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 last airplay chart of 2018 will be computed and posted on Tuesday, December 11th, 2018!
Top Thirty Recordings (ranked by airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MARK KNOPFLER | Down The Road Wherever [Advance Tracks] | Blue Note |
| 2 | DONNA THE BUFFALO | Dance In The Street | Self-Released |
| 3 | GIULIA MILLANTA | Conversation with a Ghost | Self-Released |
| 4 | MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY | Austinology – Alleys Of Austin | Self-Released |
| 5 | HYMN FOR HER | Pop N Downers | Self-Released |
| 6 | BALSAM RANGE | Aeonic | Mountain Home |
| 7 | BLACKBERRY SMOKE | The Southern Ground Sessions | Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | DEDE WYLAND | Urge For Going | Patuxent |
| 9 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Live From The Ryman | Southeastern |
| 10 | JOHN O’CONNOR | We Ain’t Gonna Give it Back | Self-Released |
| 11 | JOHNNY AND JAALENE | Johnny & Jaalene | Rip Cat |
| 12 | RHETT MILLER | The Messenger | ATO |
| 13 | SISTER SPARROW | Gold [Advance Tracks] | Party Fowl/Thirty Tigers |
| 14 | TY SEGALL | Fudge Sandwich | In The Red |
| 15 | ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO | The Crossing | Yep Roc |
| 16 | AMOS LEE | My New Moon | Dualtone |
| 17 | ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL | New Routes | Bismeaux |
| 18 | BLACK LILLIES, THE | Stranger To Me | Thirty Tigers |
| 19 | BOB DYLAN | More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 | Columbia |
| 20 | BOTTLE ROCKETS | Bit Logic | Bloodshot |
| 21 | DAN MANGAN | More Or Less | Arts & Crafts |
| 22 | DAROL ANGER, EMY PHELPS, AND FRIENDS | Music Of Our People | Self-Released |
| 23 | ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE IMPOSTERS | Look Now | Concord |
| 24 | EVER MORE NEST | The Place That You Call Home | Self-Released |
| 25 | GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW | Overload | Brainfeeder |
| 26 | IRON AND WINE | Weed Garden [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 27 | J MASCIS | Elastic Days | Sub Pop |
| 28 | JAYHAWKS, THE | Back Roads And Abandoned Motels | Legacy |
| 29 | JILL SOBULE | Nostalgia Kills | Pinko |
| 30 | LAKE STREET DIVE | Free Yourself Up | Nonesuch |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TESKEY BROTHERS, THE | Half Mile Harvest | Glassnote |
| 2 | SUSANNA RISBERG | Vilddjur | Plugged |
| 3 | TY SEGALL | Fudge Sandwich | In The Red |
| 4 | HEMHORA AND THE GLASS BAND | Helix Pattern Blues [EP] | Greyday |
| 5 | ALEX DUNN | Scattered Poems | Self-Released |
| 6 | CARRINGTON MACDUFFIE | Kiss Make Better | Pointy Head/indieExtreme |
| 7 | FUEL ON FIRE | Them + Us [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | JESSE PINO AND THE VITAL SIGNS | Signal Received | Self-Released |
| 9 | MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND | A Million And One | Rhyme & Reason |
| 10 | ZOE BOEKBINDER | Shadow | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | INSOLITO UNIVERSO | La Candela Del Rio | Olindo |
| 2 | AFRO CUBAN ALL STARS | A Toda Cuba Le Gusta | World Circuit |
| 3 | ANN O’ARO | Ann O’aro | Buda Musique |
| 4 | CHUCHO VALDES | Jazz Bata 2 | Mack Avenue |
| 5 | COIG | Rove | Self-Released |
| 6 | DACTAH CHANDO | Global CityZen | Soulfire |
| 7 | JAY DOUGLAS | Lovers Paradise (Best Of) | Slammin |
| 8 | JUPITER AND OKWESS | Kin Sonic | Everloving |
| 9 | KARAVAN SARAI | Painted Sands | Electrofone |
| 10 | MINYESHU | Daa Dee | Arc |
Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW | Overload | Brainfeeder |
| 2 | PUSHA T | Daytona | Def Jam |
| 3 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Believe In Something (Kneel)” [Single] | Viral |
| 4 | RAZ SIMONE | Drive Theory | Black Umbrella |
| 5 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Money And Power” [Single] | Viral |
| 6 | DEVONTEE | “Jewler” b/w “Master P” [Single] | Forever Young |
| 7 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Unity” [Single] | Viral |
| 8 | LUKE BANTER | “Behind Me” [Single] | LB |
| 9 | MATT WARREN | Music Is My Life | Wake Up! |
| 10 | MARC PAYNE | Payne To Fame | Self-Released |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALYSSA ALLGOOD | Exactly Like You | Cellar |
| 2 | CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT | The Window | Mack Avenue |
| 3 | CHRISTIAN SANDS | Facing Dragons | Mack Avenue |
| 4 | CHRISTINE HITT | Magical Kite | Self-Released |
| 5 | GRACE KELLY | Go Time: Brooklyn | Pazz |
| 6 | JEREMY LEDBETTER TRIO | Got A Light | Alma |
| 7 | AMY CERVINI | No One Ever Tells You | Anzic |
| 8 | ANTONIO ADOLFO | Encontros Orquestra Atlantica | AAM |
| 9 | ARIANNA NEIKRUG | Changes | Concord |
| 10 | BUSTER WILLIAMS | Audacity | Smoke Sessions |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MATT WARREN | Music Is My Life | Wake Up! |
| 2 | APHEX TWIN | Collapse [EP] | Warp |
| 3 | ROBOT KOCH | Sphere | Trees And Cyborgs |
| 4 | MATTHEW DEAR | Bunny | Ghostly |
| 5 | ROOSEVELT | Young Romance | City Slang/Greco-Roman |
| 6 | BEACON | Gravity Pairs | Ghostly |
| 7 | RUFUS DU SOL | Solace | Reprise |
| 8 | HARRISON | Apricity | Last Gang |
| 9 | METRIC | Art Of Doubt | MMI/Crystal Math |
| 10 | BOB MOSES | Battle Lines | Domino |
Hip Hop / R & B “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MARQUIS MUSIC | “Down On Me” [Single] | Beat Masterz |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SAM BROVERMAN | A Jewish Boy’s Christmas | Self-Released |
| 2 | SUSANNA RISBERG | Vilddjur | Plugged |
| 3 | JOHNNY GRIFFITH QUINTET | The Lion, Camel and Child | GB |