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A release date for 25 was first suggested in early August 2014, when Paul Moss suggested that an album would be released in 2014 or 2015. However, accounts filed by Adele's label XL Recordings in October 2014 ruled out the possibility of a 2014 release.
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Oct 22, 2015 · After waiting four years, we will finally have a new Adele album this year. 25, the follow-up to the British singer’s blockbuster 2011 album 21, will drop on Nov. 20. Thankfully, we won’t have to...
Nov 20, 2015 · 25 is the highly-anticipated third studio album by Adele. It was released on November 20, 2015, nearly 5 years after her previous LP, 21 , and also after a 3-year hiatus from her music...
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Like her first two albums, 19 and 21, the album was expected to be titled after her age at the time of the album's writing process. On May 4, 2014, in honor of her birthday the next day, Adele tweeted, "Bye bye 25... See you again later in the year x," strongly hinting that the album would be titled 25 and would be released later on in the year. De...
Backstage at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, Adele confirmed that the album was not very far along, but implied that Paul Epworth would be the first person she would approach in regards to new music: "I’m not very far along at all. I’m having lots of meetings. I’ve been in L.A. the whole time since the Globes and I’ll be here 'till the Oscars. So I’...
In the August 2011 issue of Q Magazine, Adele revealed that she had written seven songs for her third studio album, which she promised would be more intimate and stripped-down than her first two. The album was rumored to be released in May 2012, although this was postponed due to Adele's recovery from her ongoing vocal illness. Despite no album bei...
Sources originally stated that the follow-up to 21 would be inspired by Adele's pregnancy and motherhood. Although there was some speculation that Adele would write more songs about heartache, she stated that she will never write another breakup record again: "I'm done with being a bitter witch." Adele also implied that it would be a happy record t...
Tour
In an interview after the Golden Globe Awards, Adele confirmed plans to tour in the US when her next album was out, being that she had to cancel the remainder of her previous tour, the Adele Live tour. In a letter to one of her fans, Adele also confirmed plans to tour in Brazil when her next album is out; many fans interpreted this as a hint towards a world tour. During interviews prior to the album's release, Adele admitted to being hesitant to tour globally, revealing that she might only be...
Television appearances
Hits Daily Double confirmed that Adele had also secured a deal with NBC that would guarantee her own television special, as well as appearances on Saturday Night Live, The Today Show, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. It was later confirmed that Adele would be the musical guest on the November 21 episode of Saturday Night Live, and that she would be filming a television special on November 17 at Radio City Music Hall, titled Adele Live in New York City, that would be broadcast on NB...
Singles
On October 18, a snippet of a new Adele song from her new album was previewed in a television spot during an airing of The X Factor in the UK. On October 22, Adele confirmed that the lead single, "Hello," and its music video, would be released the following day, on October 23. "Hello" was released to positive critical and commercial response, and its accompanying music video went on to break the previous Vevo Record by achieving over 23.2 million views within a 24-hour span. The song peaked a...
25 received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on 34 reviews. Reviewing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine comments, "Fittingly, 25 also plays better over the long haul, its march of slow son...
Demand
The album became the most requested music-related item ever on the UK Amazon Store prior to there even being an announcement of new music from Adele. Fans who contacted Amazon customer support about Adele's third album received the following message: "Over 100,000 requests for Adele's yet-to-be-recorded third album have put this music product way above any other request for any form of music since Amazon started in 1995."On October 23, the same day the album was made available for pre-order,...
In October 2015, numerous journalists speculated that other musicians had pushed back their albums in order to avoid chart competition with Adele; artists such as Justin Bieber, Sam Smith, and One Direction all did this so that their sales would not be affected. Columbia Records shipped 3.6 million physical copies of 25, across the United States, m...
Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album at number two on its "The 50 Best Albums of 2015" year-end list. American newspaper Newsday also ranked the album at number two on their list of 2015's best albums, UK publication Complex listed the album at number four on their list of The Best Albums of 2015, and Entertainment Weeklylisted the album at numb...
Album artwork
The album's artwork was unveiled on October 22, 2015, through Adele's official website and social media. It was photographed by Alasdair McLellan.
Jan 25, 2018 · Like its predecessors, 2008's 19 and 2011's 21, her 2015 smash hit album 25 was based off the soulful British singer/songwriter's age at the time she wrote it. A comeback album of sorts, 25 marked the first time Adele said "Hello" in four years, and what a welcome "Hello" it was indeed.
Oct 22, 2015 · Yahoo Music Contributors. October 22, 2015. Adele reveals album cover and tracklisting for 25, her first album in four years. (Columbia) After waiting four years, we will finally have a new...
It was released on November 20, 2015. [4] . There are eleven tracks on the album. The lead single from the album, "Hello", was released on October 23, 2015. It reached number one in the UK, US, Canada, and Australia. [5] . It was number one across Europe including Germany, France, Russia and Italy. [5] . It hit number ten in Japan.
