The November 20 release of Adele's third studio album, "25," is just hours away, and over the past couple of weeks it has already become the most widely expected music production in years - but will it only be available on iTunes instead of Adele stream options?
A few days back, it was reported that the singer could be stepping down from Spotify for this album, following the footsteps of the likes of Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, but now it's being said that there won't be any Adele stream for this album at all, not even on services like Apple Music nor Google Play.
Ahead of the release of "25," three anonymous sources close to the launching of the new album have revealed to The New York Times that the "Skyfall" singer won't be hosting any Adele stream for the album whatsoever, at least at this point, and it seems this stemmed personally from Adele.
Currently, even before the Adele stream decision was announced, Billboard calculates that "25" will be a massive success, with expected CD first-week sales of 1.5 million and iTunes digital sales expected at around 900,00; also, there are currently about 450k pre-orders on iTunes and 100k on Amazon between CDs and MP3s.
In all, even taking out Adele's stream capacities, and if "25" sells the projected 2.5 million units in the first week of "25," she would be surpassing the record of largest-selling album in a week, which has been held by Justin Timberlake's breakout boy band NSYNC since 2000's "No Strings Attached."
As Rolling Stone Magazine reports, for now, the 27 year-old British songstress is on a massive publicity tour, from a BBC special where she sang her new hit "Hello" love for the first time to a number of interviews as well as an explanation that "25" is a "make up" album instead of a breakup one.
It's unknown whether "25" will ever be available for streaming on websites like Spotify, though her previous two albums are available for Adele stream.
