@Jasmine, while you're definitely right about the difference in feel between an 8 track EP and a 9+ song album, the real reason why artists are opting for shorter tracklistings is because billboard only counts the 1st 10 songs of an album toward digital sales. anything beyond that they don't count. So in order to make sure their numbers are right, artists are doing shorter projects and EPs because they know those tracks will count towards billboard charting positions for digital streaming. I read this back in an article last year. The game has definitely changed...