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 12th, 2025. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, January 21st!
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January 6th through January 12th, 2024
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LOUISA STANCIOFF | When We Were Looking | Yep Roc |
| 2 | SPENCER ALBEE | Scarborough [EP] | Mistakes Were Made LLC |
| 3 | BILLY STRINGS | Highway Prayers | Reprise |
| 4 | ERROL EATS EVERYTHING | NYAM! [EP] | Big Chune |
| 5 | AMYTHYST KIAH | STILL + BRIGHT | Rounder/Concord |
| 6 | BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN | Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free | Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group |
| 7 | CINDY KALLET | Ride In The Light | Self-Released |
| 8 | DAN TYMINSKI | Live From The Ryman | 8 Track |
| 9 | DWIGHT YOAKAM | Brighter Days | Via/Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | FATHER JOHN MISTY | Mahashmashana | Sub Pop |
| 11 | KASEY CHAMBERS | Backbone | Essence |
| 12 | MJ LENDERMAN | Manning Fireworks | Anti- |
| 13 | OLD 97S | American Primitive | ATO |
| 14 | RAKISH | Now, O Now | Self-Released |
| 15 | RICHARD THOMPSON | Ship To Shore | New West |
| 16 | SARAH MCCULLUCH | Driving Me Home | Self-Released |
| 17 | SAULT | Acts Of Faith | Forever Living Originals |
| 18 | TOMISLAV GOLUBAN WITH CROOKED EYE TOMMY | Nashville Road | Overton |
| 19 | TWANGTOWN PARAMOURS, THE | The Wind Will Change Again | Inside Edge |
| 20 | WENDY GROSSMAN | The Last Trip Home | Riverlark |
| 21 | CURE, THE | Songs Of A Lost World | Fiction/Capitol |
| 22 | MXMTOON | Liminal Space | Self-Released |
| 23 | WISEBOY JEREMY | Pumpkin Seeds | Equity |
| 24 | JAY BYHAM | Postcards Along The Way | ITP |
| 25 | EMILY GABRIELLE | “Calling Me Back” [Single] | EG NYC |
| 26 | PAUL HANSON AND RAZE THE MAZE | Calliope | Manzanita Ranch |
| 27 | AJ LEE AND BLUE SUMMIT | City Of Glass | Signature |
| 28 | 7XVETHEGENIUS | Death Of Deuce | Drumwork |
| 29 | SAM BURCHFIELD | Graveyard Flower | EatMusic |
| 30 | SHYFRIN ALLIANCE | “Lockdown” [Single] | KES International |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MICHAEL HENCHMAN | If The Sky Fell | Pulse Nine |
| 2 | LINDA MARKS | The Silence Of The Stars | Self-Released |
| 3 | RINGO STARR | Look Up | UME |
| 4 | TANO JONES REVELRY, THE | Spinning North | Self-Released |
| 5 | 3 PAIRS OF BOOTS | Boot Scootin’ | Dark Country |
| 6 | HEISTHEARTIST | Confessions Of A Fallen Angel [EP] | Self-Released |
| 7 | JEREMY PARSONS | “The Garden” [Single] | MTS |
| 8 | RANZEL X KENDRICK | “Reminisce” [Single] | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JAH LIL | “Step By Step” [Single] | Out Deh |
| 2 | DAHVID SLUR | “Give It Your All” [Single] | Marily Gustus |
| 3 | GLASS BEAMS | Mahal [EP] | Ninja Tune |
| 4 | GREEN LION CREW, ROE SUMMERZ | “Oouu!” [Single] | Ineffable |
| 5 | AKAE BEKA | Living Testament | Before Zero/Trinity Farm |
| 6 | JESSE ROYAL AND ZION I KINGS | “Love That Don’t Change” [Single] | Zion High Productions |
| 7 | KHRUANGBIN | A LA SALA | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 8 | KIKI VALERA | Vacilon Santiaguero | Circle 9 |
| 9 | LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY | King Perry | False Idols |
| 10 | NICOLAS JAAR | Piedras 1 | Other People |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | WISEBOY JEREMY | Pumpkin Seeds | Equity |
| 2 | 7XVETHEGENIUS | Death Of Deuce | Drumwork |
| 3 | BROTHER ALI | Satisfied Soul [EP] | Mello |
| 4 | KURIOUS | Majician | Rhymesayers/Metalface |
| 5 | LORD SKO | “Stubborn” [Single] | Stimulated |
| 6 | MALLY AND LAST WORD | The Sweetest Of It All | MaLLy/Last Word Touring |
| 7 | POTATOHEAD PEOPLE | Eat Your Heart Out | Bastard Jazz |
| 8 | WAHID | THEY ALL GO MAD! [EP] | Innovative Leisure |
| 9 | YOUR OLD DROOG | Movie | Rem-U-Lak |
| 10 | BRIAN NASTY | Anywhere, But Here With You | Big Dada |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ARUN RAMAMURTHY TRIO | New Moon | Greenleaf |
| 2 | BENJAMIN BOONE | Confluence: The Ireland SessionsI | Origin |
| 3 | WARREN WOLF | History Of The Vibraphone | Cellar |
| 4 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | Linear Labs: Sao Paulo | Linear Labs |
| 5 | COSMIC TONES RESEARCH TRIO, THE | All is Sound | Mississippi |
| 6 | DAVE STRYKER | Stryker With Strings Goes To The Movies | Strikezone |
| 7 | DWAYNE CLEMONS | Center Of Gravity: Live At Smalls | Cellar |
| 8 | GROOVOLOGY | Almost Home | Groovology |
| 9 | JAZZ SABBATH | The 1968 Tapes | Blacklake |
| 10 | JEFF PARKER AND ETA IVTET | The Way Out Of Easy | International Anthem |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GREG LISHER | Underwater Detection Method | Independent Project |
| 2 | KIASMOS | II | Erased Tapes |
| 3 | RUFUS DU SOL | Inhale/Exhale | Rose Avenue/Reprise |
| 4 | SML | Small Medium Large | International Anthem |
| 5 | FLYING LOTUS | Spirit Box [EP] | Warp |
| 6 | CARIBOU | Honey | Merge |
| 7 | CARLITA | Sentimental | Counter |
| 8 | KELLY LEE OWENS | Dreamstate | Dirty Hit/dh2 |
| 9 | LP GIOBBI | Dotr | Counter |
| 10 | MOBY | Feeling So Real 2024 [EP] | Little Idiot/Mute/BMG |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LISA HILTON | Lucky All Along | Ruby Slippers Productions |
| 2 | DAVE STRYKER | Stryker With Strings Goes To The Movies | Strikezone |
| 3 | BRAD GOODE POLYTONAL BIG BAND | Snake Charmer | Origin |
| 4 | GROOVOLOGY | Almost Home | Groovology |
| 5 | JERRY KALAF | Safe Travels | Self-Released |
| 6 | JOE ELEFANTE’S WHEEL OF DHARMA | Wheel Of Dharma | Self-Released |
| 7 | JOE SYRIAN MOTOR CITY JAZZ OCTET | Secret Message | Circle 9 |
| 8 | PETER ERSKINE | Vienna to Hollywood | Origin |
| 9 | RYAN MIDDAGH JAZZ ORCHESTRA | Tenor Madness | Ear Up |