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Top Albums 1/20/2026

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 18th.  Our weekly airplay chart is posted below.  Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, January 27th.

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January 12th, 2026 through January 18th, 2026

Top Thirty Most-Played Overall Recordings

Artist

Record

Label

1

WEARY RAMBLERS

Driftwood

Self-Released

2

NIA CEPHAS

Cosmicpolitan

Little Village Foundation

3

JAN KRIST

Since You Asked Me

Hudson Harding

4

AL BASILE

Blues In Hand

Self-Released

5

MON ROVIA

Bloodline

Nettwerk

6

DC ANDERSON

“No Kings Live Here” [Single]

LML

7

ELOISE AND CO

Avec Elodie

Self-Released

8

EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON

“Dirtbag Saloon” [Single]

Oh Boy

9

GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS

Caught Light

Harbour/Pheromone

10

RODNEY CROWELL

Airline Highway

New West

11

SHELLY

“Cross Your Mind” b/w “Hartwell” [Single]

Orange Hill

12

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND AND LEON RUSSELL

Live At LOCKN’

Swamp Family

13

ERIKA DE CASIER

Lifetime

Independent Jeep

14

SNOCAPS

Snocaps

Anti-

15

SMASH PALACE

“Poor Man’s Paradise” [Single]

Self-Released

16

ERIC BIBB

“This One Don’t” [Single]

Repute

17

FLASHCUBES, THE

“Reminisce” [Single]

Big Stir

18

ALEX LOPEZ

Retro Revival

Maremil

19

AFTER

After [EP]

Mom+Pop

20

DARRELL KELLEY

“Sick Of This” [Single]

Viral

21

BRUCE GUYNN

Footprints

New Coast

22

AMANDA SHIRES

Nobody’s Girl

ATO

23

BLOOD ORANGE

Essex Honey

RCA

24

ANDI JANE

“Fly Away” [Single]

Nash Nouveau

25

ANDREW STOGEL

American Miserable

Self-Released

26

CAR SEAT HEADREST

The Scholars

Matador

27

STACY ROBIN

Where Truth Lies

Dharmapala

28

ANNA TIVEL

Animal Poem

Fluff And Gravy

29

DERBY

Slugger

Self-Released

30

ASHLEIGH GRAHAM

I’ll Just Drive

Pinecastle

Top “Adds” 

Artist

Record

Label

1

HOT TAMALE

Bringing The Light

Self-Released

2

BAND OF HEATHENS

“Take the Cake” [Single]

Self-Released

3

CAROLINE PURR

“Kiss You Like This” [Single]

Caradon

4

PARRY LAMONT

Parry Lamont

Self-Released

5

DIANE COLL

Strangely In Tune

Self-Released

6

HUSHDOWN, THE

Inherit The Night

Self-Released

7

LOGAN METZ

“Sunrise” b/w “Overrated” [Single]

Self-Released

8

REMI GOODE

Things I’ve Said Before

Self-Released

9

BABES IN CANYON

The New Loud

Darcy Blue

Top Ten World Recordings

Artist

Record

Label

1

ELOISE AND CO

Avec Elodie

Self-Released

2

ALEX CUBA

Indole

Caracol

3

HOLLIE COOK

Shy Girl

Mr Bongo

4

ILHAN ERSAHIN’S ISTANBUL SESSIONS

Mahalle

Nublu

5

JOSE GONZALEZ

“Pajarito” [Single]

Mute

6

LE VENT DU NORD

Voisinages

La Compagnie Du Nord

7

MANIZHA

Ocha

Surefire

8

PEDRO MIZUTANI

“Dia Azul” [Single]

Nice Guys

9

AFRO CARIBBEAN JAZZ COLLECTIVE, THE

Cortadito

JBG

10

MAC GOLLEHON AND THE HISPANIC MECHANICS

Pistoleros

WFO

Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings

Artist

Record

Label

1

DESSA

“Camelot” [Single]

Doomtree

2

DARRELL KELLEY

“Sick Of This” [Single]

Viral

3

DANNY BROWN

Stardust

Warp

4

DE LA SOUL

Cabin In The Sky

Mass Appeal

5

NIGHTMARES ON WAX

Echo45 Sound System

Warp

6

SHAD

Start Anew

Secret City

7

SUDAN ARCHIVES

THE BPM

Stones Throw

8

TOBI AND REAL BAD MAN

The Perfect Blue

Real Bad Man

9

SAMPA THE GREAT

“CAN’T HOLD US” feat. Mwanjè [Single]

Loma Vista/Concord

10

MAVI

The Pilot

Loma Vista/Concord

Top Ten Jazz Recordings

Artist

Record

Label

1

NANCY KELLY

Be Cool

Origin

2

ALBARE

Eclecticity

Self-Released

3

BEN PATTERSON JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Mad Scientist Music

Origin

4

BRAD TURNER

It’s All So

Cellar

5

CARMEN BRADFORD

Carmen Sings Carmen

Artist Alliance

6

DANA AND ALDEN

Speedo

Concord Jazz/Concord

7

ERIC ALEXANDER AND VINCENT HERRING

Split Decision

Smoke Sessions

8

ISAIAH J THOMPSON

The Book Of Isaiah: Modern Jazz Ministry

Mack Avenue

9

JAKE MASON TRIO

“The Modern Ark” feat. Kurt Elling [Single]

Soul Messin’

10

JOANIE PALLATO AND BRADLEY PARKER

Sparrow

Southport

Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings

Artist

Record

Label

1

ERIKA DE CASIER

Lifetime

Independent Jeep

2

BLOOD ORANGE

Essex Honey

RCA

3

POLO AND PAN

22:22

Ekler’o’shock/Hamburger/Virgin

4

STEREOLAB

Instant Holograms On Metal Film

Warp/Duophonic

5

ROBYN

“Dopamine” [Single]

Young

6

ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER

Tranquilizer

Warp

7

SUDAN ARCHIVES

THE BPM

Stones Throw

8

NIGHTMARES ON WAX

Echo45 Sound System

Warp

9

KRAAK AND SMAAK

Velvet Seas

Boogie Angst

10

HELADO NEGRO

The Last Sound On Earth [EP]

Big Dada

Jazz “Adds”  

Artist

Record

Label

1

GIL LIVNI

All In

OA2

2

PAUL RICCI

The Path

Origin

3

VANCOUVER JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Meets Brian Charette

Cellar

4

LOGAN METZ

“Sunrise” b/w “Overrated” [Single]

Self-Released

5

NAOYA OGURA

Colors Of A Journey

Bandstand Presents

January 20, 2026 By Denis Howard

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