The Essential

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 Britney Spears 2013


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