing live shows”. And her songs have appeared on just about every Billboard chart, from adult contemporary to R&B to dance.

Graham Norton will host tonight’s special, which will also feature a sit-down interview and performances of new tracks “Hello”, “When We Were Young” and “Million Years Ago”, along with Adele classics “Rolling In The Deep” and “Someone Like You”.

Soon after, Apple Music reversed its decision. Adele was one of a number of major acts to do that in 2011, when she released her last record, 21. Beyoncé withheld her last album, “Beyoncé”, from streaming for almost a year.

Mr. Goldman further added that this stance may smash her album sales but it would not make any difference to music streaming, which is the only cause for the growth of recorded music production houses.