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, March 22nd. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, March 31st.
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March 16th, 2026 through March 22nd, 2026
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
IRON AND WINE |
Hen’s Teeth |
Sub Pop |
2 |
SMERZ |
Big City Life EDITS |
Escho |
3 |
BIG RICHARD |
Pet |
Signature Sounds |
4 |
COURTNEY BARNETT |
“Mantis” b/w “Sugar Plum” [Single] |
Mom+Pop |
5 |
SAMMY BRUE |
The Journals |
Self-Released |
6 |
BAND OF HEATHENS, THE |
Country Sides |
Self-Released |
7 |
BASSVICTIM |
? |
VOTB |
8 |
BOY GOLDEN |
Best Of Our Possible Lives |
Six Shooter |
9 |
BUCK MEEK |
The Mirror |
4AD |
10 |
CLAY STREET UNIT |
Sin & Squalor |
Leo33 |
11 |
ELIAS RONNENFELT |
Speak Daggers |
Escho |
12 |
EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON |
Appalachia |
Oh Boy |
13 |
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE |
Everybody Scream |
Republic/UMG |
14 |
JON AND ROY |
I Can Dream [EP] |
Self-Released |
15 |
JOSE GONZALEZ |
“Against The Dying Of The Light” [Single] |
Mute |
16 |
LUCINDA WILLIAMS |
World’s Gone Wrong |
Highway 20/Thirty Tigers |
17 |
MITSKI |
Nothing’s About To Happen To Me |
Dead Oceans |
18 |
MONTVALES, THE |
“Carolina” [Single] |
Free Dirt |
19 |
MUMFORD AND SONS |
Prizefighter |
Glassnote |
20 |
QUEEN ESTHER |
Blackbirding |
EL |
21 |
RODNEY CROWELL |
Airline Highway |
New West |
22 |
SAMANTHA FISH |
Paper Doll |
Rounder/Concord |
23 |
HEADACHE |
Thank You for Almost Everything |
PLZ Make It Ruins |
24 |
TRUE BLUE |
Star Witness |
True Nature |
25 |
HELP(2) |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
War Child |
26 |
SMASH PALACE |
“Poor Man’s Paradise” [Single] |
Self-Released |
27 |
ERIC BIBB |
One Mississippi |
Repute |
28 |
JOHN CLAY |
About Time |
ClayTone |
29 |
RINGO STARR |
“It’s Been Too Long” feat. Sarah Jarosz & Molly Tuttle [Single] |
UME |
30 |
ABACUS RINGS |
Match |
Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
AVALON EMERSON |
Written Into Changes |
Dead Oceans |
2 |
JOE TROOP AND THE TRUTH MACHINE |
Joe Troop And The Truth Machine [EP] |
Self-Released |
3 |
DAMAGED BUG |
ZUZAX |
Deathgod |
4 |
DARRELL KELLEY |
“How Dare You Ignore Their Cries?” [Single] |
Viral |
5 |
DARRYL SCOTTI AND BIG YARD |
Poets And Heroes |
Big Yard Nation |
6 |
NUNZ |
Some Kind Of Heaven |
Horizon |
7 |
DEAD CENTURY, THE |
“Been Better” b/w “Hey Chicago” [Single] |
Self-Released |
8 |
DWAYNA LITZ |
“My People” b/w “I’m Gonna Leave The Light On” [Single] |
Self-Released |
9 |
WAVES ON WAVES |
It’s Too Late |
Severe |
Top Ten World Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
DOCTOR NATIVO |
Barrio Kandela |
Stonetree |
2 |
LE VENT DU NORD |
Voisinages |
La Compagnie Du Nord |
3 |
IRVING FLORES |
Armando Mi Conga |
Self-Released |
4 |
LUCAS SANTTANA |
“Brasiliero” [Single] |
No Format! |
5 |
UMUT ADAN AND ZEBANIS |
Baska Bahar |
Six Degrees |
6 |
MARIACHI EL BRONX |
Mariachi El Bronx IV |
ATO |
7 |
AFRO CARIBBEAN JAZZ COLLECTIVE, THE |
Cortadito |
JBG |
8 |
WANEES ZAROUR |
Silwan |
Levantine |
9 |
NASEEM ALATRASH |
Bright Colors On A Dark Canvas |
Levantine |
10 |
ALTIN GUN |
Garip |
ATO |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
ASAP ROCKY |
Don’t Be Dumb |
Self-Released |
2 |
ANA TIJOUX |
97 [EP] |
Victoria Producciones |
3 |
IDK |
Even The Devil Smiles |
broke |
4 |
DANNY BROWN |
Stardust |
Warp |
5 |
BY STORM |
My Ghosts Go Ghost |
deadAir |
6 |
GENA |
The Pleasure Is Yours |
Lex |
7 |
LORD JAH-MONTE OGBON |
As Of Now |
Lex |
8 |
MAVI |
The Pilot |
Loma Vista/Concord |
9 |
DE LA SOUL |
Cabin In The Sky |
Mass Appeal |
10 |
NIGHTMARES ON WAX |
Echo45 Sound System |
Warp |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
RODERICK HARPER |
Confidence |
RMH Entertainment |
2 |
JOHN CLAY |
About Time |
ClayTone |
3 |
JOVINO SANTOS NETO QUARTETO |
Mais Que Todo: Live At Kerry Hall, 1995 |
Origin |
4 |
LAUREN HENDERSON |
Sonidos |
Brontosaurus |
5 |
PALOMA DINELI CHESKY |
Memory |
The Audiophile Society |
6 |
SHABAKA |
Of The Earth |
Shabaka |
7 |
ULYSSES OWENS JR. AND GENERATION Y |
Around The World With U |
Cellar |
8 |
INTERPLAY JAZZ ORCHESTRA, THE |
Bite Your Tongue |
Big Time |
9 |
ALEXANDER CLAFFY |
Alive In Philadelphia Vol. 1 |
Cellar |
10 |
STEVEN HUSTED |
Two Nights – “LIVE” |
Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
HEADACHE |
Thank You for Almost Everything |
PLZ Make It Ruins |
2 |
DJ KOZE |
Music Can Hear Us |
Pampa |
3 |
FCUKERS |
“I Like It Like That” [Single] |
Ninja Tune |
4 |
FCUKERS |
“Play Me” [Single] |
Ninja Tune |
5 |
SKEPTA AND FRED AGAIN |
Skepta .. Fred [EP] |
Epic/Warner UK |
6 |
JUANA MOLINA |
DOGA |
Sonamos |
7 |
LOGIC1000 |
DJ-Kicks: Logic1000 |
!K7 |
8 |
ROCHELLE JORDAN |
Through The Wall |
Empire |
9 |
JANE REMOVER |
<3 [EP] |
deadAir |
10 |
SEBASTIEN TELLIER |
Kiss The Beast |
Because |
Hip Hop “Add”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
DARRELL KELLEY |
“How Dare You Ignore Their Cries?” [Single] |
Viral |
Jazz “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
DWAYNA LITZ |
“My People” b/w “I’m Gonna Leave The Light On” [Single] |
Self-Released |
2 |
ANTHONY BRANKER AND OTHER WAYS OF KNOWING |
Manifestations Of A Diasporic Groove & Spirit |
Origin |
3 |
CHENXI PAN |
This Very Moment |
Origin |
4 |
HARVIE S |
Bright Dawn |
Origin |
5 |
OWEN CHEN ETERNAL WIND |
The Ghibli Collection |
OA2 |
6 |
STEVE KOVALCHECK |
Buckshot Blues |
OA2 |
7 |
ALEXANDER CLAFFY |
Alive In Philadelphia Vol. 1 |
Cellar |
8 |
AURALLAURA |
The Critique Of Capital: An Engaging Revue |
Self-Released |
9 |
BLCK MADONNA, THE |
Between The Lines |
The Noir Collective/Downtown |
10 |
DOMINIC WALKER TRIO |
Hurricane Summer |
Self-Released |
World “Add”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
AURALLAURA |
The Critique Of Capital: An Engaging Revue |
Self-Released |