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Masterpiece (disambiguation)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ933985 ↗
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A masterpiece is a creation that is considered the greatest work of a person's career, or any work of outstanding creativity or skill.

Masterpiece(s) or The Masterpiece may also refer to:

Music

Masterpiece (quartet), 2013 international champion barbershop quartet

Masterpiece (band), an Iban rock band from Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia

Masterpiece (soul quartet), a single-album soul quartet formed by Norman Whitfield, featuring members of Mammatapee and Undisputed Truth

Albums

Masterpiece (The Temptations album) (1973)

Masterpieces (Bob Dylan album) (1978)

Masterpiece (The Isley Brothers album) (1985)

Masterpiece (Just-Ice album) (1990)

Masterpieces: 1991–2002, a 2005 album by Mustard Plug

Masterpiece (Nathan album) (2006)

Masterpiece (Rakim y Ken-Y album) (2006)

Masterpieces (HammerFall album) (2008)

The Masterpiece (album), a 2012 album by Bobby Brown

Masterpiece (Big Thief album) (2016)

Masterpiece (Thompson Square album) (2018)

Masterpieces (Little River Band album) (2022)

Masterpiece (EP), by MiSaMo

Songs

"Masterpiece" (The Temptations song) (1973)

"Masterpiece" (Gazebo song) (1982)

"Masterpiece" (Atlantic Starr song) (1992)

"Masterpiece" (Mami Kawada song) (2009)

"Masterpiece" (Madonna song) (2012)

"Masterpiece" (Andy Grammer song) (2014)

"Masterpiece" (Jessie J song) (2014)

"Masterpiece" (Basshunter song) (2018)

"Masterpiece" (DaBaby song) (2021)

"Masterpiece" (Motionless in White song) (2022)

Film and television

Masterpiece (2015 film), an Indian Kannada-language film

Masterpiece (2017 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film

The Masterpiece (film) or The Disaster Artist (2017)

Masterpiece (TV series), an anthology series on PBS

The Masterpiece, a 2011 film starring Preeti Jhangiani

"The Masterpiece", a season 7 episode of SpongeBob SquarePants

Other uses

Masterpiece (game), a 1970 board game

Masterpiece (novel), a 2008 novel by Elise Broach, illustrated by Kelly Murphy

Masterpiece, a Victorian midwifery book falsely attributed to Aristotle

Masterpiece (Roy Lichtenstein), a Roy Lichtenstein painting

The Masterpiece (Hong Kong), a skyscraper in Hong Kong

Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century, a 2001 anthology edited by Orson Scott Card

Chris "The Masterpiece" Masters (born 1983), American professional wrestler

See also

Magnum opus (disambiguation)

Masterpiece Cakeshop v.

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The public source identifies “Masterpiece (disambiguation)” as wikimedia disambiguation page. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Masterpiece, disambiguation and Wikimedia.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2013, 1973, 1978, 1985—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Masterpiece, disambiguation and Wikimedia providing the first useful test.
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