Alicia Keys, Ricky Martin, Wu-Tang Clan & More Selected for 2022 National Recording Registry (https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/alici2022-national-recording-registry-inductions-full-list-1235057483/)
Cool I really loved Songs in A minor
QuoteKeys' Songs in A Minor was a distinctive blend of elements that made the singer an overnight star. "But what is it about [the album] that I think resonates with everybody for so long?" Keys wondered in a statement. "I just think it was so pure. ... People hadn't quite seen a woman in Timberlands and cornrows and really straight 100% off of the streets of New York performing classical music and mixing it with soul music and R&B ... And people could find themselves in it. And I love that."
Here's the complete list of 2022 selections for the National Recording Registry. They are shown in chronological order.
"Harlem Strut" — James P. Johnson (1921)
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Complete Presidential Speeches (1933-1945)
"Walking the Floor Over You" — Ernest Tubb (1941) (single)
"On a Note of Triumph" Norman Corwin (May 8, 1945)
"Jesus Gave Me Water" — The Soul Stirrers (1950) (single)
Ellington at Newport — Duke Ellington (1956) (album)
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite — Max Roach (1960) (album)
"The Christmas Song" — Nat King Cole (1961) (single)
Tonight's the Night — The Shirelles (1961) (album)
"Moon River" — Andy Williams (1962) (single)
In C — Terry Riley (1968) (album)
"It's a Small World" — The Disneyland Boys Choir (1964) (single)
"Reach Out, I'll Be There" — The Four Tops (1966) (single)
Hank Aaron's 715th Career Home Run (April 8, 1974)
"Bohemian Rhapsody" — Queen (1975) (single)
"Don't Stop Believin'" — Journey (1981) (single)
Canciones de Mi Padre — Linda Ronstadt (https://www.billboard.com/t/linda-ronstadt/)(1987) (album)
Nick of Time — Bonnie Raitt (https://www.billboard.com/t/bonnie-raitt/) (1989) (album)
The Low End Theory — A Tribe Called Quest (1991) (album)
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) — Wu-Tang Clan (1993) (album)
Buena Vista Social Club, Buena Vista Social Club (1997) (album)
"Livin' La Vida Loca" — Ricky Martin (1999) (single)
Songs in A Minor — Alicia Keys (2001) (album)
WNYC broadcasts for the day of 9/11 (Sept. 11, 2001)
"WTF with Marc Maron" (Guest: Robin Williams) (April 26, 2010)