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 25th. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, February 3rd.
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January 19th, 2026 through January 25th, 2026
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
NEKO CASE |
Neon Grey Midnight Green |
Anti- |
2 |
NATALIE DEL CARMEN |
Pastures |
Self-Released |
3 |
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS |
Caught Light |
Harbour/Pheromone |
4 |
JEFF TWEEDY |
Twilight Override |
dBpm |
5 |
LANGHORNE SLIM |
The Dreamin’ Kind |
Dualtone |
6 |
MAVIS STAPLES |
Sad And Beautiful World |
Anti- |
7 |
DIANE COLL |
Strangely In Tune |
Self-Released |
8 |
BRENNEN LEIGH |
Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love |
Signature Sounds |
9 |
DAVID BYRNE |
Who Is The Sky? |
Matador/Beggars |
10 |
ED KUEPPER AND JIM WHITE |
After The Flood |
12XU |
11 |
FAUX PAWS, THE |
No Bad Ideas |
Great Bear |
12 |
JESSE WELLES |
No Kings [EP] |
Self-Released |
13 |
JOY OLADOKUN |
“Nothing Comes Easy” [Single] |
Concord |
14 |
MARGO PRICE |
Hard Headed Woman (Deluxe) |
Loma Vista/Concord |
15 |
ALTERED FIVE BLUES BAD |
Hammer And Chisel |
Blind Pig |
16 |
NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE |
“Votive” [Single] |
Merge |
17 |
REDS, PINKS AND PURPLES, THE |
The Past Is A Garden I Never Fed |
Fire |
18 |
TOBI AND REAL BAD MAN |
The Perfect Blue |
Real Bad Man |
19 |
TODD SNIDER |
HIGH, LONESOME, AND THEN SOME. |
Aimless |
20 |
ZACH BRYAN |
With Heaven On Top |
Warner |
21 |
IDK |
e.t.d.s. A Mixtape by .idk. |
Self-Released |
22 |
SHAD |
Start Anew |
Secret City |
23 |
ERIC BIBB |
“This One Don’t” [Single] |
Repute |
24 |
SMASH PALACE |
“Poor Man’s Paradise” [Single] |
Self-Released |
25 |
FLASHCUBES, THE |
“Reminisce” [Single] |
Big Stir |
26 |
ALICE LIMOGES AND ANTHONY CANN |
Northern Maine |
Self-Released |
27 |
AFTER |
After [EP] |
Mom+Pop |
28 |
DYLAN ZANGWILL |
“Running The Hell Out” [Single] |
Self-Released |
29 |
DARRELL KELLEY |
“Sick Of This” [Single] |
Viral |
30 |
CAROLINE PURR |
“Kiss You Like This” [Single] |
Caradon |
Top “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
KRAY VAN KIRK |
Empire |
Self-Released |
2 |
BRAD PEARSALL |
“You’re My Peace On Earth” b/w “Don’t Let The Dark Night” [Single] |
Self-Released |
3 |
COYOTE MIDNIGHT |
“Old Songs” [Single] |
Self-Released |
4 |
JUNE SWOON |
Big Truck [EP] |
Self-Released |
5 |
CARRINGTON MACDUFFIE |
“Sonar” [Single] |
Pointy Head |
6 |
CARRYING TORCHES |
“Gone” [Single] |
Self-Released |
7 |
DOWNTOWN MYSTIC |
“Hard Enough” (Remix) [Single] |
Sha-La |
Top Ten World Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
WESLI |
Makaya |
Self-Released |
2 |
BAD BUNNY |
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS |
Rimas |
3 |
ELOISE AND CO |
Avec Elodie |
Self-Released |
4 |
LE VENT DU NORD |
Voisinages |
La Compagnie Du Nord |
5 |
LUCHA LUNA |
BRILLA BRILLA |
Self-Released |
6 |
MARINA SENA |
Coisas Naturais |
Sony |
7 |
MARLON MAGNEE |
“Nuage Gris” [Single] |
Musique En Société/IDOL |
8 |
AFRO CARIBBEAN JAZZ COLLECTIVE, THE |
Cortadito |
JBG |
9 |
MAC GOLLEHON AND THE HISPANIC MECHANICS |
Pistoleros |
WFO |
10 |
VALERIA STEWART |
Raices | Roots |
Antidotesounds |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
IDK |
e.t.d.s. A Mixtape by .idk. |
Self-Released |
2 |
TOBI AND REAL BAD MAN |
The Perfect Blue |
Real Bad Man |
3 |
SHAD |
Start Anew |
Secret City |
4 |
DARRELL KELLEY |
“Sick Of This” [Single] |
Viral |
5 |
NIGHTMARES ON WAX |
Echo45 Sound System |
Warp |
6 |
DE LA SOUL |
Cabin In The Sky |
Mass Appeal |
7 |
SUDAN ARCHIVES |
THE BPM |
Stones Throw |
8 |
MAVI |
The Pilot |
Loma Vista/Concord |
9 |
DANNY BROWN |
Stardust |
Warp |
10 |
FREDDIE GIBBS AND THE ALCHEMIST |
Alfredo 2 |
ALC/ESGN |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
AFFINITY TRIO |
New Outlook |
Origin |
2 |
BIRDLAND BIG BAND |
Storybook: The Music Of Mark Miller |
Birdland |
3 |
SURE FIRE SOUL ENSEMBLE, THE |
Gemini |
Colemine |
4 |
JONES FACTOR, THE |
Not Sure |
Self-Released |
5 |
SCOTT SILBERT QUARTET, THE |
Dream Dancing: Celebrating Zoot Sims At 100 |
Self-Released |
6 |
JAMES JUDSON |
Songs Of My Dreams |
Persimmon Road |
7 |
DOUG MACDONALD TRIO |
Live In Beverley Hills |
Dmac |
8 |
FLYING HORSE BIG BAND, THE |
Unbridled: The Flying Horse Big Band Meets George Garzone |
Flying Horse |
9 |
JOE MAGNARELLI |
Decidedly So |
Cellar |
10 |
CARL ROSS |
Distant Colors |
Scholz |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
APPARAT |
“Hum Of Maybe” [Single] |
Mute |
2 |
CLARK |
Steep Stims |
Throttle |
3 |
CORTO.ALTO |
“DON’T LISTEN” [Single] |
Ninja Tune |
4 |
JUANA MOLINA |
DOGA |
Sonamos |
5 |
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER |
Tranquilizer |
Warp |
6 |
SUDAN ARCHIVES |
THE BPM |
Stones Throw |
7 |
KRAAK AND SMAAK |
Velvet Seas |
Boogie Angst |
8 |
NIGHTMARES ON WAX |
Echo45 Sound System |
Warp |
9 |
MINDCHATTER |
Giving Up On Words |
Maison Arts |
10 |
FKA TWIGS |
EUSEXUA Afterglow |
Young/Atlantic |
Jazz “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
ALEX ROBINSON |
I Really Oughta Tell You |
Self-Released |
2 |
HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTY PLAYERS |
Return To The Enchanted Forest |
Hostile Postulate |
3 |
JOHN CLAY |
About Time |
ClayTone |