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 7th, 2024. Our first weekly airplay chart of 2024 is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, January 16th, 2024!
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January 1st through January 7th, 2024
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CARLA OLSON | Have Harmony, Will Travel 3 | Have Harmony, WiIl Travel |
| 2 | CARRIE NEWCOMER | A Great Wild Mercy | Available Light |
| 3 | JIMMY BUFFET | Equal Strains On All Parts | Mailboat |
| 4 | IRIS DEMENT | Workin’ On A World | Flariella |
| 5 | BOB CORRITORE | Phoenix Blues Rumble | Vizztone |
| 6 | JENNIFER PORTER | Yes, I Do! | Self-Released |
| 7 | BALSAM RANGE | Kinetic Tone | Mountain Home |
| 8 | KATHY KALLICK BAND, THE | The Lonesome Chronicles | Live Oak |
| 9 | MUSTARD’S RETREAT | By Request | Yellow Room |
| 10 | RHIANNON GIDDENS | You’re The One | Nonesuch |
| 11 | JALAPENO RECORDS: FUNK VOL. 14 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Jalapeno |
| 12 | BARBARO | About the Winter | Self-Released |
| 13 | BLACK PUMAS, THE | Chronicles Of A Diamond | ATO |
| 14 | CAT POWER | Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert | Domino |
| 15 | CHARLIE MARS | Times Have Changed | Self-Released |
| 16 | GUM | Saturnia | Spinning Top |
| 17 | HEALERS FEAT. PETER HUTCHISON, THE | Healers | Diagonal Man |
| 18 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Weathervanes | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 19 | JOAN OSBORNE | Nobody Owns You | MRI |
| 20 | JOHN VINCENT III | Songs For The Canyon | Self-Released |
| 21 | KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD | Dirt On My Diamonds Vol. 1 | Provogue |
| 22 | MOLLY TUTTLE AND GOLDEN HIGHWAY | City Of Gold | Nonesuch |
| 23 | MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE | Jenny From Thebes | Merge |
| 24 | MUSTANGS OF THE WEST | Down At The Palomino | KZZ |
| 25 | ABIGAIL LAPELL | Lullabies | Outside |
| 26 | AFTERGREENS, THE | Who We Are [EP] | Self-Released |
| 27 | BB STEVENS | Not My Monkeys [EP] | Stryker |
| 28 | JEFF LAKE | Midnight Sun | Self-Released |
| 29 | ALICE DI MICELE | Interpretations Vol 1 | Alice Otter |
| 30 | ALLAH-LAS | Zuma 85 | Calico Discos/Innovative Leisure |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALICE DI MICELE | Interpretations Vol 1 | Alice Otter |
| 2 | CHRIS O’LEARY | The Hard Line | Alligator |
| 3 | SCOTT FREE | Songs To Fight Oppression | Leather/Western |
| 4 | DAVID BELLE | David Belle [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | DUSTY EDINGER | “Broken Soul Survivor” [Single] | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAMIR IMAMOVIC | The World And All That It Holds | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 2 | GILMAR GOMES | “Barquinho” [Single] | Encuentro |
| 3 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FUSION | Gabriella | Self-Released |
| 4 | DENGUE FEVER | Ting Mong | Tuk Tuk |
| 5 | PACHYMAN | Switched-On | ATO |
| 6 | ELISAPIE | Inuktitut | Bonsound |
| 7 | SOFIA KOURTESIS | Madres | Ninja Tune |
| 8 | OKAN | Okantomi | Lulaworld |
| 9 | ERIC HILTON AND NATALIA CLAVIER | Corazon Kitsugi | Montserrat House |
| 10 | EL BUHO | Strata | Wonderwheel |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AESOP ROCK | Integrated Tech Solutions | Rhymesayers |
| 2 | DANNY BROWN | Quaranta | Warp |
| 3 | SHABAZZ PALACES | Robed In Rareness [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 4 | BUTCHER BROWN | Solar Music | Concord Jazz/Concord |
| 5 | DJ SHADOW | Action Adventure | Mass Appeal/Liquid Amber |
| 6 | SEAFOOD SAM | Afros In The Wind [EP] | drink sum wtr |
| 7 | ATMOSPHERE | Talk Talk [EP] | Rhymesayers |
| 8 | BJ THE CHICAGO KID | Gravy | RCA |
| 9 | H31R | HeadSpace | Big Dada |
| 10 | JAMILA WOODS | Water Made Us | Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CECILIA SMITH | The Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project: Small Ensemble Repertoire, Volume 1 | Innova |
| 2 | DANIEL VILLARREAL | Lados B | International Anthem |
| 3 | JOEY ALEXANDER | Continuance | Mack Avenue |
| 4 | JACK JONES FEATURING JOEY DEFRANCESCO | Artwork | Cavalry |
| 5 | DAVE STRYKER TRIO WITH BOB MINTZER | Groove Street | Strikezone |
| 6 | DENIN SLAGE-KOCH | It Comes In Waves | SK |
| 7 | ROSE MALLETT | Dreams Realized | Carrie-On Productions |
| 8 | MOORE MCCOLL JAZZ SOCIETY, THE | Up And Gone | Madison |
| 9 | JOSEPH DAILY TRIO | Tuba Chronicles Volume II | JoDa |
| 10 | FLYING HORSE BIG BAND, THE | A Message From The Flying Horse Big Band | Flying Horse |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SOFIA KOURTESIS | Madres | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | DJ SHADOW | Action Adventure | Mass Appeal/Liquid Amber |
| 3 | METRIC | Formentera II | Metric/Thirty Tigers |
| 4 | ACTRESS | LXXXVIII | Ninja Tune |
| 5 | MOCEAN WORKER | Boombox | MoWo Inc. |
| 6 | KEYS N KRATES | IN:TENSION | Last Gang/MNRK |
| 7 | SPECIAL INTEREST | Endure (Remixed) | Rough Trade/Beggars |
| 8 | QUANTIC | Dancing While Falling | Play It Again Sam |
| 9 | CHEMICAL BROTHERS, THE | For That Beautiful Feeling | Republic |
| 10 | KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD | The Silver Cord | KGLW |
World “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | C’MON TIGRE | Habitat | Intersuoni |
| 2 | AURALLAURA | Exetastes | Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOSEPH DAILY TRIO | Tuba Chronicles Volume II | JoDa |
| 2 | ROSE MALLETT | Dreams Realized | Carrie-On Productions |
| 3 | GERALD CANNON | Live At Dizzy’s Club: The Music Of Elvin & McCoy | Woodneck |
| 4 | JOHN ELLIS QUARTET | Bizet: Carmen In Jazz | Blue Room |
| 5 | AURALLAURA | Exetastes | Self-Released |