With even the Beatles now on board, that's a historical trend that Adele stands little chance of slowing, let alone reversing. Over the next six months, stocks would go on to fall an additional 30. Then in July and August stocks posted back-to-back gains of more than 38 for a total return of more than 90. David Bowie, whose death has been the biggest event to shake the music business so far this year, predicted back in 2002 that music was 'going to become like running water or electricity'. Stocks fell in excess of 80 from late-1929 through the early summer of 1932. Adele has said that streaming is 'a bit disposable', yet she also sees it as 'the future'. Maybe if too many big names were to follow Adele's example, streaming services would lose their allure. My microphone began to melt and I looked down as the piano keyboard started to fall apart. (The figures here don't include people who download music illegally - 25 is on the Pirate Bay, but its chart is about the only one she hasn't managed to dominate). song everyone recognised, although I was unsure what it was. But what about streaming services? Does it matter that her album is absent from them? After all, casual music listeners, those who don't care about owning a piece of their favourite artists, have embraced Spotify with a vengeance. Buying music in a physical format may now account for less than a quarter of the US market, but it hasn't hurt Adele - the massive number of people who buy only one CD a year seem to include a lot of her fans.

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