{"id":484106,"date":"2026-05-14T10:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/484106\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T10:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:20:14","slug":"national-recording-registry-inductees-2026-full-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/484106\/","title":{"rendered":"National Recording Registry Inductees 2026: Full List"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTaylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s career-transforming 1989, Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>\u2019s iconic \u201cSingle Ladies (Put a Ring On It),\u201d Jos\u00e9 Feliciano<\/a>\u2019s perennial \u201cFeliz Navidad,\u201d Chaka Khan<\/a>\u2019s defining recording of Prince\u2019s \u201cI Feel for You\u201d and the Broadway cast album to Chicago are among 25 selections newly added to the National Recording Registry. The Library of Congress, which oversees the Registry, announced this year\u2019s additions early Thursday (May 14).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Librarian of Congress, with advice from the National Recording Preservation Board, selects 25 titles for the Registry each year that are \u201cculturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\u201d and are at least 10 years old. This year\u2019s selections bring the number of titles on the honor roll to 700.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis year\u2019s selections include three debut albums: Go-Go\u2019s<\/a>\u2019 Beauty and the Beat, Stevie Ray Vaughan<\/a> and Double Trouble\u2019s Texas Flood and Weezer<\/a>\u2019s Weezer (often called The Blue Album). Ric Ocacek, mastermind of The Cars, produced Weezer. The Cars\u2019 own eponymous debut album (produced by Roy Thomas Baker) was inducted into the Registry two years ago.<\/p>\n

\n\tRay Charles<\/a> becomes one of the few artists with two inductions in the Registry. His groundbreaking 1962 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music was saluted this year. His 1959 hit \u201cWhat I\u2019d Say (Part I & II)\u201d was one of the inaugural selections in 2002. (On Modern Sounds, a pop and R&B legend proved he was also adept at country music. On 1989, a top country star made a bold midcareer pivot to pop.)<\/p>\n

\n\tBeyonc\u00e9\u2019s \u201cSingle Ladies\u201d was cited this year, eight years after Jay-Z\u2019s album The Blueprint was inducted. The Carters are one of the few married couples with recordings in the Registry.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis year\u2019s selections include three singles that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100: The Byrds<\/a>\u2019 \u201cTurn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season),\u201d Gladys Knight & the Pips<\/a>\u2019 \u201cMidnight Train to Georgia\u201d and \u201cSingle Ladies (Put a Ring on It).\u201d They also include three albums that reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Beauty and the Beat and 1989.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe roster includes a Grammy-winning album of the year (1989) and another landmark album that was nominated for that award (Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music); a Grammy-winning song of the year (\u201cSingle Ladies\u201d) and releases by three acts who were Grammy-nominated for best new artist (The Byrds, Go-Go\u2019s and Swift).<\/p>\n

\n\tRosanne Cash<\/a>\u2019s The Wheel was honored 23 years after voters chose her father Johnny Cash\u2019s 1968 album Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison. The Registry says this is the first time a father and daughter have both been selected.<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers Tony Brown and Don Costa are each represented with two of this year\u2019s selections. Brown produced Vince Gill<\/a>\u2019s \u201cGo Rest High on that Mountain\u201d and co-produced Reba McEntire<\/a>\u2019s Rumor Has It with McEntire. Costa produced Paul Anka<\/a>\u2019s \u201cPut Your Head on My Shoulder\u201d and arranged and conducted Kaye Ballard\u2019s \u201cIn Other Words,\u201d the first recording of the future standard \u201cFly Me to the Moon.\u201d (Yes, that is the same Kaye Ballard who was a sitcom star and game and talk show regular in the 1960s and \u201970s.)<\/p>\n

\n\tFun Fact: Anka\u2019s \u201cPut Your Head on My Shoulder\u201d peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100 for three weeks in 1959. It was kept out of the top spot by another smash that was inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2015, Bobby Darin\u2019s all-timer \u201cMack the Knife.\u201d Anka, 84, received a BMI Icon Award on Tuesday (May 12), less than two days before this announcement, proving that it\u2019s a good idea to stick around for awhile.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpike Jones<\/a> and His City Slickers\u2019 \u201cCocktails for Two,\u201d a madcap 1944 rendition of the Duke Ellington classic from 1934, becomes one of the few comedy\/novelty singles to make the Registry. Others include Allan Sherman\u2019s 1963 hit \u201cHello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp).\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBobby Prince\u2019s soundtrack for the video game Doom was selected, marking the third time video game music has been honored. Koji Kondon\u2019s theme from Super Mario Brothers and Daniel Rosenfield\u2019s music for Minecraft were the first two video game soundtracks inducted, in 2023 and 2025, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYour Love,\u201d the house music classic released in 1986 by Jamie Principle<\/a> and again the following year in a remix with Frankie Knuckles<\/a>, was inducted. The song ranked No. 5 on Billboard\u2019s 2025 staff list<\/a> of The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time.<\/p>\n

\n\tFight fans will be glad to know that \u201cThe Fight of the Century: Ali vs. Frazier,\u201d a broadcast of the boxers\u2019 March 8, 1971 showdown at Madison Square Garden, was honored. A broadcast about a headline-making bout from a generation earlier, the Joe Louis\/Max Schmeling fight on June 22, 1938 at Yankee Stadium, was previously inducted.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMusic and recorded sound are essential, wonderful parts of our daily lives and our national heritage,\u201d acting Librarian of Congress Robert R. Newlen said in a statement. \u201cThe National Recording Registry works to preserve our national playlist for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe sweep and diversity of the National Recording Registry class of 2026 beautifully captures the scope of the American experience as we celebrate our nation\u2019s 250th anniversary,\u201d Robbin Ahrold, chair of the National Recording Preservation Board, said in a statement. \u201cFrom icons of R&B to a holiday favorite en Espa\u00f1ol, from a legendary sports broadcast to this generation\u2019s superstars, it is a thrilling reflection of America at its best.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe public made more than 3,000 nominations this year. Weezer was among the most nominated selections. The public can submit nominations throughout the year on the Library\u2019s website<\/a>. Nominations for next year will be accepted until Oct. 1.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere are the 2026 selections for the National Recording Registry. They are listed in chronological order of their release. The paragraph with the subhead LOC says: was provided by the Library of Congress. We share those with you, unedited, to give you insight into the Library\u2019s rationale for each selection.<\/p>\n


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