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, April 27th, 2021!
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April 12th, 2021 through April 18th, 2021
Top Thirty Most-Played Overall Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | EDIE BRICKELL AND NEW BOHEMIANS | Hunter And The Dog Star | Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | MORGAN WADE | Reckless | Ladylike |
| 3 | NATALE | Giving All To You [EP] | Self-Released |
| 4 | CRYS MATTHEWS | Changemakers | Self-Released |
| 5 | JON BATISTE | WE ARE | Verve |
| 6 | PETER CASE | The Midnight Broadcast | Bandaloop |
| 7 | SONJA MIDTUNE | Dreams Melt Away [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | BRAD LEFTWICH AND LINDA HIGGINBOTHAM | At Home In The Parlour | Old Time Tiki Parlour |
| 9 | ISRAEL NASH | Topaz | New West |
| 10 | JANET SIMPSON | Safe Distance | Cornelius Chapel |
| 11 | JIMBO MATHUS AND ANDREW BIRD | These 13 | Thirty Tigers |
| 12 | SELWYN BIRCHWOOD | Living In A Burning House | Alligator |
| 13 | AJ CROCE | By Request | Compass |
| 14 | AARON LEE TASJAN | Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! | New West |
| 15 | CHA WA | My People | Single Lock |
| 16 | ERIN IVEY | Solace In The Wild | Self-Released |
| 17 | FRETLAND | Could Have Loved You [Advance Tracks] | Self-Released |
| 18 | FRUIT BATS | The Pet Parade | Merge |
| 19 | HUNGRY WILLIAMS, THE | Brand New Thing | Self-Released |
| 20 | MAC LEAPHART | Music City Joke | Self-Released |
| 21 | MELISSA CARPER | Daddy’s Country Gold | Self-Released |
| 22 | MINOR MOON | Tethers | Ruination/Whatever’s Clever |
| 23 | NICK WATERHOUSE | Promenade Blue | Innovative Leisure |
| 24 | NORAH JONES | …Till We Meet Again (Live) | Blue Note/Capitol |
| 25 | PARKER MILLSAP | Be Here Instead [Advance Tracks] | Okrahoma |
| 26 | POPA CHUBBY | Tinfoil Hat | Dixiefrog |
| 27 | TOMMY GUERRERO | Sunshine Radio | Too Good |
| 28 | TRAVIS LINVILLE | I’m Still Here | Black Mesa |
| 29 | WILLIE DUNN | Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology | Rough Trade |
| 30 | ZOE FITZGERALD CARTER | Waterlines | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | 456, THE | Simple Songs | Self-Released |
| 2 | LEFTOVER SALMON | Brand New Good Old Days [Advance Tracks] | Compass |
| 3 | BECAUSE VILLAINS | Yes [EP] | Self-Released |
| 4 | CLEMENTINE WAS RIGHT | Lightning & Regret | Self-Released |
| 5 | FRATELLIS | Half Drunk Under A Full Moon | Cooking Vinyl |
| 6 | HYPOLUXO | Hypoluxo | Terrible |
| 7 | SYLVIE AND MANDY | “Broken Year” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | RICKY BYRD | Sobering Times | Kayos |
| 9 | OTTOMAN TURKS | Ottoman Turks II | State Fair |
| 10 | BEAMS | Ego Death | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KANE MATHIS | Geminus | Nyaato |
| 2 | AFRO YAQUI MUSIC COLLECTIVE | Maroon Futures | Neuma |
| 3 | KENNEY POLSON | Colors Of Brazil | Rosetta |
| 4 | DICOSIMO/PAGAN | Con Moto | SubCat |
| 5 | ALTIN GUN | Yol | ATO |
| 6 | FEMI KUTI | Stop The Hate | Partisan |
| 7 | MADE KUTI | For(e)ward | Partisan |
| 8 | FIMBER BRAVO | Lunar Tredd | Moshi Moshi |
| 9 | BOMBA ESTEREO | Deja [Advance Tracks] | Sony Latin |
| 10 | DOM LA NENA | Tempo | Six Degrees |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GENESIS OWUSU | Smiling With No Teeth | House Anxiety/Ourness |
| 2 | TOBE NWIGWE | Cincoriginals | Self-Released |
| 3 | DENZEL CURRY AND KENNY BEATS | Unlocked 1.5 | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 4 | TONE CHOP AND FROST GAMBLE | underestimated | Self-Released |
| 5 | MADLIB | Sound Ancestors | Madlib Invazion |
| 6 | WAX TAILOR | The Shadow Of Their Suns | Lab’oratoire |
| 7 | LAVA LA RUE | Butter-fly [EP] | Marathon |
| 8 | STATIK SELEKTAH | The Balancing Act | Mass Appeal |
| 9 | LIL BERETE | Icebreaker 2 | Southside To Northside |
| 10 | PLANET GIZA | Don’t Throw Rocks At The Moon [EP] | Self-Released |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LYLE WORKMAN | Uncommon Measures | Blue Canoe |
| 2 | ARCHIE SHEPP AND JASON MORAN | Let My People Go | Archie Ball |
| 3 | PROFESSOR CUNNINGHAM AND HIS OLD SCHOOL | The Lockdown Blues | Arbors |
| 4 | DAVID LARSEN | The Mulligan Chronicles | DLP |
| 5 | VINNIE RICCITELLI OCTET | For The Record | Self-Released |
| 6 | DAVID HOWARD | Next | Self-Released |
| 7 | STEVE HUNT | Connections | Spice Rack |
| 8 | HANNAH BAIARDI | Straight From The Soul | HBM |
| 9 | JACK BRANDFIELD | I’ll Never Be The Same | Gut String |
| 10 | KENNY CARR | Distance | Zoozazz |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BLUEWERKS VOL. 1: UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Blue Note/Astralwerks |
| 2 | ROOSEVELT | Polydans | City Slang |
| 3 | VISIONIST | A Call To Arms | Mute |
| 4 | JIMMY EDGAR | Cheetah Bend | Innovative Leisure |
| 5 | PETIT BISCUIT | Parachute Remixes | Écurie |
| 6 | BICEP | Isles | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | YEHNO | Tomorrow We’ll Be Here [EP] | Disques Durs |
| 8 | SMALL SINS | Volume II | Arts & Crafts |
| 9 | IKOQWE | The Beginning, The Medium, The End And The Infinite | Crammed |
| 10 | WAX TAILOR | The Shadow Of Their Suns | Lab’oratoire |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOANIE PALLATTO | My Original Plan | Southport |
| 2 | DAN WILSON | Vessels Of Wood And Earth | Brother Mister |
| 3 | GABRIEL EVAN ORCHESTRA | Global Entry | Self-Released |
| 4 | JOHN DEPAOLA QUARTET | Take Two | Phat Planet |
| 5 | PERRY SMITH | Peace | Smith Tone |
| 6 | MICHAEL WHALEN | Future Shock | Spout/MWW |