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, January 14th, 2020!
Top Thirty Most-Played Overall Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALLISON MOORER | Blood | Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | AMY SPEACE | Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne | Self-Released |
| 3 | HIGHWOMEN, THE | The Highwomen | Elektra |
| 4 | ANDREW VANNORSTRAND | That We Could Find A Way To Be | Great Bear |
| 5 | BECK | Hyperspace | Capitol |
| 6 | BILLY STRINGS | Home | Rounder |
| 7 | BON IVER | i,i | Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group |
| 8 | BONAFIDE FABIAN | New And Improved Old Fashioned Folkadelic | Trait Razor |
| 9 | BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE | Let’s Try The After | Arts & Crafts |
| 10 | CALEXICO AND IRON AND WINE | Years To Burn | Sub Pop |
| 11 | CRYS MATTHEWS | These Old Hands [EP] | NewSongs |
| 12 | HEATHER MALONEY | Soil In The Sky | Signature Sounds |
| 13 | JOSH RITTER | Fever Breaks | Pytheas/Thirty Tigers |
| 14 | MAVERICKS, THE | Play The Hits | Mono Mundo/Thirty Tigers |
| 15 | RIDE | This Is Not A Safe Place | Wichita |
| 16 | RONNIE WOOD AND HIS WILD FIVE | Mad Lad A Tribute To Chuck Berry | BMG |
| 17 | SANDY RIVER RAMBLERS, THE | Home In The Heart Of Maine | Self-Released |
| 18 | SMALL GLORIES, THE | Assiniboine & The Red | Compass/Red House |
| 19 | VAN MORRISON | Three Chord And The Truth | Caroline/Exile |
| 20 | COME ON UP TO THE HOUSE: WOMEN SING WAITS | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dualtone |
| 21 | WINDBORNE | Recollections/Revolutions | Self-Released |
| 22 | SHERYL CROW | Threads | Valory/Big Machine |
| 23 | MIKE ZITO AND FRIENDS | Rock N Roll A Tribute To Check Berry | Ruf |
| 24 | LONG RYDERS | Psychedelic Country Soul | Self-Released |
| 25 | JESSE MALIN | Sunset Kids | Wicked Cool |
| 26 | LOLA MARSH | “Echoes” [Single] | Anova |
| 27 | HOLLIS BROWN | Ozone Park | Mascot/Cool Green |
| 28 | DIAMOND DUPREE | Wake Me When I’m Famous | Fountainbleu |
| 29 | BONNIE BISHOP | The Walk [Advance Tracks] | Thirty Tigers |
| 30 | KINKY FRIEDMAN | Resurrection | Echo Hill |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AZTEC TWO-STEP 2.0 | “Christmas Apocalypse” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 2 | BAG RAIDERS | Horizons | Island |
| 3 | DREAMING OF GHOSTS | Dreaming Of Ghosts | Trees And Cyborgs |
| 4 | SCIZZORMAN | Outrovert [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | BRIAN CHARLES TISCHLEDER | Momma Told Me So | Self-Released |
| 6 | COUPON KEV AND THE THRIFTERS | Stormy Weather And Smiles | Self-Released |
| 7 | DREW DAVIDSEN | It’s Time | SK |
| 8 | RANZEL X KENDRICK | Freestyle [EP] | Self-Released |
| 9 | RYAN CLARK | Take A Chance [EP] | Self-Released |
| 10 | MIA ARENDS AND MICHAEL DERNING | Rough Magic | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANGELIQUE KIDJO | Celia | Decca |
| 2 | MAYRA ANDRADE | Manga | Columbia |
| 3 | ALTIN GUN | Gece | ATO |
| 4 | ALTIN GUN | “Gelin Helayi” b/w “Div DIv” [Single] | ATO |
| 5 | CIMARRON | Orinoco | Self-Released |
| 6 | GRUPO FANTASMA | American Music: Vol. VII | Blue Corn |
| 7 | HANZ ARAKI | At Our Next Meeting | Little Sea |
| 8 | KARKARA | Crystal Gazer | Stolen Body |
| 9 | MACACAO | Civilizado Como Los Animales | SONY |
| 10 | MDOU MOCTAR | Ilana: The Creator | Sahel Sounds |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Records
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DJ SHADOW | Our Pathetic Age | Mass Appeal |
| 2 | SLOWTHAI | Nothing Great About Britain | Method |
| 3 | BROTHER ALI | Secrets & Escapes | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | SAMPA THE GREAT | The Return | Ninja Tune |
| 5 | DANNY BROWN | uknowhatimsayin¿ | Warp |
| 6 | FREDDIE GIBBS AND MADLIB | Bandana | Keep Cool/RCA/Madlib Invazion/ESGN |
| 7 | QUEEN AND SLIM SOUNDTRACK | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Motown |
| 8 | ROBERT GLASPER | Fuck Yo Feelings | Loma Vista |
| 9 | CLIPPING | There Existed An Addiction To Blood | Sub Pop |
| 10 | COMMON | Let Love | Loma Vista/Concord |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LYNN CARDONA | Ophelia [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | BRENDA EARLE STOKES | Solo Sessions Volume 1 | Self-Released |
| 3 | ERROLL GARNER | Dreamstreet | Mack Avenue |
| 4 | GEORGE COLEMAN | The Quartet | Smoke Sessions |
| 5 | GRETJE (GRETA ANGEL) ANGELL | In Any Key | Self-Released |
| 6 | JJ CALE | Stay Around | Because |
| 7 | MOY ENG | The Blue Hour | Patois |
| 8 | NICHOLAS PAYTON | Relaxin’ With Nick | Smoke Sessions |
| 9 | STACI GRIESBACH | My Patsy Cline Songbook | Self-Released |
| 10 | BILL CUNLIFFE TRIO | Sunrise Over Molokai | Metre |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CAROL C | Seven | SI*SE |
| 2 | CHROMATICS | Closer To Grey | Italians Do It Better |
| 3 | COLD CAVE | “Promised Land” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | FLOATING POINTS | Crush | Ninja Tune |
| 5 | FLYING LOTUS | Flamagra | Warp |
| 6 | HELADO NEGRO | This Is How You Smile | RVNG |
| 7 | LADYTRON | Ladytron | !K7 |
| 8 | LCD SOUNDSYSTEM | Electric Lady Sessions | Columbia |
| 9 | M83 | DSVII | Mute |
| 10 | SIR WAS | Holding On To A Dream | Memphis Industries |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MYERS SWINGSET, THE | The State Of This City | Self-Released |
| 2 | UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO JAZZ ORCHESTRA | Embargo | University Of Toronto Jazz |
| 3 | LISA HILTON | Chalkboard Destiny | Ruby Slippers |
| 4 | AMBER WEEKES | Pure Imagination | Amber Inn |
| 5 | CHRISTOPHER HOLLYDAY | Dialogue | Jazzbeat |
| 6 | VIRGINIA SCHENCK | Battle Cry | Airborne Ecstasy |
| 7 | CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE | The Movement Revisited | Mack Avenue |
| 8 | TAMUZ NISSIM | Capturing Clouds | Street Of Stars |
| 9 | SAM FAZIO | Let’s Go | Self-Released |