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 20th, 2022. Our next airplay chart will be computed on March 1st, 2022!
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February 14th, 2022 through February 20th, 2022
Top Thirty Most-Played Overall Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HEATHER SARONA | Head Above Water | Self-Released |
| 2 | LUMINEERS, THE | Brightside | Dualtone |
| 3 | CAROLYN WONDERLAND | Tempting Fate | Alligator |
| 4 | CAT POWER | Covers | Domino |
| 5 | ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE IMPOSTERS | The Boy Named If | Capitol |
| 6 | JOHN MAYALL | The Sun Is Shining | Forty Below |
| 7 | MASSY FERGUSON | Joes Meat & Grocery | North & West |
| 8 | PEDRO THE LION | Havasu | Polyvinyl |
| 9 | SON VOLT | Electro Melodier | Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | STEVE POLTZ | Stardust And Satellites | Red House |
| 11 | BROKEN HEARTS AND DIRTY WINDOWS: SONGS OF JOHN PRINE, VOL. 2 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Oh Boy/Thirty Tigers |
| 12 | HIGHWAY BUTTERFLY: THE SONGS OF NEAL CASAL | VARIOUS ARTISTS | The Royal Potato Family |
| 13 | WHITMORE SISTERS | Ghost Stories | Compass |
| 14 | ADRIAN SUTHERLAND | When The Magic Hits | Self-Released |
| 15 | CHRIS BERGSON | All I Got Left | 2 Shirts |
| 16 | CHRISTONE KINGFISH INGRAM | 662 (Six Sixty-Two) | Alligator |
| 17 | DORI FREEMAN | Ten Thousand Roses | Blue Hens |
| 18 | EELS | Extreme Witchcraft | E Works/PIAS |
| 19 | ELIZA GILKYSON | Songs From The River Wind | Howlin’ Dog |
| 20 | ERIC KRASNO | Always | Provogue |
| 21 | HAYES CARLL | You Get It All | Dualtone |
| 22 | HOLLIS BROWN | In The Aftermath | Cool Green |
| 23 | HUMBIRD | Still Life | Green Thumb |
| 24 | JOHN AULABAUGH | Sweet As You | AMI |
| 25 | LADY BLACKBIRD | Black Acid Soul | BMG |
| 26 | MITSKI | Laurel Hell | Dead Oceans |
| 27 | MOOT DAVIS | Seven Cities Of Gold | Boot Knife |
| 28 | MURPHY BEDS | Easy Way Down | Self-Released |
| 29 | NATALIE HEMBY | Pins And Needles | Fantasy/Concord |
| 30 | ROBERT PLANT AND ALISON KRAUSS | Raise The Roof | Rounder/Concord |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ROBERT OWENS | “Be Ready” feat. Pepper Gomez [Single] | Wake Up! |
| 2 | SHRED KELLY | Like A Rising Sun | DevilDuck |
| 3 | ROB HEATH | Biggest Moments | MAPL |
| 4 | ALIAS WAYNE | Band Of Randys [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | LOW LEVEL CLOUDS | Low Level Clouds | Self-Released |
| 6 | REVOLUTION ENGINE | “Business Suit Bonfire” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 7 | SHAMIR | Heterosexuality | Anti Fragile |
| 8 | SURGE AND THE SWELL | Offering | Self-Released |
| 9 | GABI AMMIRATO | Metamorphosis [EP] | Self-Released |
| 10 | JOSS JAFFE | Sun Mountain Sea | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PETRONA MARTINEZ | Ancestras | Chaco World |
| 2 | ARICIA MESS | Versos Do Mundo | Koro Koro |
| 3 | RUBEN BLADES | Solswing | Self-Released |
| 4 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FLAMENCO FUSION | Veneta | Self-Released |
| 5 | WAYNE ALPERN | Secular Rituals | Henri Elkan |
| 6 | CEU | Um Gosto De Sol | Urban Jungle |
| 7 | VELCRO | Te La Buscaste | Self-Released |
| 8 | COMBO CHIMBITA | Ire | Anti- |
| 9 | LOS BITCHOS | Let The Festivities Begin! | City Slang |
| 10 | NILOTIKA CULTURAL ENSEMBLE | Nyabingi Resurrection | Switchstance |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Won’t Die For Spotify” (Remix) [Single] | Viral |
| 2 | HAVIAH MIGHTY | Stock Exchange | Self-Released |
| 3 | FKA TWIGS | CAPRISONGS | Young/Atlantic |
| 4 | DJ HARRISON | Tales From The Old Dominion | Stones Throw |
| 5 | DENZEL CURRY | “Walkin” [Single] | Loma Vista |
| 6 | ROBERT GLASPER | “Black Superhero” feat. Killer Mike, BJ The Chicago Kid & Big K.R.I.T.” [Single] | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 7 | AESOP ROCK AND BLOCKHEAD | Garbology | Rhymesayers |
| 8 | SAMM HENSHAW | Untidy Soul | Dorm Seven/AWAL |
| 9 | NATAANII MEANS AND ANTOINE | Landback | NDN |
| 10 | VELCRO | Te La Buscaste | Self-Released |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ARTIFACTS | And Then There’s This | Astral Spirits |
| 2 | CORTEZ/WILLIAMS PROJECT | Hermanos | Blue Bamboo |
| 3 | MICHAEL WEISS | Persistence | Cellar |
| 4 | THOMAS HEFLIN | Morning Star | Blue Canoe |
| 5 | SEAN FYFE QUARTET | Late Night | Cellar |
| 6 | MICAH GRAVES | Pawns | Self-Released |
| 7 | ERIC PERSON | Blue Vision | Distinction |
| 8 | SERGIO PEREIRA | Finesse | Sedajazz |
| 9 | YVONNE FLORES | Sheer Bliss | Cristabel |
| 10 | KRISTEN R BROMLEY QUINTET | Bluish Tide | KRBM |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BONOBO | Fragments | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | LANE 8 | Reviver | This Never Happened |
| 3 | VTSS | Projections [EP] | Technicolour |
| 4 | DJ HARRISON | Tales From The Old Dominion | Stones Throw |
| 5 | SOFIA KOURTESIS | “Estación Esperanza” feat. Manu Chao [Single] | Ninja Tune |
| 6 | 20 YEARS OF BASTARD JAZZ | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bastard Jazz |
| 7 | BOB MOSES | “Love Brand New” [Single] | Astralwerks |
| 8 | BLUEWERKS VOL. 6: OPEN THE WINDOW | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Blue Note/Astralwerks |
| 9 | FKA TWIGS | CAPRISONGS | Young/Atlantic |
| 10 | YEULE | Glitch Princess | Bayonet |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ROBERT OWENS | “Be Ready” feat. Pepper Gomez [Single] | Wake Up! |
Electronic / Dance “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ROBERT OWENS | “Be Ready” feat. Pepper Gomez [Single] | Wake Up! |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CORINA BARTRA | Amber Light | Blue Spiral |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SAMUEL MOSCHING | Ethereal Kinks | Bronzeville |
| 2 | AMOS GILLESPIE | Unstructured Time For Jazz Septet | Self-Released |
| 3 | JOYRIDE | Joyride | MMXXI |
| 4 | CORINA BARTRA | Amber Light | Blue Spiral |
| 5 | DOUG MACDONALD AND THE LA ALL-STAR OCTET | Overtones | Dmac |
| 6 | RON JACKSON | Standards And My Songs | Roni |