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 5th, 2025. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, January 14th!
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December 30th through January 5th, 2024
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CINDY KALLET | Ride In The Light | Self-Released |
| 2 | DAVID LINDSAY | WITH YOU | Fallingfoot |
| 3 | CURE, THE | Songs Of A Lost World | Fiction/Capitol |
| 4 | DAVID GILMOUR | Luck And Strange | Sony |
| 5 | GILLIAN WELCH AND DAVID RAWLINGS | Woodland | Acony |
| 6 | JOHN MCCUTCHEON | Field Of Stars | Appalsongs |
| 7 | ALASTAIR GREENE | Standing Out Loud | Ruf |
| 8 | ALBERT CASTIGLIA | Righteous Souls | Gulf Coast |
| 9 | AMANDA FISH | Kingdom | Viz |
| 10 | AMYTHYST KIAH | STILL + BRIGHT | Rounder/Concord |
| 11 | BILLY STRINGS | Highway Prayers | Reprise |
| 12 | FAKE FRUIT | Mucho Mistrust | Carpark |
| 13 | FATHER JOHN MISTY | Mahashmashana | Sub Pop |
| 14 | JEANNE MCKIRCHY | What Love Can Do | Self-Released |
| 15 | KASEY CHAMBERS | Backbone | Essence |
| 16 | KID ANDERSEN | Spirits | Little Village |
| 17 | LUCINDA WILLIAMS | Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road | Highway 20 |
| 18 | MELVINS | Tarantula Heart | Ipecac |
| 19 | MICHAEL KIWANUKA | Small Changes | Geffen |
| 20 | MJ LENDERMAN | Manning Fireworks | Anti- |
| 21 | NAKED GIANTS | Shine Away | DevilDuck |
| 22 | NICK LOWE AND LOS STRAIGHTJACKETS | Indoor Safari | Yep Roc |
| 23 | PINE TREE FLYERS | Pine Tree Flyers | Self-Released |
| 24 | POST MALONE | F-1 Trillion | Mercury/Republic/UMG |
| 25 | SHABOOZEY | “Good News” [Single] | American Dogwood |
| 26 | SIERRA FERRELL | Trail Of Flowers | Rounder/Concord |
| 27 | TAB BENOIT | I Hear Thunder | Whiskey Bayou |
| 28 | WAILIN’ WALKER | All Fired Up | Jitterbug |
| 29 | JAY BYHAM | Postcards Along The Way | ITP |
| 30 | EMILY GABRIELE | “Calling Mr Back” [Single] | EG NYC |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AGNESS TWIN | Turn to Gold [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | DIANE COLL | Up From The Mud | Self-Released |
| 3 | LISA P MEDINA | Wishes | Self-Released |
| 4 | SHYFRIN ALLIANCE | “Lockdown” [Single] | KES International |
| 5 | SOPHIA STEPHENS | Love & Grief | Self-Released |
| 6 | STEVE ERICKSON | Retrospective | Self-Released |
| 7 | BRIAN NASTY | Anywhere, But Here With You | Big Dada |
| 8 | CAMERON WINTER | Heavy Metal | Partisan |
| 9 | DPB | “I Feel So Good Today” (Happy Mix) [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | EMILY HADEN LEE | The Woman I Would Be | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LA LOM | “La Tijera” [Single] | Verve |
| 2 | ALTAN | Donegal | Compass |
| 3 | FEMI KUTI | “Politics Don Expose Them” [Single] | Partisan |
| 4 | KHRUANGBIN | A LA SALA | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 5 | PAUL HANSON AND RAZE THE MAZE | Calliope | Manzanita Ranch |
| 6 | DANIEL PARDO | Ese Momento | Self-Released |
| 7 | BONGO HOP, THE | La Pata Coja | Underdog |
| 8 | SEUN KUTI AND EGYPT 80 | “Dey” (Gaudi & Don Letts Remix) [Single] | Record Kicks |
| 9 | MANU CHAO | Viva Tu | Because |
| 10 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | Linear Labs: Sao Paulo | Linear Labs |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KENDRICK LAMAR | GNX | Interscope |
| 2 | BROTHER ALI | Satisfied Soul [EP] | Mello |
| 3 | DENZEL CURRY | King Of The Mischievous South | PH/Loma Vista/Concord |
| 4 | TYLER THE CREATOR | Chromakopia | Columbia/Sony |
| 5 | MALLY AND LAST WORD | The Sweetest Of It All | MaLLy/Last Word Touring |
| 6 | LYRICS BORN | Goodbye, Sticky Rice | Mobile Home |
| 7 | KURIOUS | Majician | Rhymesayers/Metalface |
| 8 | SOUL FROM THE O | Queens & Pharaohs | 11525 |
| 9 | ELUCID | REVELATOR | Fat Possum |
| 10 | WAHID | THEY ALL GO MAD! [EP] | Innovative Leisure |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ARUN RAMAMURTHY TRIO | New Moon | Greenleaf |
| 2 | AMBER WEEKES | A Lady With A Song – Amber Weekes Celebrates Nancy Wilson | Amber Inn |
| 3 | CAITY GYORGY | Hello! How Are You? | La Reserve |
| 4 | MILTON NASCIMENTO AND ESPERANZA SPALDING | Milton + Esperanza | Concord |
| 5 | RENEE ROSNES | Crossing Paths | Smoke Sessions |
| 6 | RUFUS REID WITH SULLIVAN FORTNER | It’s The Nights I Like | Sunnyside |
| 7 | REBECCA KILGORE | A Little Taste: A Tribute To Dave Frishberg | Cherry Pie |
| 8 | STEVE SMITH AND VITAL INFORMATION | Vitalive | Drum Legacy |
| 9 | DHARMA DOWN | Owl Dreams | Dharma |
| 10 | CLAY WULBRECHT | The Clockmaster | Instru Dash Mental |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KIASMOS | II | Erased Tapes |
| 2 | FLYING LOTUS | Spirit Box [EP] | Warp |
| 3 | KELLY LEE OWENS | Dreamstate | Dirty Hit/dh2 |
| 4 | CARIBOU | Honey | Merge |
| 5 | CARLITA | Sentimental | Counter |
| 6 | LP GIOBBI | Dotr | Counter |
| 7 | TSHA | Sad Girl | Ninja Tune |
| 8 | MACHINE GIRL | MG Ultra | Future Classic |
| 9 | FAUX REAL | Faux Ever | City Slang |
| 10 | SOPHIE | SOPHIE | Transgressive/Future Classic |