“25″ – Adele’s new album does not appear in Spotify – Süddeutsche.de

• Adele’s new album “25″ will not be available for streaming services.
• The singer thus pulls Taylor Swift after that decided to step a year ago.
• Still is always debatable whether streaming services where the music will be played directly from the network drop, for musicians not too little money.

“25″ only as a download and on CD

It is the day on which their fans for four wait years: This Friday Adele’s new album appears. But who has set it to “25″ to be able to listen to a streaming service, will be disappointed: The singer and her management decided to “25″ for sale only as CD and Download

The providers. were informed less than 24 hours before the album’s release on the decision, writes the New York Times . In Germany you could “25″ as a download purchase in the morning, but in streaming services like Spotify or Apple Music, the album was not to be found.

“2.5″

New album “25″ Can these eyes lie?

It is the white female soul voice of her generation, but what she sings? Adele agrees on her new album “25″ a requiem for his own youth. With 27 years. Is this not perhaps a bit premature?

free version of Spotify unsustainable

Adele therefore follows the model of Taylor Swift, who a year ago her hit album “1989″ media attention the streaming market leader Spotify withheld. For Swift especially the ad-supported free version of Spotify was not portable. When Apple Music that has no free version, she made “1989″ available later

Also Adele can afford to ask the fans to checkout. The first single, “Hello”, which from the beginning on was available at Spotify, already hinted the expected success of the album

Debate:. Is it worth streaming services for artists

In the industry there are many years a debate about whether? Streaming services in which the music will be played directly from the network, not throw too little money for musicians. The providers defend themselves by arguing that in the long run could steady payments from the streaming even make more money than the money rain for Album Launch. Figures that prove that there is not but so far. The services provide two-thirds of their revenue to the music companies continue.

For the streaming providers who wish to provide especially their subscription customers for ten euros a month a complete deal available Adele’s decision a setback. They warned already in the case of Taylor Swift, the musicians could Fans thus again driving to illegal downloads.

streaming revenues make so far only a small part of the music business from. The proportion but is growing rapidly, while the CD sales and downloads are declining. That one of the most important albums of the year stays away from the streaming just before the Christmas shopping season, is likely to push for “25″ and the sales of the CD into the air.

New album” 25 “ Part of the new Adele -album previously appeared on the Internet

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