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, March 6th, 2018.
Top Thirty Recordings (based on radio airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JANIVA MAGNESS | Love Is an Army | Blue Elan |
| 2 | CALEXICO | The Thread That Keeps Us | Anti- |
| 3 | O’CONNOR BAND W /MARK O’CONNOR, THE | O’Connor Band Live! | Self-Released |
| 4 | TRACY GRAMMER | Low Tide | Self-Released |
| 5 | BETTYE LAVETTE | Things Have Changed | Verve |
| 6 | DARLING WEST | While I Was Asleep | Jansen |
| 7 | LAURIE JANE AND THE 45’S | Midnight Jubilee | Down In The Alley |
| 8 | MARY GAUTHIER | Rifles And Rosary Beads | Thirty Tigers |
| 9 | WOOD BROTHERS, THE | One Drop Of Truth | Honey Jar |
| 10 | BILLY BRAGG | Bridges Not Walls | Cooking Vinyl |
| 11 | BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB | Wrong Creatures | Vagrant |
| 12 | CHRIS SMITHER | Call Me Lucky | Signature Sounds |
| 13 | COURTNEY BARNETT | Tell Me How You Really Feel [Advance Tracks] | Mom + Pop |
| 14 | ED ROMANOFF | The Orphan King | Self-Released |
| 15 | GLEN HANSARD | Between Two Shores | Anti- |
| 16 | GOLDENOAK | Foxgloves [EP] | Self-Released |
| 17 | I’M WITH HER | See You Around | Rounder |
| 18 | MARLON WILLIAMS | Make Way For Love [Advance Tracks] | Dead Oceans |
| 19 | RHYE | Blood | Loma Vista |
| 20 | SUPERCHUNK | What A Time To Be Alive | Merge |
| 21 | ABBIE GARDNER | Wishes On A Neon SIgn | Self-Released |
| 22 | BECK | Colors | Capitol |
| 23 | CAMILA CABELLO | “Havana” [Single] | Epic |
| 24 | CURTIS HARDING | Face Your Fear | Anti- |
| 25 | DANIELLE NICOLE | Cry No More | Concord |
| 26 | DOC WATSON | Live at Club 47 | Yep Roc |
| 27 | DURHAM COUNTY POETS | Grimshaw Road | Self-Released |
| 28 | GHALIA AND MAMA’S BOYS | Let the Demons Out | Ruf |
| 29 | GRANT LEE PHILLIPS | Widdershins | Yep Roc |
| 30 | JANE LEE HOOKER | Spiritus | Ruf |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JUST NATE | “One Is Half” [Single] | JNM |
| 2 | BUCK T. EDWARDS | Great American Novel | Dime One |
| 3 | CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON | Stone Woman [EP] | Self-Released |
| 4 | FREYA RIDINGS | “Lost Without You” [Single] | Good Soldier/ Kobalt |
| 5 | I’M WITH HER | See You Around | Rounder |
| 6 | IMARHAN | Temet | City Slang |
| 7 | KEVIN CONNOR AND SWING 3PO | Doin’ The New Lowdown | Self-Released |
| 8 | KIM RICHEY | Edgeland | Yep Roc |
| 9 | LO MOON | Lo Moon | Columbia |
| 10 | PATTERSON BARRETT | Give ‘Em What They Want | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LUNASA | Cas | Self-Released |
| 2 | BIG TAKEOVER | Silly Girl | Self-Released |
| 3 | CHUCK FOSTER | Rebel Dub | Catch Me Time |
| 4 | SOJA | Poetry In Motion | ATO |
| 5 | CHARITY EKEKE | She | Unity Gain |
| 6 | DANIEL KAHN AND THE PAINTED BIRD | The Butcher’s Share | Oriente Musik |
| 7 | ELDERS | True | PubTone |
| 8 | EVA CORTES | Crossing Borders | Origin |
| 9 | JAH SUN | Between The Lines | Sugar Cane |
| 10 | JUSTIN GRAY AND SYNTHESIS | New Horizons | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MACKROSOFT | Mackister Ludi The Glass Weed Game | Self-Released |
| 2 | KELELA | Take Me Apart | Warp |
| 3 | LORD IVAN | “Chips” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | LORD IVAN | “Looka” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | DYGGZ | “4Real4Real” [Single] | NuVintage |
| 6 | RICK DUFF | High Life | Osean Entertainment |
| 7 | EVIDENCE | Weather Or Not | Rhymesayers |
| 8 | ABHI THE NOMAD | Marbled | Tommy Boy |
| 9 | GRAND ANALOG | Survival [EP] | Self-Released |
| 10 | BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Top Dawg/Interscope |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JEMAL RAMIREZ | African Skies | Joyful Beat |
| 2 | AS IS FT. ALAN AND STACEY SCHULMAN | Here’s To Life | Self-Released |
| 3 | DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA | 25th Anniversary Project | ArtistShare |
| 4 | LAILA BIALI | Laila Biali | Chronograph |
| 5 | LISA B | I Get A Kick: Cole Porter Reimagined | Jazzed Media |
| 6 | MARK WADE TRIO | Moving Day | Self-Released |
| 7 | MICHELLE LORDI | Dream A Little Dream | Self-Released |
| 8 | ORGANISSIMO | Live at the SpeakEZ | Big O |
| 9 | PAT BATTSTONE SEXTET | Elements | Leo |
| 10 | KAIROS SEXTET | Transition | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RHYE | Blood | Loma Vista |
| 2 | TUNE-YARDS | I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life | 4AD |
| 3 | LOMA | Loma | Sub Pop |
| 4 | DJANGO DJANGO | Marble Skies | Ribbon |
| 5 | MT. WOLF | Aetherlight | CRC |
| 6 | PETIT BISCUIT | Presence | M-Theory |
| 7 | KEYS N KRATES | Cura | Dim Mak |
| 8 | KELELA | Take Me Apart | Warp |
| 9 | LCD SOUNDSYSTEM | American Dream | DFA/Columbia |
| 10 | MOBY | Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt [Advance Tracks] | Mute |
