Spotlight Explained

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". song by The Sweet from the album Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be, 1971
• "Spotlight", song by Selena Gomez & the Scene from the album A Year Without Rain, 2010
• "Spotlight", song by Shakira from the album Shakira, 2014
• "Spotlight", song by Fayray, 2005
• "Spotlightz", song by XO-IQ, featured in the television series Make It Pop

Periodicals

• SPOTLIGHT, Con Edison's newsletter
• The Spotlight, a weekly American newspaper, now out of print

Television

• Spotlight (BBC News), BBC's regional news programme for the southwest of England
• Spotlight (BBC Northern Ireland television programme), a current affairs programme in Northern Ireland
• Spotlight (Canadian TV program), a 1975 Canadian current affairs television program that aired on CBC
• Spotlight (South Korean TV series), a 2008 South Korean television series that aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)
• Spotlight (TV channel), a defunct premium movie channel
• Spotlight TV, a British music channel
• Spotlight 2 (web series), an Indian web series

Enterprises and organizations

• Spotlight (Boston Globe), a newspaper investigative team, in US
• Spotlight (company), a UK casting service company featuring directories of actors and actresses
• Spotlight Group, Australian retail conglomerate
• Spotlight PA, investigative reporting partnership of Pennsylvania news organizations

Technology

• Spotlight (Apple), search technology integrated into macOS and iOS
• DBpedia Spotlight, named entity extraction for DBpedia resources
• Spotlight SAR, a technique to improve resolution for synthetic-aperture radar
• SpotLight GPS Pet Locator, a product of Positioning Animals Worldwide

Other

• Spotlight effect, phenomenon in which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they really are
• Celebrity, the spotlight
• SPOTLIGHT project, a European Commission-funded research project on health promotion

See also

• Light (disambiguation)
• Limelight (disambiguation)
• Spot (disambiguation)