WERU sends weekly reports to the music industry representatives which keeps new music flowing into the station. Below are our most recent top recording reports for the week ending on Sunday, September 29th, 2024. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, October 8th, 2024!
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September 23rd through September 29th, 2024
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SHYFRIN ALLIANCE | “Unconditional” [Single] | KES International |
| 2 | OPEN THE DOOR FOR THREE | A Prosperous Gale | Self-Released |
| 3 | ADMIRAL RADIO | Good Things Take Time | Self-Released |
| 4 | BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS | Her Way Out | Big |
| 5 | FRUITION | How To Make Mistakes | Self-Released |
| 6 | GARY NICHOLSON | Common Sense | Qualified |
| 7 | HYMN FOR HER | Bloodier Than Blood | Self-Released |
| 8 | MOLLY TUTTLE AND GOLDEN HIGHWAY | “Into The Wild” [Single] | Nonesuch |
| 9 | RAY LAMONTAGNE | Long Way Home | Liula/Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | RED CLAY STRAYS, THE | Made By These Moments | RCA |
| 11 | SUKI WATERHOUSE | Memoir Of A Sparklemuffin | Sub Pop |
| 12 | BEN ARSENAULT | Make Way For This Heartache | Self-Released |
| 13 | BILLY STRINGS | Highway Prayers | Reprise |
| 14 | BLIND PILOT | In The Shadow Of The Holy Mountain | ATO |
| 15 | DOMINIC QUARTO | Happy Little Accidents | Quarto Valley |
| 16 | DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS | Strangers No More, Vol. 2 | Magnolia/Tone Tree |
| 17 | FRANKIE BOY AND THE BLUES EXPRESS | Young Man’s Blues | Self-Released |
| 18 | GERALD MCCLENDON | Down At The Juke Joint | Delta Roots |
| 19 | JERRY DOUGLAS | The Set | Self-Released |
| 20 | JESSE MALIN | Silver Patron Saints | Glassnote |
| 21 | JIM PATTON AND SHERRY BROKUS | Harbortowne | Berkalin |
| 22 | JONTAVIOUS WILLIS | West Georgia Blues | Strolling Bones |
| 23 | MAYA DE VITRY | The Only Moment | Mad Maker |
| 24 | MINOR MOON | The Light Up Waltz | Ruination |
| 25 | NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND THE NIGHT SWEATS | South Of Here | Stax/Concord |
| 26 | PINE TREE FLYERS | Pine Tree Flyers | Self-Released |
| 27 | SHEMEKIA COPELAND | Blame It On Eve | Alligator |
| 28 | ANYA HINKLE | Oceania | Red Parlor |
| 29 | MACKLEMORE | “Hind’s Hall” [Single] | Bendo |
| 30 | JOVIN WEBB | Drifter | Blind Pig |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANDREW CALHOUN | DIfferent Now | Self-Released |
| 2 | JEFFERSON BERRY AND THE UAC | Born On Payday [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | JERRY PAPER | INBETWEEZER | Stones Throw |
| 4 | LEIF VOLLEBEKK | Revelation | Secret City |
| 5 | NAIMA BOCK | Below A Massive Dark Land | Sub Pop |
| 6 | ROB MASSARD | “So Very High” b/w “Smile in the Sun” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 7 | SANDY KING | You Got Me Mixed Up With That Bottle [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | JAKE WILDHORN | Heaven Can Wait [EP] | Self-Released |
| 9 | NEW EARTH FARMERS | The Sky From The Underground | Self-Released |
| 10 | TY STONEHAWKER | Gamblin’ Man [EP] | Stonehouse |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | OPEN THE DOOR FOR THREE | A Prosperous Gale | Self-Released |
| 2 | MANU CHAO | Viva Tu | Because |
| 3 | A MOVING SOUND AND ETHEL | The Wheel Of Life | ARC |
| 4 | BU KOLTHOUM | Dumya Bilaa Khie6aan | El’Muttbukh |
| 5 | ELSA Y ELMAR | “Visto” [Single] | Sony Mexico |
| 6 | GIRL ULTRA | blush [EP] | Big Dada |
| 7 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | Sonido Cósmico | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 8 | JANIE ROTHFIELD AND ALLAN CARR | The Two Of Us | Self-Released |
| 9 | LA LOM | The Los Angeles League Of Musicians | Verve |
| 10 | RAMON CHICHARRON | Niebla | Impresaria |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | COMMON AND PETE ROCK | The Auditorium, Vol. 1 | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 2 | KILLER MIKE | Michael & The Mighty Midnight Revival: Songs For Sinners And Saints | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 3 | DENZEL CURRY | King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 | PH/Loma Vista/Concord |
| 4 | JAE SKEESE | Ground Level | Drumwork/Equity |
| 5 | CHILDISH GAMBINO | Bando Stone And The New World | RCA |
| 6 | PLANET GIZA | The Sky Is Recording Me: 100 Years Later (Vol. 1) | Quiet Note |
| 7 | LUPE FIASCO | Samurai | 1st And 15th Too/Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | NXWORRIES | Why Lawd? | Stones Throw |
| 9 | OMNI! | OMNI! (The Rap Group) | Backseat |
| 10 | PREVIOUS INDUSTRIES | Service Merchandise | Merge |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BENJAMIN BOONE | Confluence: The Ireland SessionsI | Origin |
| 2 | HOT TODDIES JAZZ BAND | Triple Step | Prohibition |
| 3 | JEFF HARNAR | Sings Sammy Cahn The Second Time Around | PS Classics |
| 4 | KEN SERIO QUARTET | Brooklyn Oasis | Tripping Tree |
| 5 | MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO | No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin | Blue Note/UMG |
| 6 | ORBITING HUMAN CIRCUS | Quartet Plus Two | Merge |
| 7 | SCOTT BRADLEE’S POSTMODERN JUKEBOX | Say You’ll Be There | Mudhut Digital |
| 8 | WARREN WOLF | History Of The Vibraphone | Cellar |
| 9 | EMMET COHEN | Vibe Provider | Mack Avenue |
| 10 | MILTON NASCIMENTO AND ESPERANZA SPALDING | Milton + Esperanza | Concord |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SOFI TUKKER | BREAD | Sofi Tukker/Virgin |
| 2 | SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR X GROOVE TERMINATOR | History Of House | House Of Latroit |
| 3 | FCUKERS | Baggy$$ [EP] | Technicolour |
| 4 | LOGIC1000 | mother :;~ rebirth [EP] | Therapy/Because |
| 5 | PETIT BISCUIT | Discipline | Écurie |
| 6 | GILLIGAN MOSS | Speaking Across Time | Foreign Family Collective |
| 7 | TORO Y MOI | Hole Erth | Dead Oceans |
| 8 | JON HOPKINS | RITUAL | Domino |
| 9 | PREFUSE 73 | New Strategies For Modern Crime Vol. 1 & 2 | Lex |
| 10 | CHARLI XCX | Brat | Atlantic |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHARLES RUGGIERO | But Of Course | RMF |
| 2 | MIKI YAMANAKA | Chance | Cellar |
| 3 | TOMOHIRO MORI | Prana | Self-Released |
| 4 | MICHAEL MAYO | Fly | Mack Avenue |
| 5 | EZRA COLLECTIVE | Dance, No One’s Watching | Partisan |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KIT SEBASTIAN | New Internationale | Brainfeeder |
Electronic / Dance “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SOPHIE | SOPHIE | Transgressive/Future Classic |