POP SONGS, HAMILTON AND WINDOWS 95 CHIME JOIN US REGISTRY

Hits by Celine Dion and Mary J. Blige. The song Happy Trails by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Tracy Chapman's debut album. The original cast album of Broadway musical Hamilton. The chimes Brian Eno wrote for Microsoft Windows in 1995.

- DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR

These were among the 25 audio works chosen this year to join the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in the US, which preserves works deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" that are at least 10 years old.

More than 2,600 nominations were made by the public this year, with Chicago Transit Authority, the 1969 album from rock band Chicago, topping the list, according to a news release from the Library of Congress.

Elton John's album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road—which features songs like Bennie And The Jets and Candle In The Wind—and the R&B album My Life by Mary J. Blige were among the top 10 of public nominations.