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Japanese releases are single albums!?

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Many media outlets that talked about their Japanese releases Voltage/ Blah Blah did describe them as single albums, so aren't the sales should be in the "single album" section?? With "it'z different"! Lililolol (talk) 01:30, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Single albums are not a thing in Japan. Japanese single releases with more than one track are still classed a singles. Abdotorg (talk) 12:55, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

But they released their singles with two tracks each release. Is that still classified them as single? Lililolol (talk) 15:14, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, still a single, single albums are exclusive to South Korean music as far as I am aware. Abdotorg (talk) 16:15, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Born to Be and GOLD are mini albums.

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Neither Born to Be or GOLD are full albums. On physical editions of the album, they are labeled as mini albums (EPs). Furthermore, multiple Korean media outlets posted by their label have described these releases as mini albums as well. Sanastrology (talk) 19:31, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"On physical editions of the album, they are labeled as mini albums (EPs)" is literally WP:OR because Gold that we're disputing here wasn't even released, even then, it's basically WP:PRIMARY nor WP:INDEPENDENT reliable sources. Regardless, "multiple Korean media outlets" is also partially correct because a WP:BEFORE shown that there's a 50-50 split usage from "press release journalism" calling Gold both "album" and/or "mini album", respectively, there isn't a usage where one is higher than the other to have clear-cut unambiguous conclusion. This is the exact same scenario for Born to Be where there was also high ambiguity from available WP:SECONDARY WP:INDEPENDENT reliable source that isn't unreliable nor WP:OR and with or without "press release journalism". Hence, it wasn't labeled as EP on English Wikipedia due to its length as explained on WP:ALBUMDAB, I believe that it was settled as adding something along the line of "Marketed as mini-album" and/or similar intended wording. This hasn't been the first time that a K-pop label (not exclusive to JYP) mislabeling their products opposite to the industry conventions, for their marketing purposes, been discussed here on English Wikipedia. Paper9oll (🔔📝) 19:48, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The album previews their label posted on their social media indicate on the physical editions' spine and cover that it is a "mini album." Regardless, the number of tracks shouldn't be an indicator on whether it's a full-length release or an EP, and instead should rely on what the artist (or label in this instance) report it to be. The promotional material their label have released has made it clear they are mini albums. There is no ambiguity or mislabeling in that. Sanastrology (talk) 20:03, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You may want to re-read my entire comment above. As I won't be reiterating. Paper9oll (🔔📝) 20:05, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]