The Essential may refer to:

• The Essential Series, an Irish radio show
• The Essential (Concrete Blonde album), 2005
• The Essential (Divinyls album), 2008
• The Essential (Don Johnson album), 1997
• The Essential (Era album), 2010
• The Essential (Ganggajang album), 1996
• The Essential (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five album), 2010
• The Essential (Nik Kershaw album), 2000
• The Essential, a collection of compilation albums published by EMI Records. Examples include:
  • The Essential (Sandra album), a re-release of 18 Greatest Hits
  • The Essential Diesel, a 2009 best of album by Diesel
• The Essential, a collection of compilation albums published by Sony's Legacy Recordings label. Examples include:
  • The Essential 1927, 2013
  • The Essential (Alabama album), a 2005 re-release of For the Record
  • The Essential Alice in Chains, 2006
  • The Essential Alison Moyet, 2001
  • The Essential Billy Joel by Billy Joel, 2011
  • The Essential Cyndi Lauper, 2003
  • The Essential Daryl Braithwaite, 2007
  • The Essential Foo Fighters, 2022
  • The Essential (John Farnham album), 2009
  • The Essential John Denver, 2007
  • The Essential Korn, 2011
  • The Essential Marcia Hines, 2007
  • The Essential Men at Work, 2003
  • The Essential Toto, 2003
  • The Essential Michael Jackson, 2005
  • The Essential Ozzy Osbourne, 2003

• • The Essential, a 2011 re-release of Celine Dion's My Love: Essential Collection

See also

• The Essentials (disambiguation)
• Essential (disambiguation)