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, February 12th, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, February 21st.
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February 6th through February 12th, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JUSTIN SALADINO BAND | Honest Lies | Self-Released |
| 2 | BONNIE RAITT | Just Like That… | Redwing |
| 3 | DARMON MEADER | Losing My Mind | Self-Released |
| 4 | BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN | Rolling Golden Holy | 37d03d |
| 5 | CORNMAIZ STRINGBAND | Fresh-Picked Kentucky Music | Redbird |
| 6 | MARGO PRICE | Strays | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 7 | STEPHEN MCCARTHY AND CARLA OLSON | Night Comes Falling | Self-Released |
| 8 | BUDDY GUY | The Blues Don’t Lie | RCA |
| 9 | DIANE HUBKA AND THE SUN CANYON BAND | You Never Can Tell | Self-Released |
| 10 | EDGAR WINTER | Brother Johnny | Quarto Valley |
| 11 | GAYLE HARROD BAND, THE | Temptation | Self-Released |
| 12 | HC MCENTIRE | Every Acre | Merge |
| 13 | JAMES HOULAHAN | Beyond The Borders | Self-Released |
| 14 | JASON LANG | Handled With Care | Outside |
| 15 | KING TUFF | Smalltown Stardust | Sub Pop |
| 16 | LOCAL HONEYS, THE | The Local Honeys | La Honda/Thirty Tigers |
| 17 | MARY GAUTHIER | Dark Enough To See The Stars | In The Black/Thirty Tigers |
| 18 | PONY BRADSHAW | North Georgia Rounder | Soundly |
| 19 | ROGER STREET FRIEDMAN | Love Hope Trust | Self-Released |
| 20 | TAJ MAHAL AND RY COODER | Get On Board | Nonesuch |
| 21 | CIGARBOX MAN | “Mirame” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 22 | CLIFF HILLIS | Life Gets Strange [EP] | Self-Released |
| 23 | JILL FIORE | Ten Feet Tall | Self-Released |
| 24 | BOG BODIES | Reclaim the Ritual | Invocation |
| 25 | MARC BROUSSARD | “I’ve Got To Use My Imagination” [Single] | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 26 | ASTRO YETI | Gnarly Gumlie’s Voodoo Van | Self-Released |
| 27 | NICK WATERHOUSE | “Hide And Seek” b/w “The Fooler” [Single] | Innovative Leisure |
| 28 | RODNEY WHITAKER | Oasis: The Music Of Gregg Hill | Origin |
| 29 | ERIC SELBY | Dang Fool | Soul Stew |
| 30 | PEACH AND QUIET | Beautiful Thing | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | QUASI | Breaking The Balls Of History | Sub Pop |
| 2 | BAND FOR SALE | Sleeping Sun, Waking Moon | Electric Habitat |
| 3 | CYNTHIA MARCHANT | Flesh And Bone | Self-Released |
| 4 | DOC CITY | Welcome To Doc City (Deluxe Edition) | Self-Released |
| 5 | EMILY WHITE | Songs You Didn’t Know I Wrote About You | Self-Released |
| 6 | BUDDY MONDLOCK | Filament | Self-Released |
| 7 | SIMON LINSTEADT | Mud Season | Self-Released |
| 8 | DAVID SINGLEY | “Love Will Take Its Time” feat. Mary Jane Alm [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | FUTURE CRISIS KLUB | Future Crisis Klub [EP] | Self-Released |
| 10 | STACY GABEL | Straight To Voicemail [EP] | Catch My Riff |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALTIN GUN | Aşk | Self-Released |
| 2 | BRANKO MATAJA | Over Fields And Mountains | Numero Group |
| 3 | BRUNO BERLE | No Reino Dos Afetos | Far Out |
| 4 | ETRAN DE L’AIR | Agadez | Sahel Sounds |
| 5 | PACHYMAN | “El Sonido Nuevo De” [Single] | ATO |
| 6 | DIDON | Tunisian Tale | Electrofone |
| 7 | VIEUX FARKA TOURE AND KHRUANGBIN | Ali | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 8 | SEUN KUTI AND BLACK THOUGHT | African Dreams [EP] | SKE80 |
| 9 | GREG HATZA AND ENAYET HOSSAIN | Talking Hands | AIMREC |
| 10 | GAYE SU AKYOL | Anadolu Ejderi | Glitterbeat |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LITTLE SIMZ | NO THANK YOU | Forever Living Originals/AWAL |
| 2 | SEUN KUTI AND BLACK THOUGHT | African Dreams [EP] | SKE80 |
| 3 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ CU4TRO | Jewel Runners/BMG |
| 4 | EZRA COLLECTIVE | Where I’m Meant To Be | Partisan |
| 5 | AESOP ROCK AND BLOCKHEAD | “Pumpkin Seeds” feat. Lupe Fiasco [Single] | Rhymesayers |
| 6 | MAUVEY | BEFORE THE ALBUM: a love letter to the moons of mars | 604 |
| 7 | LIL YACHTY | Let’s Start Here | Quality Control/Motown/UMG |
| 8 | SZA | SOS | Top Dawg/RCA |
| 9 | CAKES DA KILLA | Svengali | Young Art |
| 10 | CENTRAL CEE | Let Go [EP] | Self-Released |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARMON MEADER | Losing My Mind | Self-Released |
| 2 | SAMARA JOY | Linger Awhile | Verve |
| 3 | PHIL RANELIN, WENDELL HARRISON, ADRIAN YOUNGE AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD | Phil Ranelin And Wendell Harrison JID016 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 4 | JOE CHAMBERS | Dance Kobina | Blue Note |
| 5 | STEVEN FEIFKE AND BIJON WATSON | Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra | Cellar |
| 6 | WAYNE SHORTER, TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON AND ESPERANZA SPALDING FEAT. LEO GENOVESE | Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival | Candid |
| 7 | RODNEY WHITAKER | Oasis: The Music Of Gregg Hill | Origin |
| 8 | KATE HAMANN | Momentary Beauty | Self-Released |
| 9 | 3D JAZZ TRIO | 9 To 5 | DIVA Jazz |
| 10 | TITO CARRILLO | Urbanessence | Origin |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FRED AGAIN | Actual Life 3 | Atlantic |
| 2 | GOLD PANDA | The Work | City Slang |
| 3 | NOSAJ THING | Continua | LuckyMe |
| 4 | LADYTRON | Time’s Arrow | Cooking Vinyl |
| 5 | ROYKSOPP | Profound Mysteries III | Dog Triumph/PIAS |
| 6 | JIMMY EDGAR | LIQUIDS HEAVEN | Innovative Leisure |
| 7 | EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL | “Nothing Left To Lose” [Single] | Buzzin Fly/Verve |
| 8 | SKRILLEX | “Rumble” feat. Fred Again.. & Flowdan [Single] | OWSLA/Atlantic |
| 9 | 100 GECS | Snake Eyes [EP] | Dog Show/Atlantic |
| 10 | MAYFLY | HIDEAWAY Vol. 1 [EP] | Duprince |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ELLA AND THE BOSSA BEAT | In The Moment | Self-Released |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LADY NAJM | “We Love You Black Man” (Black History Month Remix) [Single] | LS |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TINA HARTT | Absence of You | Self-Released |
| 2 | ELLA AND THE BOSSA BEAT | In The Moment | Self-Released |
| 3 | RACHEL THERRIEN | Mi Hogar | Outside In |