Film and Music
- Sparkle (1976 film), 1976 American film released by Warner Bros
- Sparkle (Aretha Franklin album), 1976; the soundtrack to the above film
- Sparkle (2007 film), English film starring Stockard Channing
- Sparkle (2012 film), 2012 remake of the original 1976 film
- Sparkle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2012; the soundtrack to the above film
- Sparkle (singer) (born 1975), R&B singer
- Sparkle (Sparkle album)
- "Sparkle", song by Diana Ross from her 1979 album The Boss
- "Rule/Sparkle", 2009 song by Ayumi Hamasaki
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