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, January 8th, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, January 17th!
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January 1st through January 8th, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ADEEM THE ARTIST | White Trash Reverly | Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN | Rolling Golden Holy | 37d03d |
| 3 | DIUNNA GREENLEAF | I Ain’t Playin’ | Little Village |
| 4 | SETH AVETT | Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown | Ramseur |
| 5 | CASSANDRA LEWIS | Always, All Ways | Low Country Sound/Elektra |
| 6 | CHRIS CANTERBURY | Quaalude Lullabies | Self-Released |
| 7 | LONE BELLOW, THE | Love Songs For Losers | Dualtone |
| 8 | MARY GAUTHIER | Dark Enough To See The Stars | In The Black/Thirty Tigers |
| 9 | CRYSTAL SHAWANDA | Midnight Blues | True North |
| 10 | DR JOHN | Things Happen That Way | Concord |
| 11 | ERNIE VINCENT | The Orginal Dap King | Cornelius Chapel |
| 12 | INDIGO SPARKE | Hysteria | Sacred Bones |
| 13 | JAMESTOWN REVIVAL | Young Man | Self-Released |
| 14 | JASON CARTER | Lowdown Hoedown | Fiddle Man |
| 15 | JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR | Nobody’s Fool | KTBA |
| 16 | JUNIPER | She Steals Candy | Confidential |
| 17 | SAM BUSH | Radio John: Songs Of John Hartford | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 18 | SARAH BORGES | Together Alone | Blue Corn |
| 19 | SHARON VAN ETTEN | We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong (Deluxe Edition) | Jagjaguwar |
| 20 | SIR ROD AND THE BLUES DOCTORS | Keeping It In The Family | Self-Released |
| 21 | TRAMPLED BY TURTLES | Alpenglow | Banjodad/Thirty Tigers |
| 22 | FOR THE BIRDS: THE BIRDSONG PROJECT, VOL. I | VARIOUS ARTISTS | The Birdsong Project |
| 23 | WET LEG | Wet Leg | Domino |
| 24 | WHITEHORSE | I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying | Factor |
| 25 | ADRIAN QUESADA | Jaguar Sound | ATO |
| 26 | ASTRO YETI | Gnarly Gumlie’s Voodoo Van | Self-Released |
| 27 | CIGARBOX MAN | “Mirame” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 28 | EMILY GABRIELE | Omega Man | Self-Released |
| 29 | KING TUFF | “Portrait Of God” [Single] | Sub Pop |
| 30 | ALEX IZENBERG | I’m Not Here | Domino |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALIAS WAYNE | “Love One Another” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 2 | WHITEHORSE | I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying | Factor |
| 3 | LUCIE BLUE TREMBLAY | So Many Wows | Self-Released |
| 4 | TIM BALL | Upstate Crossroads | Self-Released |
| 5 | VINCENT VAN BEETHOVEN | Needle And Thread | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ADRIAN QUESADA | Jaguar Sound | ATO |
| 2 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | El Bueno Y El Malo | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 3 | HOLLIE COOK | Happy Hour | Merge |
| 4 | PLAYING FOR CHANGE BAND | The Real Revolution | Playing For Change |
| 5 | GREG HATZA AND ENAYET HOSSAIN | Talking Hands | AIMREC |
| 6 | KENNETH HOOPER | As The Crow Flies | Astral Wolf |
| 7 | IFIHADAHIFI | The Dryad | Naked Muse |
| 8 | SPENCER BREWER | Behind The Veil | Laughing Coyote |
| 9 | DAVID CULLEN | Revival | Self-Released |
| 10 | LISA HILTON | Paradise Cove | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DESON TENINCHY | First Supper | Estate |
| 2 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ CU4TRO | Jewel Runners/BMG |
| 3 | CAKES DA KILLA | Svengali | Young Art |
| 4 | SLY5THAVE AND JSWISS | Somebody’s Gotta Do It | Tru Thoughts |
| 5 | DANGER MOUSE AND BLACK THOUGHT | Cheat Codes | BMG |
| 6 | PLANET GIZA | You Don’t Understand | NSVG |
| 7 | BROCKHAMPTON | The Family | Question Everything/RCA |
| 8 | SAMPA THE GREAT | As Above, So Below | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 9 | ROBERT GLASPER | Black Radio III: Supreme Edition | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 10 | BUTCHER BROWN | Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey | Concord Jazz/Concord |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DUDUKA DA FONSECA AND QUARTETO UNIVERSAL | Yes!!! | Sunnyside |
| 2 | MARTIN BEJERANO | #Cubanamerican | Self-Released |
| 3 | ALEX ACUNA | Gifts | Le Coq |
| 4 | LE VENT DU NORD | 20 printemps | Self-Released |
| 5 | MAKAYA MCCRAVEN | In These Times | Intenational Anthem/Nonesuch |
| 6 | AIMEE ALLEN | Love And The Catalyst | Azuline |
| 7 | JOSE MEDELES WITH M WARD, MARISA ANDERSON AND CHRIS FUNK | Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems | Jealous Butcher |
| 8 | KEITH O’ROURKE | Imperfect Perfectionist | Chronograph |
| 9 | HERE IT IS: A TRIBUTE TO LEONARD COHEN | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Blue Note |
| 10 | RODNEY WHITAKER | Oasis: The Music Of Gregg Hill | Origin |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KAIDI TATHAM | Don’t Rush The Process | First World |
| 2 | DANIEL AVERY | Ultra Truth | Mute |
| 3 | ROYKSOPP | Profound Mysteries III | Dog Triumph/PIAS |
| 4 | GOLD PANDA | The Work | City Slang |
| 5 | ERIC HILTON | Past, Present And Future [EP] | Montserrat House |
| 6 | SHYGIRL | Nymph | Because |
| 7 | TSHA | Capricorn Sun | Ninja Tune |
| 8 | FRED AGAIN | Actual Life 3 | Atlantic |
| 9 | DJ SUN | Loveletter | Soular |
| 10 | JIMMY EDGAR | LIQUIDS HEAVEN | Innovative Leisure |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LISA HILTON | Paradise Cove | Self-Released |
| 2 | MARK ORTWEIN | It Was Time | Terra Voce TV005 |
| 3 | GILBERT CASTELLANOS | Espérame En El Cielo | Z Note |
| 4 | 3D JAZZ TRIO | 9 To 5 | DIVA Jazz |