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 11th. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, January 20th.
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January 5th, 2025 through January 11th, 2026
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
WEST TEXAS EXILES |
8000 Days |
Floating Mesa |
2 |
NIA CEPHAS |
Cosmicpolitan |
Little Village Foundation |
3 |
JEFF TWEEDY |
Twilight Override |
dBpm |
4 |
DAVID BYRNE |
Who Is The Sky? |
Matador/Beggars |
5 |
ALISON BROWN AND STEVE MARTIN |
Safe, Sensible And Sane |
Compass |
6 |
TOM PAXTON AND JOHN MCCUTCHEON |
Together Again |
Appalsongs |
7 |
BASSVICTIM |
Forever |
Self-Released |
8 |
MAVIS STAPLES |
Sad And Beautiful World |
Anti- |
9 |
WEARY RAMBLERS |
Driftwood |
Self-Released |
10 |
ALEXIS P SUTER BAND, THE |
Just Stay High |
Nola Blue |
11 |
BECKY BULLER |
Songs That Sing Me |
Dark Shadow |
12 |
BLOOD ORANGE |
Essex Honey |
RCA |
13 |
BRANDI CARLILE |
Returning To Myself |
Lost Highway/Interscope |
14 |
BRENNEN LEIGH |
Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love |
Signature Sounds |
15 |
DIJON |
Baby |
R&R |
16 |
ELOISE AND CO |
Avec Elodie |
Self-Released |
17 |
GEESE |
Getting Killed |
Partisan |
18 |
GORILLAZ |
“The Happy Dictator” feat. Sparks [Single] |
Kong |
19 |
JOHNNY RAWLS |
Make Them Dance |
Catfood |
20 |
LARRY MCCRAY |
Heartbreak City |
KTBA |
21 |
LUKAS NELSON |
American Romance |
6 Ace |
22 |
MEREDITH MOON |
From Here To The Sea |
Compass |
23 |
MOLLY TUTTLE |
So Long Little Miss Sunshine |
Nonesuch |
24 |
NEKO CASE |
Neon Grey Midnight Green |
Anti- |
25 |
ST PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES |
St. Paul & The Broken Bones |
Oasis Pizza/Thirty Tigers |
26 |
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND AND LEON RUSSELL |
Live At LOCKN’ |
Swamp Family |
27 |
VALERIE SMITH |
Maggie’s Journal |
Bell Buckle |
28 |
WILLIE NELSON |
Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle |
Sony |
29 |
SPRINTS |
All That Is Over |
Sub Pop |
30 |
TY STONEHAWKER |
Life Of Crime |
Stonehouse |
Top “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
ANDI JANE |
“Fly Away” [Single] |
Nash Nouveau |
2 |
BRUCE GUYNN |
Footprints |
New Coast |
3 |
STACY ROBIN |
Where Truth Lies |
Dharmapala |
4 |
DWAYNA LITZ |
“Same Old Story” [Single] |
Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
ELOISE AND CO |
Avec Elodie |
Self-Released |
2 |
ALTIN GUN |
“Neredesin Sen” [Single] |
ATO |
3 |
EDNA VAZQUEZ |
Te Esperaba |
Heinz |
4 |
FATBABS |
This Love Is Forever |
Big Scoop |
5 |
HOLLIE COOK |
Shy Girl |
Mr Bongo |
6 |
JESSE ROYAL |
“Light Of Mine” [Single] |
Easy Star |
7 |
LE VENT DU NORD |
Voisinages |
La Compagnie Du Nord |
8 |
LILA IKE |
Treasure Self Love |
Ineffable |
9 |
MIGHTY ROOTSMEN, THE |
The Mighty Rootsmen |
Bulletproof |
10 |
AFRO CARIBBEAN JAZZ COLLECTIVE, THE |
Cortadito |
JBG |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
DIJON |
Baby |
R&R |
2 |
TYLER THE CREATOR |
DON’T TAP THE GLASS |
Columbia/Sony |
3 |
NIGHTMARES ON WAX |
Echo45 Sound System |
Warp |
4 |
DARRELL KELLEY |
“Sick Of This” [Single] |
Viral |
5 |
DANNY BROWN |
Stardust |
Warp |
6 |
SHAD |
Start Anew |
Secret City |
7 |
SUDAN ARCHIVES |
THE BPM |
Stones Throw |
8 |
DE LA SOUL |
Cabin In The Sky |
Mass Appeal |
9 |
TOBI AND REAL BAD MAN |
The Perfect Blue |
Real Bad Man |
10 |
CAUTIOUS CLAY |
The Hours: Night |
Fantasy/Concord |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
JOE POLICASTRO TRIO |
Mending Wall |
Jeru Jazz |
2 |
NAT ADDERLEY JR TRIO |
Took So Long |
Self-Released |
3 |
PAUL LITTERAL |
Litteral Truth |
Outrageous8 |
4 |
EMMA SMITH |
Bitter Orange |
La Reserve |
5 |
KATE OLSON |
So It Goes |
OA2 |
6 |
LAUREN HENDERSON |
Sonidos |
Brontosaurus |
7 |
NEIL GRAY |
In The Streets |
Cellar |
8 |
OSTARA PROJECT |
Roots |
RHEA |
9 |
SCOTT SILBERT QUARTET, THE |
Dream Dancing: Celebrating Zoot Sims At 100 |
Self-Released |
10 |
FLYING HORSE BIG BAND, THE |
Unbridled: The Flying Horse Big Band Meets George Garzone |
Flying Horse |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
DIJON |
Baby |
R&R |
2 |
BLOOD CULTURES |
Skate Story: VOL 1 |
Pack |
3 |
ERIKA DE CASIER |
Lifetime |
Independent Jeep |
4 |
HEADACHE |
Thank You for Almost Everything |
PLZ Make It Ruins |
5 |
NATION OF LANGUAGE |
Dance Called Memory |
Sub Pop |
6 |
PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND |
We Are Worlds Away [EP] |
Nublu |
7 |
ROYKSOPP |
True Electric |
Dog Triumph/PIAS |
8 |
RUFUS DU SOL |
Inhale/Exhale Remixed |
Rose Avenue/Reprise |
9 |
BJORK |
Cornucopia: Live |
One Little Independent |
10 |
AUTOMATIC |
Is It Now? |
Stones Throw |
Hip Hop “Add”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
GLENN MAKOS AND BRU |
Arrowsic |
Stop Time |
Jazz “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
GLENN MAKOS AND BRU |
Arrowsic |
Stop Time |
2 |
LISA HILTON |
Extended Daydream |
Ruby Slippers |
3 |
EDDIE ALLEN PUSH SEPTET |
Rhythm People |
Origin |
4 |
KATE OLSON |
So It Goes |
OA2 |
5 |
MATTIAS SVENSSON |
Embrace |
Origin |
6 |
MICHAEL DEASE |
Spartan Strong |
Origin |