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Adele got Spotify to

remove the shuffle button
from album pages
The singer didn't go easy on fans of random music.
J. Fingas | 11.21.21
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J. Fingas
@jonfingas
November 21st, 2021 Cliff Lipson/CBS via Getty Images

Artists have a lot of clout at

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from all album pages after

Adele pressed the company
to make the change in sync
with the launch of 30.
Albums should be listened
to "as [artists] intended" as
they tell "a story," the singer
explained in a follow-up on
Twitter.

You can still shuffle an

album using the controls for
individual songs. This
mainly adds an extra step
and pushes you to choose a
first track. Rivals like Apple
Music still let you tap a
"shuffle" button from an
album page.
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There's no question some

albums are meant to be
played in order, including
30. It weaves a narrative
around an important time in
Adele's life. However, critics
have already raised
concerns about removing a
feature to please an artist.
It's one thing to recommend

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Spotify has an incentive to

make changes like this, at
least. Adele's lead single for
30, "Easy On Me," broke a
single-day Spotify
streaming record previously
held by K-pop megagroup
BTS. While Spotify hasn't
outlined its rationale, the
company probably isn't
eager to antagonize one of
its most important
musicians and risk losing
customers.

This was the

only request I
had in our
ever changing
industry! We
don’t create
albums with
so much care
and thought

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https://t.co
/XWlykhqxAy

— Adele
(@Adele)
November
21, 2021

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