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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 4th, 2022. Our next (and final of 2022) airplay chart will be computed on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022)!
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November 28th through December 4th, 2022
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND | Dirt Does Dylan | MRI |
| 2 | GREY DELISLE | Borrowed | Regional |
| 3 | AIMEE ALLEN | Love And The Catalyst | Azuline |
| 4 | BUILDERS AND THE BUTCHERS | Hell & High Water | Badman |
| 5 | CALEB CAUDLE | Forsythia | Self-Released |
| 6 | CHARLEY CROCKETT | The Man From Waco | Son Of Davy/Thirty Tigers |
| 7 | CHRIS HADDOX | Chris Haddox | Self-Released |
| 8 | DAWES | Misadventures Of Doomscroller | Rounder/Concord |
| 9 | FIRST AID KIT | Palomino | Columbia |
| 10 | KARL STOLL AND THE DANGER ZONE | The Workhouse | Self-Released |
| 11 | VALERIE JUNE | Under Cover [EP] | Fantasy/Concord |
| 12 | FOR THE BIRDS: THE BIRDSONG PROJECT, VOL. I | VARIOUS ARTISTS | The Birdsong Project |
| 13 | WHITNEY | SPARK | Secretly Canadian/Secretly Group |
| 14 | ANTHONY GERACI | Blues Called My Name | Blue Heart |
| 15 | BRIDGET KELLY BAND | Winter’s Coming | Alpha Sun |
| 16 | LARRY MCCRAY | Blues Without You | KTBA |
| 17 | EMILY GABRIELE | Omega Man | Self-Released |
| 18 | JIMMY HALL | Ready Now | Self-Released |
| 19 | GINGER WILDHEART AND THE SINNERS | Ginger Wildheart And The Sinners | Wicked Cool |
| 20 | JESSE MALIN | “Keep On Burning” [Single] | Wicked Cool |
| 21 | BEN HARPER | Bloodline Maintenance | Chrysalis |
| 22 | MIKE THOMAS | Three Reasons | Electric 3 |
| 23 | RINGO STARR | EP3 [EP] | UME |
| 24 | ASTRO YETI | Gnarly Gumlie’s Voodoo Van | Self-Released |
| 25 | ARCTIC MONKEYS | The Car | Domino |
| 26 | COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS | Loose Future | Fat Possum |
| 27 | KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD | Changes | KGLW |
| 28 | CIGARBOX MAN | “Mirame” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 29 | GENE ESS | Ah-Bop | SIMP |
| 30 | ABBIE GARDNER | DobroSinger | Gimme Some Ribs |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GREGORY DWANE | Xmas [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | ALIAS WAYNE | “Love One Another” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 3 | ELIZABETH MOEN | Wherever You Aren’t | Self-Released |
| 4 | RICHY SNYDER | “Christmas Is In The Air” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | BABY NO NAME | Come Close | Self-Released |
| 6 | JOURNOS | In The Key Of WTF | Bob The Organism |
| 7 | RUSTY TINDER | Alchemy Road | Self-Released |
| 8 | SOMESH MATHUR | Mother MAA | Sweetbeats |
| 9 | DISQ | Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet | Saddle Creek |
| 10 | INDIGO SPARKE | Hysteria | Sacred Bones |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BLACK SEEDS | Love And Fire | Easy Star |
| 2 | COMMONHEART, THE | For Work Or Love | Julian |
| 3 | PACHYMAN | “El Sonido Nuevo De” [Single] | ATO |
| 4 | GREG HATZA AND ENAYET HOSSAIN | Talking Hands | AIMREC |
| 5 | IFIHADAHIFI | The Dryad | Naked Muse |
| 6 | ABIOLA | Abiola Time | Alade Enterprises |
| 7 | VIEUX FARKA TOURE AND KHRUANGBIN | Ali | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 8 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | El Bueno Y El Malo | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 9 | BATIDA | Neon Colonialismo | Crammed Discs |
| 10 | DUNGEN | En År För Mycket Och Tusen Aldrig Nog | Mexican Summer |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ET BOYS | Forever Night | Wake Up! |
| 2 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ CU4TRO | Jewel Runners/BMG |
| 3 | SLY5THAVE AND JSWISS | Somebody’s Gotta Do It | Tru Thoughts |
| 4 | SAMPA THE GREAT | As Above, So Below | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 5 | DANGER MOUSE AND BLACK THOUGHT | Cheat Codes | BMG |
| 6 | BUTCHER BROWN | Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey | Concord Jazz/Concord |
| 7 | CAKES DA KILLA | Svengali | Young Art |
| 8 | PLANET GIZA | You Don’t Understand | NSVG |
| 9 | ROBERT GLASPER | Black Radio III: Supreme Edition | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 10 | SOL MESSIAH | GOD CMPLX | Rhymesayers |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AIMEE ALLEN | Love And The Catalyst | Azuline |
| 2 | DAVE BASS | The Trio Vol. 2 | Self-Released |
| 3 | ANNE WALSH | The Astrud Project | A to Zinc |
| 4 | CALVIN KEYS | Blue Keys | Wide Hive |
| 5 | EMMET COHEN | Uptown In Orbit | Mack Avenue |
| 6 | JIM SELF AND JOHN CHIODINI DUO, THE | Hangin’ Out | Basset Hound |
| 7 | MELODY DIACHUN | Sumner’s Tales: The Music Of Sting | Third Beach |
| 8 | MARSHALL GILKES | Cyclic Journey | Alternate Side |
| 9 | NICHOLAS PAYTON | The Couch Sessions | Smoke Sessions |
| 10 | TITO CARRILLO | Urbanessence | Origin |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GOLD PANDA | The Work | City Slang |
| 2 | DANIEL AVERY | Ultra Truth | Mute |
| 3 | SHYGIRL | Nymph | Because |
| 4 | ERIC HILTON | Past, Present And Future [EP] | Montserrat House |
| 5 | BIBIO | BIB10 | Warp |
| 6 | BAD TUNER | Back To My <3 // Echorain [EP] | LG105/Virgin |
| 7 | HOT CHIP | Freakout/Release | Domino |
| 8 | FRED AGAIN | Actual Life 3 | Atlantic |
| 9 | LIMINAL DRIFTER | Cortisol 22 | Hidden Shoal |
| 10 | BOOGIE BELGIQUE | Machine | Le Plan |
Jazz “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RJ LEBLANC | Heyday | Multiple Chord/Bent River |