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 3rd, 2024. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, November 12th, 2024!
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October 28th through November 5th, 2024
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BILLY STRINGS | Highway Prayers | Reprise |
| 2 | CROW AND GAZELLE | As Above Now So Below | Self-Released |
| 3 | OLLEE OWENS | Nowhere to Hide | Self-Released |
| 4 | AMYTHYST KIAH | STILL + BRIGHT | Rounder/Concord |
| 5 | ASHTYN BARBAREE | Sent Through the Ceiling | Self-Released |
| 6 | RUTHIE FOSTER | Mileage | Sun |
| 7 | VANESSA COLLIER | Do It My Own Way | Phenix Fire |
| 8 | AMY HELM | Silver City | Sun |
| 9 | BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN | Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free | Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group |
| 10 | CALEB KLAUDER AND REEB WILLMS | Gold In Your Pocket | Free Dirt |
| 11 | CHICAGO BLUES LIFTERS | Blues Scouts | Hitskope |
| 12 | CLAIRO | Charm | Virgin |
| 13 | DEB RYDER | Live And Havin’ Fun | Vizztone |
| 14 | JEFFREY FOUCAULT | The Universal Fire | Fluff And Gravy |
| 15 | JESSE TERRY | Arcadia | Self-Released |
| 16 | KAT RIGGINS AND HER BLUES REVIVAL | Revival | Self-Released |
| 17 | KURT ANDERSON | Life On Interstate 40 | Riverlark |
| 18 | LUCINDA WILLIAMS | “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” [Single] | Highway 20 |
| 19 | MARK STEPAKOFF | The Sound Of That | Self-Released |
| 20 | ME AND MARTHA (DONALD DEPOY AND MARTHA HILLS) | Country Girl’s Blue Moon | Self-Released |
| 21 | MINDY SMITH | Quiet Town | Compass |
| 22 | RACHEL RYAN | Written | Self-Released |
| 23 | RECKLESS KELLY | The Last Frontier | No Big Deal |
| 24 | SHEMEKIA COPELAND | Blame It On Eve | Alligator |
| 25 | DARKSOFT | Realtivism | Spirit Goth |
| 26 | BB STEVENS | “Starlight In Me” [Single] | Stryker/Virgin |
| 27 | ALBERT CASTIGLIA | Righteous Souls | Gulf Coast |
| 28 | 7XVETHEGENIUS | Death Of Deuce | Drumwork |
| 29 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Neither One Of Us” [Single] | Viral |
| 30 | MK GEE | “Rockman” [Single] | R&R |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ASHTYN BARBAREE | Sent Through the Ceiling | Self-Released |
| 2 | BRUCE GUYNN | Introspective | New Coast |
| 3 | DAVE MININBERG | Scruffy Love Songs | Self-Released |
| 4 | JOHN STOWERS | Re-Open | Howling Alex |
| 5 | NAKED GIANTS | Shine Away | DevilDuck |
| 6 | RACHEL RYAN | Written | Self-Released |
| 7 | REAGAN HUDSON | House Arrest Ankle Bracelet | The Toon Company |
| 8 | TY WALKER AND THE HUMANOIDS | Home On The Strange | Lung |
| 9 | ARIENNE HEARTS CHARLIE | Christmas In New Orleans [EP] | War And Spirit |
| 10 | CULTJAM | Love | Spanamike |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAR DISKU | Dar Disku | Soundway |
| 2 | OPEN THE DOOR FOR THREE | A Prosperous Gale | Self-Released |
| 3 | KIT SEBASTIAN | New Internationale | Brainfeeder |
| 4 | JUAN MEGNA GROUP | Mariwo | Self-Released |
| 5 | SEUN KUTI AND EGYPT 80 | Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) | Record Kicks |
| 6 | AMADOU AND MARIAM | La Vie Est Belle | Because |
| 7 | MANU CHAO | Viva Tu | Because |
| 8 | LA LOM | The Los Angeles League Of Musicians | Verve |
| 9 | CLAUDE FONTAINE | La Mer | Innovative Leisure |
| 10 | SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR X GROOVE TERMINATOR | History Of House | House Of Latroit |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LORD SKO | “Stubborn” [Single] | Stimulated |
| 2 | LYRICS BORN | Goodbye, Sticky Rice | Mobile Home |
| 3 | SAM SELLERS | Fake Flowers Last Forever | Say Word |
| 4 | COMMON AND PETE ROCK | The Auditorium, Vol. 1 | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 5 | JAE SKEESE | Ground Level | Drumwork/Equity |
| 6 | 7XVETHEGENIUS | Death Of Deuce | Drumwork |
| 7 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Neither One Of Us” [Single] | Viral |
| 8 | KASHE | “My Soul” [Single] | JP Perez |
| 9 | WISEBOY JEREMY | Pumpkin Seeds | Equity |
| 10 | KURIOUS | Majician | Rhymesayers/Metalface |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PLANET D NONET | Echoes Of Harlem: A Salute To Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 | Eastlawn |
| 2 | ANDREW VOGT | Awakening | Scholz |
| 3 | DRED SCOTT | Cali Mambo | Ropeadope |
| 4 | GUSTAVO CORTINAS | Live In Chicago | Desafio Candente |
| 5 | JEFF RUPERT | It Gets Better | Rupe |
| 6 | UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS JAZZ ENSEMBLE 1 | Let The Good Times Roll | Vegas |
| 7 | MICHAEL DEASE | Found In Space: The Music Of Gregg Hill | Origin |
| 8 | RANDY HOEXTER | Tomorrowsville | Blue Canoe |
| 9 | PHILIP WEBERNDOERFER | Tides | Shifting Paradigm |
| 10 | WAYNE ALPERN | Gotham | Henri Elkan |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DISCLOSURE | “She’s Gone, Dance On” [Single] | Disorder |
| 2 | CARIBOU | Honey | Merge |
| 3 | FLOATING POINTS | Cascade | Ninja Tune |
| 4 | JAMIE XX | In Waves | Young |
| 5 | TSHA | Sad Girl | Ninja Tune |
| 6 | FCUKERS | Baggy$$ [EP] | Technicolour |
| 7 | SOFI TUKKER | BREAD | Sofi Tukker/Virgin |
| 8 | SOPHIE | SOPHIE | Transgressive/Future Classic |
| 9 | KELLY LEE OWENS | Dreamstate | Dirty Hit/dh2 |
| 10 | SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR X GROOVE TERMINATOR | History Of House | House Of Latroit |
Electronic “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MINKA | MINKA Mondays: Volume 3 | Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ZACH ADLEMAN | We Make: Stories For A New Day | Cellar |
| 2 | MINKA | MINKA Mondays: Volume 3 | Self-Released |
| 3 | REBECCA KILGORE | A Little Taste: A Tribute To Dave Frishberg | Cherry Pie |
| 4 | RICH WILLEY | Boptism Christmas | Boptism |
| 5 | VANISHA GOULD | She’s Not Shiny, She’s Not Smooth | Cellar |