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 9th, 2021!
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February 22nd through February 28th, 2021
Top Thirty Most-Played Overall Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RONNIE EARL AND THE BROADCASTERS | Rise Up | Stony Plain |
| 2 | STURGILL SIMPSON | Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1 | High Top Mountain |
| 3 | ARLO PARKS | Collapsed In Sunbeams | Transgressive/PIAS |
| 4 | JIM KELLER | By No Means | Orange Mountain |
| 5 | LANGHORNE SLIM | Strawberry Mansion | Dualtone/eOne |
| 6 | RHYE | Home | Loma Vista |
| 7 | AJ CROCE | By Request | Compass |
| 8 | JAMES HOULAHAN | Ordinary Eye | Self-Released |
| 9 | MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE | Getting Into Knives | Merge |
| 10 | AARON FRAZER | Introducing… | Dead Oceans/Easy Eye Sound |
| 11 | ALLY VENABLE | Heart Of Fire | Ruf |
| 12 | BARRY GIBB | Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook, Vol. 1 | Capitol |
| 13 | DAVE ALVIN | From An Old Guitar: Rare & Unreleased Recordings | Yep Roc |
| 14 | ELSIE GAWLER | Sweet As Honey | Self-Released |
| 15 | ERIN HARPE | Meet Me In The Middle feat. Jim Countryman | Vizztone |
| 16 | ERIN IVEY | Solace In The Wild | Self-Released |
| 17 | FRANK AND ALLIE LEE | Treat A Stranger Right | Bake Tone |
| 18 | GEORGIE JESSUP | My Work Here Ain’t Done Yet | Winkte |
| 19 | JEFF DAVIDSMEYER AND TERESA DAVIDSMEYER | Songs From The Cabin | Self-Released |
| 20 | JUSTIN HOWL | Wanderlust | Self-Released |
| 21 | KARNEY | Better [EP] | Self-Released |
| 22 | LORRAINE JORDAN AND CAROLINA ROAD | Bill Monroe’s Ol’ Mandolin | Pinecastle |
| 23 | MONOPHONICS | It’s Only Us | Colemine |
| 24 | MOTIHARI BRIGADE | Power From below | Creative Destruction |
| 25 | PARSONSFIELD | Happy Hour On The Floor | Signature Sounds |
| 26 | SUGAR RAY AND THE BLUETONES | Too Far From The Bar | Severn |
| 27 | TIM WOODS | Vortex | Self-Released |
| 28 | WAXAHATCHEE | Saint Cloud | Merge |
| 29 | WILDROOTS, THE | WildRoots Sessions, Volume 1 | Self-Released |
| 30 | HOWLING | Colure | Counter |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DORIO | Dorio’s Robot Friends [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | KD BANTZ | The Blue Sky Sessions | Self-Released |
| 3 | QUIET TAKES | “San Fidel” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | DOM LA NENA | Tempo | Six Degrees |
| 5 | SARA PETITE | Rare Bird | JTM |
| 6 | DJANGO DJANGO | Glowing In The Dark | Because |
| 7 | APPLESAUCE TEARS | Departure | Black Cottage |
| 8 | BABY FUZZ | Welcome To The Future (Season 1) | Blanket Fort |
| 9 | CONDUIT | Only Human [EP] | Self-Released |
| 10 | DEEP RIVERS | Nothing Ever Happens To Me | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BON DEBARRAS | Reperes | Productions De l’Onde |
| 2 | KIKEE BAH | Clap [EP] | Musique For Life |
| 3 | FEMI KUTI | Stop The Hate | Partisan |
| 4 | MADE KUTI | For(e)ward | Partisan |
| 5 | BOMBA ESTEREO | Deja [Advance Tracks] | Sony Latin |
| 6 | SONGHOY BLUES | Optimisme | Fat Possum |
| 7 | ALTIN GUN | Yol | ATO |
| 8 | JUPITER AND OKWESS | Na Kozonga [Advance Tracks] | Everloving |
| 9 | FIMBER BRAVO | Lunar Tredd [Advance Tracks] | Moshi Moshi |
| 10 | DAVID WALTERS | Nocturne | Six Degrees |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | WAX TAILOR | The Shadow Of Their Suns | Lab’oratoire |
| 2 | TOBE NWIGWE | Cincoriginals | Self-Released |
| 3 | MADLIB | Sound Ancestors | Madlib Invazion |
| 4 | STATIK SELEKTAH | The Balancing Act | Mass Appeal |
| 5 | COMMON | A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1 | Loma Vista |
| 6 | GREENLIGHTS MUSIC | The Art Of Poise | Self-Released |
| 7 | SA-ROC | The Sharecropper’s Daughter | Rhymesayers |
| 8 | AESOP ROCK | Spirit World Field Guide | Rhymesayers |
| 9 | HEALY | Tungsten | RCA |
| 10 | KAAN | Long Time No See | Self-Released |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHAD LB VIRTUAL BIG BAND | Quarantine Standards | Sound Frame |
| 2 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | The American Negro | Jazz Is Dead |
| 3 | ARTEMIS | Artemis | Blue Note |
| 4 | CHAD LEFKOWITZ-BROWN | Quartet Sessions | La Reserve |
| 5 | CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND | For Jimmy, Wes And Oliver | Mack Avenue |
| 6 | HAROLD LOPEZ-NUSSA | Te Lo Dije | Mack Avenue |
| 7 | JOE FARNSWORTH | Time To Swing | Smoke Sessions |
| 8 | RUSSELL FERRANTE TRIO | Inflexion | Blue Canoe |
| 9 | CORY WEEDS | O Sole Mio! | Cellar |
| 10 | DOUG MACDONALD DUO | Toluca Lake Jazz | Doug MacDonald |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RHYE | Home | Loma Vista |
| 2 | HOWLING | Colure | Counter |
| 3 | MARTIN GORE | The Third Chimpanzee [EP] | Mute |
| 4 | WAX TAILOR | The Shadow Of Their Suns | Lab’oratoire |
| 5 | BICEP | Isles | Ninja Tune |
| 6 | PAROV STELAR | Voodoo Sonic | Etage Noir/Le Plan |
| 7 | AVALANCHES, THE | We Will Always Love You | Astralwerks |
| 8 | DJ SHUB | War Club | Self-Released |
| 9 | LOGIC1000 | You’ve Got The Whole Night To Go [EP] | Therapy/Because |
| 10 | MADLIB | Sound Ancestors | Madlib Invazion |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LA SUSI | “La Rosa Cautiva” [Single] | Wake Up! |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RICK MARGITZA | Sacred Hearts | Le Coq |
| 2 | DAVID LARSEN | The Mulligan Chronicles | DLP |
| 3 | KENNEY POLSON | Colors Of Brazil | Rosetta |
| 4 | VERONICA SWIFT | This Bitter Earth | Mack Ave |