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

Skivserier
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