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That happened the moment that they recorded it and sold it you to listen to at your convenience. To think that an artist should have the ability to tell me how to enjoy their art is just ludicrous. There is nothing wrong with an artist saying that the best way to listen is x, y, or z. But, to tell me I have to listen in their order strikes me as invasive.

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Maybe it is a discrepancy on who thinks that owns what.

Artists own their creations and maybe have the right of not wanting to call it their album if it is not shon as they want.

On the other side I guess they could just choose another platform and I am pretty sure that Spotify did because they think it is better for their business, whatever that means.

Artists have certain rights, like copyright. But they do not literally own their creations if they have sold them. See "first sale doctrine" for example.

The “first sale” doctrine applies to physical copies of copyrighted works, not to licensed digital streams. You don’t get a physical medium with a streaming service, nor do you get a “copy” in the legal sense.

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