En la Biblioteca Nacional del Congreso de Estados Unidos, no sólo hay libros, también hay discos, porque su objetivo es preservar y proteger el patrimonio cultural mundial, tanto libros, películas o música, eligiendo a partir de la importancia cultural, artística e histórica que tenga cada trabajo.
Dentro del los elegidos que entraron este año, destacan artistas como Pink Floyd, The Ramones, Janis Joplin o Simon and Garfunkel, de un total de 25 discos.
- "After You’ve Gone," Marion Harris (1918)
- "Bacon, Beans and Limousines," Will Rogers (Oct. 18, 1931)
- "Begin the Beguine," Artie Shaw (1938)
- "You Are My Sunshine," Jimmie Davis (1940)
- D-Day Radio Broadcast, George Hicks (June 5-6, 1944)
- "Just Because," Frank Yankovic & His Yanks (1947)
- "South Pacific," Original Cast Album (1949)
- "Descargas: Cuban Jam Session in Miniature," Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente (1957)
- Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Van Cliburn (April 11, 1958)
- President's Message Relayed from Atlas Satellite, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Dec. 19, 1958)
- "A Program of Song," Leontyne Price (1959)
- "The Shape of Jazz to Come," Ornette Coleman (1959)
- "Crossing Chilly Jordan," The Blackwood Brothers (1960)
- "The Twist," Chubby Checker (1960)
- "Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley’s," Clarence Ashley, Doc Watson, et al. (1960-1962)
- "Hoodoo Man Blues," Junior Wells (1965)
- "Sounds of Silence," Simon and Garfunkel (1966)
- "Cheap Thrills," Big Brother and the Holding Company (1968)
- "The Dark Side of the Moon," Pink Floyd (1973)
- "Music Time in Africa," Leo Sarkisian, host (July 29, 1973)
- "Wild Tchoupitoulas," The Wild Tchoupitoulas (1976)
- "Ramones," The Ramones (1976)
- "Saturday Night Fever," The Bee Gees, et al (1977)
- "Einstein on the Beach," Philip Glass and Robert Wilson (1979)
- "The Audience with Betty Carter," Betty Carter (1980)
