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Asplit album (orsplit) is a musicalbum that includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There are alsosingles andEPs of the same variety, which are often called "split singles" and "split EPs" respectively. Split albums differ from "various artists"compilation albums in that they generally include several tracks of each artist, or few artists with one or two tracks each, instead of multiple artists with only one or two tracks each.

Split albums were initially done onvinyl records, with music from one artist on one side of the record and music from a second artist on the opposite side. As vinyl albums declined as a mass medium,CD issues followed the practice of combining music from two artists.Since the early 1980s, the format has been used widely byindependent record labels, and artists inpunk rock,hardcore,grindcore,black metal,noise andindie rock circles.^[1] Splits usually receive an underground fanbase even if the artists featured are mainstream, as the success of split albums is most often not of a mainstream proportion.

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• The 2011 release of theMelvins' albumSugar Daddy Live was followed in 2014 by a split series of 13 singles, each featuring one track from the album backed by one or more tracks from a different band.

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