Spotlight or spot light may refer to:

Lighting

* Spot light, an articulating automotive auxiliary lamp *

Spotlight (theatre lighting) A spotlight (or followspot) is a powerful stage lighting instrument which projects a bright beam of light onto a performance space. Spotlights are controlled by a spotlight operator who tracks actors around the stage. Spotlights are most commonl ...

* Spotlight, a

searchlight A searchlight (or spotlight) is an apparatus that combines an extremely luminosity, bright source (traditionally a carbon arc lamp) with a mirrored parabolic reflector to project a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays in a part ...

Stage lighting instrument Stage lighting instruments (lanterns, or luminaires in Europe) are used in stage lighting to illuminate theatrical productions, concerts, and other performances taking place in live performance venues. They are also used to light television st ...

, 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 In Irish mythology, Tír na nÓg ( , ; ) or Tír na hÓige ('Land of Youth') is one of the names for the Celtic Otherworld, or perhaps for a part of it. Tír na nÓg is best known from the tale of Oisín ("''uh''-''sheen''") and Niamh ("''neev ...

* ''Spotlight'', a 2007 album by Djumbo * ''Spotlight'', a 2009 album by

Antoine Clamaran Antoine Clamaran-Danzelle (; born 8 November 1964) is a French house music producer, DJ and remixer. Clamaran was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. In the early 1990s, his local fame interested Maximum FM, the leading parisian dance radio station at that ...

* ''Spotlight'', a 2016 EP by

Up10tion Up10tion (; pronounced ''eobtensyeon'' for "up tension", acronym for Unbelievable Perfect 10 members Teenager Idol Open Now) is a South Korean boy band formed by TOP Media in 2015. The group currently consists of seven members: Kuhn, Kogyeol, Bi ...

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 Disco is a music genre, genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightclub, nightlife, particularly in African Americans, African-American, Italian-Americans, Italian-American, LGBTQ ...

'', 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 ''A Year Without Rain'' is the second studio album by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene. The album was released on September 17, 2010, via Hollywood Records. Gomez worked with Rock Mafia duo Tim James and Antonina Armato, as well as Fef ...

'', 2010 * "Spotlight", song by Shakira from the album ''

Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977) is a Colombian singer-songwriter. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Latin Music", she has had a Cultural impact of Shakira, significant impact on the ...

'', 2014 * "Spotlight", song by

Fayray , (born April 18, 1976) stylized as FAYRAY, is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She made her debut in July 1998 with the single "Taiyō no Gravity". She grew up in the United States and speaks English. Biography Fayray is the middle child of a fa ...

, 2005 * "Spotlightz", song by XO-IQ, featured in the television series ''

Make It Pop ''Make It Pop'' is a Canadian musical comedy series created by Thomas W. Lynch and Nick Cannon that aired on Nickelodeon from March 26, 2015 to August 20, 2016. The series stars Megan Lee, Louriza Tronco, Erika Tham, and Dale Whibley. ...

Periodicals

*''SPOTLIGHT'',

Con Edison Consolidated Edison, Inc., commonly known as Con Edison (stylized as conEdison) or ConEd, is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States, with approximately $12 billion in annual revenues as of 2017, and over $62 ...

's newsletter * ''

The Spotlight ''The Spotlight'' was a weekly newspaper in the United States, published in Washington, D.C. from September 1975 to July 2001 by the now-defunct antisemitic Liberty Lobby. ''The Spotlight'' ran articles and editorials professing a "populist and ...

'', 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) Spotlight was an American premium cable television network that was founded by the Times Mirror Satellite Programming Company unit of the Times Mirror Company, and owned as a joint venture with Storer Communications, Cox Cable and Tele-Commu ...

, a defunct premium movie channel *

Spotlight TV Music & Memories is a British music television channel available via the Freeview streaming service Channelbox. History The channel launched on Sky on 21 April 2010 as Showcase 2 on channel 216. On 1 September 2010, following the removal of Chan ...

, 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) Spotlight is a Casting (performing arts), casting resource in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1927, it has actors, actresses, presenters, dancers, and voice over artists in its database. It is used by thousands of production companies, broadca ...

, a UK casting service company featuring directories of actors and actresses * Spotlight Group, Australian retail conglomerate *

Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. The organization was founded in 2019 by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism and a coalition of news or ...

, investigative reporting partnership of Pennsylvania news organizations

Technology

Spotlight (Apple) Spotlight is a system-wide desktop search feature of Apple Inc., Apple's macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS operating systems. Spotlight is a selection-based search system, which creates an index of all items and files on the system. It is design ...

, search technology integrated into macOS and iOS *

DBpedia Spotlight DBpedia (from "DB" for "database") is a project aiming to extract structured content from the information created in the Wikipedia project. This structured information is made available on the World Wide Web using OpenLink Virtuoso. DBpedia al ...

, named entity extraction for DBpedia resources * Spotlight SAR, a technique to improve resolution for

synthetic-aperture radar Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) is a form of radar that is used to create two-dimensional images or three-dimensional reconstructions of objects, such as landscapes. SAR uses the motion of the radar antenna over a target region to provide fine ...

* SpotLight GPS Pet Locator, a product of Positioning Animals Worldwide *

Windows Spotlight Windows Spotlight is a feature included with Windows 10 and Windows 11 which downloads images and advertisements from Bing and displays them as background wallpapers on the lock screen. In 2017, Microsoft began adding location information fo ...

Other

Spotlight effect The spotlight effect is the psychological phenomenon by which people tend to Theory of mind, believe they are being noticed more than they really are. Being that one is constantly in the center of Self-concept, one's own world, an ''accurate'' ev ...

, phenomenon in which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they really are *

Celebrity Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group due to the attention given to them by mass media. The word is also used to refer to famous individuals. A person may attain celebrity status by having great w ...

, the spotlight * SPOTLIGHT project, a European Commission-funded research project on health promotion