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Post by Caviar on Oct 27, 2015 12:12:21 GMT -5
Amazing interview. It's long..just how I like it.
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Post by popbox on Oct 27, 2015 14:47:28 GMT -5
Calypso vibe? Can't Feel My Face comparison? "a bit fun innit"? Well that confirms it: Send My Love To Your New Lover is gonna snatch all the wigs.
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Post by when the pawn... on Oct 27, 2015 14:56:00 GMT -5
Really great interview - I wish it was filmed/televised because she's fun to watch.
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Post by popbox on Oct 27, 2015 15:18:27 GMT -5
Poor Bieber. First Hello is gonna forever block Sorry from #1, and then she is gonna snatch his tropical house sound away from him with Send My Love To Your New Lover.
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Post by Colton on Oct 27, 2015 16:12:39 GMT -5
"Hello" about to SNATCH Miley's Vevo record any second now.
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Post by SuperTrouper on Oct 27, 2015 16:24:05 GMT -5
This is gonna sound soo bitter but I like the fact the someone did it without getting bare-ass naked or making out with a hammer.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Oct 27, 2015 16:57:07 GMT -5
Poor Bieber. First Hello is gonna forever block Sorry from #1, and then she is gonna snatch his tropical house sound away from him with Send My Love To Your New Lover. He's not doing too shabby tho, you gotta admit. Tho not even the reincarnation of Elvis himself is safe from ADELE at this point.
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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Oct 27, 2015 18:10:54 GMT -5
Amazing interview. It's long..just how I like it. I usually avoid artist interviews because they seem so 'staged,' but this only confirms that ADELE is a unique woman with her priorities set. No way you can fake or completely script those answers. My favorite line: “I don’t really like crying in front of famous people because it’s awkward and it can make them feel really uncomfortable. But I couldn’t contain myself.” I love the way she talks as if she were an ordinary person/fan and not FAMOUS herself. It's very endearing and further proof she's not full of herself. So now I really need to hear that ADELE is going to guest on Stevie's next record!
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Post by 14887fan on Oct 27, 2015 19:43:12 GMT -5
That interview was such an enjoyable read. Besides the fact that it's laced with such hilarious anecdotes and random personal interjections, it gives me so much hope for this album. I really don't want to start shooting for the moon with confidence and assurance that this album is going to be the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I definitely feel even more secure in my expectations that this album is going to blow my mind.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Oct 27, 2015 19:45:40 GMT -5
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Post by wavey. on Oct 27, 2015 20:53:04 GMT -5
I need to hear that Max Martin track. If this bish snatches me with a uptempo calypso beat..
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Oct 28, 2015 0:46:29 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2015 8:42:05 GMT -5
Ugh how I missed my queen so much!
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Post by wavey. on Oct 28, 2015 8:42:38 GMT -5
DAMN. Get ready for a few years in the Top 10 for " 25" :kii:
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Post by wjr15 on Oct 28, 2015 11:55:43 GMT -5
The fact that 21 (which was released over 4 years ago) is predicted to return to the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 is an amazing feat. Adele is literally unstoppable. This era is going to be the biggest era of the decade for any artist.
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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Oct 28, 2015 13:01:45 GMT -5
The fact that 21 (which was released over 4 years ago) is predicted to return to the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 is an amazing feat. Adele is literally unstoppable. This era is going to be the biggest era of the decade for any artist. Awesome! It certainly benefits from SPS since all 3 #1 singles have been in iTunes top 100. I'm willing to be streaming picked up markedly. Now, if it also makes Top 10 on sales alone - truly remarkable and all because the new single released. Not unusual to see big surges in catalog the week a monster album streets. Simply amazing - but classic, timeless music does indeed stand the test of time.
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Oct 28, 2015 13:10:28 GMT -5
I love everything I am hearing about the songs on this project.
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Post by popbox on Oct 28, 2015 15:11:59 GMT -5
I wonder if she will kind of single handedly keep the physical album market on life support for a few more years? 21 essentially did. Seems like her and Taylor are maybe the only ones left though that can easily take a CD multiplat.
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Post by Live Your Life on Oct 28, 2015 15:57:38 GMT -5
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Post by Caviar on Oct 28, 2015 16:08:01 GMT -5
So her team wants $30 mil from Apple AND wants the album to be sold in their stores? LOL..that's a new strategy. I'm sure Apple is not going to cough up $30 million and NOT have the album available on Apple Music the day of the release. That would be crazy.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2015 16:33:21 GMT -5
That is...interesting. I'm trying to figure out the incentive for Apple to jump on this. Being all-in on the biggest star in the world right now is certainly tempting, but yeah, that is a ton of money. I would think it would not even be enough to have 25 streaming on Apple Music, she'd have to offer them the exclusive.
Is it common for a tour to only have one sponsor, or do they usually have multiple sponsors (maybe one big + several little ones)? I'm not familiar with how tour sponsorships work, but it might make sense that they are approaching Apple with such a large amount if they are trying to eschew several sponsors in favor of just one big one. Also, I'm curious if anyone kows whether this is the management she had last era or if this is a new team, because this sounds almost absurdly overeager to the point that I feel like they must be new and way too excited.
And if I were her I would not confirm too large a tour. I have no doubt she could sell out arenas right now and she can always tack on dates later if she's up for it, but she has to consider the possibility of getting sick or exhausted and needing to cancel dates.
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Post by Libra on Oct 28, 2015 17:40:35 GMT -5
I would think it would not even be enough to have 25 streaming on Apple Music, she'd have to offer them the exclusive. And with a big pitfall of exclusivity having just shown itself, that condition could ultimately be a non-starter?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2015 17:58:18 GMT -5
They better not ruin this with an exclusive apple music release.
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Post by wjr15 on Oct 28, 2015 18:38:29 GMT -5
There's no way they would do an exclusive apple music release. Adele is one of the few artists who can still sell a very large amount of physical albums and her team would never jeopardize that
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Post by Kurt on Oct 28, 2015 19:22:35 GMT -5
We already know the album is being sold at Amazon, Target, etc., so an Apple-exclusive physical and/or digital release is out of the question unless it drops early exclusively on iTunes. Could definitely see it being a streaming exclusive on Apple Music.
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Oct 28, 2015 19:43:37 GMT -5
Imagine seeing Adele CDs in actual Apple Stores. That's crazy!
I hope there's no exclusive though. Even if it nets Adele easy money, I feel like it would have an adverse effect in the long run. I don't care for exclusives in most cases anyway but Adele's album is such an easy sell that exclusives aren't needed. It's going to sell no matter where the CD is located. They could have them for sale in the lobby of apartment buildings and it would probably still sell out. No exclusives plz.
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Post by mamaloveme on Oct 28, 2015 19:48:44 GMT -5
she can totally block the streaming for at least first 2 weeks or till next year, to earn the millions of copies selling physically and digitally, her demand is just too high, everyone will just go in somewhere to buy it, no need the premature streaming help at all
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2015 21:59:08 GMT -5
Imagine seeing Adele CDs in actual Apple Stores. That's crazy! I hope there's no exclusive though. Even if it nets Adele easy money, I feel like it would have an adverse effect in the long run. I don't care for exclusives in most cases anyway but Adele's album is such an easy sell that exclusives aren't needed. It's going to sell no matter where the CD is located. They could have them for sale in the lobby of apartment buildings and it would probably still sell out. No exclusives plz. To clarify I only meant a streaming exclusive (i.e. the album would be on sale everywhere, but only streamable on Apple Music). I'm also not saying her team would go for that at all, just pointing out that if she - or her team rather, b/c I wonder how involved she is in this aspect of her career - is going to ask Apple for a $30 million sponsorship that is probably where she'd have to start to get Apple to even consider taking her up on it. She has to give them a better incentive than "I'm ADELE."
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Post by floridagrl on Oct 29, 2015 7:57:00 GMT -5
So cute.
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Post by glen on Oct 29, 2015 10:08:54 GMT -5
www.billboard.com/articles/news/ ... cast-hello Adele's '25' Is a Lock to Sell 1 Million in Its First Week -- How About 2? The singer's first new song since 2012 sets big expectations for "25" as it stands poised to break sales records. "F--ing Adele." So cracked a member of Justin Bieber's team after "Hello," the 27-year-old British singer's first new song since 2012, premiered Oct. 23, siphoning all attention in its wake and pushing aside highly touted same-day releases -- like Bieber's own "Sorry," the second single from his forthcoming album. There's reason for competitors to worry. With "Hello" poised to vault over The Weeknd's "The Hills" and Drake's "Hotline Bling" for the No. 1 spot on the Nov. 14 Billboard Hot 100, Adele has silenced any doubts about her relevance after a long absence. But one significant question remains: Can she score a million-selling first week with her new studio album, 25? Arriving Nov. 20, Adele's third release on XL Recordings/Columbia is on track to reach that goal, a threshold last crossed by Taylor Swift a year ago, when 1989 moved 1.29 million units, according to Nielsen Music, to debut atop the Billboard 200 on Nov. 15, 2014. But where Swift broke records -- among them, May's "Bad Blood" video notching a then-astounding 20.1 million views in its first 24 hours on Vevo -- Adele has shattered them. In the two days after the power ballad's debut, the accompanying clip to "Hello" was streamed, on average, more than 1 million times per hour. By the end of its first week on the platform, it had passed 100 million global views. On the digital sales side, the track is also on course for a record performance, surpassing the 636,000-download bow of Flo Rida's 2009 hit "Right Round," as sources indicate "Hello" will sell some 900,000 its first week. With all that in mind, industry projections for 25's first-week sales range between 1.3 and 1.8 million, which means it could claim another title: the biggest debut week for a female in the Nielsen era (1991 to the present), beating previous record-holder Britney Spears, whose Oops!... I Did It Again bowed with 1.32 million in May 2000. In the case of Adele, Alliance Entertainment senior vp Laura Provenzano credits a seamless transition from 2011's 21 (11.2 million sold) to "Hello." "She picks up right where she left off," says Provenzano, noting that a key factor in Adele's sales potency is her strength in physical: Digital downloads comprised just 28 percent of 21's U.S. sales. Adds another music merchandiser: "Will Adele hit 1 million? A more realistic question is will it hit 2 million?" (The biggest week of the Nielsen era remains 'N Sync's 2000 LP No Strings Attached with 2.4 million.) Still, there are potential hurdles. Some merchandisers believe the label is three weeks behind in the marketing cycle for a proper album setup. "It's going to be tight to get everything in place," says one source. But on the marketing front, Adele's team has deployed a shrewd mix of old-school and current-cool initiatives. On Oct. 18, a 30-second ad featuring "Hello" aired during The X Factor U.K. (estimated cost: $115,000). Four days later, the singer launched a radio blitz. Still to come: Saturday Night Live on Nov. 21, a BBC 1 special the night before and a full-court press of U.S. TV. And what of exclusivity? Again, 25's stewards, including manager Jonathan Dickins, XL owner Richard Russell and Columbia Records chairman Rob Stringer, seems focused on the tried and true: Big-box retailer Target has a three-song exclusive, reassuring physical merchants who feared iTunes would get an exclusive sales window similar to the one they enjoyed on Beyoncé's last project, also for Columbia. Notes a label sales executive: "Target wouldn't even carry the Adele record initially if Sony gave Apple an exclusive." (Representatives for Sony and Adele declined comment.) As for Spotify, a Sony insider says a decision hasn't yet been made on streaming services, which prompts another question: Will the label try to restrict 25 from streaming on the ad-supported tiers of Spotify and other digital services to boost sales? And if so, will Spotify capitulate this time, after refusing to stream Swift's 1989 if it wasn't available on both the subscription and "freemium" tiers? According to Spotify, "Hello" is likely to notch a record number of worldwide first-week streams, beating Bieber's 30 million-plus for "What Do You Mean?" Some might say this is a battle that's just beginning, while others would insist Adele has already won.
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