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), ''Essential'' (Divinyls album), a compilation album, 1991
* Essential (Pet Shop Boys album), ''Essential'' (Pet Shop Boys album), 1998
* Essential (Ramones album), ''Essential'' (Ramones album), 2007
* Essential (CeCe Peniston album), ''Essential'' (CeCe Peniston album), 2000
* Essential (Jethro Tull album), ''Essential'' (Jethro Tull album)
* Essential (Kate Ryan album), 2008
* Essential (Praga Khan album), ''Essential'' (Praga Khan album), 2005
* Essentials (Nate Dogg album), ''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), ''Essentials'' (magazine), a monthly British women's lifestyle magazine

See also

*The Essential (disambiguation)
*The Essentials (disambiguation)
*Essence

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