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 19th, 2025. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, January 28th!
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January 13th through January 19th, 2025
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | TRAVIS CYR | In The Valley Of The Sun | Self-Released |
2 | JOHN MCCUTCHEON | Field Of Stars | Appalsongs |
3 | DENNIS JAY | Cowboy Rhythm | Waiting for Lester |
4 | EVA CASSIDY | Walkin’ After Midnight | Blix Street |
5 | AOIFE O’DONOVAN | All My Friends | Yep Roc |
6 | CINDY KALLET | Ride In The Light | Self-Released |
7 | DIANE COLL | Up From The Mud | Self-Released |
8 | JASON ISBELL | “Bury Me” [Single] | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
9 | MASSY FERGUSON | You Can’t Tell Me I’m Not What I Used To Be | North And Left |
10 | PINE TREE FLYERS | Pine Tree Flyers | Self-Released |
11 | SARAH JAROSZ | Polaroid Lovers | Concord |
12 | TANO JONES REVELRY, THE | Spinning North | Self-Released |
13 | MXMTOON | Liminal Space | Self-Released |
14 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Cardinals At The Window | New Commute |
15 | BRENT LAIDLER | Hidden Gems feat. Mark Buselli & Ned Boyd | Self-Released |
16 | AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS | Cartoon Darkness | B2B |
17 | AESPA | Armageddon – The First Album | SM |
18 | RINGO STARR | Look Up | UME |
19 | AMANDA FISH | Kingdom | Viz |
20 | CHARLI XCX | Brat | Atlantic |
21 | EVAN NICOLE BELL | Shades Of Blue | Hummingbird |
22 | AARON FRAZER | Into The Blue | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
23 | CURE, THE | Songs Of A Lost World | Fiction/Capitol |
24 | BAD BUNNY | Debi Tirar Mas Fotos | Rimas |
25 | ENVY OF NONE | “Not Dead Yet” [Single] | Kscope |
26 | BEABADOOBEE | This Is How Tomorrow Moves | Dirty Hit |
27 | FKA TWIGS | “Eusexua” [Single] | Young/Atlantic |
28 | BEACH BUNNY | “Clueless” [Single] | AWAL |
29 | JAPANESE BREAKFAST | “Orlando In Love” [Single] | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
30 | BEACH BUNNY | “Vertigo” [Single] | AWAL |
Top “Adds”
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | CRYS MATTHEWS | Reclamation | Self-Released |
2 | ALIZA HAVA | “Into The Light” b/w “The Only Way Out Is Through” [Single] | Amoraelia |
3 | CLUEBAGGER | On My Raydio | Guard Bird |
4 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Drones” [Single] | Viral |
5 | EVAN NICOLE BELL | Shades Of Blue | Hummingbird |
6 | PAM LINTON | Songs Of The Carter Family | New Folk |
7 | DAVID SINGLEY | “It’s All Right” [Single] | Self-Released |
8 | DEAN JOHANESEN | Semi Tennessee [EP] | Self-Released |
9 | DOWNTOWN MYSTIC | “One More Chance” [Single] | Sha-La |
Top Ten World Recordings
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | Sonido Cósmico | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
2 | ROGE | Curyman II | Diamond West |
3 | DANIEL PARDO | Ese Momento | Self-Released |
4 | TOMAS MARTIN LOPEZ | Right Here | bongotoms |
5 | BONGO HOP, THE | La Pata Coja | Underdog |
6 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | Linear Labs: Sao Paulo | Linear Labs |
7 | MANU CHAO | Viva Tu | Because |
8 | SEUN KUTI AND EGYPT 80 | Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) | Record Kicks |
9 | MULATU ASTATKE AND HOODNA ORCHESTRA | Tension | Batov |
10 | AMADOU AND MARIAM | Mogolu Remixes [EP] | Because |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | BROTHER ALI | Satisfied Soul [EP] | Mello |
2 | TYLER THE CREATOR | Chromakopia | Columbia/Sony |
3 | KENDRICK LAMAR | GNX | Interscope |
4 | DENZEL CURRY | King Of The Mischievous South | PH/Loma Vista/Concord |
5 | WAHID | THEY ALL GO MAD! [EP] | Innovative Leisure |
6 | LYRICS BORN | Goodbye, Sticky Rice | Mobile Home |
7 | SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS | Red Future | Sony |
8 | BRIAN NASTY | Anywhere, But Here With You | Big Dada |
9 | KURIOUS | Majician | Rhymesayers/Metalface |
10 | LUPE FIASCO | Samurai | 1st And 15th Too/Thirty Tigers |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | BRENT LAIDLER | Hidden Gems feat. Mark Buselli & Ned Boyd | Self-Released |
2 | STAN HARRISON | Some Poor Soul Has A Fire | Adhyaropa |
3 | JACOB WUTZKE | You Better Bet | Cellar |
4 | DAVE STRYKER | Stryker With Strings Goes To The Movies | Strikezone |
5 | MARIA PUGA LAREO | My Universe | My Keter |
6 | JENNY HILL | Floating | Rat Beach |
7 | JESSICA JONES QUARTET | Edible Flowers | Reva |
8 | DANIEL PARDO | Ese Momento | Self-Released |
9 | CARL ALLEN | Tippin’ | Cellar |
10 | DON PAUL AND RIVERS ANSWER MOONS | Louisiana Stories The Album And The Show | Irresistible Revolutionary |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | CHARLI XCX | Brat | Atlantic |
2 | FKA TWIGS | “Eusexua” [Single] | Young/Atlantic |
3 | JAPANESE HOUSE, THE | “:)” [Single] | Dirty Hit |
4 | KIASMOS | II | Erased Tapes |
5 | WALLACE | Papertrip [EP] | Rhythm Section |
6 | FLYING LOTUS | Spirit Box [EP] | Warp |
7 | CARLITA | Sentimental | Counter |
8 | KELLY LEE OWENS | Dreamstate | Dirty Hit/dh2 |
9 | CARIBOU | Honey | Merge |
10 | LP GIOBBI | Dotr | Counter |
Jazz “Adds”
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | DEAN JOHANESEN | Semi Tennessee [EP] | Self-Released |
2 | BILL MOIO | Try This | ITI |
3 | CARL ALLEN | Tippin’ | Cellar |
4 | DAVID CAFFEY JAZZ ORCHESTRA | At The Edge Of Spring | HDC |
5 | EUGENIE JONES | Eugenie | Self-Released |
6 | JACOB WUTZKE | You Better Bet | Cellar |
7 | REBECCA COUPE FRANKS | Landscape Suites For Trumpet | Self-Released |
8 | TOWNER GALAHER ORGAN GROUP | Brothers | Rhythm Royal |