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, April 13th, 2025. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, April 22nd (Earth Day)!
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April 7th through April 13th, 2025
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LUCY DACUS | Forever Is A Feeling | Geffen |
| 2 | MY MORNING JACKET | Is | ATO |
| 3 | WET LEG | “Catch These Fists” [Single] | Domino |
| 4 | JETHRO TULL | Curious Ruminant | Inside Out |
| 5 | VALERIE JUNE | Owls, Omens, And Oracles | Concord |
| 6 | BRIA SALMENA | Big Dog | Sub Pop |
| 7 | CACTUS LEE | Cactus Lee | Western Vinyl |
| 8 | CAT RIDGEWAY | Sprinter | Orchard |
| 9 | CRAIG FINN | Always Been | Tamarac/Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | ELTON JOHN AND BRANDI CARLILE | Who Believes In Angels? | EMI |
| 11 | JANIVA MAGNESS | Back For Me | Blue Elan |
| 12 | JAPANESE BREAKFAST | For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) | Dead Oceans |
| 13 | KRIS DELMHORST | Ghosts In The Garden | Self-Released |
| 14 | ALISON KRAUSS AND UNION STATION | Arcadia | Down The Road |
| 15 | FOLK NOW: SONGS FOR THESE TIMES NOV-DEC 2024 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Hudson Harding |
| 16 | WATERBOYS | “Hopper’s On Top (Genius)” [Single] | Sun |
| 17 | NUKE THE SOUP | Dancing On The Edge | Meteor |
| 18 | SHARP PINS | Radio DDR | Perennial Death |
| 19 | ALLY TAYLOR | Hold The Line | Honey Grove |
| 20 | SLAINTE, BABY | Ep One [EP] | Self-Released |
| 21 | RINGO STARR | Look Up | UME |
| 22 | TREES INSIDE OUT | Iovi | Sonic Halo |
| 23 | ERMELINDA CUELLAR | Under A Lavender Sky | Self-Released |
| 24 | TUCKER WOODS | Sunshine Blues | Pleasantville |
| 25 | ALEXIS CUNNINGHAM | “Nice To Know You” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 26 | FOX AND BONES | Long Time Honey | Self-Released |
| 27 | JOHN FAYE | The Long Game | ITP |
| 28 | ABBY JEANNE | “Runnin From You” [Single] | Art Palace |
| 29 | ARCADE FIRE | “Year Of The Snake” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 30 | MILLER CAMPBELL | Miller Campbell [EP] | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BON IVER | SABLE, fABLE | Jagjaguwar |
| 2 | C DANIEL BOLING | It Matters feat. Tom Paxton | Berkalin |
| 3 | KARMA TRAIN | “Mulberry Drive” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | CO.LEGA | Nobody Goes To Heaven [EP] | Morse Code |
| 5 | FLORYENCE | Mallard Cafe [EP] | Diving Duck |
| 6 | MARS RAY | “Take My Heart (The Toxic Relationship Song)” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 7 | SWEET PIECE | Bitter Whole | Self-Released |
| 8 | DAVID BELLE | Raspberry Flow | Self-Released |
| 9 | MAYA MENDEZ | “Have Your Fun” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | DESTROYER | Dan’s Boogie | Merge |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FRIKO | “Weird Fishes” b/w “Arpeggi” [Single] | ATO |
| 2 | TRIADA | De Versiones Y Alma [EP] | Verve |
| 3 | SONGHOY BLUES | Héritage | Transgressive/PIAS |
| 4 | ALSARAH AND THE NUBATONES | Seasons Of The Road | Self-Released |
| 5 | JOAO SELVA | Onda | Underdog |
| 6 | EBO TAYLOR, ADRIAN YOUNGE AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD | Ebo Taylor JID022 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 7 | MIRAMAR | Entre Tus Flores | Ansonia |
| 8 | RITA DONTE | Ritual | Ansonia |
| 9 | NOVALIMA | La Danza (Deluxe Version) | Six Degrees |
| 10 | MARINERO | La La La | Hardly Art |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BROTHER ALI | Satisfied Soul | Mello |
| 2 | ANT | Collection Of Sounds: Volume 4 | Rhymesayers |
| 3 | LORD SKO | PIFF | Stimulated |
| 4 | ERROL EATS EVERYTHING | Errol Eats Everything | Big Chune |
| 5 | KENDRICK LAMAR | GNX | Interscope |
| 6 | CLIPPING | Dead Channel Sky | Sub Pop |
| 7 | MICHI | Dirty Talk | Stones Throw |
| 8 | TOKIMONSTA | Eternal Reverie | Young Art |
| 9 | MIGHTY THEODORE | The Old Rap Language | Urbnet |
| 10 | AJ TRACEY | “Crush” feat. Jorja Smith [Single] | Revenge |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET | Belonging | Blue Note |
| 2 | CHICAGO JAZZ ORCHESTRA | More Amor – A Tribute to Wes Montgomery | Self-Released |
| 3 | ERMELINDA CUELLAR | Under A Lavender Sky | Self-Released |
| 4 | NNENNA FREELON | Beneath The Skin | Origin |
| 5 | SURE FIRE SOUL ENSEMBLE, THE | Gemini | Colemine |
| 6 | TORTOISE | “Oganesson” [Single] | International Anthem |
| 7 | RODNEY WHITAKER | Mosaic: The Music Of Gregg Hill | Origin |
| 8 | JOHNNY O’NEAL | Everybody Loves Johnny O’Neal | Cellar |
| 9 | JACKSON POTTER | small things | Shifting Paradigm |
| 10 | HARD BOP MESSENGERS | Jazz Interpretations Of The Grateful Dead | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DJ KOZE | Music Can Hear Us | Pampa |
| 2 | TOKIMONSTA | Eternal Reverie | Young Art |
| 3 | MARIE DAVIDSON | City Of Clowns | Because |
| 4 | SUNFLWR | heard it in a dream | Unbelievably Spectacular |
| 5 | FKA TWIGS | EUSEXUA | Young/Atlantic |
| 6 | ORA THE MOLECULE | Dance Therapy | Mute |
| 7 | FRANC MOODY | Chewing The Fat | Night Time Stories |
| 8 | MARIBOU STATE | Hallucinating Love | Ninja Tune |
| 9 | ELA MINUS | DIA | Domino |
| 10 | OKLOU | Choke Enough | True Panther |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MARS RAY | “Take My Heart (The Toxic Relationship Song)” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 2 | CHAD LB WITH STRINGS | Time In A Bottle | Bandstand Presents |
| 3 | CO.LEGA | Nobody Goes To Heaven [EP] | Morse Code |
| 4 | HARD BOP MESSENGERS | Jazz Interpretations Of The Grateful Dead | Self-Released |
| 5 | JEFF LIBMAN | Feet Off The Ground | Cellar |
| 6 | JOHNNY O’NEAL | Everybody Loves Johnny O’Neal | Cellar |
| 7 | MEDLER SEXTET | River Paths | OA2 |
| 8 | STEVE KNIGHT | For Years Gone | Self-Released |
| 9 | JAMES ZITO | Zito’s Jump | Self-Released |
Electronic “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CO.LEGA | Nobody Goes To Heaven [EP] | Morse Code |