Beyoncé, Swift, and Weezer Enter the Nation’s Permanent Sound Registry
TL;DR
The Library of Congress announced the 2026 class of the National Recording Registry, honoring influential recordings across genres including Beyoncé’s Single Ladies, Taylor Swift’s 1989, Weezer’s Blue Album, Chaka Khan’s I Feel for You, the Go-Go’s Beauty and the Beat, and more, recognizing their cultural, historical, or artistic importance and preserving them for future generations.
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