If I using Dapper multi-mapping method, why do I need to specify the splitOn parameter if I set a key other than Id?

I'm attempting to return a list of Albums along with any linked Artists and Genres using Dapper's Multi-mapping functionality.

public class Artist
{
public virtual int ArtistId { get; set; }
public virtual string Name { get; set; }
}    


public class Genre
{
public virtual int GenreId { get; set; }
public virtual string Name { get; set; }
public virtual string Description { get; set; }
}


public class Album
{
public virtual int AlbumId { get; set; }
public virtual int GenreId { get; set; }
public virtual int ArtistId { get; set; }
public virtual string Title { get; set; }
public virtual decimal Price { get; set; }
public virtual string AlbumArtUrl { get; set; }
public virtual Genre Genre { get; set; }
public virtual Artist Artist { get; set; }
}


var query = @"SELECT AL.Title, AL.Price, AL.AlbumArtUrl, GE.Name, GE.[Description], AR.Name FROM Album AL INNER JOIN Genre GE ON AL.GenreId = GE.GenreId INNER JOIN Artist AR ON AL.ArtistId = AL.ArtistId";

var res = connection.Query<Album, Genre, Artist, Album>(query, (album, genre, artist) => { album.Genre = genre; album.Artist = artist; return album; }, commandType: CommandType.Text, splitOn: "ArtistId, GenreId");

I looked for a solution, but none of them worked. Please let me know where I went wrong if you can.

Thank you, Alex:) But I remain astounded. What I did was as follows:

CREATE TABLE Artist
(
ArtistId INT PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY(1,1)
,Name VARCHAR(50)
)

CREATE TABLE Genre
(
    GenreId INT PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY(1,1)
    ,Name VARCHAR(20)
    ,[Description] VARCHAR(1000)
)

CREATE TABLE Album
(
    AlbumId INT PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY(1,1)
    ,GenreId INT FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Genre(GenreId)
    ,ArtistId INT FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Artist(ArtistId)
    ,Title VARCHAR(100)
    ,Price FLOAT
    ,AlbumArtUrl VARCHAR(300) 
)

INSERT INTO Artist(Name) VALUES ('Jayant')
INSERT INTO Genre(Name,[Description]) VALUES ('Rock','Originally created during school days. The year was.....I guess 1998')
DECLARE @gen_id INT
        ,@art_id INT
SET @gen_id = (SELECT MAX(GenreId) FROM Genre)
SET @art_id = (SELECT MAX(ArtistId) FROM Artist)
INSERT INTO Album(GenreId,ArtistId,Title,Price,AlbumArtUrl) VALUES (@gen_id,@art_id,'I go mad for you',200,'http://asha4u.com/IGoMad')

I amended the question as you recommended to:

var query = @"SELECT AL.AlbumId, AL.Title, AL.Price, AL.AlbumArtUrl, GE.GenreId, GE.Name, GE.Description, AR.ArtistId, AR.Name FROM Album AL INNER JOIN Artist AR ON AR.ArtistId = AL.ArtistId INNER JOIN Genre GE ON GE.GenreId = AL.GenreId";

var res = connection.Query<Album, Genre, Artist, Album>(query, (album, genre, artist) => { album.Genre = genre; album.Artist = artist; return album; }, commandType: CommandType.Text, splitOn: "GenreId, ArtistId");

I now use splitOn for ArtistId and GenreId. The mistake remains the same. Thank you.