Adele WILL work with Lionel Richie, it's official – Hello, best news ever?

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSdXx96IXSFK5KFK06_A6h_a5DzvXnrYBVfRitd4lc6O07nJmhdiiSxTSk_dWo8815hRhXeFKr09R8kEGSndpQNaJryoW3nkbFlPC_QSBQ31nLy_sXRfyAc4yv0lalhUcss3n4K6-ybA/s1600/Adele+WILL+work+with+Lionel+Richie%252C+it%2527s+official+%25E2%2580%2593+Hello%252C+best+news+ever.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Adele WILL work with Lionel Richie, it's official – Hello, best news ever? " border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSdXx96IXSFK5KFK06_A6h_a5DzvXnrYBVfRitd4lc6O07nJmhdiiSxTSk_dWo8815hRhXeFKr09R8kEGSndpQNaJryoW3nkbFlPC_QSBQ31nLy_sXRfyAc4yv0lalhUcss3n4K6-ybA/s640/Adele+WILL+work+with+Lionel+Richie%252C+it%2527s+official+%25E2%2580%2593+Hello%252C+best+news+ever.jpg" title="Adele WILL work with Lionel Richie, it's official – Hello, best news ever? " width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adele and Lionel Richie answer the call</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ADELE and Lionel Richie will be collaborating on an exciting new project. "We will be doing something together soon" said the US superstar as he revealed all the details and announced new UK tour dates.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Hello, it turns out that it WAS Lionel Richie that Adele was looking for.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Hello singer said that he will be working with the, ahem, Hello singer very soon.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background: #FFF; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: -webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width: 99.375%; width: calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/9OeAEGlfx-/" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">HELLO @adele is it me you're looking for... 📞 #hello</a></div> <div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"> A photo posted by lionelrichie (@lionelrichie) on <time datetime="2015-10-24T15:53:35+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Oct 24, 2015 at 8:53am PDT</time></div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> And now it's official, Lionel Richie has confirmed that he has been in touch with Adele about working together.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He also insists that there are no hard feelings, despite some friends telling him he should sue Adele for stealing his famous song.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "You have no idea how many people called me on the phone and said, 'Are you going to let her get away with that? She stole Hello.'" he told E News</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Then I said, 'I don’t own Hello. I own the melody. But what it did was it blew everything to the ceiling."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Speaking of ceilings, Richie admitted he was dancing on his when he heard the news.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <strong>SCROLL DOWN FOR RICHIE'S ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT WORKING WITH ADELE</strong></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <strong></strong> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="378" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PUjvaMWKeBI" width="640"></iframe> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The 66-year-old initially thought that Adele had covered his own 1984 classic when he heard the title of her new song.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Someone said to me, ‘Lionel, Adele did ‘Hello’ and I said, ‘Retirement. I am done,’” he laughed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Although he quickly realised his mistake, he didn't waste time imagining the musical possibilities of a collaboration.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "If you say Adele and you say Lionel or Lionel and Adele – that’s the best pairing you could have,” he modestly added.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <strong>WATCH MISS PIGGY SING HELLO NEXT:</strong></div> <div class="p402_hide htmlappend" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><section class="text-description"><div style="display: none;"> </div> </section><section class="text-description"> <!--By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C found at https://accounts.brightcove.com/en/terms-and-conditions/. --><script language="JavaScript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js" type="text/javascript"></script><object class="BrightcoveExperience" id="myExperience4627877106001"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="width" value="648" /> <param name="height" value="365" /> <param name="playerID" value="4581640862001" /> <param name="playerKey" value="AQ~~,AAACT2hWexE~,QV-ElXQT89U_VDxSv3YHBd4nA3r5ipc3" /> <param name="isVid" value="true" /> <param name="isUI" value="true" /> <param name="dynamicStreaming" value="true" /> <param name="@videoPlayer" value="4627877106001" /></object></section><!-- This script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soonas the line is read by the browser. 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She is committed to that.”</div> <div class="p402_hide htmlappend" style="text-align: justify;"> Adele announced her UK and Europe tour last week with a hilarious video, packed with fluffed lines and her trademark cackle. Watch it HERE.</div> <div class="p402_hide htmlappend" style="text-align: justify;"> Lionel Richie has also announced new UK tour dates.</div> <!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><section class="text-description"><div style="display: none;"> </div> </section><!--By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C found at https://accounts.brightcove.com/en/terms-and-conditions/. --><script language="JavaScript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js" type="text/javascript"></script><section class="text-description"><object class="BrightcoveExperience" id="myExperience3808179062001"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="width" value="648" /> <param name="height" value="365" /> <param name="playerID" value="4581640862001" /> <param name="playerKey" value="AQ~~,AAACT2hWexE~,QV-ElXQT89U_VDxSv3YHBd4nA3r5ipc3" /> <param name="isVid" value="true" /> <param name="isUI" value="true" /> <param name="dynamicStreaming" value="true" /> <param name="@videoPlayer" value="3808179062001" /></object></section><!-- This script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soonas the line is read by the browser. 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Tickets go on sale to the general public at 9am on December 4.</section><section class="text-description"><strong>For more information on Adele's UK tour go to the official website: <a href="http://www.adele.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Adele.com</a></strong><br /> <strong></strong> </section><!--By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C found at https://accounts.brightcove.com/en/terms-and-conditions/. --><script language="JavaScript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js" type="text/javascript"></script><section class="text-description"><object class="BrightcoveExperience" id="myExperience4576212722001"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="width" value="648" /> <param name="height" value="365" /> <param name="playerID" value="4581640862001" /> <param name="playerKey" value="AQ~~,AAACT2hWexE~,QV-ElXQT89U_VDxSv3YHBd4nA3r5ipc3" /> <param name="isVid" value="true" /> <param name="isUI" value="true" /> <param name="dynamicStreaming" value="true" /> <param name="@videoPlayer" value="4576212722001" /></object></section>

Adele WILL work with Lionel Richie, it's official – Hello, best news ever?

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Adele set to SMASH chart records with 25 after racking up 300,000 sales in one day

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMCBzXkGxKalLrOk3JZBVQ2Z2fWqCAF3BdCm82Q-JszvpdNkRkN-JsTGPtohmfqlCzjx7M6DEFTqKJFcIvYS6X_PsqYC1R4hPh-TJ8LOnhMPCK9S3iyCcFzGGcH6I_IfT8ijHXto-mas/s1600/Adele+set+to+SMASH+chart+records+with+25+after+racking+up+300%252C000+sales+in+one+day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Adele set to SMASH chart records with 25 after racking up 300,000 sales in one day" border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMCBzXkGxKalLrOk3JZBVQ2Z2fWqCAF3BdCm82Q-JszvpdNkRkN-JsTGPtohmfqlCzjx7M6DEFTqKJFcIvYS6X_PsqYC1R4hPh-TJ8LOnhMPCK9S3iyCcFzGGcH6I_IfT8ijHXto-mas/s640/Adele+set+to+SMASH+chart+records+with+25+after+racking+up+300%252C000+sales+in+one+day.jpg" title="Adele set to SMASH chart records with 25 after racking up 300,000 sales in one day" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adele's new album 25 sold 300,000 copies in 24 hours</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> HELLO star Adele is on course to smash the record for the fast-selling British album ever.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 25, her third album, racked up a staggering 300,000 sales in the 24 hours after being released on Thursday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The London-born singer now looks set to snatch a piece of chart history from Oasis, according to experts.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Be Here Now – the Britpop legends' 1997 album – currently holds the record for most sales within seven days of release.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It sold 424,000 copies on its launch day – before reaching 695,761 at the end of its first chart week.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Martin Talbot of the Official Charts Company said: "Adele truly is a once in a generation artist. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Her appeal spans age groups and genres, from children to teenagers, right through to mums and dads, uncles and aunties.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "With this mammoth first day sales tally, Adele has taken a further step towards greatness. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Over the next few days we will find out whether it can pass the magic half a million sales mark."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIpxoi-uSpoFSqDLkVkiVmQ4CG8A5JbELfB298_ilIPyIrKvbhy-x3ropm65nyFGKiiuUC5miDZa3gStnOT4wR7AWHcEbh3KCgkc0fOtzA0Sb_H8DEZEW0fScSGTsyTrdY5aDnsVAVF8/s1600/Adele+set+to+SMASH+chart+records+with+25+after+racking+up+300%252C000+sales+in+one+day+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Adele set to SMASH chart records with 25 after racking up 300,000 sales in one day" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIpxoi-uSpoFSqDLkVkiVmQ4CG8A5JbELfB298_ilIPyIrKvbhy-x3ropm65nyFGKiiuUC5miDZa3gStnOT4wR7AWHcEbh3KCgkc0fOtzA0Sb_H8DEZEW0fScSGTsyTrdY5aDnsVAVF8/s640/Adele+set+to+SMASH+chart+records+with+25+after+racking+up+300%252C000+sales+in+one+day+2.jpg" title="Adele set to SMASH chart records with 25 after racking up 300,000 sales in one day" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The London-born singer released her debut album 21 in 2008</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeIruhHn4Vuc4GC23JeoMvrY7gjHX0znuyX01Z1OjpFWJexig6a_SD3RIEkir-tSDkO01UC3IR2-PEun-EZex3vRbk85V3u7BY27mXFETylfg1vQPawZXOBQFrYpD22g1Qg6grWCso5A/s1600/Adele+set+to+SMASH+chart+records+with+25+after+racking+up+300%252C000+sales+in+one+day+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Adele set to SMASH chart records with 25 after racking up 300,000 sales in one day" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeIruhHn4Vuc4GC23JeoMvrY7gjHX0znuyX01Z1OjpFWJexig6a_SD3RIEkir-tSDkO01UC3IR2-PEun-EZex3vRbk85V3u7BY27mXFETylfg1vQPawZXOBQFrYpD22g1Qg6grWCso5A/s640/Adele+set+to+SMASH+chart+records+with+25+after+racking+up+300%252C000+sales+in+one+day+3.jpg" title="Adele set to SMASH chart records with 25 after racking up 300,000 sales in one day" width="484" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She won an Oscar for her James Bond theme in 2013</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Adele's first album, 19, sold 73,000 copies in the first week and her second, 21, sold 208,000.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Hello, the lead single from 25, was the UK's number one for three weeks before being toppled by Justin Bieber's Sorry.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The album's second single, When We Were Young, has racked up 20million YouTube plays in just four days. </div>

Adele set to SMASH chart records with 25 after racking up 300,000 sales in one day

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Adele's '25' will not be available on major streaming services

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqJaVGJ2UAxr2fX6RjfnsWgrRGnaASI7CF0RlD54Vqv5gE78hgd8XdH-JhcodKUIJqlTJKCNaEPRpkl3z4aVRahkUdNMS8OSRQocvcfiZ6zLTXnyPXYhOKC53zEv9XP_uHgez8OTb95E/s1600/Adele%2527s+%252725%2527+will+not+be+available+on+major+streaming+services+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Adele's '25' will not be available on major streaming services" border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqJaVGJ2UAxr2fX6RjfnsWgrRGnaASI7CF0RlD54Vqv5gE78hgd8XdH-JhcodKUIJqlTJKCNaEPRpkl3z4aVRahkUdNMS8OSRQocvcfiZ6zLTXnyPXYhOKC53zEv9XP_uHgez8OTb95E/s640/Adele%2527s+%252725%2527+will+not+be+available+on+major+streaming+services+-+Copy.jpg" title="Adele's '25' will not be available on major streaming services" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adele performs at the 17th NRJ Music Awards ceremony in Cannes, France.</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Spotify has released a statement to <em>Mashable</em> about Adele's decision to withhold <em>25</em>: "We love and respect Adele, as do her 24 million fans on Spotify. We hope that she will give those fans the opportunity to enjoy <em>25</em> on Spotify alongside <em>19</em> and <em>21</em> very soon." </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Sorry, streaming fans — Adele's <em>25</em> will not be available on popular services like Spotify and Apple Music. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The album, which will be released on Nov. 20, won't appear on major streamers, the <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/20/business/media/adele-music-album-25.html?_r=0" target="_blank">New York Times</a></em> reports. Adele was "personally involved" in the streaming decision.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Expectations are high for the singer's hotly-anticipated third release. Her U.S. label, Columbia Records, will ship 3.6 million physical copies of the album to stores, and its first-week CD sales are projected to be around 1.5 million, <em><a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6769320/adele-25-sales-shipping-projections-nsync" target="_blank">Billboard</a></em> reports. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It's not totally surprising that Adele is keeping <em>25</em> off streaming sites. Her Grammy-winning last album, <em>21</em>, wasn't available on Spotify for years because the singer wanted the service to <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1816582/why-spotify-turned-down-adeles-21" target="_blank">only make it accessible</a> to paying subscribers. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, that doesn't seem to be good enough these days either. Apple Music requires a monthly user subscription of $9.99, but Adele is still icing out that streaming option for <em>25</em>. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Adele isn't the first major artist in recent memory to rebuke streaming. Taylor Swift removed her entire catalogue from Spotify last November. Apple Music was almost in the same boat — but not for long, after caving to Swift's request that the service pay artists for free trials. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Similarly, Beyoncé didn't put her highly successful 2013 surprise album, <em>Beyoncé</em>, on Spotify until 11 months after its release. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.</em></div>

Adele's '25' will not be available on major streaming services

Adele performs at the 17th NRJ Music Awards ceremony in Cannes, France. Spotify has released a statement to Mashable about Adele...

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