Essential

Essential or essentials may refer to:

Biology

 * Essential amino acid, one that the organism cannot produce by itself

Groups and organizations

 * EQ Media Group, formerly Essential Media Group, a global television production company
 * Essential Media Communications, an Australian PR and polling company
 * Essential Products, a smart device company led by Andy Rubin
 * Essential Records (London), a subsidiary of London Records
 * Essential Records (Christian), a Christian subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainment
 * The Essentials (band), a Canadian a cappella group formed in 1993
 * Essentials (PlayStation), a budget package of PlayStation games

Albums

 * Essential (Divinyls album), a compilation album, 1991
 * Essential (Pet Shop Boys album), 1998
 * Essential (Ramones album), 2007
 * Essential (CeCe Peniston album), 2000
 * Essential (Jethro Tull album)
 * Essential (Kate Ryan album), 2008
 * Essential (Praga Khan album), 2005
 * Essentials (Nate Dogg album), a compilation album, 2002
 * Essentials (Failure album), 2006
 * Essentials, a studio album by Argentine jazz singer Karen Souza, 2011
 * Essential, a compilation album by Amanda Lear, 2001
 * Essential, a compilation album by The Human League, 2011
 * Essentials, an album by Travis Tritt
 * Essentials, an album by Triumvirat
 * Essential series, a collection of compilation albums published by Sony's Legacy Recordings label

Other uses

 * Essentialism, the philosophical view that an entity must have certain characteristics in order to belong to a certain defined group
 * Essentials (magazine), a monthly British women's lifestyle magazine