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 12th, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, November 21st.
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November 13th through November 19th, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES | Altitude | Self-Released |
| 2 | MORE THAN A WHISPER: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF NANCI GRIFFITH | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Rounder/Concord |
| 3 | CAT POWER | Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert | Domino |
| 4 | CARRIE NEWCOMER | A Great Wild Mercy | Available Light |
| 5 | ROLLING STONES, THE | Hackney Diamonds | Polydor |
| 6 | BAHAMAS | Bootcut | Brushfire Republic |
| 7 | CHARLIE MARS | Times Have Changed | Self-Released |
| 8 | HEALERS FEAT. PETER HUTCHISON, THE | Healers | Diagonal Man |
| 9 | JIM LAUDERDALE AND THE PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS | The Long And Lonesome Letting Go | Sky Crunch |
| 10 | LINDSAY LOU | Queen Of Time | Kill Rock Stars |
| 11 | MITSKI | The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 12 | SYLVIA TYSON | At The End Of The Day | Stony Plain |
| 13 | TOM PAXTON AND JOHN MCCUTCHEON | Together | Appalled |
| 14 | TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS | A Cat In The Rain | Bossier City/Thirty Tigers |
| 15 | WILLIAM TYLER AND THE IMPOSSIBLE TRUTH | Secret Stratosphere | Merge |
| 16 | BEN GAGE | Two Singing Songs | Self-Released |
| 17 | BLACK PUMAS, THE | Chronicles Of A Diamond | ATO |
| 18 | BOB CORRITORE AND FRIENDS | Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me | Vizztone |
| 19 | BOB MARGOLIN | Thanks | Vizztone |
| 20 | BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB | My Big Day | Mmm…/AWAL |
| 21 | CHRISTIE MCCALL | Don’t Look Back | Self-Released |
| 22 | DYLAN LEBLANC | Coyote | ATO |
| 23 | ED SWEENEY | A Sunday Drive | Self-Released |
| 24 | JEFFREY MARTIN | Thank God We Left The Garden | Fluff And Gravy |
| 25 | JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE | Hollywood Bowl August 18, 1967 | Legacy |
| 26 | JOHN R MILLER | Heat Comes Down | Rounder/Concord |
| 27 | KATHRYN SEVERING FOX | Sweet Beginnings | Self-Released |
| 28 | KELLY HUNT | Ozark Symphony | Compass |
| 29 | MATHIAS LATTIN | Up Next | Vizztone |
| 30 | MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE | Jenny From Thebes | Merge |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ERIKA MALONE | “Sunday Love” [Single] | EYM |
| 2 | ISAIAH J THOMPSON | A Guaraldi Holiday | Outside In |
| 3 | LOVE2BE | “Let Christmas Last On And On” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | VINCE CLARKE | Songs Of Silence | Mute |
| 5 | GRAIN HOPPERS, THE | Fireflies Trapped in a Jar | Self-Released |
| 6 | VIVID LOVER | Vivid Lover | Self-Released |
| 7 | MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE | Jenny From Thebes | Merge |
| 8 | BONNIE MONTGOMERY | River | Gar Hole |
| 9 | DAVID SINGLEY | “Some Other Song” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | WELLBELOVED | The Rusty | LifeSkills |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GALEET DARDASHTI | Monajat | Self-Released |
| 2 | RODRIGO Y GABRIELA | In Between Thoughts… A New World | ATO |
| 3 | AGA KHAN MASTER MUSICIANS | Nowruz | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 4 | BOMBINO | Sahel | Partisan |
| 5 | KAROL G | Manana Sera Bonito | Universal |
| 6 | RASHA NAHAS | Amrat أمرات | Cooking Vinyl |
| 7 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FUSION | Gabriella | Self-Released |
| 8 | CLAUDIA VILLELA | Cartas Ao Vento | Taina |
| 9 | AGUANKO | Unidad | Self-Released |
| 10 | PACHYMAN | Switched-On | ATO |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BUTCHER BROWN | Solar Music | Concord Jazz/Concord |
| 2 | DJ SHADOW | Action Adventure | Mass Appeal/Liquid Amber |
| 3 | SHABAZZ PALACES | Robed In Rareness [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 4 | SEAFOOD SAM | Afros In The Wind [EP] | drink sum wtr |
| 5 | K-RIZ | One Way Ticket | Birthday Cake |
| 6 | DANGER MOUSE AND JEMINI | Born Again | Lex |
| 7 | JAMILA WOODS | Water Made Us | Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group |
| 8 | KIPP STONE | 66689 BLVD | Closed Sessions |
| 9 | MICK JENKINS | The Patience | BMG |
| 10 | HAVIAH MIGHTY | Crying Crystals | Mighty Gang |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANDRE 3000 | New Blue Sun | Epic/Sony |
| 2 | DOMINIQUE FILS-AIME | Our Roots Run Deep | Ensoul |
| 3 | JOEY ALEXANDER | Continuance | Mack Avenue |
| 4 | JON CLEARY | So Swell | Single Lock |
| 5 | ADAM SHULMAN | We Wish You A Funky Christmas | Cellar |
| 6 | BRYAN LUBECK | Welcome Winter | VMP |
| 7 | GEORGE GEE SWING ORCHESTRA | Winter Wonderland | Self-Released |
| 8 | MADDIE VOGLER | While We Have Time | Origin |
| 9 | JOHN PAUL MCGEE | A Gospejazzical Christmas | Jazz Urbane |
| 10 | SEULAH NOH JAZZ ORCHESTRA | NOhMAD | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MOCEAN WORKER | Boombox | MoWo Inc. |
| 2 | DJ SHADOW | Action Adventure | Mass Appeal/Liquid Amber |
| 3 | ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER | Again | Warp |
| 4 | METRIC | Formentera II | Metric/Thirty Tigers |
| 5 | YEULE | softscars | Ninja Tune |
| 6 | CHEMICAL BROTHERS, THE | For That Beautiful Feeling | Republic |
| 7 | JUNGLE | Volcano | Caiola/AWAL |
| 8 | BARRY CAN’T SWIM | When Will We Land | Ninja Tune |
| 9 | ROYKSOPP | Profound Mysteries Remixes | Dog Triumph/PIAS |
| 10 | SOFIA KOURTESIS | Madres | Ninja Tune |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GILMAR GOMES | “Barquinho” [Single] | Encuentro |
Electronic / Dance “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | VINCE CLARKE | Songs Of Silence | Mute |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ERIKA MALONE | “Sunday Love” [Single] | EYM |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BUSELLI-WALLARAB JAZZ ORCHESTRA | Carol Of The Bells | Patois |
| 2 | CHRISTIAN SANDS | Christmas Stories | Mack Avenue |
| 3 | CASEY MACGILL | Love Letters | Self-Released |
| 4 | GABRIEL GUERRERO AND QUANTUM | Equilibrio | Origin |
| 5 | JOHN BISHOP | Antwerp | Origin |
| 6 | MIKE DIRUBBO | Inner Light | Truth Revolution |
| 7 | RAY GALLON | Grand Company | Cellar |
| 8 | GEORGE BURTON | The Yule Log | Porge |
| 9 | DONNA SINGER | “The Marvelous Magical Merry Mrs Claus” [Single] | Emerald Baby |
| 10 | DEBORAH SILVER AND STEVE TYRELL | “That’s Life” [Single] | Glitter And Grits |