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 7th. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, January 6th).
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December 1st through December 7th, 2025
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
GOLDENOAK |
All The Light In Autumn |
Self-Released |
2 |
TOP JIMMY AND THE RHYTHM PIGS |
Pigus Drunkus Maximus |
Blind Owl |
3 |
MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE |
Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan |
Cadmean Dawn/Thirty Tigers |
4 |
MAVIS STAPLES |
Sad And Beautiful World |
Anti- |
5 |
KELLY’S LOT |
Late Bloomer |
PK |
6 |
LERA LYNN |
Comic Book Cowboy |
Ruby Range |
7 |
WAYLON JENNINGS |
Songbird |
Thirty Tigers |
8 |
ALISON BROWN AND STEVE MARTIN |
Safe, Sensible And Sane |
Compass |
9 |
AVTT/PTTN |
AVTT/PTTN |
Thirty Tigers/Ramseur/Ipecac |
10 |
BIG THIEF |
Double Infinity |
4AD/Beggars |
11 |
DEVON ALLMAN |
The Blues Summit |
Ruf |
12 |
GREG NAGY |
Just A Little More Time |
Self-Released |
13 |
JESSE WELLES |
Pilgrim |
Self-Released |
14 |
LE VENT DU NORD |
Voisinages |
La Compagnie Du Nord |
15 |
LOS STRAITJACKETS |
Somos Los Straitjackets |
Self-Released |
16 |
MIDLAKE |
A Bridge To Far |
Self-Released |
17 |
PAIRS, THE |
Together On A Rock |
Self-Released |
18 |
RANDY LEE RIVIERE |
Farmhand Blues |
Wilderness |
19 |
ROBBIN KAPSALIS |
The Blues Is In The House |
Blues House |
20 |
ST PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES |
St. Paul & The Broken Bones |
Oasis Pizza/Thirty Tigers |
21 |
STEVE HOWELL AND FATS KAPLIN |
Know You From Old |
Out Of The Past |
22 |
TODD SNIDER |
HIGH, LONESOME, AND THEN SOME. |
Aimless |
23 |
GOODS, THE |
Don’t Spoil The Fun |
Dandy Boy |
24 |
GUIDED BY VOICES |
Thick Rich And Delicious |
GBV Inc. |
25 |
SNOCAPS |
Snocaps |
Anti- |
26 |
SMASH PALACE |
“Poor Man’s Paradise” [Single] |
Self-Released |
27 |
CHRIS ROTTMAYER |
Playing Favorites |
Pilars |
28 |
ALABAMA SHAKES |
“Another Life” [Single] |
Island/UMG |
29 |
DE LA SOUL |
Cabin In The Sky |
Mass Appeal |
30 |
ERIC BIBB |
“This One Don’t” [Single] |
Repute |
Top “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
TOMBSTONES IN THEIR EYES |
Under Dark Skies |
Little Cloud |
2 |
HAWK IN THE NEST |
Hawk In The Nest |
Self-Released |
3 |
BABES IN CANYON |
The New Loud |
Darcy Blue |
Top Ten World Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
ANTIBALAS |
Hourglass |
Daptone |
2 |
KEN BOOTHE AND JAH WOBBLE |
Old Fashioned Ways |
Cleopatra |
3 |
LE VENT DU NORD |
Voisinages |
La Compagnie Du Nord |
4 |
LILA IKE |
Treasure Self Love |
Ineffable |
5 |
PEDRO MIZUTANI |
“Dia Azul” [Single] |
Nice Guys |
6 |
YUUF |
Mt. Sava [EP] |
Technicolour |
7 |
VALERIA STEWART |
Raices | Roots |
Antidotesounds |
8 |
MAC GOLLEHON AND THE HISPANIC MECHANICS |
Pistoleros |
WFO |
9 |
AFRO CARIBBEAN JAZZ COLLECTIVE, THE |
Cortadito |
JBG |
10 |
SESSA |
Pequena Vertigem De Amor |
Mexican Summer |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
DE LA SOUL |
Cabin In The Sky |
Mass Appeal |
2 |
AUDIO SCIENTISTS LABORATORY, THE |
Presents The Audio Lab [EP] |
Collective Consciousness |
3 |
DANNY BROWN |
Stardust |
Warp |
4 |
SHAD |
Start Anew |
Secret City |
5 |
7XVETHEGENIUS |
Self 7xve 3 |
Broadband Sound |
6 |
SUDAN ARCHIVES |
THE BPM |
Stones Throw |
7 |
NIGHTMARES ON WAX |
Echo45 Sound System |
Warp |
8 |
FREDDIE GIBBS AND THE ALCHEMIST |
Alfredo 2 |
ALC/ESGN |
9 |
ATMOSPHERE |
Jestures |
Rhymesayers |
10 |
PLANET GIZA |
The Sky Is Recording Me: 100 Years Later (Vol. 3) |
Quiet Note |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
REDDISH FETISH, THE |
Llegue |
Self-Released |
2 |
CHRIS ROTTMAYER |
Playing Favorites |
Pilars |
3 |
ISAIAH J THOMPSON |
The Book Of Isaiah: Modern Jazz Ministry |
Mack Avenue |
4 |
JENNIFER MADSEN |
Reimagine |
SingBaby |
5 |
JOSIE FALBO |
Kickin’ It |
Self-Released |
6 |
MIKE LEDONNE’S GROOVER QUARTET |
Turn It Up! Live At The SideDoor! |
Cellar |
7 |
KEVIN BROWN |
Adventus |
Jeru Jazz |
8 |
CHRISTIAN WIGGS |
A Not So Lonely Christmas |
Bandstand Presents |
9 |
STEVE HOUGHTON GROUP |
And Then Some |
Self-Released |
10 |
SCOTT SILBERT QUARTET, THE |
Dream Dancing: Celebrating Zoot Sims At 100 |
Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
CHRISTIAN WIGGS |
A Not So Lonely Christmas |
Bandstand Presents |
2 |
DWAYNA LITZ |
“Same Old Story” [Single] |
Self-Released |
3 |
JOE CARUSO |
“Sole Survivor” b/w “7 Hours A Day” [Single] |
Self-Released |
4 |
KEVIN BROWN |
Adventus |
Jeru Jazz |
5 |
SAM PILNICK’S NONET PROJECT |
The Project |
Self-Released |
6 |
KERRY POLITZER |
Alternate Route |
Whirlwind |
7 |
ANDY NEVALA |
El Rumbon |
Zoho |
Top Ten Electronica / Dance Albums
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
SAY SHE SHE |
Cut & Rewind |
drink sum wtr |
2 |
SUDAN ARCHIVES |
THE BPM |
Stones Throw |
3 |
NIGHTMARES ON WAX |
Echo45 Sound System |
Warp |
4 |
KRAAK AND SMAAK |
Velvet Seas |
Boogie Angst |
5 |
HELADO NEGRO |
The Last Sound On Earth [EP] |
Big Dada |
6 |
HAAI |
Humanise |
Mute |
7 |
PAUL KALKBRENNER |
THE ESSENCE |
B1/Columbia |
8 |
MACHINE GIRL |
PsychoWarrior: MG Ultra X |
Future Classic |
9 |
CUT COPY |
Moments |
Cutters |
10 |
MINDCHATTER |
Giving Up On Words |
Maison Arts |