The Go-Go’s, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Chaka Khan, “Mambo No. 5,” and the soundtrack for the video game Doom also added as part of 2026 class The Librarian of Congress has selected Beyoncé ‘s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It),” Taylor Swift ‘s 1989 , Weezer ‘s self-titled “Blue Album,” and the Go-Go’s Beauty and the Beat , among others, for preservation in the National Recording Registry . Robert R. Newlen, the acting Librarian, selected these recordings as he sees them as representative of America and its history. These selections mark the first time Beyoncé and Swift have made it in. “Beyoncé’s blockbuster [song] found itself embraced by all generations and fans of almost every musical style,” the Library notes in an official blurb. “As she does so well, Swift used the songs in 1989 to examine matters of the heart,” it said.…