Numerous albums and songs make it to the National Recording Registry every year due to their cultural, historical, and aesthetic importance. The list of this year’s inductees is in, and it includes music from such icons as Madonna, Queen Latifah, and Led Zeppelin.
Madonna is one of this year’s most significant inductees since she made the cut with her seminal 1984 album Like A Virgin. The list of iconic albums on this year’s list also includes Latifah’s debut effort All Hail the Queen, Synchronicity by The Police, and Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
This year’s list of inductees covered many different genres, starting with rock and country classics. John Lennon’s peace anthem “Imagine” and Led Zeppelin’s power ballad “Stairway To Heaven” made the cut, along with John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads”.
Several 80s disco hits also made the cut, including, Irene Cara’s “Flashdance…What a Feeling” (1983) and Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” (1983).
The list of this year’s honorees also includes Mariah Carey’s holiday anthem “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, Daddy Yankee’s reggaeton smash hit “Gasolina”, and Super Mario Bros. theme song.
The National Recording Registry was founded in 2000, and over 600 recordings have been preserved in the registry ever since, with 25 new recordings being selected each year since 2006.
