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 7th, 2020!
Top Thirty Most Played Overall Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | STARCROSSED LOSERS | Strange Hesitations | Self-Released |
| 2 | MAVERICKS, THE | Play The Hits | Mono Mundo/Thirty Tigers |
| 3 | WORLD SPIRITUALITY CLASSICS 2: THE TIME FOR PEACE IS NOW: GOSPEL MUSIC ABOUT US | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Luaka Bop |
| 4 | TOO LATE TO PRAY: DEFIANT CHICAGO ROOTS | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bloodshot |
| 5 | ALLISON MOORER | Blood | Thirty Tigers |
| 6 | BONAFIDE FABIAN | New And Improved Old Fashioned Folkadelic | Trait Razor |
| 7 | EMISUNSHINE AND THE RAIN | Family Wars | Little Blackbird |
| 8 | GRACE POTTER | Daylight | Fantasy |
| 9 | HEAD AND THE HEART, THE | Living Mirage [Advance Tracks] | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | HIGHWOMEN, THE | The Highwomen | Elektra |
| 11 | HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER | Terms Of Surrender | Merge |
| 12 | JUDY COLLINS AND JONAS FIELD | Winter Stories | Cleopatra |
| 13 | JULIANA HATFIELD | Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police | American Laundromat |
| 14 | LUMINEERS, THE | III | Dualtone/eOne |
| 15 | RONNIE WOOD AND HIS WILD FIVE | Mad Lad A Tribute To Chuck Berry | BMG |
| 16 | COME ON UP TO THE HOUSE: WOMEN SING WAITS | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dualtone |
| 17 | WILCO | Ode To Joy | dBpm |
| 18 | GUIDED BY VOICES | Sweating The Plague | GBV Inc. |
| 19 | HANA VU | Nicole Kidman/Anne Hathaway | Luminelle |
| 20 | ALAN WALKER | “On My Way” [Single] | Ultra |
| 21 | ALLEN STONE | Building Balance | ATO |
| 22 | ANNIE SAVAGE | Teaching, Learning, Loving | Self-Released |
| 23 | BRYAN BOWERS BAND | Woodland Dream | Patuxent |
| 24 | GINA FURTADO PROJECT | I Hope You Have A Good Life | Mountain Home |
| 25 | JASON SPOONER BAND | Wide Eyed | Self-Released |
| 26 | JESSE MALIN | Sunset Kids | Wicked Cool |
| 27 | JOCELYN AND CHRIS ARNDT | The Fun In The Fight | Bridge Road |
| 28 | KACY AND CLAYTON | Carrying On | New West |
| 29 | KELLER WILLIAMS AND THE KEELS | Speed | Self-Released |
| 30 | LILLIE MAE | Other Girls | Third Man |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALEXANDRIA MAILLOT | Benevolence | Self-Released |
| 2 | AMY ELIZABETH | Roots [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | BREE | New Skin | Self-Released |
| 4 | JAMIE HART | Get Closer/Shadow [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | MEGHAN AND CAITLIN | Bad Terms | Schnauz |
| 6 | POSITIVE CHAOS | Apprehensive Time Travelers Club: Departures | Self-Released |
| 7 | DOMENIC CICALA | “All I Want For Christmas” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | 30TH CENTURY RECORDS, VOL. 2 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | 30th Century |
| 9 | FRAMEWORKS | Imagine Gold | LOCI |
| 10 | KATIE GARIBALDI | Home Sweet Christmas | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LAURIE ANDERSON, TENZIN CHOEGYAL, JESSE PARIS SMITH | Songs From The Bardo | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 2 | CAROLINA BESSOLO | “Resistencia” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 3 | CLINTON FEARON | History Say | Boogie Brown |
| 4 | LILA DOWNS | Al Chile | Sony Latin |
| 5 | MORGAN HERITAGE | Loyalty | CTBC |
| 6 | MOVEMENT, THE | Ways Of The World | Rootfire |
| 7 | PUTUMAYO PRESENTS: PARIS CAFE’ | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Putumayo |
| 8 | WAQWAQ KINGDOM | Essaka Hoisa | Phantom Limb |
| 9 | DELINE BRISCOE | Wawu | Gaba Musik |
| 10 | KATCHAFIRE | Legacy | Zojak |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KANO | Hoodies All Summer | Parlophone |
| 2 | DJ SHADOW | Our Pathetic Age | Mass Appeal |
| 3 | BROTHER ALI | Secrets & Escapes | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | DANNY BROWN | uknowhatimsayin¿ | Warp |
| 5 | SAMPA THE GREAT | The Return | Ninja Tune |
| 6 | ROBERT GLASPER | Fuck Yo Feelings | Loma Vista |
| 7 | FREDDIE GIBBS AND MADLIB | Bandana | Keep Cool/RCA/Madlib Invazion/ESGN |
| 8 | CLIPPING | There Existed An Addiction To Blood | Sub Pop |
| 9 | QUEEN AND SLIM SOUNDTRACK | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Motown |
| 10 | COMMON | Let Love | Loma Vista/Concord |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | IF YOU’RE GOING TO THE CITY: A TRIBUTE TO MOSE ALLISON | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Fat Possum |
| 2 | ART PEPPER | Promise Kept: The Complete Artists House Recordings | Omnivore |
| 3 | BARNEY WILEN | Live In Tokyo ’91 | Elemental |
| 4 | BOBBY BROOM | Soul Fingers | Clean Sweep |
| 5 | BRANDEE YOUNGER | Soul Awakening | Self-Released |
| 6 | BRENDA EARLE STOKES | Solo Sessions Volume 1 | Self-Released |
| 7 | JOE ARMON-JONES | Turn to Clear View | Brownswood |
| 8 | JOHN COLTRANE | Blue World | Impulse |
| 9 | LOST AMERICAN JAZZBOOK, THE FT. TAMMI BROWN | Taxonomy Of Pleasure | Self-Released |
| 10 | YAZZ AHMED | Polyhymnia | Ropeadope |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SECRECIES | Secrecies | Idol |
| 2 | SUDAN ARCHIVES | Athena | Stones Throw |
| 3 | CARAVAN PALACE | Chronologic | Le Plan |
| 4 | FLOATING POINTS | Crush | Ninja Tune |
| 5 | MOON DUO | Stars Are The Light | Sacred Bones |
| 6 | WAQWAQ KINGDOM | Essaka Hoisa | Phantom Limb |
| 7 | APPARAT | LP5 | Mute |
| 8 | DJ SHADOW | Our Pathetic Age | Mass Appeal |
| 9 | KRAAK AND SMAAK | Pleasure Centre | Boogie Angst |
| 10 | SEBASTIAN | Thirst | Ed Banger/Because |
Electronic “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FRAMEWORKS | Imagine Gold | LOCI |
Jazz “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LOCAL TALENT | Higienopolis | Self-Released |