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 18th through November 24th, 2024
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOY CLARK | Tell It To The Wind | Righteous Babe |
| 2 | AMYTHYST KIAH | STILL + BRIGHT | Rounder/Concord |
| 3 | GILLIAN WELCH AND DAVID RAWLINGS | Woodland | Acony |
| 4 | WILLIE NELSON | Last Leaf On The Tree | Sony |
| 5 | DWIGHT YOAKAM | Brighter Days | Via/Thirty Tigers |
| 6 | TWISTED PINE | Love Your Mind | Self-Released |
| 7 | AMY SPEACE | The American Dream | Self-Released |
| 8 | KIM DEAL | Nobody Loves You More | 4AD |
| 9 | NUALA KENNEDY AND EAMON O’LEARY | Hydra | Under The Arch |
| 10 | SHEMEKIA COPELAND | Blame It On Eve | Alligator |
| 11 | YANN FALQUET | Les Secrets Du Ciel | Self-Released |
| 12 | SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER | Rosemary Hill [EP] | Flatiron |
| 13 | BILLY STRINGS | Highway Prayers | Reprise |
| 14 | DAN AND FAITH | Who We Are | Wanderlust |
| 15 | DAVID HOBBES | Searching For A Home | Self-Released |
| 16 | EDIE CAREY AND SARAH SAMPLE | Lantern In The Dark | Groundloop |
| 17 | GEORGE JACKSON AND BRAD KOLODNER | Shady Lane | Self-Released |
| 18 | JAKE BLOUNT AND MALI OBOMSAWIN | symbiont | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 19 | KIMMI BITTER | Old School | Self-Released |
| 20 | LOOSE CATTLE | Someone’s Monster | Single Lock |
| 21 | MEGAN BURRT | Witness | Self-Released |
| 22 | PIXIES | The Night The Zombies Came | BMG |
| 23 | SHABOOZEY | “Good News” [Single] | American Dogwood |
| 24 | SILKROAD ENSEMBLE, RHIANNON GIDDENS | American Railroad | Nonesuch |
| 25 | ASHTYN BARBAREE | Sent Through the Ceiling | Self-Released |
| 26 | TAI SHAN | Wildflower Moon | Self-Released |
| 27 | TALKING HEADS | 77 (Super Deluxe Edition) | Rhino/Warner |
| 28 | YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND | Nowhere Next | Frog Pad |
| 29 | CURE, THE | Songs Of A Lost World | Fiction/Capitol |
| 30 | EMILY GABRIELE | “Calling Mr Back” [Single] | EG NYC |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FATHER JOHN MISTY | Mahashmashana | Sub Pop |
| 2 | JAY ERNEST | Hold Your Horses | Jayder |
| 3 | JONATHAN ROY | “Waiting For A Call” [Single] | O’Bannon |
| 4 | NICK GUSMAN AND THE COYOTE BAND | Lifting Heavy Things | Self-Released |
| 5 | YUNG DELIRIOUS, CM YOUNG AND NORTH AVE JAX | “Who U Knew” [Single] | We Are The Defiant |
| 6 | SUN ATOMS | Everything Forever | Little Cloud |
| 7 | MOMMYHEADS, THE | One Eyed Band | Self-Released |
| 8 | TOMBSTONES IN THEIR EYES | Asylum Harbour | Kitten Robot |
| 9 | W4RP TRIO AND LIKWUID | Sermon Of The MatriarK | Phenotypic |
| 10 | SISTER SPECIES | Lena In The Bog | Aura Vortex |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BONGO HOP, THE | La Pata Coja | Underdog |
| 2 | JANIE ROTHFIELD AND ALLAN CARR | The Two Of Us | Self-Released |
| 3 | MULATU ASTATKE AND HOODNA ORCHESTRA | Tension | Batov |
| 4 | REHMAN MAMMEDLI | Azerbaijani Gitara, Vol. 2 | Les Disques Bongo Joe |
| 5 | DANIEL PARDO | Ese Momento | 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 | AMADOU AND MARIAM | La Vie Est Belle | Because |
| 10 | MANU CHAO | Viva Tu | Because |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LYRICS BORN | Goodbye, Sticky Rice | Mobile Home |
| 2 | KURIOUS | Majician | Rhymesayers/Metalface |
| 3 | 7XVETHEGENIUS | Death Of Deuce | Drumwork |
| 4 | WISEBOY JEREMY | Pumpkin Seeds | Equity |
| 5 | MALLY AND LAST WORD | The Sweetest Of It All | MaLLy/Last Word Touring |
| 6 | SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS | Red Future | Sony |
| 7 | ELUCID | REVELATOR | Fat Possum |
| 8 | OMNI! | OMNI! (The Rap Group) | Backseat |
| 9 | PLANET GIZA | The Sky Is Recording Me: 100 Years Later (Vol. 1) | Quiet Note |
| 10 | JAE SKEESE | Ground Level | Drumwork/Equity |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | WENDELL HARRISON TRIBE | Get Up Off Your Knees | Tribe |
| 2 | HOT TODDIES JAZZ BAND | Triple Step | Prohibition |
| 3 | JOCELYN GOULD | Golden Hour | Self-Released |
| 4 | LISA HILTON | Coincidental Moment | Ruby Slippers |
| 5 | LONNIE LISTON SMITH | Love Brings Happiness | Jazz Is Dead |
| 6 | MATTHEW WHITAKER | On Their Shoulders: An Organ Tribute | MOCAT |
| 7 | MCCOY TYNER AND JOE HENDERSON | Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’ | Blue Note |
| 8 | SARAH HANAHAN | Among Giants | Blue Engine |
| 9 | RICH WILLEY | Boptism Christmas | Boptism |
| 10 | DOUG MACDONALD | Santa Monica Session | Dmac |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FLOATING POINTS | Cascade | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | GREG LISHER | Underwater Detection Method | Independent Project |
| 3 | MIZU | 4 | 3 | 2 | Carousel p |
| 4 | MR RAOUL K | “Urure” [Single] | Compost |
| 5 | CARIBOU | Honey | Merge |
| 6 | LP GIOBBI | Dotr | Counter |
| 7 | KELLY LEE OWENS | Dreamstate | Dirty Hit/dh2 |
| 8 | FLYING LOTUS | Spirit Box [EP] | Warp |
| 9 | TSHA | Sad Girl | Ninja Tune |
| 10 | MACHINE GIRL | MG Ultra | Future Classic |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAVID FRIESEN | A Light Shining Through | Origin |
| 2 | BAND OF OTHER BROTHERS | This Year At Christmas | Ear Up |
| 3 | DEBORAH SILVER AND THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA | Swingin’ Through The Holidays | Green Hill |
| 4 | GEORGE KAHN JAZZ AND BLUES REVUE | Holiday Soirée | Playing |
| 5 | SCOTT DRIER WITH ANDY LANGHAM | Christmas | Self-Released |
| 6 | BRIAN CHARETTE | You Don’t Know Jack! | Cellar |
| 7 | JOHN LEE | Second Wind | Cellar |