Adele arriving at the O2 Arena, London to receive the award Brit Awards, February 21, 2012 (Photo: AP).
British singer Adele said that the songs of the album "25" will not be available in any streaming services including Spotify and Apple Music, according to sources in the music industry, on Thursday (19/11).
The source said that the record companies Adele, XL, has decided not to provide the album "25," which is expected to be the biggest album was released throughout 2015 on a platform streaming service when the album was released Friday. The New York Times first reported on the matter.
"We love and respect Adele, as well as 24 million fans in Spotify. We hope she will soon provide fans the opportunity to enjoy the '25' via Spotify as '19' and '21'," explained Spotify in his statement as a confirmation for the she followers that they will not get access to the new album in their services.
Adele representative declined to comment on the decision, which is similar to the decision taken by the top singers American country pop music, Taylor Swift for his album "1989."
Tyler Goldman, chief executive of Deezer, a streaming music service North America, said they also did not have a new album Adele when the launch of the album.
"She got the advantage of the customer who pays, but she uses this tactic to try and sell more CDs and downloading songs (from the Internet)," he said. "If all the artists do this, our customers will not increase."
Apple Inc. and other services, including Pandora and Google Play, can not be immediately contacted to be consulted on this matter.
This album is the first album since "21" which was released in 2011, and sold over 30 million copies worldwide.
Billboard magazine estimates that "25" will be sold over 1 million units in North America in its first week.
The single "Hello" has broken the record for the number of listeners and downloads the song after it was released last October.
Adele buzz and management's refusal to follow the footsteps of Taylor Swift to use streaming services for the sale of the album "1989". Swift, one of the names that are influential in pop music world, made the decision after writing his opinions about how should artists do not appreciate their music and offer it for free.
"1989" became the biggest selling album worldwide in 2014 with estimated sales reached 8.5 million copies.
July, Swift agreed to hold Apple Music for the album "1989", a few days after the signing of an agreement to provide payment to the artists during a free trial period when the company was launching a new music streaming service.
Swift decision not to make "1989" on the streaming service does not have a financial effect on the streaming service, as well as Adele times iin the decision, said Goldman.
"The artists will not be able to change the (service) streaming are inevitable," she added. [voa]
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