Columbia Records Chairman Rob Stringer tells HITS Daily Double that he does not anticipate Adele to drop her new album unexpectedly.

In their second of a series of follow-up Q & A’s with heads of major record labels, Stringer puts the rumors to rest about British superstar Adele pulling a Beyoncé-style album release.

What do you anticipate as the biggest releases for the remainder of 2014?

“Obviously we’ll go back to the well with One Direction , as long as they keep making great records. “Story of My Life” is their biggest breakthrough record; we’ve proved we make them stick at radio, with more than 100m audience. 
I have to be cryptic here, but we will have releases from one or two superstar artists, at least”.

Does that include Adele? And will that record be a “sneak attack”?

“There’s no release date for Adele yet. It’s going extremely well. That said, I don’t think it’s going to be a sneak attack when it comes out”.

Source: HITS Daily Double

Adele poses above with Rob Stringer while he is honored at the UJA-Federation of New York Visionary of the Year Award Luncheon in New York on June 21, 2013. During the ceremony, Adele was presented with the Diamond Award for ten million copies sold of her “21” album.

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