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 past week. Our next airplay chart will be computed and posted on Tuesday, October 26th, 2021.
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October 11th, 2021 through October 17th, 2021
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TERESA JAMES AND THE RHYTHM TRAMPS | Rose-Colored Glasses Vol. 1 | Blue Heart |
| 2 | CHRISSIE HYNDE | Standing In The Doorway | BMG |
| 3 | SIDE PONY | Lucky Break | Self-Released |
| 4 | TONY HOLIDAY | Porch Sessions Volume 2 | Blue Heart |
| 5 | ALTERED FIVE BLUES BAND | Holler If You Hear Me | Blind Pig |
| 6 | AVEY GROUWS BAND | Tell Tale Heart | Self-Released |
| 7 | COLIN LINDEN | bLOW | Highway 20 |
| 8 | CONNIE SMITH | The Cry Of The Heart | Fat Possum |
| 9 | ERIC BIBB | Dear America | Provogue |
| 10 | HEARTLESS BASTARDS | A Beautiful Life | Sweet Unknown |
| 11 | JOSE GONZALEZ | Local Valley | Mute |
| 12 | LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM | Lindsey Buckingham | Rhino |
| 13 | MOLLY LEWIS | The Forgotten Edge [EP] | Jagjaguwar |
| 14 | RUSTY ENDS BLUES BAND | Rusty Ends Blues Band | Earwig |
| 15 | ADAM SCHULTZ | Soulful Distancing | Blue Heart |
| 16 | ANYA HINKLE | Eden And Her Borderlands | Organic |
| 17 | BOB DYLAN | 1970 (Nineteen Seventy) | Columbia/Legacy |
| 18 | CARRIE NEWCOMER | Until Now | Available Light |
| 19 | CAT POWER | “Bad Religion” [Single] | Domino |
| 20 | DAR WILLIAMS | I’ll Meet You Here | Renew |
| 21 | DUSTY EDINGER | Missing Links & Kitchen Sinks | Self-Released |
| 22 | ELLAHARP | “Shotgun Sadie” feat. The False Bottom Band b/w “Whiskey Garden” [Single] | Silver Harp |
| 23 | ELLY WININGER | The Blues Never End | Earwig |
| 24 | FELICE BROTHERS, THE | From Dreams To Dust | Yep Roc |
| 25 | FLATLANDERS, THE | Treasure Of Love | Rack ‘Em/Thirty Tigers |
| 26 | HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER | Quietly Blowing It | Merge |
| 27 | JAMES MCMURTRY | The Horses And The Hounds | New West |
| 28 | JOHN AND RACHEL NICHOLAS | Learning How To Walk | Self-Released |
| 29 | KILLED BY KIWIS | Unravel | Self-Released |
| 30 | LOS LOBOS | Native Sons | New West |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ROYSTON LANGDON | Chains [EP] | MILO |
| 2 | DUSTY EDINGER | Missing Links & Kitchen Sinks | Self-Released |
| 3 | FRANK MIGLIORELLI AND THE DIRT NAPPERS | We’re Not Kiddin’ Around | Rave On |
| 4 | VANISHING TWIN | Ookii Gekkou | Fire |
| 5 | DARK MARK VS SKELETON JOE | Dark Mark Vs. Skeleton Joe | Kitten Robot/Rare Bird Lit |
| 6 | JULIA SHAPIRO | Zorked | Suicide Squeeze |
| 7 | NOLAN POTTER | Music Is Dead | Castle Face |
| 8 | TOM RODWELL | Wood & Wire | Fireplace |
| 9 | DIZZY BOX NINE | Last Call Before The Fall | Trueno |
| 10 | EAGLE JOHNSON | The Last Gun | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOSE GONZALEZ | Local Valley | Mute |
| 2 | RAY SOUL | Seu Aprendiz | SoulRay |
| 3 | BOMBA ESTEREO | Deja | Sony Latin |
| 4 | LAKOU MIZIK AND JOSEPH RAY | Leave The Bones | Anjunadeep |
| 5 | PACHYMAN | The Return Of Pachyman | ATO |
| 6 | U-ROY | Solid Gold U-Roy | Trojan/BMG |
| 7 | ANGELIQUE KIDJO | Mother Nature | Verve |
| 8 | ELOVATERS, THE | Castles | Belly Full |
| 9 | MDOU MOCTAR | Afrique Victime | Matador/Beggars Group |
| 10 | COCHEMEA | Vol. II Baca Sewa | Daptone |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LITTLE SIMZ | Sometimes I Might Be Introvert | AGE 101 |
| 2 | COMMON | A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 3 | CARTEL MADRAS | The Serpent And The Tiger [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 4 | INJURY RESERVE | By The Time I Get To Phoenix | Self-Released |
| 5 | ATMOSPHERE | WORD? | Rhymesayers |
| 6 | SHAD | TAO | Secret City |
| 7 | TYLER THE CREATOR | CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST | Columbia |
| 8 | EVIDENCE | Unlearning Vol. 1 | Rhymesayers |
| 9 | HALLUCI NATION, THE | One More Saturday Night | Radicalized |
| 10 | MOOR MOTHER | Black Encyclopedia Of The Air | Anti- |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LARRY MCDONOUGH QUARTET | Kind Of Bill On The Palace Grounds | Self-Released |
| 2 | LE COQ RECORDS PRESENTS THE JAZZ ALLSTARS VOL. 1 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Le Coq |
| 3 | ROXANA AMED | Ontology | Sony Latin |
| 4 | JOEY ALEXANDER | “Summer Rising” [Single] | Verve |
| 5 | KENNY GARRETT | Sounds From The Ancestors | Mack Avenue |
| 6 | MERCER HASSY ORCHESTRA | Don’t Stop The Carnival | Self-Released |
| 7 | DAVID FINCK | BASSic Instinct | Burton Avenue |
| 8 | SOETAN AND FRIENDS | Yoruba Songs Revisited With Colors Volume 1 | Self-Released |
| 9 | PAT COIL | How Deep Is The Ocean | Burton Avenue |
| 10 | LA COWBOY | The Big Pitch | Reconcile |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SAINT ETIENNE | I’ve Been Trying To Tell You | Heavenly/PIAS |
| 2 | PARK HYE JIN | Before I Die | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | MACHINEDRUM | Psyconia [EP] | Ninja Tune |
| 4 | KRAAK AND SMAAK | Scirocco [EP] | Boogie Angst |
| 5 | DJ SEINFELD | Mirrors | Ninja Tune |
| 6 | HALLUCI NATION, THE | One More Saturday Night | Radicalized |
| 7 | BOMBA ESTEREO | Deja | Sony Latin |
| 8 | BLUEWERKS VOL. 4: DRIFT OFF | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Blue Note/Astralwerks |
| 9 | E.VAX | E.VAX | Because |
| 10 | BEN BOHMER | Begin Again | Anjunadeep |
Hip Hop “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SHAD | TAO | Secret City |
| 2 | ILLISM | Family Over Everything | The CRWN |
Electronic “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARK MARK VS SKELETON JOE | Dark Mark Vs. Skeleton Joe | Kitten Robot/Rare Bird Lit |
World “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ROOTS OF CREATION | Dub Free Or Die Vol. 1 | Bombshelter |
| 2 | AVATAAR | Worldview | InSound |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALEX BROWN | The Dark Fire Sessions | Self-Released |
| 2 | AVATAAR | Worldview | InSound |
| 3 | ED NEUMEISTER QUARTET | What Have I Done? | Meistero |
| 4 | MICHAEL FEINBERG | Hard Times | Fresh Sound New Talent |
| 5 | SCOTT KINSEY AND MER SAL | Adjustments | Blue Canoe |