These 25 Songs Were Just Added to the National Recording Registry

The National Recording Registry has released its annual group of additions to the list — and there is definitely something for everyone. The 2018 class ranges from groundbreaking music by Ritchie Valens and Nina Simone to a musical theater number and a hip-hop album.

Recordings added to the collection are chosen for being "aural treasures worthy of preservation because of their cultural, historic and aesthetic importance to the nation’s recorded sound heritage," the U.S.

The National Recording Registry has released its annual group of additions to the list — and there is definitely something for everyone. The 2018 class ranges from groundbreaking music by Ritchie Valens and Nina Simone to a musical theater number and a hip-hop album. Recordings added to the collection are chosen for being "aural treasures worthy of preservation because of their cultural, historic and aesthetic importance to the nation’s recorded sound heritage," the U.S.