The Library of Congress announced on Wednesday that Jay-Z’s “The Blueprint,” Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” and a "Schoolhouse Rock!" boxed set are among the 25 "audio treasures” that librarians are adding to the National Recording Registry.

Under the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, the librarian of Congress, currently Carla Hayden, is tasked with selecting 25 titles that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” and are at least 10 years old to add to the registry.

With the new recordings added, the registry now includes 525 recordings, which the Library of Congress notes is just a “small part” of the body’s recorded-sound collection of almost 3 million items.

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“The National Recording Registry honors the music that enriches our souls, the voices that tell our stories and the sounds that mirror our lives,” Hayden said in a statement on Wednesday.

“The influence of recorded sound over its nearly 160-year history has been profound and technology has increased its reach and significance exponentially,” she continued. “The Library of Congress and its many collaborators are working to preserve these sounds and moments in time, which reflect our past, present and future.”

Among the sound recordings recently added to the registry are Jay-Z’s 2001 album “The Blueprint,” which the Library said “solidified his reputation as one of the greatest rappers in music” and Nina Simone’s 1964 single “Mississippi Goddam.”

Below is the full chronological list of recordings that will now be archived by the registry.