The Library of Congress has unveiled the latest set of inductees for the National Recording Registry. In keeping with its custom since 2003, the historical institution selected 25 publicly nominated recordings deemed to be “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant,” or to reflect culture in the United States. The class of 2026, which brings the registry’s inventory to 700 titles, includes iconic albums and songs by The Byrds, Ray Charles, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Weezer, Taylor Swift and more.

The new entries into the National Recording Registry comprise 10 albums, 14 singles and one non-musical recording – the 1971 radio broadcast for The Fight Of The Century: Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier. The inductees, all over 10 years old, span 70 years from Spike Jones And His City Slickers’ 1944 sound-effects-laden big band song “Cocktails For Two” to Taylor Swift’s 2014 album 1989. The carefully curated list includes both massive hits, like The Byrds’ “Turn! Turn Turn,” Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” Gladys Knight & The Pips’ “Midnight Train to Georgia,” Weezer’s Weezer (Blue Album) and José Feliciano’s holiday classic “Feliz Navidad,” and lesser-known but highly influential recordings like Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle’s groundbreaking Chicago house cut “Your Love,” Bobby Prince’s 1993 soundtrack for Doom (the third video game recording to enter the archive) and The Winstons’ “Amen, Brother,” the origin of the ubiquitous Amen break drum sample.

Country, blues and Americana had a notably strong showing this year with landmark projects like Ray Charles’ Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, The Charlie Daniels Band’s “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble’s Texas Flood, Rosanne Cash’s The Wheel, which marks the first father and daughter in the Registry; Johnny Cash’s At Folsom Prison was part of the inaugural group of inductees in 2003.

“Music and recorded sound are essential, wonderful parts of our daily lives and our national heritage. The National Recording Registry works to preserve our national playlist for generations to come,” said Acting Librarian of Congress Robert R. Newlen. “The Library of Congress is proud to select these audio treasures and will work to preserve them with our partners in the recording industry.”

Read the full list of inductees below.

Recordings Selected for the National Recording Registry in 2026:

• “Cocktails for Two” – Spike Jones and His City Slickers (1944) (single)
• “Mambo No. 5” – Pérez Prado and His Orchestra (1950) (single)
• “Teardrops from My Eyes” – Ruth Brown (1950) (single)
• “Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)” – Kaye Ballard (1954) (single)
• “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” – Paul Anka (1959) (single)
• “The Blues and the Abstract Truth” – Oliver Nelson (1961) (album)
• “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music” – Ray Charles (1962) (album)
• “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)” – The Byrds (1965) (single)
• “Amen, Brother” – The Winstons (1969) (single)
• “Feliz Navidad” – José Feliciano (1970) (single)
• “The Fight of the Century: Ali vs. Frazier” (March 8, 1971) (broadcast)
• “Midnight Train to Georgia” – Gladys Knight and the Pips (1973) (single)
• “Chicago” Original Cast Album (1975) (album)
• “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” – The Charlie Daniels Band (1979) (single)
• “Beauty and the Beat” – The Go-Go’s (1981) (album)
• “Texas Flood” – Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (1983) (album)
• “I Feel For You” – Chaka Khan (1984) (single)
• “Your Love” – Jamie Principle (1986) / Jamie Principle/Frankie Knuckles (1987) (singles)
• “Rumor Has It” – Reba McEntire (1990) (album)
• “The Wheel” – Rosanne Cash (1993) (album)
• “Doom” Soundtrack – Bobby Prince, composer (1993)
• “Go Rest High On That Mountain” – Vince Gill (1994) (single)
• “Weezer (The Blue Album)” – Weezer (1994) (album)
• “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” – Beyoncé (2008) (single)
• “1989” – Taylor Swift (2014) (album)