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, May 12th, 2024. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, May 21st, 2024!
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May 6th through May 12th, 2024
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SIERRA FERRELL | Trail Of Flowers | Rounder/Concord |
| 2 | LIVE ON MOUNTAIN STAGE: OUTLAWS AND OUTLIERS | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Oh Boy |
| 3 | WAXAHATCHEE | Tigers Blood | Anti- |
| 4 | BANNED FROM EDEN | Annex ’23 (Live At The Annex, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 24, 2023) | Self-Released |
| 5 | CHRIS SMITHER | All About The Bones | Signature Sounds |
| 6 | IRON AND WINE | Light Verse | Sub Pop |
| 7 | LITTLE FEAT | Sam’s Place | Hot Tomato |
| 8 | MAGGIE ROSE | No One Gets Out Alive | Big Loud |
| 9 | OLD 97S | American Primitive | ATO |
| 10 | STELLA PRINCE | Dear Future Me [EP] | Self-Released |
| 11 | CHARLEY CROCKETT | $10 Cowboy | Son Of Davy/Thirty Tigers |
| 12 | HERON HEMINGWAY | Aubergine | Self-Released |
| 13 | JOHN ZIPPERER | Devil Rail | Self-Released |
| 14 | JOHNNY CASH | “Well Alright” [Single] | Mercury Nashville/UMG |
| 15 | KHRUANGBIN | A LA SALA | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 16 | MAGGIE ROGERS | Don’t Forget Me | Capitol |
| 17 | MARK O’CONNOR AND MAGGIE O’CONNOR | Life After Life | Self-Released |
| 18 | SHERYL CROW | Evolution | Old Green Barn/Big Machine |
| 19 | T BONE BURNETT | The Other Side | UMG |
| 20 | TAJ MAHAL | Swingin’: Live At The Church In Tulsa | Lighting Rod |
| 21 | POWER OF THE HEART: A TRIBUTE TO LOU REED | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Light In The Attic |
| 22 | HIATUS KAIYOTE | “Telescope” [Single] | Brainfeeder |
| 23 | HOVVDY | Hovvdy | Arts & Crafts |
| 24 | ADEEM THE ARTIST | Anniversary | Four Quarters/Thirty Tigers |
| 25 | CERTAINLY SO | “1422” [Single] | Beef |
| 26 | SHYFRIN ALLIANCE | “Whiskey Blues” [Single] | KES International |
| 27 | CHRIS KASPER | “Shuffle On Through” [Single] | Royal Potato Family |
| 28 | ALASTAIR GREENE | Standing Out Loud | Ruf |
| 29 | DEEPER | Careful! | Sub Pop |
| 30 | HANNAH FAIRLIGHT | Lone Wolf | CEN |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BART MOORE | Wild Flora | Self-Released |
| 2 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Big Woman” [Single] | Viral |
| 3 | RUBYJOYFUL | The Pie Chart Of Love | Self-Released |
| 4 | DEREK FRANK | Origin Story | Self-Released |
| 5 | DON MCLEAN | American Boys | BFD |
| 6 | HANNAH FAIRLIGHT | Lone Wolf | CEN |
| 7 | JOE MARCINEK BAND | 1 River Street | Vintage League |
| 8 | LES SAVY FAV | OUI, LSF | Frenchkiss |
| 9 | REDDCOATS, THE | Reddcoats 2 | Self-Released |
| 10 | DAVID SINGLEY | Fools & Mystics | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | “Sonido Cósmico” [Single] | Easy Eye/Concord |
| 2 | KHRUANGBIN | A LA SALA | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 3 | ERWILIAN | Cascadia | Self-Released |
| 4 | MATT AND SHANNON HEATON | Whirring Wings | Self-Released |
| 5 | NAYA ROCKERS | Higher Education | Self-Released |
| 6 | ALTAN | Donegal | Compass |
| 7 | MAC GOLLEHON AND THE HISPANIC MECHANICS | Bite Of The Street | Nefarious |
| 8 | MICHAEL WHALEN | Watercolor Sky | Spout/MWM |
| 9 | ALF JETZER | Unfolding | Self-Released |
| 10 | PAM ASBERRY | 24 Impromptus | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHUCK STRANGERS | A Forsaken Lover’s Plea | Lex |
| 2 | SEAFOOD SAM | Standing On Giant Shoulders | drink sum wtr |
| 3 | CZARFACE | Czartificial Intelligence | Silver Age/Virgin |
| 4 | CAKES DA KILLA | Black Sheep | Young Art |
| 5 | ERICK THE ARCHITECT | I’ve Never Been Here Before | IDOL |
| 6 | RITCHIE | Triple Digits [112] | AWAL |
| 7 | SHABAZZ PALACES | Exotic Birds Of Prey [EP]/Robed In Rareness [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 8 | ANA TIJOUX | Vida | Victoria Producciones |
| 9 | WAHID | feast, by raven | Innovative Leisure/Praises Due |
| 10 | CADENCE WEAPON | Rollercoaster | MNRK |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SARAH JERROM | Magpie | TPR |
| 2 | MADELEINE PEYROUX | “Showman Dan” [Single] | Just One/Thirty Tigers |
| 3 | TUBA SKINNY | Hot Town | Self-Released |
| 4 | WILLOW | empathogen | Three Six Zero |
| 5 | ELLIE LEE | Escape | Sori-E-Naite |
| 6 | TROY ROBERTS | Green Lights | Toy Robot |
| 7 | MICHAEL WHALEN | Watercolor Sky | Spout/MWM |
| 8 | GEORGE COLLIGAN | You’ll Hear It | LA Reserve |
| 9 | DAVID BIXLER | BEATitude | Tiger Turn |
| 10 | PAM ASBERRY | 24 Impromptus | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JUSTICE | Hyperdrama | Ed Banger/Because |
| 2 | NIA ARCHIVES | Silence Is Loud | HIJINXX/Island/Universal |
| 3 | VEGYN | The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions | PLZ Make It Ruins |
| 4 | LOGIC1000 | Mother | Because |
| 5 | ERIC HILTON | Sound Vagabond | Montserrat House |
| 6 | ISKWE | nīna | Littlebit |
| 7 | CARAVAN PALACE | Gangbusters Melody Club | Le Plan |
| 8 | BAD TUNER | look at me but through me [EP] | Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune |
| 9 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Pull The Rope | Merge |
| 10 | BOLIS PUPUL | Letter To Yu | DEEWEE/Because |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Big Woman” [Single] | Viral |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAVID BENOIT | Timeless | SRG Jazz |
| 2 | BEN PATTERSON JAZZ ORCHESTRA | Groove Junkies | Origin |
| 3 | DEREK FRANK | Origin Story | Self-Released |
| 4 | JOE MARCINEK BAND | 1 River Street | Vintage League |
| 5 | KARRIN ALLYSON | A Kiss For Brazil | Origin |
| 6 | LIVE EDGE TRIO WITH STEVE NELSON | Closing Time | OA2 |
| 7 | NANCY ERICKSON LAMONT | Through The Passages | Vital Flame |
| 8 | REDDCOATS, THE | Reddcoats 2 | Self-Released |
| 9 | STUART MACK | Vibrations | Self-Released |
| 10 | YUKO ITO | Seduzir | Funny Baby Face New York |