They were just released in a different way but they were always called singles and there was even the whole BSC Tour with 59 dates for 59 singles, there's no reason not to count them when she is.
W FACE albums is worth some discussion tho, I'd label them as separate numbers but everything is being doing like it's the same release so it makes sense in both ways in the end. Let's wait and see what they say bout the next album and then we'll find out