Adele's '25' Won't Be Available On Spotify

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Fans looking to listen to Adele's highly-anticipated new album won't be able to do so on Spotify.

Spotify said Thursday that Adele's "25'' will not be available on its streaming platform when it is released Friday.

It was unclear if Adele's album would appear on Spotify in the future. A representative for the singer declined comment.

Spotify said "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 '25' on Spotify alongside '19' and '21' very soon.''

Pulling the album from the streaming site will force listeners to buy the album digitally and at stores, driving its sales.

The album is predicted to push well over 1 million copies in its debut week. And the album will easily become the top-selling release of 2015 (so far that title goes to Taylor Swift's "1989,'' which has sold 1.7 million units this year, and overall has moved 5.4 million albums).

"25'' is the follow-up to 2011's "21,'' which has sold 11.23 million albums in the United States. As the anticipation builds for Adele's new album, "21'' and the singer's 2008's debut, "19,'' are currently No. 24 and 66 on Billboard's 200 albums chart, respectively.

In just three weeks, the single "Hello'' has sold 2.2 million tracks.

Days ahead of the album release, Adele released a video for another track from the album, "When We Were Young."

On Tuesday, Adele performed her first concert in the U.S. since 2011 at Radio City Music Hall. The concert will be televised next month.

The British singer will also be the musical guest this week on "Saturday Night Live."

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