Un sencillo (en inglés single), también llamado simple, corte o corte de difusión, es un disco fonográfico de corta duración con una o dos grabaciones en cada cara. En los antiguos discos de vinilo venían en formato de 18 cm (en medidas sajonas: 7"); pero en la actualidad se publican sencillos en discos compactos y formato digital. Su publicación generalmente cumple fines de promoción, distribución y segmentación (para radio, DJ...) y mercadeo, existiendo diversos formatos como el sencillo promocional o el maxi sencillo.

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In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular. In other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. As digital downloading and audio streaming have become more prevalent, it is often possible for every track on an album to also be available separately. Nevertheless, the concept of a single for an album has been retained as an identification of a more heavily promoted or more popular song (or group of songs) within an album collection. Despite being referred to as a single, singles can include up to as many as three tracks on them. The biggest digital music distributor iTunes accepts as many as three tracks less than ten minutes each as a single, as well as popular music player Spotify also following in this trend. Any more than three tracks on a musical release or longer than thirty minutes in total running time is commonly classed as an Extended Play (EP).

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