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Split single:
- Definition: A single with on one side a song by Artist A, and on the other side a song by Artist B.
Example: Pieni sana - Playboy features Danny on the A-side and Ann Christine on the B-side.
- Does not cover singles by joint performers with a common artist.
Example 1: Button Up Your Overcoat features Ben Bernie, Dick Robertson on the A-side and Ben Bernie, Zelma O'Neal on the B-side. Example 2: Do You Care? features Bing Crosby on the A-side and Bing Crosby, Woody Herman on the B-side.
- Definition: A single with on one side a song by Artist A, and on the other side a song by Artist B.
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Double A-sided single: A single by 1 artist A, but with no identifiable A-side, or 2 explicit A-sides.
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Joint releases: A joint release is 1 release released by 2 labels, who aren't parent or sublabel from each other.
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Digital lead singles: Performances that are available for download, but only through a webpage of an album that has not yet been released.
Example: Bob Dylan released I Could Have Told You ahead of the album Triplicate , by consequence digital lead single I Could Have Told You was created.