The "album" will remain, and here's why:
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Death of the Album?
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It's possible that in 50 or 100 years that musicians and fans won't be listening to the Beatles, Frank Sinatra or even The Clash, etc. But if they are, they will certainly view the work of 20th century artists in terms of their "albums," in the same way we view Shakespeare's plays or Beethoven's symphonies as discrete works of art.
As for newer artists, even though the means exist now for them to do away with "albums", they still overwhelmingly choose to present their work that way. The reason for this is simply because they were influenced by earlier artists who made "albums," and want to do the same thing themselves.
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It's possible that in 50 or 100 years that musicians and fans won't be listening to the Beatles, Frank Sinatra or even The Clash, etc. But if they are, they will certainly view the work of 20th century artists in terms of their "albums," in the same way we view Shakespeare's plays or Beethoven's symphonies as discrete works of art.
As for newer artists, even though the means exist now for them to do away with "albums", they still overwhelmingly choose to present their work that way. The reason for this is simply because they were influenced by earlier artists who made "albums," and want to do the same thing themselves.