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 19th. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, April 28th.
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April 13th, 2026 through April 19th, 2026
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
JOYANN PARKER |
Life Lines |
Hopeless Romantic |
2 |
DEBI SMITH |
Flight Of The Robin |
Degan |
3 |
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND |
Future Soul |
Fantasy/Concord |
4 |
ALDOUS HARDING |
“One Stop” [Single] |
4AD |
5 |
ANDY COHEN, ELEANOR ELLIS AND WILLIAM LEE ELLIS |
Whistlin’ Past The Graveyard |
Riverlark |
6 |
ANNIE AND ROD CAPPS |
Never Done |
Yellow Room |
7 |
APRIL VERCH |
Blessing On The Wing |
Slabtown |
8 |
BILLY THOMPSON |
This World |
Self-Released |
9 |
CARSON PETERS AND IRON MOUNTAIN |
Hold On Heart |
Billy Blue |
10 |
CASTLE RAT |
The Bestiary |
Loma Vista/Concord |
11 |
CINDY WILSON |
Second Sight [EP] |
Spin |
12 |
COURTNEY BARNETT |
Creature Of Habit |
Mom+Pop |
13 |
ELLA LANGLEY |
Dandelion |
Columbia |
14 |
EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON |
Appalachia |
Oh Boy |
15 |
GOODNIGHT MOONSHINE |
Business Unusual |
Self-Released |
16 |
JOE JACKSON |
Hope and Fury |
Sharp Practice |
17 |
JOSE GONZALEZ |
Against The Dying Of The Light |
Mute |
18 |
LEAH BLEVINS |
All Dressed Up |
Easy Eye |
19 |
MIKE FINNIGAN |
Mike Finnigan |
Forty Below |
20 |
MIKE GULDIN |
While I Can |
Blue Sky Tunes |
21 |
MIKE ZITO |
Outside Or The Eastside |
Gulf Coast |
22 |
MILK CARTON KIDS, THE |
Lost Cause Lover Fool |
Far Cry |
23 |
PAUL CAUTHEN |
Book of Paul |
Velvet Rose |
24 |
PROTOMEN, THE |
Act III: This City Made Us |
Sound Machine |
25 |
RIFLEBIRDS OF PORTLAND, THE |
April |
Regional |
26 |
SETH JAMES |
Motormouth |
Qualified |
27 |
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS |
The World Is To Dig |
Idlewild |
28 |
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND |
Good As True |
Frog Pad/Thirty Tigers |
29 |
RINGO STARR |
“It’s Been Too Long” feat. Sarah Jarosz & Molly Tuttle [Single] |
UME |
30 |
AL BASILE |
Blues In Hand |
Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
SOULED AMERICAN |
Sanctions |
Jealous Butcher |
2 |
COYOTE MIDNIGHT |
Coyote Midnight |
Self-Released |
3 |
CURTIS SALGADO |
Legacy Rewind: Live In ’25 |
Nola Blue |
4 |
KEVIN FARGE |
Never Gonna Back Down |
Scene Zine |
5 |
KRIS ANDERS |
“Open Road” b/w “Awkward Conversation” [Single] |
Alpine |
6 |
WEIRD NIGHTMARE |
Hoopla |
Sub Pop |
7 |
RICK VITO |
Slidemaster |
MoMojo |
8 |
SUNN O))) |
SUNN O))) |
Sub Pop |
Top Ten World Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
JOSE GONZALEZ |
Against The Dying Of The Light |
Mute |
2 |
GITKIN |
“Rain Over Royal” [Single] |
Wonderwheel |
3 |
KOLM |
The Reach [EP] |
Self-Released |
4 |
LE VENT DU NORD |
Voisinages |
La Compagnie Du Nord |
5 |
MIGHTY ROOTSMEN, THE |
The Mighty Rootsmen |
Bulletproof |
6 |
ANA TIJOUX |
97 [EP] |
Victoria Producciones |
7 |
JANICE LACY |
“Beside You” [Single] |
Self-Released |
8 |
WANEES ZAROUR |
Silwan |
Levantine |
9 |
NASEEM ALATRASH |
Bright Colors On A Dark Canvas |
Levantine |
10 |
AFRO CARIBBEAN JAZZ COLLECTIVE, THE |
Cortadito |
JBG |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
ANA TIJOUX |
97 [EP] |
Victoria Producciones |
2 |
BROTHER ALI |
“Another Country” [Single] |
Travelers |
3 |
DDK |
“Fall In Luv” [Single] |
Media |
4 |
DDK |
“Think I’m In Luv” [Single] |
The Media |
5 |
YOU IN I, THE |
“New Day” [Single] |
Self-Released |
6 |
NIGHTMARES ON WAX |
Echo45 Sound System |
Warp |
7 |
GENA |
The Pleasure Is Yours |
Lex |
8 |
DANNY BROWN |
Stardust |
Warp |
9 |
BY STORM |
My Ghosts Go Ghost |
deadAir |
10 |
THUNDERCAT |
Distracted |
Brainfeeder |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
BEN FLOCKS |
Moonshades |
West Cliff |
2 |
CHARLES RUGGIERO |
Plays Monk Live At The Baked Potato |
RMF |
3 |
ISABELLA ISHERWOOD |
The Sweetest Sounds |
Sabrina |
4 |
JOHN CLAY |
About Time |
ClayTone |
5 |
MARILYN CRISPELL AND ANDERS JORMIN |
Memento |
ECM |
6 |
PARLOR GREENS |
Emeralds |
Colemine |
7 |
DAVID MASH |
Collaboration [EP] |
Self-Released |
8 |
PAUL KELLER ORCHESTRA, THE |
Thank You Notes: The Music Of Gregg Hill |
Cold Plunge |
9 |
LEAH FINKELSTEIN |
“I Wouldn’t Blame You” [Single] |
Self-Released |
10 |
TOM LIPPINCOTT |
Ode To The Possible |
Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
GORILLAZ |
The Mountain |
Kong |
2 |
ROYKSOPP |
“This Must Be It” feat. Fever Ray (Alan Dixon Remix) [Single] |
Dog Triumph/PIAS |
3 |
CASSIUS |
“Dance On” [Single] |
Love Supreme/Justice |
4 |
LADYTRON |
Paradises |
Nettwerk |
5 |
KIM GORDON |
Play Me |
Matador |
6 |
RAQUEL RAMOS |
“Back In Queens” [Single] |
Self-Released |
7 |
ROBYN |
Sexistential |
Young |
8 |
FCUKERS |
O |
Ninja Tune |
9 |
LB AKA LABAT |
Feel So Good Around U |
Because |
10 |
ERIC HILTON |
A Sky So Close |
Montserrat House |
Jazz “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
ABATE BERIHUN AND THE ADDIS KEN PROJECT |
Addis Ken |
Origin |
2 |
BOBBY MATOS HERITAGE ENSEMBLE |
La Pena |
LifeForce Jazz |
3 |
REBECCA RAFLA |
Fundamentally Unfinished |
Self-Released |
4 |
ROOSEVELT HOOVER III |
Backyard Blues |
Self-Released |
5 |
ANDREA MILLER |
Let Our Love Take Wing |
Cellar |
6 |
BILLY CHILDS |
Triumvirate |
Mack Ave |
7 |
CATHERINE RUSSELL |
Live At Jazz At Lincoln Center |
Dot Time |
8 |
ERICA VON KLEIST |
Picc Pocket |
Self-Released |
9 |
JOE GRANSDEN |
Let’s Take A Chance Together |
Self-Released |
10 |
MIKE CLEMENT |
Polka Dots & Ray Bans |
Cellar |