Extended play

Extended play (EP) is a name given to CDs and records which contain more music than a single, but are too short to be called a music album.^[1][2] EPs usually have about 15 to 30 minutes of music,^[8] singles have less than 10 minutes and albums have about 25 to 80 minutes of music.^[source?]

1. ↑ Fuhr, Michael (2015). Globalization and Popular Music in South Korea: Sounding Out K-Pop. Routledge. ISBN 9781317556909. Retrieved March 21, 2017. Mini-albums and EPs are shorter than full-length albums and usually contain four or five songs [...] They are less expensive and time-consuming in production than albums, and they help to popularize new groups who otherwise lack the number of songs required for a full-length album.
2. ↑ "Was Ist Eine EP, Single Oder Ein Album?" (in German). iMusician. An EP stands for "Extended Play" and refers to a music recording that is longer than a single but contains fewer tracks than an album or LP. Nowadays, EPs contain around 4–5 songs and are considered a more cost-effective ... way of producing and releasing music compared to an album. Additionally, an EP tends to be less cohesive and more non-committal...
3. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Definition - Billboard, etc. was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
4. ↑ "EP's, LP's, Albums and Mixtapes". marshall.com. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2004-01-01.
5. ↑ "What is the difference between a Single, an EP, and an Album?". TuneCore.
6. ↑ "Albums vs EPs vs Singles: A Guide to Releasing Music in 2024". Ditto Music.
7. ↑ "What Is An EP In Music? ( Examples, # of Songs, vs. LP )". 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
8. ↑ ^{[3][4][5][6][7]}