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 4th. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, January 13th).
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December 29th, 2025 through January 4th, 2026
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
GOLDENOAK |
All The Light In Autumn |
Self-Released |
2 |
ALISON BROWN AND STEVE MARTIN |
Safe, Sensible And Sane |
Compass |
3 |
JEFF TWEEDY |
Twilight Override |
dBpm |
4 |
TORNADO SKY |
The Rough And The Wild |
Blue Melody |
5 |
BRANDI CARLILE |
Returning To Myself |
Lost Highway/Interscope |
6 |
BRISCOE |
Heat Of July |
ATO |
7 |
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE |
Everybody Scream |
Republic/UMG |
8 |
JAPANESE BREAKFAST |
For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) |
Dead Oceans |
9 |
JULIANA HATFIELD |
“Popsicle” [Single] |
American Laundromat |
10 |
MAVIS STAPLES |
Sad And Beautiful World |
Anti- |
11 |
MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE |
Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan |
Cadmean Dawn/Thirty Tigers |
12 |
ROBERT PLANT |
Saving Grace |
Nonesuch |
13 |
WEST TEXAS EXILES |
8000 Days |
Floating Mesa |
14 |
WILLIE NELSON |
Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle |
Sony |
15 |
ELA MINUS |
DIA |
Domino |
16 |
RIVAL CONSOLES |
Landscape From Memory |
Erased Tapes |
17 |
SMASH PALACE |
“Poor Man’s Paradise” [Single] |
Self-Released |
18 |
ERIC BIBB |
“This One Don’t” [Single] |
Repute |
19 |
FLASHCUBES, THE |
“Reminisce” [Single] |
Big Stir |
20 |
ALISON KRAUSS AND UNION STATION |
Arcadia |
Down The Road |
21 |
54 ULTRA |
“Find Your Love” [Single] |
Virgin |
22 |
ALLISON SOUNDS |
I Was Born In Color |
New Folk |
23 |
ARCADE FIRE |
Pink Elephant |
Arcade Fire |
24 |
ANNAHSTASIA |
Tether |
drink sum wtr |
25 |
CURE, THE |
Mixes Of A Lost World |
Fiction/Capitol |
26 |
ARTHUR BUCK |
Arthur Buck 2 |
Self-Released |
27 |
DJ KOZE |
Music Can Hear Us |
Pampa |
28 |
AURORA |
“The Flood” [Single] |
Glassnote |
29 |
FOTOFORM |
Grief Is A Garden (Forever In Bloom) |
Dismal Nitch |
30 |
BECKY BULLER |
Songs That Sing Me |
Dark Shadow |
Top “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
DARRELL KELLEY |
“Sick Of This” [Single] |
Viral |
2 |
DUSTY EDINGER |
“Just Like Me” [Single] |
Self-Released |
3 |
GABLE BURNETT |
“Sugar Town” [Single] |
Self-Released |
4 |
TIM HORT |
No Dissociation [EP] |
Self-Released |
5 |
MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER |
Unclouded |
Domino |
6 |
ALIAS WAYNE |
“Manifest Destiny” [Single] |
Self-Released |
7 |
GINGER MOLASSES |
“River Rats” b/w “Heidi Fleiss” [Single] |
Self-Released |
8 |
BABES IN CANYON |
The New Loud |
Darcy Blue |
Top Ten World Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
ANTIBALAS |
Hourglass |
Daptone |
2 |
NATALIA LAFOURCADE |
Cancionera |
Sony |
3 |
BAD BUNNY |
Debi Tirar Mas Fotos |
Rimas |
4 |
BAIANASYSTEM |
A Mundo Da Voltas |
Máquina da Louco |
5 |
BAIANASYSTEM, SEU JORGE, ANTONIO CARLOS, JOCAFI |
“Praia Do Futuro” [Single] |
Maquina De Louco |
6 |
BOMBA ESTEREO |
“Me Pasa” [Single] |
Sony Latin |
7 |
FLOOK |
Sanju |
Flat Fish |
8 |
GLORIA ESTEFAN |
Raices |
Crescent Moon |
9 |
KAROL G |
Tropicoqueta |
Self-Released |
10 |
LE VENT DU NORD |
Voisinages |
La Compagnie Du Nord |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
DANNY BROWN |
Stardust |
Warp |
2 |
SHAD |
Start Anew |
Secret City |
3 |
DE LA SOUL |
Cabin In The Sky |
Mass Appeal |
4 |
7XVETHEGENIUS |
Self 7xve 3 |
Broadband Sound |
5 |
NIGHTMARES ON WAX |
Echo45 Sound System |
Warp |
6 |
SUDAN ARCHIVES |
THE BPM |
Stones Throw |
7 |
SAMPA THE GREAT |
“CAN’T HOLD US” feat. Mwanjè [Single] |
Loma Vista/Concord |
8 |
ATMOSPHERE |
Jestures |
Rhymesayers |
9 |
CARRTOONS |
Space Cadet |
+1 |
10 |
TOBI AND REAL BAD MAN |
The Perfect Blue |
Real Bad Man |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
NANCY KELLY |
Be Cool |
Origin |
2 |
ALBARE |
Eclecticity |
Self-Released |
3 |
BEN PATTERSON JAZZ ORCHESTRA |
Mad Scientist Music |
Origin |
4 |
BRAD TURNER |
It’s All So |
Cellar |
5 |
CARMEN BRADFORD |
Carmen Sings Carmen |
Artist Alliance |
6 |
EMMA SMITH |
Bitter Orange |
La Reserve |
7 |
ERIC ALEXANDER AND VINCENT HERRING |
Split Decision |
Smoke Sessions |
8 |
ISAIAH J THOMPSON |
The Book Of Isaiah: Modern Jazz Ministry |
Mack Avenue |
9 |
JOANIE PALLATTO AND BRADLEY PARKER SPARROW |
Song |
Southport |
10 |
LEON ANDERSON |
Live At Snug Harbor |
Outside In |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
ELA MINUS |
DIA |
Domino |
2 |
RIVAL CONSOLES |
Landscape From Memory |
Erased Tapes |
3 |
DJ KOZE |
Music Can Hear Us |
Pampa |
4 |
FRED AGAIN |
USB |
Atlantic |
5 |
HAMMOCK |
Nevertheless |
Hammock |
6 |
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER |
Tranquilizer |
Warp |
7 |
ORB, THE |
Buddhist Hipsters |
Cooking Vinyl |
8 |
SUDAN ARCHIVES |
THE BPM |
Stones Throw |
9 |
NIGHTMARES ON WAX |
Echo45 Sound System |
Warp |
10 |
FKA TWIGS |
EUSEXUA Afterglow |
Young/Atlantic |
Jazz “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
ALIAS WAYNE |
“Manifest Destiny” [Single] |
Self-Released |
2 |
CAROLYN TROWBRIDGE |
Found Memories |
Self-Released |
3 |
PETER PAULSEN QUARTET |
Would-A, Could-A, Should-A |
SquarePegWorks |
4 |
RICK ROE |
Wake Up Call: The Music Of Gregg Hill |
Cold Plunge |
World “Add”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
ALIAS WAYNE |
“Manifest Destiny” [Single] |
Self-Released |
Hip Hop “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
GINGER MOLASSES |
“River Rats” b/w “Heidi Fleiss” [Single] |
Self-Released |
2 |
DARRELL KELLEY |
“Sick Of This” [Single] |
Viral |