Spotlight
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Spotlight or spot light may refer to:
Lighting
Spot light, an articulating automotive auxiliary lamp
Spotlight (theatre lighting)
Spotlight, a searchlight
Stage lighting instrument, stage lighting instruments, of several types
Art, entertainment, and media
Films
Spotlight (film), a 2015 American drama film
The Spotlight (film), a 1927 American comedy silent film
Music
Albums
Spotlight, a 2001 album by Tír na nÓg
Spotlight, a 2007 album by Djumbo
Spotlight, a 2009 album by Antoine Clamaran
Spotlight, a 2016 EP by Up10tion
Songs
"Spotlight" (Madonna song), 1988
"Spotlight" (Jennifer Hudson song), 2008
"Spotlight" (Gucci Mane song), 2009
"Spotlight" (Mutemath song), 2009
"Spotlight" (Marshmello and Lil Peep song), 2018
"Spotlight" (Jessie Ware song), 2020
"Spotlight" (Xiao Zhan song), 2020
"Spotlight", song by Kylie Minogue from the album Disco, 2020
"Spotlight".
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This entry incorporates text from “Spotlight” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.