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 9th, 2022. Our next airplay chart will be computed on January 18th, 2022!
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January 3rd, 2022 through January 9th, 2022
Top Thirty Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOHN AND RACHEL NICHOLAS | Learning How To Walk | Self-Released |
| 2 | HAYES CARLL | You Get It All | Dualtone |
| 3 | SUE FOLEY | Pinky’s Blues | Stony Plain |
| 4 | COURTNEY BARNETT | Things Take Time, Take Time | Mom+Pop/Marathon Artists |
| 5 | FLEET FOXES | A Very Lonely Solstice | Anti- |
| 6 | JAMES MCMURTRY | The Horses And The Hounds | New West |
| 7 | JOHN WORT HANNAM | Long Haul | Black Hen |
| 8 | ROBERT PLANT AND ALISON KRAUSS | Raise The Roof | Rounder/Concord |
| 9 | SUE HOROWITZ | Strings, Wings And Curious Things | Self-Released |
| 10 | TOMMY GUERRERO | Sunshine Radio | Too Good |
| 11 | BELA FLECK | My Bluegrass Heart | BMG |
| 12 | BUFFALO NICHOLS | Buffalo Nichols | Fat Possum |
| 13 | BUFFALO ROSE AND TOM PAXTON | Rabbit [EP] | Self-Released |
| 14 | DAVY KNOWLES | What Happens Next | Provogue |
| 15 | DION | Stomping Ground | Self-Released |
| 16 | EVAN CHEADLE | Fault Line Serenade | Victory Pool |
| 17 | FLAT RIVER BAND | Sights And Sounds [EP] | Early Bird |
| 18 | GRANT MALOY SMITH | Appalachia American Stories | Self-Released |
| 19 | HITMAN BLUES BAND, THE | Not My Circus, Not My Monkey | Nerus |
| 20 | HU DOST | Anthems of Home | Self-Released |
| 21 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Georgia Blue | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 22 | JOSE GONZALEZ | Local Valley | Mute |
| 23 | LADYCOUCH | The Future Looks Fine | Black bird |
| 24 | MARIA MULDAUR WITH TUBA SKINNY | Let’s Get Happy Together | Stony Plain |
| 25 | NATALIE HEMBY | Pins And Needles | Fantasy/Concord |
| 26 | PETER CASE | The Midnight Broadcast | Bandaloop |
| 27 | RADIOHEAD | KID A MNESIA | XL |
| 28 | TONY KAMEL | Back Down Home | The Next Waltz |
| 29 | FLOATING POINTS, PHAROAH SANDERS AND THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | Promises | Luaka Bop |
| 30 | JESSE MALIN | Sad And Beautiful World | Wicked Cool |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TACBOY RUDE MINOR | “Not Around” [Single] | Wake Up! |
| 2 | TERRY FAMILY | Hometown Tragedies | Self-Released |
| 3 | DAVY KNOWLES | What Happens Next | Provogue |
| 4 | ELIZA GILKYSON | Songs From The River Wind | Self-Released |
| 5 | MAYA DE VITRY | Violet Light | Self-Released |
| 6 | TINSLEY ELLIS | Devil May Care | Alligator |
| 7 | HOUSE OF HAMILL | FOlk Hero | Self-Released |
| 8 | BIGLLOU JOHNSON | Bigman | GoldenVOice Audio Recordings |
| 9 | ELLANORA DELLERBA | Lost To A Coastline | Global Change |
| 10 | IF NOTHING ELSE | Dirty [EP] | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LOS LOBOS | Native Sons | New West |
| 2 | MOIRA SMILEY AND PIERS FACCINI | “Meeting Is Over” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 3 | RUBEN BLADES | Solswing | Self-Released |
| 4 | SVEN WUNDER | Natura Morta | Piano Piano |
| 5 | JOSE GONZALEZ | Local Valley | Mute |
| 6 | ORQUESTA AKOKAN | 16 Rayos | Daptone |
| 7 | CEU | Um Gosto De Sol | Urban Jungle |
| 8 | QUANTIC AND NIDIA GONGORA | Almas Conectadas | Tru Thoughts |
| 9 | BOMBA ESTEREO | Deja | Sony Latin |
| 10 | IREESH LAL | Journey Through The Chakras | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AESOP ROCK AND BLOCKHEAD | Garbology | Rhymesayers |
| 2 | HAVIAH MIGHTY | Stock Exchange | Self-Released |
| 3 | SHAD | TAO | Secret City |
| 4 | DJ ABILITIES | Phonograph Phoenix | Rhymesayers |
| 5 | LITTLE SIMZ | Sometimes I Might Be Introvert | AGE 101 |
| 6 | ATMOSPHERE | WORD? | Rhymesayers |
| 7 | SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS | Life After | Distorted Muse |
| 8 | ILLISM | Family Over Everything | The CRWN |
| 9 | TONE CHOP AND FROST GAMBLE | One Two | Self-Released |
| 10 | MOOR MOTHER | Black Encyclopedia Of The Air | Anti- |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LENNIE TRISTANO | Personal Recordings 1946-1970 | Mosaic |
| 2 | DAWN DEROW | My Ship: Songs From 1941 | ZOHO |
| 3 | HOPE DIAMOND | Awaken | Self-Released |
| 4 | JOSEPH HERBST SEXTET | This Is Our Environment | Self-Released |
| 5 | PROFESSOR CUNNINGHAM AND HIS OLD SCHOOL | The Lockdown Blues | Arbors |
| 6 | DAVID JANEWAY | Distant Voices | Steeplechase Lookout |
| 7 | ALEXIS COLE | Sky Blossom | Zoho |
| 8 | ALEXANDER MCCABE | Body And Soul | WAMCO |
| 9 | SCOTT KINSEY AND MER SAL | Adjustments | Blue Canoe |
| 10 | ELENA MAQUE | Feel Again | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND | “Sunset Village” (Blood Orange Remix) [Single] | Transgressive/PIAS |
| 2 | CFCF | Memoryland | Self-Released |
| 3 | LILI HAYDN | “Is This Love, Is This Life?” (Carmen Rizzo Remix) [Single] | Lakeshore |
| 4 | MACHINEDRUM | Psyconia [EP] | Ninja Tune |
| 5 | NIGHTMARES ON WAX | Shout Out! To Freedom | Warp |
| 6 | STEREOLAB | Electrically Possessed [Switched On Volume 4] | Duophonic |
| 7 | UNKLE | Ronin I | Self-Released |
| 8 | AESOP ROCK AND BLOCKHEAD | Garbology | Rhymesayers |
| 9 | HAVIAH MIGHTY | Stock Exchange | Self-Released |
| 10 | SHAD | TAO | Secret City |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TACBOY RUDE MINOR | “Not Around” [Single] | Wake Up! |
Electronic “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TACBOY RUDE MINOR | “Not Around” [Single] | Wake Up! |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RODDY ELIAS FREE SPIRIT ENSEMBLE | Not This Room | Self-Released |
| 2 | DAWN DEROW | My Ship: Songs From 1941 | ZOHO |
| 3 | BERNIE SENENSKY QUINTET | Don’t Look Back | Cellar 20 |
| 4 | DAVE STRYKER | As We Are | Strikezone 8821 |
| 5 | HOPE DIAMOND | Awaken | Self-Released |
| 6 | CORTEZ/WILLIAMS PROJECT | Hermanos | Blue Bamboo |