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. The next new airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, February 20th, 2018.
For Tuesday, February 13th, 2018
Top Thirty Recordings (based on radio airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHRIS SMITHER | Call Me Lucky | Signature Sounds |
| 2 | MARE WAKEFIELD AND NOMAD | Time To Fly | Self-Released |
| 3 | CALEXICO | The Thread That Keeps Us | Anti- |
| 4 | GOLDENOAK | Foxgloves [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | I’M WITH HER | See You Around | Rounder |
| 6 | LORDE | Melodrama | Lava |
| 7 | MARY GAUTHIER | Rifles And Rosary Beads | Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | STEEP CANYON RANGERS | Out in the Open | Ramseur |
| 9 | KENDRICK LAMAR | Damn. | Interscope |
| 10 | MAVIS STAPLES | If All I Was Was Black | Anti- |
| 11 | WEIGHT BAND, THE | World Gone Mad | Self-Released |
| 12 | SZA | CTRL | Top Dawg |
| 13 | ABBIE GARDNER | Wishes On A Neon SIgn | Self-Released |
| 14 | BETTYE LAVETTE | Things Have Changed | Verve |
| 15 | GRANT PEEPLES AND THE PEEPLES REPUBLIK | Settling Scores Vol. 2 | Gatorbone |
| 16 | HEATHER MALONEY | Just Enough Sun | Signature |
| 17 | BILLY BRAGG | Bridges Not Walls | Cooking Vinyl |
| 18 | CAROLINE ROSE | LONER | New West |
| 19 | CURTIS HARDING | Face Your Fear | Anti- |
| 20 | ED ROMANOFF | The Orphan King | Self-Released |
| 21 | GHALIA AND MAMA’S BOYS | Let the Demons Out | Ruf |
| 22 | JAMES HUNTER SIX, THE | Whatever It Takes | Daptone |
| 23 | JANE LEE HOOKER | Spiritus | Ruf |
| 24 | JIM JAMES | Tribute To 2 | ATO |
| 25 | JOHN GORKA | True in Time | Red House |
| 26 | LISA MORALES | Luna Negra And The Daughter of The Sun | Zaino |
| 27 | MARGO PRICE | All American Made | Third Man |
| 28 | MICHAEL JOHNATHAN | Pirate | Poetman |
| 29 | NANCY K. DILLON | A Game of Swans | Rose Rock |
| 30 | ROBINSON TREACHER | Born | Sojourn |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SOFI SAINT | “Why” [Single] | G&L |
| 2 | RECIPE, THE | Funerals & Purgatory | Self-Released |
| 3 | SUPERCHUNK | What A Time To Be Alive | Merge |
| 4 | BINDLEY HARDWARE CO | Ever Satisfactory | Self-Released |
| 5 | CALEB CAUDLE | Crushed Coins | Cornelius Chapel |
| 6 | DEATH BY UNGA BUNGA | “Soldier” [Single] | Jansen |
| 7 | LOMA | Loma | Sub Pop |
| 8 | SAUKRATES | Season 2 | Culvert |
| 9 | SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS | Soul of a Woman | Daptone |
| 10 | DANIELLE DUVAL | Lose It | People Play |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ELDERS | True | PubTone |
| 2 | MISTA SAVONA | Presents Havana Meets Kingston | 17 North Parade |
| 3 | SOJA | Poetry In Motion | ATO |
| 4 | BIG TAKEOVER | Silly Girl | Self-Released |
| 5 | CHARITY EKEKE | She | Unity Gain |
| 6 | CHUCK FOSTER | Rebel Dub | Catch Me Time |
| 7 | COIG | Rove | Self-Released |
| 8 | JOJI HIROTA AND THE LONDON TAIKO DRUMMERS | Japanese Taiko | ARC |
| 9 | JULIO PEREIRA | Praca do Comercio | Tradisom |
| 10 | JUSTIN GRAY AND SYNTHESIS | New Horizons | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KENDRICK LAMAR | Damn. | Interscope |
| 2 | CARDI B | “Bodak Yellow” [Single] | Atlanta |
| 3 | GRAND ANALOG | Survival [EP] | Self-Released |
| 4 | MIGOS | Culture II | Quality Control |
| 5 | DYGGZ | “4Real4Real” [Single] | NuVintage |
| 6 | LANGSTON FRANCIS | “Fckd It Up” [Single] | Sony Canada |
| 7 | LORD IVAN | “Chips” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | LORD IVAN | “Looka” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | EVIDENCE | Weather Or Not | Rhymesayers |
| 10 | CHANHAYS | Here | Droppin’ Science |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BEN PATERSON | That Old Feeling | Cellar Live |
| 2 | JAMISON ROSS | All For One | Concord |
| 3 | ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ | The Little Dream | Mack Avenue |
| 4 | DUKE ROBILLARD AND HIS DAMES OF RHYTHM | Duke Robillard and His Dames of Rhythm | M.C. |
| 5 | ELLIOT MASON | Before, Now & After | Archival |
| 6 | LAILA BIALI | Laila Biali | Chronograph |
| 7 | MICHELLE COLTRANE | Awakening | Blujazz |
| 8 | VERONNEAU | Love And Surrender | Self-Released |
| 9 | HUGHES SMITH QUINTET | Motion | Self-Released |
| 10 | ANDREW NEU | Catwalk | CGN |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FEVER RAY | Plunge | Mute |
| 2 | BJORK | Utopia | One Little Indian |
| 3 | JONATHAN KAWCHUK | North | Paper Bag |
| 4 | NIGHTMARES ON WAX | Shape The Future | Warp |
| 5 | PETIT BISCUIT | Presence | M-Theory |
| 6 | LANE 8 | Little By Little | This Never Happened |
| 7 | MURA MASA | Mura Masa | Polydor/Anchor Point/Downtown/Geffen |
| 8 | LA LAW | Law & Order | Burger |
| 9 | EMANCIPATOR | Baralku | Loci |
| 10 | VIRTUAL SELF | Virtual Self [EP] | M-Theory |