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, December 12th, 2021. Our next airplay chart will be computed on a Tuesday in January of 2022 after the music industry returns from their month-long vacation!
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December 6th, 2021 through December 12th, 2021
Top Thirty Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LILI HAYDN | More Love | Self-Released |
| 2 | BOB DYLAN | Springtime In New York: Bootleg Series Vol. #16 | Columbia/Sony |
| 3 | DIONNE BENNETT | Sugar Hip Ya Ya | Hunnia |
| 4 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Georgia Blue | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 5 | BETT PADGETT | Turning Over Stones | Cleilidhe’s |
| 6 | BROOKSIE WELLS | Stops Time | Down Home Diva |
| 7 | DION | Stomping Ground | Self-Released |
| 8 | ROBERT PLANT AND ALISON KRAUSS | Raise The Roof | Rounder/Concord |
| 9 | ANDREW CRAWFORD | The Lonesome Season | Pinecastle |
| 10 | BILLY STRINGS | Renewal | Rounder |
| 11 | CURTIS HARDING | If Words Were Flowers | Anti- |
| 12 | EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON | American Siren | Oh Boy |
| 13 | MALA OREEN | Awake | Self-Released |
| 14 | MARGO CILKER | POHORYLLE | Fluff & Gravy |
| 15 | CHRIS LIEBING | Another Day | Mute |
| 16 | ADELE | 30 (Thirty) | Columbia |
| 17 | AHI | Prospect | 22nd Sentry/Thirty Tigers |
| 18 | CHARLEY CROCKETT | Music City USA | Son Of Davy/Thirty Tigers |
| 19 | CHRISSIE HYNDE | Standing In The Doorway | BMG |
| 20 | DARYL MOSELY | Small Town Dreamers | Pinecastle |
| 21 | DEEPER SHADE OF BLUE | Twenty | Pinecastle |
| 22 | DELEVANTES, THE | A Thousand Turns | Self-Released |
| 23 | DODOS, THE | Grizzly Peak | Polyvinyl |
| 24 | ELIJAH OCEAN | Born Blue | Self-Released |
| 25 | HAYES CARLL | You Get It All | Dualtone |
| 26 | HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER | O Come All Ye Faithful | Merge |
| 27 | HOLD STEADY, THE | Open Door Policy | Positive Jams |
| 28 | INCUBATORS | Apollo [EP] | Liquid City |
| 29 | JACKSON GRIMM | Sober Again | Vault |
| 30 | JOHNNY TUCKER FEATURING KID RAMOS AND THE ALLSTARS | 75 And Alive | Blue Heart |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KARATE SCHOOL DROPOUT | HokuPsychosister | Self-Released |
| 2 | MIRADORES DEL SOL | Half Baked [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | PETER KEANE | Blues Ballads Cowboy Songs | Self-Released |
| 4 | WORKING CLASS HUSSYS | EP1 | Self-Released |
| 5 | CHRIS LIEBING | Another Day | Mute |
| 6 | GEOFF BRADFORD | Seven Fat Years [EP] | Self-Released |
| 7 | G BRYANT | Soft Assembly Of A Die Hard | Self-Released |
| 8 | SIV DISA | Dreamhouse | Trapped Animal |
| 9 | HAYES CARLL | You Get It All | Dualtone |
| 10 | PTSD BAND | Monsoon Rain | Horizon |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LOS LOBOS | Native Sons | New West |
| 2 | JOSE GONZALEZ | Local Valley | Mute |
| 3 | SVANG | In Trad We Trust | Galileo |
| 4 | YOGA | You’re Only Great Always I & II | Future Classic |
| 5 | IREESH LAL | Journey Through The Chakras | Self-Released |
| 6 | QUANTIC AND NIDIA GONGORA | Almas Conectadas | Tru Thoughts |
| 7 | ORQUESTA AKOKAN | 16 Rayos | Daptone |
| 8 | BOMBA ESTEREO | Deja | Sony Latin |
| 9 | CIMAFUNK | El Alimento | Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | CEU | Um Gosto De Sol | Urban Jungle |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ILLISM | Family Over Everything | The CRWN |
| 2 | ET BOYS | “Long Night” [Single] | Wake Up! |
| 3 | TONE CHOP AND FROST GAMBLE | One Two | Self-Released |
| 4 | AESOP ROCK AND BLOCKHEAD | Garbology | Rhymesayers |
| 5 | LITTLE SIMZ | Sometimes I Might Be Introvert | AGE 101 |
| 6 | HAVIAH MIGHTY | Stock Exchange | Self-Released |
| 7 | ATMOSPHERE | WORD? | Rhymesayers |
| 8 | DJ ABILITIES | Phonograph Phoenix | Rhymesayers |
| 9 | SHAD | TAO | Secret City |
| 10 | KEYS N KRATES | Original Classic | Last Gang |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ELENA MAQUE | Feel Again | Self-Released |
| 2 | HAROLD MABERN | Mabern Plays Coltrane | Smoke Sessions |
| 3 | ALEXIS COLE | Sky Blossom | Zoho |
| 4 | NICHOLAS PAYTON | Smoke Sessions | Smoke Sessions |
| 5 | DAVID JANEWAY | Distant Voices | Steeplechase Lookout |
| 6 | JOE FARNSWORTH | City Of Sounds | Smoke Sessions |
| 7 | ALEXANDER MCCABE | Body And Soul | WAMCO |
| 8 | CORY WEEDS WITH STRINGS | What Is There To Say? | Cellar |
| 9 | KRISTEN R BROMLEY QUINTET | Bluish Tide | KRBM |
| 10 | DAGGERBOARD | Last Days Of Studio A | Wide Hive |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHRIS LIEBING | Another Day | Mute |
| 2 | BONOBO | “Otomo” [Single] | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | BONOBO | “Tides” feat. Jamila Woods [Single] | Ninja Tune |
| 4 | HARD FEELINGS | HARD FEELINGS | Domino |
| 5 | LOGIC1000 | In The Sweetness Of You [EP] | Therapy/Because |
| 6 | ROSS FROM FRIENDS | Tread | Brainfeeder |
| 7 | NIGHTMARES ON WAX | Shout Out! To Freedom | Warp |
| 8 | KEYS N KRATES | Original Classic | Last Gang |
| 9 | BLUEWERKS VOL. 5: WARM UP | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Blue Note/Astralwerks |
| 10 | MR TWIN SISTER | Al Mundo Azul | Twin Group |
Electronic / Dance “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHRIS LIEBING | Another Day | Mute |
| 2 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | The American Negro | Jazz Is Dead |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | WILD BLUE HERONS | You And I | Self-Released |
| 2 | JOSIE FALBO | Jazzy Interlude [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | CARN DAVIDSON 9 | The History Of Us | Self-Released |
| 4 | GREG AMIRAULT | News Blues | Self-Released |
| 5 | KAT EDMONSON | Holiday Swingin! | Spinnerette |
| 6 | MOORE MCOLL JAZZ SOCIETY, THE | One Way Holiday | Self-Released |
| 7 | NICK MACLEAN | Can You Hear Me? | Browntasauras |
| 8 | MIGUEL DE LEON | “Samba De Natal” [Single] | Self-Released |