Just three days before it was due to drop, Adele’s new album 25 has been leaked online.
The Sun reported that London record store Juno Records posted two-minute snippets of the 11 tracks on their website on November 17.
Adele’s team evidently worked quickly to block the leak as the tracks were apparently removed less than 20 minutes later.
Her third album is set to drop on November 20, and has been eagerly-anticipated after the huge success of 19 and 21.
The news comes after her management were forced to deny rumours that US store Target had put copies of the CD on sale before the official release.
Just copped that new Adele album at Target 😍 retweet if you want me to leak it pic.twitter.com/XOx1wabxcA
— Florence Welch (@HausofFrancis) November 17, 2015
A Twitter user with the handle @HausofFrancis posted a picture claiming to have bought the new album.
“The Target sales are not true,” said Adele’s reps.
Despite the leak, many loyal followers were refusing to listen to the clips of her new tracks out of respect.
Here's to the Daydreamers who have waited four long years to hear Adele's new album and respect her by not listening to the leaked songs.
— ♡ Ginger Biscuit ♡ (@sammylovesAdele) November 18, 2015
Apparently snippets of Adele's "25" leaked, and I WOULD NOT AND WILL NOT LISTEN! (until they leak in full, of course)
— Nathan Hatcher (@NATHANHATCHER) November 17, 2015
i tried to listen to the 25 leak and i couldn't i felt like i was betraying adele
— jeffrey. (@jeffrey_nice_) November 17, 2015
Fans have already been treated to Hello and When We Were Young off the new album, which is expected to break records when it comes out.
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