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 last airplay chart of 2018 will be computed and posted on Tuesday, January 15th, 2019!
Top Thirty Recordings (ranked by airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GAYE ADEGBALOLA | The Griot | Vizztone Label Group |
| 2 | LILY AND MADELEINE | Canterbury Girls | New West |
| 3 | SMITHEREENS, THE | Covers | Sunset Blvd. |
| 4 | TELLICO | Woven Waters | Organic |
| 5 | CHILDSPLAY | The Bloom Of Youth | Self-Released |
| 6 | JUNGLE | For Ever | XL |
| 7 | ANDY AND JUDY | Reflections | Self-Released |
| 8 | ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL | New Routes | Bismeaux |
| 9 | BALSAM RANGE | Aeonic | Mountain Home |
| 10 | BLACKBERRY SMOKE | The Southern Ground Sessions | Thirty Tigers |
| 11 | CAT POWER | Wanderer | Domino |
| 12 | CEDRIC ROGERS | Cedric and Him [EP] | Self-Released |
| 13 | CORDOVAS | That Santa Fe Channel | ATO |
| 14 | DAN NAVARRO | Shed My Skin | Red Hen |
| 15 | DAROL ANGER, EMY PHELPS, AND FRIENDS | Music Of Our People | Self-Released |
| 16 | DONNA THE BUFFALO | Dance In The Street | Self-Released |
| 17 | ELISE DAVIS | Cactus | Tone Tree |
| 18 | ERIC BIBB | Global Griot | Stony Plain |
| 19 | HYMN FOR HER | Pop N Downers | Self-Released |
| 20 | JOHN BUTLER TRIO | Home | Nettwerk |
| 21 | KATHERINE RONDEAU | Unfortunate Point Of View | Self-Released |
| 22 | KURT VILE | Bottle It In | Matador |
| 23 | LAURIE JANE AND THE 45S | Late Last Night-Elixir Of Sara Martin | Down In The Alley |
| 24 | MARK KNOPFLER | Down The Road Wherever | Blue Note |
| 25 | MELANIE BRULEE | Fires, Floods And Things We Leave Behind | Mavens |
| 26 | MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY | Austinology – Alleys Of Austin | Wildfire |
| 27 | MOUNTAIN HEART | Soul Searching | Compass |
| 28 | MUSTARD’S RETREAT | Make Your Own Luck | Yellow Room |
| 29 | ROSANNE CASH | She Remembers Everything | Blue Note |
| 30 | TASH SULTANA | Flow State | Mom + Pop |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GINGERMON | Baked To Perfection | Midwest Coast |
| 2 | WAY DOWN WANDERERS, THE | Illusion | Self-Released |
| 3 | ALICE WALLACE | Into The Blue | Rabel Road |
| 4 | CHARLEY CROCKETT | Lil’ GL’s Blue Bonanza | Thirty Tigers |
| 5 | COLD WEATHER COMPANY | Find Light | Self-Released |
| 6 | DILLON CARMICHAEL | Hell On An Angel | Riserhouse |
| 7 | FAHRENHEIST | Albatross | Self-Released |
| 8 | ROVING REPORTER | Joie De Vivre | Self-Released |
| 9 | FRANCES CONE | Late Riser | Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | MOTHICA | “Crossfire” [Single] | AWAL |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FATOUMATA DIAWARA | Fenfo | Shanachie |
| 2 | YIDDISH GLORY: THE LOST SONGS OF WORLD WAR II | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Six Degrees |
| 3 | BANDADRIATICA | Odissea | Finisterre |
| 4 | BARCELONA GIPSY BALKAN ORCHESTRA | Avo Kanto | Satelite K |
| 5 | BOMBINO | Deran | Partisan |
| 6 | BRAAGAS | O Ptacich a Rybach | Indies Scope |
| 7 | COMMON KINGS | One Day | Regime |
| 8 | DACTAH CHANDO | Global CityZen | Soulfire |
| 9 | DOCTOR NATIVO | Guatemaya | Stonetree |
| 10 | DOMNA SAMIOU | Music from Greece | Caprice |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARRELL KELLEY | Unity | Viral |
| 2 | MARCO POLO AND MASTA ACE | A Breukelen Story | Fat Beats |
| 3 | DEM ATLAS | Bad Actress | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW | Overload | Brainfeeder |
| 5 | SHAD | A Short Story About A War | Secret City |
| 6 | ATMOSPHERE | Mi Vida Local | Rhymesayers |
| 7 | KILLIAM SHAKESPEARE | A Town Called Elsewhere | Killiam Season |
| 8 | ANDERSON PAAK | Oxnard | Aftermath/12 Tone |
| 9 | RAZ SIMONE | Drive Theory | Black Umbrella |
| 10 | DENZEL CURRY | TA1300 | Loma Vista/Concord |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALLISON AU QUARTET | Wander Wonder | Self-Released |
| 2 | HAROLD MABERN | The Iron Man: Live At Smoke | Smoke Sessions |
| 3 | CHRISTOPHER HOLLYDAY | Telepathy | Self-Released |
| 4 | FRANCOIS HOULE, ALEXANDER HAWKINS, HARRIS EISENSTADT | You Have Options | Songlines |
| 5 | JUDY NIGHT QUINTET | Sliding On Glass 210 Live | Blujazz |
| 6 | LISA HILTON | Oasis | Ruby Slippers |
| 7 | SIMONE KOPMAJER | Spotlight On Jazz | Self-Released |
| 8 | STEVEN TAETZ | Drink You In | Orange Grove |
| 9 | KENNY CARR | Departure | Self-Released |
| 10 | JORGE NILA | Tenor Time | Ninjazz |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BOB MOSES | Battle Lines | Domino |
| 2 | APHEX TWIN | Collapse [EP] | Warp |
| 3 | RUFUS DU SOL | Solace | Reprise |
| 4 | BEACON | Gravity Pairs | Ghostly |
| 5 | MARLEY CARROLL | Flight Patterns | Loci |
| 6 | BRAINFEEDER X | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Brainfeeder |
| 7 | MATTHEW DEAR | Bunny | Ghostly |
| 8 | HARRISON | Apricity | Last Gang |
| 9 | ANCHORSONG | Cohesion | Tru Thoughts |
| 10 | ROBOT KOCH | Sphere | Trees And Cyborgs |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GINGERMON | Baked To Perfection | Midwest Coast |
Hip Hop / R & B “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ROMEO MPUTU | “Rich Boy” feat. Montemba [Single] | Self-Released |
Electronic / Dance “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | EXDREAMS | Physical Contact | Self-Released |