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. The next new airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, May 8th, 2018!
Top Thirty Albums (based on airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LOW LILY | 10000 Days Like This | Mad River |
| 2 | JOHN GORKA | True in Time | Red House |
| 3 | LAURA VEIRS | The Lookout | Raven Marching Band |
| 4 | BEN HARPER AND CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE | No Mercy In This Land | Anti- |
| 5 | JOHN PRINE | The Tree of Forgiveness | Oh Boy |
| 6 | PHARIS AND JASON ROMERO | Sweet Old Religion | Lula |
| 7 | BELLE AND SEBASTIAN | How To Solve Our Human Problems | Matador |
| 8 | I’M WITH HER | See You Around | Rounder |
| 9 | JOHNNYSWIM AND DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS | “Ring The Bells” [Single] | Goodbye Road |
| 10 | SPARROW BLUE | Rabbit in the Moon | Self-Released |
| 11 | WILLIE NELSON | Last Man Standing [Advance Tracks] | Legacy |
| 12 | ABBE MAY | Fruit | Luxury Cat |
| 13 | BRANDI CARLILE | By the Way, I Forgive You | Elektra |
| 14 | DECEMBERISTS, THE | I’ll Be Your Girl | Capitol |
| 15 | DOM FLEMONS | Black Cowboys | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 16 | GENTICORUM | Avant l’orage | Self-Released |
| 17 | JOHN MCCUTCHEON | Ghost Light | Self-Released |
| 18 | KERRI POWERS | Starseeds | Self-Released |
| 19 | LONESOME ACE STRINGBAND | When the Sun Comes Up | Self-Released |
| 20 | SARAH SHOOK AND THE DISARMERS | Years | Bloodshot |
| 21 | STEEP CANYON RANGERS | Out in the Open | Ramseur |
| 22 | VIVIAN LEVA | Time Is Everything | Free Dirt |
| 23 | BRAZILIAN GIRLS | Let’s Make Love | Six Degrees |
| 24 | ALBERT HAMMOND JR | Francis Trouble | Red Bull |
| 25 | BANJO NICKARU AND WESTERN SCOOCHES | Get Us Out of Fearland | On the Bol |
| 26 | BIRDS OF CHICAGO | Love In Wartime | Signature |
| 27 | CALEXICO | The Thread That Keeps Us | Anti- |
| 28 | CASEY NEILL AND THE NORWAY RATS | Subterrene | Incident |
| 29 | CHRIS SMITHER | Call Me Lucky | Signature Sounds |
| 30 | CHUCK BRODSKY | Them and Us | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Storm Is Coming” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 2 | CLUNK ORCHESTRA, THE | The Sound It Makes | Self-Released |
| 3 | IN DIFFERENT SOUNDS | Whale Jail [EP] | Self-Released |
| 4 | YOUNG RJ | The Detroit Project [EP] | Ne’Astra |
| 5 | TRAMPLED BY TURTLES | Life Is Good On The Open Road [Advance Tracks] | Banjodad |
| 6 | NINA RICCI | Designs on Me | Self-Released |
| 7 | FLASHBACK | Denver Snow | Pinecastle |
| 8 | ROE FAMILY SINGERS, THE | Songs Of The Mountains, Songs Of The Plains | Pinecastle |
| 9 | XAVIER RUDD | Live in the Netherlands | Salt X |
| 10 | ALEXIS TAYLOR | Beautiful Thing | Domino |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALTAN | The Gap Of Dreams | Compass |
| 2 | KIRAN AHLUWALIA | 7 Billion | Self-Released |
| 3 | LUNASA | Cas | Self-Released |
| 4 | 3MA | Anarouz | Six Degrees |
| 5 | AFRIKA MAMAS | Iphupho | ARC |
| 6 | BRAAGAS | O Ptacich a Rybach | Indies Scope |
| 7 | COLLIE BUDDZ | “Legal Now” [Single] | Harper Digital |
| 8 | CONNLA | The Next Chapter | Self-Released |
| 9 | FATOUMATA DIAWARA | Fenfo | Shanachie |
| 10 | GABACHO MAROC | Tawassol | 10H10 |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DR OCTAGON | Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation | Bulk |
| 2 | PRINCE AMINE | “Fuego” [Single] | Red Rebel |
| 3 | PROF | Pookie Baby | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | TRAVELERS, THE | Longest Road Home | Self-Released |
| 5 | D-WAC | Just Keep Drinking | Alive & Free |
| 6 | TOM MISCH | Geography | Beyond The Groove |
| 7 | MANNY | “Everywhere I Turn Is War” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | FULTON COUNTY | “Inside Out” (feat. Ebony Camille) [Single] | JLawson |
| 9 | RICK DUFF | High Life | Osean Entertainment |
| 10 | LADY QUEET | “One Hell Of A Day” (feat. Mr. Flamboyant) [Single] | Picture Perfect |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHARLIE BALLANTINE | Life Is Brief: The Music of Bob Dylan | Green Mind |
| 2 | MILES DAVIS AND JOHN COLTRANE | The Final Tour: the Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 | Columbia |
| 3 | DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO | Close But No Cigar | Colemine |
| 4 | LAO TIZER BAND, THE | Songs From The Swinghouse | Yse |
| 5 | NELS CLINE 4, THE | Currents, Constellations | Blue Note |
| 6 | ROBERTA PIKET | West Coast Trio | Self-Released |
| 7 | RONDI MARSH | The Pink Room | Self-Released |
| 8 | SHAREL CASSITY AND ELEKTRA | Evolve | Relsha |
| 9 | WES MONTGOMERY | In Paris: the Definitive ORTF Recording | Resonance |
| 10 | OKB TRIO | The Ing… | QueensJazz |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BRAZILIAN GIRLS | Let’s Make Love | Six Degrees |
| 2 | MOBY | Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt | Mute |
| 3 | KASBO | Places We Don’t Know | Foreign Family Collective |
| 4 | BOB HOLYROYD | The Cage | Self-Released |
| 5 | DJ PHONON | Lost | Axiom |
| 6 | PRINCE AMINE | “Fuego” [Single] | Red Rebel |
| 7 | DANIEL AVERY | Song For Alpha | Mute |
| 8 | CUT CHEMIST | Die Cut | A Stable Sound |
| 9 | WHAT SO NOT | Not All The Beautiful Things | Counter |
| 10 | LE GALAXIE | Pleasure | Red River |