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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.
Taylor Swift's 1989, Beyoncé's Single Ladies, Chaka Khan's I Feel for You, Vince Gill's Go Rest High on That Mountain, and The Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat are among 25 recordings added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry for 2026, chosen for their cultural, historical or aesthetic significance. The class also includes Ray Charles’ Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Reba McEntire’s Rumor Has It, Weezer’s The Blue Album, Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Byrds, José Feliciano and Paul Anka, plus notable items like the Doom soundtrack and the Muhammad Ali–Joe Frazier radio broadcast. Swift and Beyoncé earn their first registry entries this year; more than 3,000 nominations were submitted.
Kelvin Evans, 41, pleaded guilty to entering an automobile and criminal trespass after breaking into a rental Jeep Wagoneer in Atlanta and stealing hard drives containing unreleased Beyoncé music; he was sentenced to two years in prison with three years of probation, and investigators have not recovered the stolen items.
Kelvin Evans pleaded guilty in Atlanta to stealing hard drives containing unreleased Beyoncé music and related tour materials from a rental car, receiving a five-year sentence with two years to be served in custody and probation restrictions. The July 2025 theft, linked to Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter tour in Atlanta, involved watermarked music, unreleased tracks, show footage and set lists; police tracked items via a laptop and AirPods, Evans was arrested weeks later, and the property had not been recovered at the time of his arrest.
Sony Music Publishing announced it will acquire Recognition Music Group's complete catalog from Blackstone in a deal valued around $2 billion, expanding its holdings with thousands of songs including Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way, Beyoncé's Single Ladies and other major hits; the acquisition follows Sony's Hipgnosis Songs Group purchase and is part of a broader collaboration with GIC.
Beyoncé’s highly praised Met Gala return, featuring two couture looks, has stoked speculation among fans and insiders about a new music release soon, with bets suggesting a late-May drop and a non-traditional rollout.
Blue Ivy attended the Met Gala at 14 in a Balenciaga gown with a $450K diamond necklace and refused to remove her sunglasses on the carpet, sparking a divisive online reaction. Beyoncé’s publicist and Jay-Z were seen asking her to take them off, with Blue reportedly agreeing to remove them once she reached the top of the steps, away from most cameras. The moment fed a broader conversation about “nepo babies” and confidence vs. bratty behavior, though many fans praised her bold style and Beyoncé described sharing the night with her daughter as surreal.
Video from the Met Gala shows Blue Ivy Carter posing with Beyoncé and Jay-Z as her team cues her to remove sunglasses; she hesitates and keeps the shades on, sparking social-media memes about her 'boss' energy, while PEOPLE notes her debut look was a white Balenciaga gown.
At the Met Gala 2026, the red carpet delivered extravagant 'costume art' looks—from Beyoncé's skeleton-adorned gown and giant feather cape to Rihanna in a jewel-studded Maison Margiela gown and Katy Perry's mirrored mask—while co-chairs including Anna Wintour and Nicole Kidman oversee the star-studded fashion spectacle.
Beyoncé stole the spotlight at the Met Gala 2026 with a jeweled skeleton‑inspired ensemble on the red carpet, as the event celebrated the Costume Institute’s new exhibition and turned fashion into wearable art alongside other attendees like Emma Chamberlain and Naomi Osaka.
The 2026 Met Gala drew attention for controversial co-chairs, including the Bezos family and Beyoncé, and a softball-themed dress code, with cultural commentary linking the spectacle to John Singer Sargent’s Madame X scandal to show how bold fashion and celebrity power ignite public debate.
Beyoncé returned to the Met Gala as a co-chair, arriving with daughter Blue Ivy while wearing a diamond-encrusted dress shaped like a skeleton and a matching headpiece designed by Olivier Rousteing of Balmain, aligning with the Costume Art theme of the evening.
Beyoncé commandeered the Met Gala 2026 red carpet as a co-chair, arriving with Jay-Z and Blue Ivy in a dazzling skeleton-inspired gown by Olivier Rousteing (Balmain). The look featured bone-adorned gloves, a jeweled headpiece, a long train, and extra sparkle from a furry ombré coat, aligning with the Costume Art theme. Blue Ivy made her Met Gala debut as one of the youngest attendees, while Jay-Z wore Louis Vuitton.
The Met Gala 2026 guest list and host committee were revealed, with Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, and Venus Williams serving as co-chairs under Anna Wintour's leadership. Anthony Vaccarello and Zoë Kravitz co-chair the host committee for the Costume Art theme, which invites attendees to interpret 'fashion is art' on the red carpet as a wide slate of music, film, sports, and fashion stars descend on the Met.
Reports say Usher confronted Justin Bieber with energy and anger at Beyoncé’s Oscars after-party, signaling a possible cooling of their longtime mentor-mentee friendship; reps haven’t commented and Bieber is later prepping for Coachella, with context around their past collaborations and connections to Diddy.