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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: These Pop Queens Just Got Added to the Library of Congress · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood, with Ryan Seacrest getting into the Rock
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  Speaker 1: and Roll Hall of Fame.
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  Speaker 2: It is a major accomplishment for any artist, but having
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  Speaker 2: something you created get added to the Library of Congress
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  Speaker 2: is arguably even a bigger deal. It's bigger than pop culture.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, they only add stuff the Librarian deems representative of
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  Speaker 3: America and its history, and that includes any music preserved
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  Speaker 3: in the National Recording Registry.
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  Speaker 4: But all twenty five songs and albums that they just
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  Speaker 4: chose for the twenty twenty sixth class definitely belong there.
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  Speaker 4: They made such huge impacts, particularly the ones we know
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  Speaker 4: in Love.
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  Speaker 2: We started the most recent Tailor's seminal album nineteen eighty nine,
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  Speaker 2: one of the most successful pop albums ever, and the
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  Speaker 2: Library explained why they included it, writing, as she does
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  Speaker 2: so well, Swift used the songs in nineteen eighty nine
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  Speaker 2: to examine matters of the heart.
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  Speaker 3: They also added Beyonce's single Ladies to the National Recording Registry,
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  Speaker 3: saying Beyonce's blockbuster found itself embraced by all generations and
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  Speaker 3: fans of almost every musical.
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  Speaker 2: Style project spanning seventy years totally what made the cut,
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  Speaker 2: including classics like go Gos. We got to beat Chuck
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  Speaker 2: and Cohns. I feel for you and Gladys Knights and
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  Speaker 2: the Pips Midnight train at Georgia. Congratulations to the honorees.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.