diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 15f11a433..90ef7387d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -91,3 +91,6 @@ ENV/
 /.pydevproject
 /.settings
 .vscode
+
+# pyright
+pyrightconfig.json
diff --git a/beets/autotag/hooks.py b/beets/autotag/hooks.py
index 0a9b7daf4..363bcaab4 100644
--- a/beets/autotag/hooks.py
+++ b/beets/autotag/hooks.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import re
-from collections import namedtuple
 from functools import total_ordering
 from typing import (
     Any,
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ from typing import (
     Iterable,
     Iterator,
     List,
+    NamedTuple,
     Optional,
     Tuple,
     TypeVar,
@@ -589,11 +589,18 @@ class Distance:
 
 # Structures that compose all the information for a candidate match.
 
-AlbumMatch = namedtuple(
-    "AlbumMatch", ["distance", "info", "mapping", "extra_items", "extra_tracks"]
-)
 
-TrackMatch = namedtuple("TrackMatch", ["distance", "info"])
+class AlbumMatch(NamedTuple):
+    distance: Distance
+    info: AlbumInfo
+    mapping: Dict[Item, TrackInfo]
+    extra_items: List[Item]
+    extra_tracks: List[TrackInfo]
+
+
+class TrackMatch(NamedTuple):
+    distance: Distance
+    info: TrackInfo
 
 
 # Aggregation of sources.
diff --git a/beets/autotag/match.py b/beets/autotag/match.py
index 63db9e33c..23f81ce92 100644
--- a/beets/autotag/match.py
+++ b/beets/autotag/match.py
@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@ releases and tracks.
 """
 
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import datetime
 import re
-from collections import namedtuple
 from typing import (
     Any,
     Dict,
     Iterable,
     List,
+    NamedTuple,
     Optional,
     Sequence,
     Tuple,
@@ -76,7 +78,10 @@ class Recommendation(OrderedEnum):
 # consists of a list of possible candidates (i.e., AlbumInfo or TrackInfo
 # objects) and a recommendation value.
 
-Proposal = namedtuple("Proposal", ("candidates", "recommendation"))
+
+class Proposal(NamedTuple):
+    candidates: Sequence[AlbumMatch | TrackMatch]
+    recommendation: Recommendation
 
 
 # Primary matching functionality.
@@ -351,7 +356,7 @@ def match_by_id(items: Iterable[Item]):
 
 
 def _recommendation(
-    results: Sequence[Union[AlbumMatch, TrackMatch]],
+    results: Sequence[AlbumMatch | TrackMatch],
 ) -> Recommendation:
     """Given a sorted list of AlbumMatch or TrackMatch objects, return a
     recommendation based on the results' distances.
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands.py b/beets/ui/commands.py
index 826dc07a3..24cae1dd1 100755
--- a/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ interface.
 
 import os
 import re
-from collections import Counter, namedtuple
+from collections import Counter
 from itertools import chain
 from platform import python_version
-from typing import Sequence
+from typing import Any, NamedTuple, Sequence
 
 import beets
 from beets import autotag, config, importer, library, logging, plugins, ui, util
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ from beets.util import (
 from . import _store_dict
 
 VARIOUS_ARTISTS = "Various Artists"
-PromptChoice = namedtuple("PromptChoice", ["short", "long", "callback"])
 
 # Global logger.
 log = logging.getLogger("beets")
@@ -664,8 +663,8 @@ class AlbumChange(ChangeRepresentation):
         suggests for them.
         """
         # Tracks.
-        # match is an AlbumMatch named tuple, mapping is a dict
-        # Sort the pairs by the track_info index (at index 1 of the namedtuple)
+        # match is an AlbumMatch NamedTuple, mapping is a dict
+        # Sort the pairs by the track_info index (at index 1 of the NamedTuple)
         pairs = list(self.match.mapping.items())
         pairs.sort(key=lambda item_and_track_info: item_and_track_info[1].index)
         # Build up LHS and RHS for track difference display. The `lines` list
@@ -840,6 +839,12 @@ def _summary_judgment(rec):
     return action
 
 
+class PromptChoice(NamedTuple):
+    short: str
+    long: str
+    callback: Any
+
+
 def choose_candidate(
     candidates,
     singleton,
diff --git a/beets/util/__init__.py b/beets/util/__init__.py
index bfb23c053..4f0aa283c 100644
--- a/beets/util/__init__.py
+++ b/beets/util/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import traceback
-from collections import Counter, namedtuple
+from collections import Counter
 from contextlib import suppress
 from enum import Enum
 from logging import Logger
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ from typing import (
     Iterable,
     List,
     MutableSequence,
+    NamedTuple,
     Optional,
     Pattern,
     Sequence,
@@ -847,7 +848,9 @@ def convert_command_args(args: List[bytes]) -> List[str]:
 
 
 # stdout and stderr as bytes
-CommandOutput = namedtuple("CommandOutput", ("stdout", "stderr"))
+class CommandOutput(NamedTuple):
+    stdout: bytes
+    stderr: bytes
 
 
 def command_output(
diff --git a/beets/vfs.py b/beets/vfs.py
index 4a9681a92..1e217a43b 100644
--- a/beets/vfs.py
+++ b/beets/vfs.py
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@
 libraries.
 """
 
-from collections import namedtuple
+from typing import Any, Dict, NamedTuple
 
 from beets import util
 
-Node = namedtuple("Node", ["files", "dirs"])
+
+class Node(NamedTuple):
+    files: Dict[str, Any]
+    dirs: Dict[str, Any]
 
 
 def _insert(node, path, itemid):