The Essential

The Essential är en serie av samlingsalbum med olika artister släppt av Sony BMG. The Essential-serien startade med utgivningen The Essential Bob Dylan den 31 oktober 2000.

Titlar

• The Essential Roy Acuff
• The Essential Alabama
• The Essential Adam Ant
• The Essential Alan Jackson
• The Essential Alice in Chains
• The Essential Allman Brothers Band: The Epic Years
• The Essential Louis Armstrong
• The Essential Fred Astaire
• The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years
• The Essential Gene Autry
• The Essential Babyface
• The Essential Bangles
• The Essential Harry Belafonte
• The Essential George Benson
• The Essential Blue Öyster Cult
• The Essential Tony Bennett
• The Essential Toni Braxton
• The Essential Dave Brubeck
• The Essential Byrds
• The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter
• The Essential Johnny Cash
• The Essential Cheap Trick
• The Essential Chieftains
• The Essential Guy Clark
• The Essential Clash
• The Essential Rosemary Clooney
• The Essential David Allan Coe
• The Essential Leonard Cohen
• The Essential Ray Conniff
• The Essential Bing Crosby: The Columbia Years
• The Essential Rodney Crowell
• The Essential Charlie Daniels Band
• The Essential Miles Davis
• The Essential John Denver
• The Essential Neil Diamond
• The Essential Joe Diffie
• The Essential Dion
• The Essential Placido Domingo
• The Essential Donovan
• The Essential Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show
• The Essential George Duke
• The Essential Bob Dylan
• The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire
• The Essential Electric Light Orchestra
• The Essential Duke Ellington
• The Essential Gloria Estefan
• The Essential Fishbone
• The Essential Dan Fogelberg
• The Essential George Gershwin
• The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years
• The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates
• The Essential Herbie Hancock
• The Essential Heart
• The Essential Hollywood
• The Essential Iron Maiden
• The Essential Isley Brothers
• The Essential Mahalia Jackson
• The Essential Michael Jackson
• The Essential Jacksons
• The Essential Jefferson Airplane
• The Essential Billy Joel
• The Essential George Jones
• The Essential Janis Joplin
• The Essential Journey
• The Essential Judas Priest
• The Essential Kenny G
• The Essential Kris Kristofferson
• The Essential Cyndi Lauper
• The Essential Kenny Loggins
• The Essential Yo-Yo Ma
• The Essential Taj Mahal
• The Essential Barry Manilow
• The Essential Bob Marley
• The Essential Johnny Mathis
• The Essential Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
• The Essential Men At Work
• The Essential Glenn Miller
• The Essential Molly Hatchet
• The Essential Eddie Money
• The Essential Thelonious Monk
• The Essential Shawn Mullins
• The Essential Willie Nelson
• The Essential O'Jays
• The Essential Roy Orbison
• The Essential Ozzy Osbourne
• The Essential Dolly Parton
• The Essential Jaco Pastorius
• The Essential Poco
• The Essential Elvis Presley
• The Essential Charley Pride
• The Essential Tito Puente
• The Essential Redbone
• The Essential Jim Reeves
• The Essential REO Speedwagon
• The Essential Marty Robbins
• The Essential Santana
• The Essential Earl Scruggs
• The Essential Pete Seeger
• The Essential Ravi Shankar
• The Essential Artie Shaw
• The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
• The Essential Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years
• The Essential Sly & The Family Stone
• The Essential Bruce Springsteen
• The Essential Stabbing Westward
• The Essential Barbra Streisand
• The Essential Peter Tosh: The Columbia Years
• The Essential Toto
• The Essential Luther Vandross
• The Essential Jimmie Vaughan
• The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
• The Essential Tammy Wynette
• The Essential Waterboys
• The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic