Precious is an album by Cubic U (Utada Hikaru's pseudonym before becoming a superstar in Japan), which was recorded at Sony Music Studio in New York in 1996. The album was first released in Japan on January 28, 1998 and then later re-released on March 31, 1999. All songs on Precious were written and sung (in English) by Cubic U except for "Close To You" which is a duet.

Precious were a British female band, comprising Louise Rose, Anya Lahiri, Sophie Mc Donnell, Kalli Clark-Sternberg and Jenny Frost. They first achieved fame as the UK's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest and went on to become a moderately popular act until they decided it was time to go their own ways.

"Precious" is Depeche Mode's forty-first single, and the first single from the album Playing the Angel. It was released on October 3, 2005 in the UK by Mute Records and October 11, 2005 in the US by Sire/Reprise. The single reached #4 in the UK, #71 on the Hot 100, and #23 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone.

Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections.

of high worth or cost; "diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones"

Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Cf. Précieuse, Preciosity.

Task (episode) of the Japanese tokusatsu series Go Go Sentai Boukenger. For an artifact to be considered a Precious, it must be physically or technologically superior to any current human technology. It is the responsibility of the Search Guard Successor Foundation to retrieve these items before any of the various members of the Negative Syndicate can use the Precious' powers for evil.

obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"

characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for; "a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted"

Precious was a minor character on the NBC soap opera Passions. Precious was an actual orangutan.

metals Name given to gold, silver and platinum.

extremely; "there is precious little time left"