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 next airplay chart will be computed and posted on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021!
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February 15th through February 21st, 2021
Top Thirty Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LYNN DEEVES | Songs From A Peaceful Heart | Self-Released |
| 2 | LANGHORNE SLIM | Strawberry Mansion | Dualtone/eOne |
| 3 | BARRY GIBB | Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook, Vol. 1 | Capitol |
| 4 | KAREN MATHESON | Still Time | Compass |
| 5 | LAWSON VALLERY BAND | No Deposit No Return | Self-Released |
| 6 | TREVOR B POWER | What Is Real | Farm 189 |
| 7 | SAVING FOR A CUSTOM VAN | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Father Daughter/Wax-Nine |
| 8 | YASMIN WILLIAMS | Urban Driftwood | Self-Released |
| 9 | AJ CROCE | By Request | Compass |
| 10 | AARON LEE TASJAN | Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! | New West |
| 11 | ALIAS SMITH AND JONES FEAT THE BUTTON MEN | Hit And Run | Self-Released |
| 12 | ALLY VENABLE | Heart Of Fire | Ruf |
| 13 | ANDREW LORAND | Potsticker Rodeo | Zanna |
| 14 | AVALANCHES, THE | We Will Always Love You | Astralwerks |
| 15 | BLITZEN TRAPPER | Holy Smokes Future Jokes | Yep Roc |
| 16 | CAT RIDGEWAY | Nice To Meet You | Self-Released |
| 17 | DAVE ALVIN | From An Old Guitar: Rare & Unreleased Recordings | Yep Roc |
| 18 | ELVIS COSTELLO | Hey Clockface | Concord |
| 19 | GHALIA VOLT | One Woman Band | Ruf |
| 20 | GOAT GIRL | On All Fours | Rough Trade/Beggars |
| 21 | HARDENED AND TEMPERED | Hold The Line | Self-Released |
| 22 | JESSIE WARE | What’s Your Pleasure? | Virgin EMI |
| 23 | JOE LEWIS BAND | Up Next | Self-Released |
| 24 | KACY AND CLAYTON AND MARLON WILLIAMS | Plastic Bouquet | New West |
| 25 | KEITH GREENINGER | Human Citizen | Self-Released |
| 26 | KIM WILSON | Take Me Back | MC |
| 27 | MISTY BLUES | None More Blue | Self-Released |
| 28 | NALANI ROTHROCK | The Rock House Sessions [EP] | Self-Released |
| 29 | PETER LAWLOR | A Pillow In The Sky | Self-Released |
| 30 | REDS, PINKS AND PURPLES, THE | You Might Be Happy Someday | Tough Love |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANOTHER MICHAEL | New Music And Big Pop | Run For Cover |
| 2 | CAMERON GRAVES | Seven | Mack Avenue |
| 3 | LAEL NEALE | Acquainted With Night | Sub Pop |
| 4 | WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR | Maverick Thinker | Chrysalis |
| 5 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | The American Negro | Jazz Is Dead |
| 6 | IMAGINARIES | The Imaginaries | Self-Released |
| 7 | KERRY PATRICK CLARK | What A Show | Self-Released |
| 8 | VIVIAN LEVA AND RILEY CALCAGNO | Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno [Advance Tracks] | Free Dirt |
| 9 | WALK-A-BOUT, THE | “Afterglow” b/w “Hero” (Live Acoustic Version) [Single] | Shred The Evidence |
| 10 | APPLESAUCE TEARS | Departure | Black Cottage |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARDANELLES, THE | In the Spring, That’s The Time | Self-Released |
| 2 | KHRUANGBIN | Late Night Tales | Night Time Stories |
| 3 | DICOSIMO/PAGAN | Con Moto | SubCat |
| 4 | SUE MASKALERIS | Love Is The Key | Jazilian |
| 5 | FEMI KUTI | Stop The Hate | Partisan |
| 6 | MADE KUTI | For(e)ward | Partisan |
| 7 | BOMBA ESTEREO | Deja [Advance Tracks] | Sony Latin |
| 8 | ALTIN GUN | Yol [Advance Tracks] | ATO |
| 9 | SONGHOY BLUES | Optimisme | Fat Possum |
| 10 | JUPITER AND OKWESS | Na Kozonga [Advance Tracks] | Everloving |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AVALANCHES, THE | We Will Always Love You | Astralwerks |
| 2 | WAX TAILOR | The Shadow Of Their Suns | Lab’oratoire |
| 3 | STATIK SELEKTAH | The Balancing Act | Mass Appeal |
| 4 | TOBE NWIGWE | Cincoriginals | Self-Released |
| 5 | COMMON | A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1 | Loma Vista |
| 6 | MADLIB | Sound Ancestors | Madlib Invazion |
| 7 | AESOP ROCK | Spirit World Field Guide | Rhymesayers |
| 8 | KAAN | Long Time No See | Self-Released |
| 9 | PINK SIIFU AND FLY ANAKIN | FlySiifu’s | Lex |
| 10 | GREENLIGHTS MUSIC | The Art Of Poise | Self-Released |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | EDDIE HENDERSON | Shuffle And Deal | Smoke Sessions |
| 2 | ADONIS ROSE | Piece Of Mind Live At Blue Llama | Storyville |
| 3 | PETER BERNSTEIN | What Comes Next | Smoke Sessions |
| 4 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | The American Negro | Jazz Is Dead |
| 5 | CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND | For Jimmy, Wes And Oliver | Mack Avenue |
| 6 | GEORGE COLEMAN | The George Coleman Quartet in Baltimore | Reel to Reel |
| 7 | NEW ORLEANS HIGH SOCIETY | New Orleans High Society | 1718 |
| 8 | OLAFUR ARNALDS | Some Kind Of Peace | Mercury KX |
| 9 | MELBREEZE | I Love Paris | Blue Canoe |
| 10 | DOUG MACDONALD DUO | Toluca Lake Jazz | Doug MacDonald |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AVALANCHES, THE | We Will Always Love You | Astralwerks |
| 2 | RHYE | Home | Loma Vista |
| 3 | WAX TAILOR | The Shadow Of Their Suns | Lab’oratoire |
| 4 | PAROV STELAR | Voodoo Sonic | Etage Noir/Le Plan |
| 5 | MARTIN GORE | The Third Chimpanzee [EP] | Mute |
| 6 | BICEP | Isles | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | LOGIC1000 | You’ve Got The Whole Night To Go [EP] | Therapy/Because |
| 8 | DJ SHUB | War Club | Self-Released |
| 9 | ERIC HILTON | The Impossible Silence | Montserrat House |
| 10 | DITTOMASTER | Sampler | Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | The American Negro | Jazz Is Dead |
| 2 | CAMERON GRAVES | Seven | Mack Avenue |
| 3 | MAURICIO MORALES | Luna | Outside In |
| 4 | MIKE FREEDMAN | Into the Daybreak | Self-Released |