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, October 4th. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, October 13th.
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September 28th, 2026 through October 4th, 2026
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BILLY STRINGS | So Much For Goodbyes | Reprise |
| 2 | CRAMPS, THE | Gravest Gravy | Vengeance |
| 3 | KENNEDYS, THE | Smoketree | Self-Released |
| 4 | REDS PINKS AND PURPLES, THE | The True Love Daydream [EP] | Fire |
| 5 | SON VOLT | Sound Signal Serenades | Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers |
| 6 | BEABADOOBEE | Pylon | Dirty Hit/Interscope |
| 7 | JAYHAWKS, THE | Sanctuary Park | Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | LOUISE GRASMERE | Two Crows | LEG |
| 9 | CARLA GOVER AND FRIENDS | Williams Branch Is Hard To Find | Si Kahn Living Legacy |
| 10 | CEDAR COUNTRY COBRAS | Sinners & Saints | Overton |
| 11 | CHARLEY CROCKETT | Clovis | $10 Cowboy |
| 12 | DESLONDES, THE | Don’t Let It Die: Vol.1 | New West |
| 13 | ELI ‘PAPERBOY’ REED | “Love You More” [Single] | Yep Roc |
| 14 | FRUITION | Something More | Bloodhsot |
| 15 | GRACE POTTER | Trespasser | Thirty Tigers |
| 16 | IAN NOE | Canyon Falls Trailer Band | Lock 13 |
| 17 | JOBI RICCIO | Face The Feeling | Yep Roc |
| 18 | KATE MACLEOD’S MIND THE GAP | Home-Brewed | Courier |
| 19 | KIMMI BITTER | Bittersweet | Self-Released |
| 20 | LEON BRIDGES | Happiness Anytime | Columbia/Sony |
| 21 | PHOEBE BRIDGERS | Lost Weekend | Dead Oceans |
| 22 | POKEY LAFARGE | Rent Money | Scary Monsters |
| 23 | RANKY TANKY | This Village | Self-Released |
| 24 | RAY WYLIE HUBBARD | Reel 2 Reel 4 Real | WylieWorld |
| 25 | RHIANNON GIDDENS | Hope Is The Thing With Feathers | Nonesuch |
| 26 | RISING APPALACHIA | Trade My Troubles | Self-Released |
| 27 | RIVER WHYLESS | “One of a Thousand” [Single] | Soundly |
| 28 | RUTHIE FOSTER | Just Say Yes | Sun |
| 29 | STEVE BROOKS | The Song Is My Home | Frog |
| 30 | SYLVAN ESSO | Ow Infinity | Psychic Hotline |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHRISTIAN X HUNTER | Divisadero | Self-Released |
| 2 | D. HENRY FENTON | Elvis Americano | Dark Eyed Junco |
| 3 | KARNEY | Free Country [EP] | Self-Released |
| 4 | MAJOR SPARK | Kill The Truth | High Wave |
| 5 | BRIAN LEDFORD | “Where Do You Stand” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | TOM CIURCZAK | Antarctica | Ludlow TFC |
| 7 | ERIC HIRSHBERG AND ALOE BLACC | “For Real” [Single] | Beautiful Corner |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | Los Ojos Del Cóndor | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 2 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Chopping Mountain | Merge |
| 3 | ORQUESTA AKOKAN | América! | Daptone |
| 4 | EZRA COLLECTIVE | Here Because Of Hope | Partisan |
| 5 | EMPANADAS ILEGALES | Laboratorio Tropical | We Are Time |
| 6 | LIDO PIMIENTA | Caribenya | Anti- |
| 7 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | Afro-Disco Makossa | Linear Labs |
| 8 | RODRIGO Y GABRIELA | OurHome | ATO |
| 9 | JOYCE MORENO, TUTTY MORENO AND ADRIAN YOUNGE | Joyce E Tutty Moreno JID027 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 10 | MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND AND MERIDIAN BROTHERS | Ruido Tovar | Ansonia |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AUDIO SCIENTISTS LABORATORY, THE | Solipsistic | Collective Consciousness |
| 2 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Girl I Seen” [Single] | Viral |
| 3 | PROF | Good Time Boy | Stophouse |
| 4 | ERYKAH BADU AND THE ALCHEMIST | Before The World Blows | Young/Beggars |
| 5 | MIKE D | Thank You | Capitol |
| 6 | AMBRE | PEYOTE | Roc Nation |
| 7 | VINCE STAPLES | Cry Baby | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 8 | TOUSSAINT MORRISON | SHPSHFTR Vol. 1 | Urban Home Companion |
| 9 | DJ SHADOW | The Mountain Will Fall (10th Anniversary Edition) | Mass Appeal |
| 10 | AESOP ROCK AND BLOCKHEAD | “Trouble Trouble” [Single] | Rhymesayers |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET AND DIANNE REEVES | Dedicated To You | Blue Note |
| 2 | CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT | With Every Breath I Take | Nonesuch |
| 3 | JJ WHITEFIELD | Exotic Moods | Field |
| 4 | JON BATISTE | Monk Meditations | Decca |
| 5 | KIEFER | Memory Bomb | Blue Note |
| 6 | MILES DAVIS QUINTET, THE | Cookin’ With The Miles Davis Quintet (Remastered 2026) | Craft Recordings |
| 7 | NEW JAZZ UNDERGROUND | Hoodies | Artwork |
| 8 | TIGRAN HAMASYAN | Manifeste | Naive |
| 9 | WOODY SHAW | Song Of Songs | Craft |
| 10 | TECHNOCATS | Passionata: The Music Of Gregg Hill | Cold Plunge |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SYLVAN ESSO | Ow Infinity | Psychic Hotline |
| 2 | BONOBO | Distance In Static | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | ELDER ISLAND | Hello Baby Okay Remixed Pt. 1 [EP] | Elder Island |
| 4 | EMANCIPATOR | Chrysalis | Loci |
| 5 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Chopping Mountain | Merge |
| 6 | KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD | Alien Metal | p(doom) |
| 7 | LATROIT HOUSE ENSEMBLE | CLASSICS VOL. 1 | House Of Latroit/Symphonic |
| 8 | ZAINAB | Canal View [EP] | Technicolour |
| 9 | JORJA SMITH | What Are The Odds | FAMM |
| 10 | BOARDS OF CANADA | Inferno | Warp |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MIKE DANA JAZZ ORCHESTRA | Farther (still) | Origin |
| 2 | SPRINGFIELD SYMPHONY JAZZ ORCHESTRA | Royalty | T2 |
| 3 | JASON KAO HWANG HUMAN RITES TRIO | Second Life | True Sound |
| 4 | PLANET FLIPPO | Four Chefs | Oppilf |
| 5 | ANGELA O’NEILL AND THE OUTRAGEOUS8 | A Live Musical Tribute To Peggy Lee | Outrageous8 |
| 6 | CHRIS WHITEMAN JOHN TOOMEY QUARTET | Live At Reveler | Self-Released |
| 7 | DIEGO FIGUEIREDO | Horse Blues | Arbors |
| 8 | HOUSTON PERSON | From The Heart | Arbors |
| 9 | JERRY Z | Break Allegro | Drawbar |
| 10 | JOCELYN GOULD | So Delighted | La Reserve |