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 1st. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, November 10th.
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October 26th, 2026 through November 1st, 2026
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CAROLINE COTTER | The Answer | Self-Released |
| 2 | RUTHIE FOSTER | Just Say Yes | Sun |
| 3 | COLLIDE | American Circus | Self-Released |
| 4 | D HENRY FENTON | Elvis Americano | Dark Eyed Junco |
| 5 | DONNA HERULA | Cold Feet | Self-Released |
| 6 | IAN NOE | Canyon Falls Trailer Band | Lock 13 |
| 7 | MARY GAUTHIER | Reckoning | In The Black/Soundly |
| 8 | SCOTT COOK | Troubadourly Yours | Self-Released |
| 9 | DALLAS BURROW | Modern Day Vagabond | Forty Below |
| 10 | DAVID DODSON | Fair To Partly Cloudy | Self-Released |
| 11 | FLAMING LIPS | “God Will Control The Werewolves” [Single] | Third Man |
| 12 | FRUITION | Something More | Bloodhsot |
| 13 | GREY DELISLE | Don’t Turn Around | Hummin’bird |
| 14 | HEALERS, THE | Healers 2 | Diagonal Man |
| 15 | JORDIE LANE | Habitual | Blood Thinner |
| 16 | KELLY HUNT | Requiem For A Sleepless Night | Compass |
| 17 | KENNEDYS, THE | Smoketree | Self-Released |
| 18 | LAKE STREET DIVE | “You’re Never Around” [Single] | Dive Not Drive |
| 19 | LOUISE BICHAN | Binnorie | Adhyaropa |
| 20 | MITCH WOODS | A Night In New Orleans | MoMojo |
| 21 | NICOLE MISH | Hope Is Restless | Whole Sky |
| 22 | OWEN LAKE AND THE TRAGIC LOVES | Bury Deep My Heart | Self-Released |
| 23 | RACHAEL SAGE AND THE SEQUINS | Under My Canopy | MPress |
| 24 | RHIANNON GIDDENS | Hope Is The Thing With Feathers | Nonesuch |
| 25 | RICHARD THOMPSON | Hippies, Thugs, and Heroes | New West |
| 26 | RISING APPALACHIA | Trade My Troubles | Self-Released |
| 27 | ROD MACDONALD | Undo The Damage | Blue Flute |
| 28 | FATALES | “Voices” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 29 | CLIFF HILLIS | The Square Route | Independent |
| 30 | AARON NATHANS AND MICHAEL RONSTADT | Esperanza | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CARA LUFT | My Heart Will Always Be | Self-Released |
| 2 | ERIC JERARDI | The Game | Alternator/Niche |
| 3 | JAN DALEY | “Eat Your Heart Out” (Remix) [Single] | The Sound Of LA |
| 4 | JESSE AND THE HOGG BROTHERS | “Tater Tots” b/w “Go Ugly Early” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | PAUL JENSEN | Gosport | Lone Coyote |
| 6 | SON OF CORMACK | Son Of Cormack | Self-Released |
| 7 | CRIS WILLIAMSON | Breathing Room | Wolf Moon |
| 8 | SHABAZZ PALACES | It’s A Style Sport | Sub Pop |
| 9 | MARK SCOTT MOONEY | Thirty Cent Gasoline | Self-Released |
| 10 | NEGATIVLAND | Negativland [Reissue] | Seeland |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANIMEROS, THE | Que Barbaro | Easy Eye |
| 2 | DONALD WG LINDSAY | Honeymoon Bridge | Self-Released |
| 3 | GIRL ULTRA | RRRomeo | Big Dada |
| 4 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | Los Ojos Del Cóndor | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 5 | KALOS | Tamarack | Self-Released |
| 6 | KAREN Y LOS REMEDIOS | Bestiaria | zzk |
| 7 | RODRIGO Y GABRIELA | OurHome | ATO |
| 8 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Chopping Mountain | Merge |
| 9 | SON ROMPE PERA | Marimbazos De Oro | Mixto |
| 10 | LEENALCHI | Sugungga | Luaka Bop |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SLOT ONE THE SERVANT | SLOTMATIC | Self-Released |
| 2 | AUDIO SCIENTISTS LABORATORY, THE | Solipsistic | Collective Consciousness |
| 3 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Girl I Seen” [Single] | Viral |
| 4 | YOUR OLD DROOG | Bread & Butter | Rem-U-Lak/Nature Sounds |
| 5 | ERYKAH BADU AND THE ALCHEMIST | Before The World Blows | Young/Beggars |
| 6 | VINCE STAPLES | Cry Baby | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 7 | MIKE D | Thank You | Capitol |
| 8 | DAWN RICHARD | Creole Culture | Merge |
| 9 | 4-IZE | 49th Birthday Album | Atlanta Beat Street |
| 10 | ALLERGIES, THE | Beneath This Sun | Jalapeno |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RYAN BLOTNICK | The Woods | Fishkill |
| 2 | AARON JOHNSON AND GREGORY CHEN | Serenade In Blue | Boptimist |
| 3 | ABATE BERIHUN AND THE ADDIS KEN PROJECT | Addis Ken | Origin |
| 4 | ARTURO SANDOVAL | Sangú | TM |
| 5 | CATHERINE RUSSELL | Live At Jazz At Lincoln Center | Dot Time |
| 6 | CORY WEEDS | Hip To Be Square: Plays Huey Lewis & The News | Cellar |
| 7 | JOEY DEFRANCESCO | Live At Keystone Korner | Mack Avenue |
| 8 | NEW JAZZ UNDERGROUND | Hoodies | Artwork |
| 9 | ROB DIXON | Naptown Soul | Strikezone |
| 10 | SEAN MASON TRIO | State Of The Art | Taylor Christian |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ARLO PARKS | Ambiguous Desire (Deluxe) | Transgressive/PIAS |
| 2 | GALANTIS | The Devil’s Tax Return: Volume 1 [EP] | Counter |
| 3 | LUSINE | Melting Days | Ghostly International |
| 4 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Chopping Mountain | Merge |
| 5 | BONOBO | Distance In Static | Ninja Tune |
| 6 | AVALANCHES, THE | No Bad Memories | Modular |
| 7 | LOGIC1000 | Confirmation! | Therapy/Because |
| 8 | GAYANCE | roaming | Tru Thoughts |
| 9 | KASKADE | ORIGIN // | Arkade |
| 10 | ACTRESS | Radical Frame | Ninja Tune |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SHABAZZ PALACES | It’s A Style Sport | Sub Pop |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DIEGO FIGUEIREDO | Horse Blues | Arbors |
| 2 | HOUSTON PERSON | From The Heart | Arbors |
| 3 | JOCELYN GOULD | So Delighted | La Reserve |
| 4 | JOHN SNEIDER | The Action Is The Juice | Adhyaropa |
| 5 | MARK HOLZINGER | Juke And Jive | Reel Zinger |
| 6 | TYLER HENDERSON | The Long Game | Cellar |
| 7 | VANISHA GOULD | What An Interesting Girl | Cellar |
| 8 | MICHAEL DEASE BIG BAND | The Sleeper: The Music Of Gregg Hill | Cold Plunge |
| 9 | ALEXIS COLE | Taking My Seat A Musical Inheritance | Tiger Turn |
| 10 | MARC TOUSSAINT | Hear and Now | Swing Time |