Adele Asks Spotify to Remove ‘Shuffle’ Button From Her Albums, and It Does — Sometimes?
variety.comJem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs streaming and other digital formats have made the music industry more song-based after decades of being centered around albums, there has been much talk about the “death of the album” and the consequent loss of a complete artistic statement that comes with it.Well, Adele has tackled that issue head-on by asking Spotify to remove the “shuffle” button from album pages in order to preserve the artist’s intention, saying the songs are placed in a certain order to “tell a story” — and the streaming services has obliged, at least partially.Multiple media reports over the weekend pointed to a social media exchange between the singer and the service, and the “shuffle” button is indeed not present on at least several.
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