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, May 28th, 2019!
Top Thirty Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SON VOLT | Union | Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER | Thunder In My Arms | Footprint |
| 3 | ANDREW BIRD | My Finest Work Yet | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 4 | CRAIG FINN | I Need A New War | Partisan |
| 5 | GLEN HANSARD | This Wild Willing | Anti- |
| 6 | JADE BIRD | Jade Bird | Glassnote |
| 7 | JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE | The Saint Of Lost Causes | New West |
| 8 | NICK LOWE | Love Starvation | Yep Roc |
| 9 | JJ CALE | Stay Around | Because |
| 10 | JOSH RITTER | Fever Breaks | Pytheas/Thirty Tigers |
| 11 | MELISSA ETHERIDGE | The Medicine Show | Concord |
| 12 | OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS | Songs Of Our Native Daughters | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 13 | PATTY GRIFFIN | Patty Griffin | Thirty Tigers |
| 14 | SHARON VAN ETTEN | Remind Me Tomorrow | Jagjaguwar |
| 15 | BB KING BLUES BAND | The Soul Of The King | Ruf |
| 16 | BIG DADDY WILSON | Deep In My Soul | Ruf |
| 17 | CASH BOX KINGS, THE | Hail To The Kings! | Alligator |
| 18 | CHATHAM COUNTY LINE | Sharing The Covers | Yep Roc |
| 19 | CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM | Kingfish | Alligator |
| 20 | DANIEL NORGREN | Wooh Dang | Superpuma |
| 21 | HARMONY AND BRAD | Green [EP] | Self-Released |
| 22 | HAYES CARLL | What It Is | Dualtone |
| 23 | INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS | Rise Sun | Tape Time |
| 24 | JESSE MAC CORMACK | Now | Secret City |
| 25 | LADY LAMB | Even In The Tremor | Ba Da Bing |
| 26 | LOS STRAITJACKETS | Channel Surfing | Yep Roc |
| 27 | LOWLAND HUM | “A Drive Through The Countryside” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 28 | SARA TRUNZO | Dirigo Attitude | Self-Released |
| 29 | SUGAR LIME BLUE | Narcoluptuous | Narcoluptuous |
| 30 | CAYUCAS | Real Life | Park The Van |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARRELL KELLEY | Here Ends The Lesson | Viral |
| 2 | BOOGARINS | Sombrou Duvida | OAR |
| 3 | JAMILA WOODS | LEGACY! LEGACY! | Jagjaguwar |
| 4 | JASON ERIE | The Art Of Letting Go | Self-Released |
| 5 | SAHBABII | Squidtastic | Casting Bait |
| 6 | SECRECIES | Secrecies | Idol |
| 7 | UPHOLSTERY | Inga | Exotic Fever |
| 8 | MYSTERY LIGHTS, THE | Too Much Tension! | Wick |
| 9 | ANDERS OSBORNE | Buddha And The Blues | Self-Released |
| 10 | FOXYGEN | Seeing Other People | Jagjaguwar |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER | Thunder In My Arms | Footprint |
| 2 | DERVISH | The Great Irish Songbook | Rounder/Concord |
| 3 | VISHTEN | Horizons | Productions Takashoun |
| 4 | OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS | Songs Of Our Native Daughters | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 5 | ALOGTE OHO AND HIS SOUNDS OF JOY | “Allema Timba” [Single] | Philophon |
| 6 | COMBO CHIMBITA | Ahomale | Anti- |
| 7 | DOUYE | Quatro – Bossa Nova Deluxe | Groove Note |
| 8 | JOSS JAFFE | Dub Mantra Sangha Remix | Self-Released |
| 9 | KOFFEE | Rapture [EP] | Promised Land |
| 10 | TRIALS OF CATO, THE | Hide And Hair | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BUDOS BAND, THE | The Budos Band V | Daptone |
| 2 | LITTLE SIMZ | GREY Area | AGE 101/AWAL |
| 3 | CANTRELL | Devil Never Even Lived [EP] | Mass Appeal |
| 4 | HERMETIC ORDER | Siren Song | Lion’s Den |
| 5 | LIZZO | Cuz I Love You | Nice Life/Atlantic |
| 6 | GRIZ | Ride Waves | Self-Released |
| 7 | MATHEMATIK | ReAL/iS-HiM | Urbnet |
| 8 | JETS | Zoopsa [Advance Tracks] | Innovative Leisure |
| 9 | INTELLEXUAL | Intellexual | Fantasy/Concord |
| 10 | LOUIS FUTON | Way Back When | Self-Released |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ELLEN ROWE OCTET | Momentum | Smokin’ Sleddog |
| 2 | KARIN PLATO | This Could Be The One | Self-Released |
| 3 | PETE COCO | Lined With A Groove | Self-Released |
| 4 | TYRONE MR SUPERFANTASTIC | Long Road | Can Do |
| 5 | MARK WALKER | You Get What You Give | Fliposphere |
| 6 | PETER LIN | New Age Old Ways | Self-Released |
| 7 | JEFF PIFHER AND SOCRATES TRIAL | Alternate Futures/Past Realities | Self-Released |
| 8 | FIVE PLAY | Live From The Firehouse Stage | Diva Jazz |
| 9 | CHAD LEFKOWITZ BROWN | Onward | Self-Released |
| 10 | ASHLEY PEZZOTTI | We’ve Only Just Begun | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BIBIO | Ribbons | Warp |
| 2 | LAURIE ANDERSON AND KRONOS QUARTET | Landfall | Nonesuch |
| 3 | MARLEY CARROLL | Flight Patterns | Loci |
| 4 | SKINSHAPE | Filoxiny | Lewis |
| 5 | CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA, THE | To Believe | Domino |
| 6 | EMANCIPATOR AND 9 THEORY | Cheeba Gold [EP] | Loci |
| 7 | APPARAT | LP5 | Mute |
| 8 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 9 | TR/ST | The Destroyer – 1 | Grouch/House Arrest |
| 10 | KAREN O AND DANGER MOUSE | Lux Prima | BMG |
Hip Hop / R & B “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARRELL KELLEY | Here Ends The Lesson | Viral |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | VIVIAN SESSOMS | Life II | Baby Buddha |
| 2 | LARRY CORBAN | Emergence | Nabroc |
| 3 | PAT BATTSTONE | The Last Taxi New Destinations | Leo |