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 next airplay chart will be computed and posted on Tuesday, December 15th, 2020)!
Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) / weru.org
November 30th through December 6th, 2020
Top Thirty Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DILLARDS, THE | Old Road New Again [Advance Tracks] | Pinecastle |
| 2 | HURRICANE RUTH | Good Life | American Showplace |
| 3 | MIPSO | Mipso | Rounder/Concord |
| 4 | LONGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR, THE, VOLUME THREE | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Hudson Harding |
| 5 | AVETT BROTHERS, THE | The Third Gleam | Loma Vista |
| 6 | MAMMALS, THE | Nonet | Humble Abode |
| 7 | DANNY BROOKS AND LIL MISS DEBI | Are You Ready? The Mississippi Sessions | Self-Released |
| 8 | DAWES | Good Luck With Whatever | HUB/Rounder |
| 9 | KIRSTEN THIEN | Two Sides | Screen Door |
| 10 | LISA MANN | Old Girl [EP] | JayRay |
| 11 | STEEP CANYON RANGERS | Arm In Arm | Yep Roc |
| 12 | ANNI CLARK | Will It Ever Be the Same | Self-Released |
| 13 | CATIE CURTIS | The Raft | Self-Released |
| 14 | CD WOODBURY | World’s Gone Crazy | Self-Released |
| 15 | CROOKED EYE TOMMY | Hot Coffee And Pain | Blue Heart |
| 16 | ELIZA GILKYSON | 2020 (Twenty Twenty) | Red House |
| 17 | ELLIOTT BROOD | Keeper | Six Shooter |
| 18 | HEIDI NEWFIELD | The Barly Sessions Vol 1 | Self-Released |
| 19 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Reunions | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 20 | JONI MITCHELL | Joni Mitchell Archives, Voil. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) | Rhino |
| 21 | MARK MAY BAND | Deep Dark Demon | Gulf Coast |
| 22 | MATTHEW ALEXANDER | Soul River | Caravan |
| 23 | MIKE MCCLURE | Looking Up | Crow & Gazelle |
| 24 | MISS EMILY | Miss Emily Live At The Isabel | Self-Released |
| 25 | MISTY BLUES | Weed Em And Reap | Self-Released |
| 26 | PHANTOM BLUES BAND | Still Cookin’ | Vizztone |
| 27 | PRETENDERS | Hate For Sale | BMG |
| 28 | ROAN YELLOWTHORN | Rediscovered (Roan Yellowthorn) | Blue Elan |
| 29 | SONGHOY BLUES | Optimisme | Fat Possum |
| 30 | ZOE SAYS GO | Sensible Shoes | Immeasurable |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BURRIS | Over You, Pt. 1 [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | ELECTRIC PEACE | You’re all going to hell. [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | WILLIAM S BAEK | Christmas Without You/Freewheeling [EP] | Self-Released |
| 4 | AZTEC TWO-STEP 2.0 | “Colorful Christmas” b/w “Christmas Apocalypse #12 & #45” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | COLIN LAKE | Forces Of Nature | Splice |
| 6 | ELA MINUS | Acts Of Rebellion | Domino |
| 7 | BOY PABLO | Wachito Rico | 777 |
| 8 | PLANTS AND ANIMALS | The Jungle | Secret City |
| 9 | REBECCA HENNESSY | All The Little Things You Do | Self-Released |
| 10 | SEN MORIMOTO | Sen Morimoto | Sooper |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | NATALIA LAFOURCADE | Un Canto Por Mexico, Vol. 1 | Sony |
| 2 | SONGHOY BLUES | Optimisme | Fat Possum |
| 3 | CARLOS VIVES | Cumbiana | Sony Latin |
| 4 | MIKE LOVE AND THE FULL CIRCLE | Live At Home In Hawaii | Self-Released |
| 5 | SOOM T | The Arch | Boomrush |
| 6 | DAN COSTA | Live In California | Self-Released |
| 7 | AZYMUTH, ADRIAN YOUNGE AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD | Azymuth JID004 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 8 | TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS | Got To Be Tough | Trojan Jamaica/BMG |
| 9 | VUSI MAHLASELA | Shebeen Queen | ATO |
| 10 | GARMARNA | Forbundet | Season Of Mist |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | COMMON | A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1 | Loma Vista |
| 2 | OPEN MIKE EAGLE | Anime, Trauma And Divorce | Auto Reverse |
| 3 | POTATOHEAD PEOPLE | Mellow Fantasy | Bastard Jazz |
| 4 | SA-ROC | The Sharecropper’s Daughter | Rhymesayers |
| 5 | AESOP ROCK | Spirit World Field Guide | Rhymesayers |
| 6 | ATMOSPHERE | The Day Before Halloween | Rhymesayers |
| 7 | CLIPPING | Visions Of Bodies Being Burned | Sub Pop |
| 8 | KOSHA DILLZ | Nobody Cares Except You | Rapperfriends |
| 9 | ACTION BRONSON | Only For Dolphins | Loma Vista |
| 10 | TOBI | Elements Vol. 1 | Same Plate/RCA |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHAD LB VIRTUAL BIG BAND | Quarantine Standards | Sound Frame |
| 2 | EDDIE HENDERSON | Shuffle And Deal | Smoke Sessions |
| 3 | CLAIRE DALY BAND, THE | Rah! Rah! | Ride Symbol |
| 4 | HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTY PLAYERS | Gradient | Self-Released |
| 5 | JAZZ SABBATH | Jazz Sabbath | Blacklake |
| 6 | JOEY ALEXANDER | Warna | Verve |
| 7 | KANDACE SPRINGS | “Pearls” [Single] | Capitol |
| 8 | HAROLD LOPEZ-NUSSA | Te Lo Dije | Mack Avenue |
| 9 | SOMI | Holy Room | Self-Released |
| 10 | LAUREN HENDERSON | The Songbook Session | Brontosaurus |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JAMES BLAKE | Before [EP] | Republic |
| 2 | ACTRESS | Karma & Desire | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | MACHINEDRUM | A View Of U | Ninja Tune |
| 4 | ROISIN MURPHY | Róisín Machine | Skint/BMG |
| 5 | MAJOR LAZER | Music Is The Weapon | Mad Decent |
| 6 | HOT CHIP | Late Night Tales | Night Time Stories |
| 7 | MYSTIC UNDERGROUND, THE | Wrapped In Riddles | Stereosonic |
| 8 | ERIC HILTON | The Impossible Silence | Montserrat House |
| 9 | POLE | Fading | Mute |
| 10 | TRICKY | Fall To Pieces | False Idols |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DYNLEMITE | “In Your Eyes” [Single] | Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JESSE RYAN | Bridges | FWE Culter |
| 2 | ALEX MCCABE | I’d Prefer | Wamco |