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 past week. Our next airplay chart will be computed and posted on Tuesday, January 21st, 2020!
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| 1 | BETTY FOX BAND, THE | Peace In Pieces | Quarto Valley |
| 2 | CHERYL CAWOOD | Love, Pearl | Self-Released |
| 3 | DARLING WEST | We’ll Never Know Unless We Try | Jansen |
| 4 | FRUITION | Broken At The Break Of Day | Self-Released |
| 5 | QUEBE SISTERS, THE | The Quebe Sisters | Self-Released |
| 6 | VAN MORRISON | Three Chord And The Truth | Caroline/Exile |
| 7 | ALLISON MOORER | Blood | Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | BEAN PICKERS UNION, THE | Archaeology | Self-Released |
| 9 | BON IVER | i,i | Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group |
| 10 | BONAFIDE FABIAN | New And Improved Old Fashioned Folkadelic | Trait Razor |
| 11 | EARLY RISERS, THE | Making Life Sweet | Itchy Sabot |
| 12 | EMISUNSHINE AND THE RAIN | Family Wars | Little Blackbird |
| 13 | HEAD AND THE HEART, THE | Living Mirage [Advance Tracks] | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | HIGHWOMEN, THE | The Highwomen | Elektra |
| 15 | JADE BIRD | Jade Bird | Glassnote |
| 16 | JOHNNY AND JEANETTE WILLIAMS | Thirty Years Later | Grass Tank |
| 17 | LEE FIELDS AND THE EXPRESSIONS | It Rains Love | Big Crown |
| 18 | MAVERICKS, THE | Play The Hits | Mono Mundo/Thirty Tigers |
| 19 | MAVIS STAPLES | We Get By | Anti- |
| 20 | MILK CARTON KIDS, THE | The Only Ones [EP] | Thirty Tigers |
| 21 | NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS | Up And Rolling | New West |
| 22 | SHERYL CROW | Threads | Valory/Big Machine |
| 23 | STARCROSSED LOSERS | Strange Hesitations | Self-Released |
| 24 | SWALLOWED SUN | Swallowed Sun | Self-Released |
| 25 | THORBJORN RISAGER | Come On In | Ruf |
| 26 | TOO LATE TO PRAY: DEFIANT CHICAGO ROOTS | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bloodshot |
| 27 | WE BANJO THREE | Roots To Rise (Live) | Self-Released |
| 28 | HU, THE | The Gereg | Eleven Seven |
| 29 | MIKE ZITO AND FRIENDS | Rock N Roll A Tribute To Check Berry | Ruf |
| 30 | LONG RYDERS | Psychedelic Country Soul | Self-Released |
Top Ten “Adds”
| 1 | JONATHAN NG | The Sphynx | Self-Released |
| 2 | TAMUZ NISSIM | Capturing Clouds | Street Of Stars |
| 3 | BECK | Hyperspace | Capitol |
| 4 | DARSHAN AMBIENT | A Day Like Any Other | Spotted Peccary |
| 5 | MARINA ALBERO | A Life Soundtrack | Self-Released |
| 6 | FRANK KOHL | The Crossing | Self-Released |
| 7 | BENNY BENACK III | A Lot of Livin’ To Do | Self-Released |
| 8 | COACHELLA VALLEY TRIO | Mid Century Modern | DMAC |
| 9 | EMILIA DAHLIN SEXTET | … Green Things To Grow | Self-Released |
| 10 | LOVE ME IN THE DARK | Love Me In The Dark [EP] | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALTIN GUN | Gece | ATO |
| 2 | ROBERTO FONSECA | Yesun | Mack Avenue |
| 3 | PAT BATTSTONE AND GIORGIA SANTORO | Dream Notes | Leo |
| 4 | RAQUEL CEPEDA | Passion | Self-Released |
| 5 | SCOTT WILKIE | Brasil | Beach |
| 6 | DELINE BRISCOE | Wawu | Gaba Musik |
| 7 | BONGO HOP, THE | Satingarona Pt. 2 | Underdog |
| 8 | ALEX CUBA | Sublime | Caracol |
| 9 | LAKOU MIZIK | HaitiaNola | Cumbancha |
| 10 | GOOD ONES, THE | Rwanda, You Should Be Loved | Anti- |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DJ SHADOW | Our Pathetic Age | Mass Appeal |
| 2 | BROTHER ALI | Secrets & Escapes | Rhymesayers |
| 3 | SAMPA THE GREAT | The Return | Ninja Tune |
| 4 | DANNY BROWN | uknowhatimsayin¿ | Warp |
| 5 | ROBERT GLASPER | Fuck Yo Feelings | Loma Vista |
| 6 | QUEEN AND SLIM SOUNDTRACK | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Motown |
| 7 | FREDDIE GIBBS AND MADLIB | Bandana | Keep Cool/RCA/Madlib Invazion/ESGN |
| 8 | COMMON | Let Love | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 9 | CARTEL MADRAS | Age Of The Goonda [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 10 | MAEZ301 | Maez301 | Strange |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ADRIAN CUNNINGHAM | Adrian Cunningham & His Friends Play Lerner & Loewe | Arbors |
| 2 | ANTONIO ADOLFO | Samba Jazz Alley | AAM |
| 3 | ALICIA OLATUJA | Intuition: Songs From The Minds Of Women | Resilience |
| 4 | CHAMPIAN FULTON AND CORY WEEDS | Dream A Little… | Cellar Live |
| 5 | CHRISTIAN JACOB TRIO, THE | The Originals | WilderJazz/Palmetto |
| 6 | ERIC WYATT | The Golden Rule: For Sonny | Whaling City Sound |
| 7 | JIMMY COBB | Remembering U | Jimmy Cobb World |
| 8 | JON BATISTE | Chronology Of A Dream | Verve |
| 9 | JONATHAN NG | Dreaming On My Feet | Self-Released |
| 10 | LISA MAXWELL JAZZ ORCHESTRA | Shiny! | Uncle Marvin |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CARAVAN PALACE | Chronologic | Le Plan |
| 2 | MARCONI UNION | Dead Air | Just |
| 3 | SIR WAS | Holding On To A Dream | Memphis Industries |
| 4 | DJ SHADOW | Our Pathetic Age | Mass Appeal |
| 5 | FLOATING POINTS | Crush | Ninja Tune |
| 6 | SEBASTIAN | Thirst | Ed Banger/Because |
| 7 | TEEBS | Anicca | Brainfeeder |
| 8 | LAPALUX | Amnioverse | Brainfeeder |
| 9 | TOURIST | Wild | Monday |
| 10 | SUDAN ARCHIVES | Athena | Stones Throw |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MANTECA | Augmented Indifference | Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ROBERTA PIKET | Domestic Harmony: Picket Plays Mintz | Thirteenth Note |
| 2 | SHUFFLE DEMONS | Crazy Time | Stubby |
| 3 | FRANK KOHL | The Crossing | Self-Released |
| 4 | JONATHAN NG | The Sphynx | Self-Released |
| 5 | KAYLE BRECHER | Kayleidoscope | Penchant Four |
| 6 | MANTECA | Augmented Indifference | Self-Released |