Joss Stone to pay £2m to quit EMI?

Joss Stone is prepared to forfeit £2 million to sever her contract with record label EMI, it has been claimed.

The singer is said to be willing to return £1.2 million of a £7.5 million advance received in 2006, in addition to giving up £800,000 due for her forthcoming album Colour Me Free, the Daily Mail reports.

Stone is also thought to have withheld the master tapes for the record, prompting EMI to take legal action for breach of contract.

An insider said: "Joss has completely lost faith in EMI. It's all pie charts and products and there's no creativity. She has no working relationship with them and no confidence they will support her or market her album properly.

"She's actually prepared to pay £2million for her freedom - that's how bad it is. She wants to give back this money from her advance to EMI so that she can get out of the deal. Then she'll release the album some other way."

Radiohead, Art Brut and The Rolling Stones have all left EMI since the company was acquired by private equity firm Terra Firma in 2007.