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An extended play (EP) is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 15 to 30 minutes. An EP is usually less cohesive than an album and more "non-committal". An extended play (EP) originally referred to a specific type of 45 rpm phonograph record other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and 33 rpm long play (LP), but as of 2025, also applies to mid-length CDs and downloads. EPs are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album, and have long been popular with punk and indie bands. In K-pop and J-pop, they are usually referred to as mini-albums. EPs are often mistaken for maxi singles, which also may contain four or more tracks but in form of remixes to support one or two main songs as the A-side. Billboard ranks EPs on albums chart (Billboard 200) and considers maxi-singles for songs chart (Billboard Hot 100).