Ed Sheeran and Lorde are the latest artists to leave their major record labels, while artists like Halsey are fighting to release music. Why?

Eight years ago, Ed Sheeran released his fifth EP, No. 5 Collaborations Project, an eight-song album where each song features a different artist. Three albums with mathematical operation titles later, ...

“Before I was signed in 2011, I made an EP called No.5 Collaborations Project,” Sheeran said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “Since then, I’ve always wanted to do another, so I started No.6 on my ...