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, November 19th, 2024. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, November 19th, 2024!
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November 11th through November 17th, 2024
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | WILLIE NELSON | Last Leaf On The Tree | Sony |
| 2 | AMYTHYST KIAH | STILL + BRIGHT | Rounder/Concord |
| 3 | BILLY STRINGS | Highway Prayers | Reprise |
| 4 | TWISTED PINE | Love Your Mind | Self-Released |
| 5 | JAKE BLOUNT AND MALI OBOMSAWIN | symbiont | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 6 | JOY CLARK | Tell It To The Wind | Righteous Babe |
| 7 | AMY HELM | Silver City | Sun |
| 8 | AMY SPEACE | The American Dream | Self-Released |
| 9 | COLIN JAMES | Chasing The Sun | Stony Plain |
| 10 | COMMON SAINTS | Cinema 3000 | Starsonics |
| 11 | DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS | Strangers No More, Vol. 2 | Magnolia/Tone Tree |
| 12 | JENNIFER LYN AND THE GROOVE REVIVAL | Live From The Northern Plains | J&R Collective |
| 13 | JERRON PAXTON | Things Done Changed | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 14 | JOHN LEVENTHAL | Rumble Strip | RumbleStrip/Thirty Tigers |
| 15 | JOHNNY BLUE SKIES | Passage Du Desir | High Top Mountain/Thirty Tigers |
| 16 | KIM RICHEY | Every New Beginning | Yep Roc |
| 17 | KURT ANDERSON | Life On Interstate 40 | Riverlark |
| 18 | ME AND MARTHA (DONALD DEPOY AND MARTHA HILLS) | Country Girl’s Blue Moon | Self-Released |
| 19 | NUALA KENNEDY AND EAMON O’LEARY | Hydra | Under The Arch |
| 20 | RUTHIE FOSTER | Mileage | Sun |
| 21 | STEEL WHEELS, THE | Sideways | Big Ring |
| 22 | TONY TRISCHKA | Earl Jam | Down The Road |
| 23 | VANESSA COLLIER | Do It My Own Way | Phenix Fire |
| 24 | GLASS BEAMS | Mahal [EP] | Ninja Tune |
| 25 | KURIOUS | Majician | Rhymesayers/Metalface |
| 26 | JAY BYHAM | Postcards Along The Way | ITP |
| 27 | BB STEVENS | “Starlight In Me” [Single] | Stryker/Virgin |
| 28 | REBECCA KILGORE | A Little Taste: A Tribute To Dave Frishberg | Cherry Pie |
| 29 | JOHN STOWERS | Re-Open | Howling Alex |
| 30 | TAI SHAN | Wildflower Moon | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BONGO HOP, THE | La Pata Coja | Underdog |
| 2 | BROTHER ALI | Satisfied Soul [EP] | Mello |
| 3 | CARLITA | Sentimental | Counter |
| 4 | FAZERDAZE | Soft Power | section1 |
| 5 | RINGO STARR | “Thankful” feat. Alison Krauss b/w “Time On My Hands” [Single] | UME |
| 6 | SOFIE ROYER | Young-Girl Forever | Stones Throw |
| 7 | ABBEY BLACKWELL | Big Big Motion | Self-Released |
| 8 | QUIETCHILD | “90’s Thrillers” b/w “MTN Time” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | ROB LALAIN | “No More” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | SUN ATOMS | Everything Forever | Little Cloud |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALTAN | Donegal | Compass |
| 2 | ANA TIJOUX | Vida | Victoria Producciones |
| 3 | GABY MORENO | Dusk | Cosmica Artists |
| 4 | MAYRA ANDRADE | reEncanto | Komos |
| 5 | OPEN THE DOOR FOR THREE | A Prosperous Gale | Self-Released |
| 6 | PAUL HANSON AND RAZE THE MAZE | Calliope | Manzanita Ranch |
| 7 | JUAN MEGNA GROUP | Mariwo | Self-Released |
| 8 | SEUN KUTI AND EGYPT 80 | Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) | Record Kicks |
| 9 | MANU CHAO | Viva Tu | Because |
| 10 | AMADOU AND MARIAM | La Vie Est Belle | Because |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KURIOUS | Majician | Rhymesayers/Metalface |
| 2 | 7XVETHEGENIUS | Death Of Deuce | Drumwork |
| 3 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Neither One Of Us” [Single] | Viral |
| 4 | LYRICS BORN | Goodbye, Sticky Rice | Mobile Home |
| 5 | PLANET GIZA | The Sky Is Recording Me: 100 Years Later (Vol. 1) | Quiet Note |
| 6 | WISEBOY JEREMY | Pumpkin Seeds | Equity |
| 7 | MALLY AND LAST WORD | The Sweetest Of It All | MaLLy/Last Word Touring |
| 8 | DENZEL CURRY | King Of The Mischievous South | PH/Loma Vista/Concord |
| 9 | SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS | Red Future | Sony |
| 10 | COMMON AND PETE ROCK | The Auditorium, Vol. 1 | Loma Vista/Concord |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AMBER WEEKES | A Lady With A Song – Amber Weekes Celebrates Nancy Wilson | Amber Inn |
| 2 | ANDRE 3000 | New Blue Sun | Epic/Sony |
| 3 | BRIA SKONBERG | What It Means | Cellar |
| 4 | LESLIE PINTCHIK | Prayer For What Remains | Pintch Hard |
| 5 | MCCOY TYNER, JOE HENDERSON | Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’ | Blue Note |
| 6 | MELISSA ALDANA | Echoes Of The Inner Prophet | Blue Note |
| 7 | MULATU ASTATKE AND HOODNA ORCHESTRA | Tension | Batov |
| 8 | REBECCA KILGORE | A Little Taste: A Tribute To Dave Frishberg | Cherry Pie |
| 9 | RICH WILLEY | Boptism Christmas | Boptism |
| 10 | HEAVY HITTERS | That’s What’s Up! | Cellar |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CARIBOU | Honey | Merge |
| 2 | FLYING LOTUS | Spirit Box [EP] | Warp |
| 3 | FRED AGAIN | Ten Days | Atlantic UK |
| 4 | MACHINEDRUM | 3FOR82 | Ninja Tune |
| 5 | MACHINE GIRL | MG Ultra | Future Classic |
| 6 | KELLY LEE OWENS | Dreamstate | Dirty Hit/dh2 |
| 7 | TSHA | Sad Girl | Ninja Tune |
| 8 | FLOATING POINTS | Cascade | Ninja Tune |
| 9 | LP GIOBBI | Dotr | Counter |
| 10 | JAMIE XX | In Waves | Young |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ADRIAN CUNNINGHAM | ||
| 2 | ALVIN QUEEN | The Jazzcup Cafe Blues | Cellar |
| 3 | ARTURO SANDOVAL | My Foolish Heart | Meta Jax |
| 4 | BEN PATERSON | Cookin’ In The Couve | Cellar |
| 5 | HEAVY HITTERS | That’s What’s Up! | Cellar |
| 6 | LOOPER COLONY | Looper Colony II | Self-Released |
| 7 | PAUL HANSON AND RAZE THE MAZE | Calliope | Manzanita Ranch |
| 8 | STAN HARRISON | Some Poor Soul Has A Fire | Adhyaropa |