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, June 1st, 2021!
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May 17th, 2021 through May 23rd, 2021
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TODD SNIDER | First Agnostic Church Of Hope And Wonder | Aimless/Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | JENNIFER PORTER | Sun Come And Shine | Cougar Moon |
| 3 | BILL AND THE BELLES | Happy Again | Ditty Boom |
| 4 | DEEP DARK WOODS, THE | Changing Faces | Six Shooter |
| 5 | JANET SIMPSON | Safe Distance | Cornelius Chapel |
| 6 | KATE MCDONNELL | Ballad Of A Bad Girl | Dog Eared Discs |
| 7 | ACCIDENTALS, THE | Time Out (Session #1) | Self-Released |
| 8 | ASHLEY MONROE | “Drive” [Single] | Thirty Tigers |
| 9 | AZTEC TWO-STEP 2.0 | Birth Days [EP] | Self-Released |
| 10 | BOBBY LEE | Origin Myths | Tompkins Square |
| 11 | BRITTON PATRICK MORGAN | I Wanna Start A Band | Hill Country Artists |
| 12 | CARSIE BLANTON | Love And Rage | So Ferocious |
| 13 | CLIFF EBERHARDT | Knew Things | Tin Pan Alley |
| 14 | COLIN ROY MONETTE | Lucky | Self-Released |
| 15 | CRAIG CARDIFF | All This Time Running | True North |
| 16 | DAVE RICHARDSON | Palms To Pines | Self-Released |
| 17 | EDIE BRICKELL AND NEW BOHEMIANS | Hunter And The Dog Star | Thirty Tigers |
| 18 | HOLD STEADY, THE | Open Door Policy | Positive Jams |
| 19 | JIMMIE BRATCHER | I’m Hungry | Ain’t Skeert |
| 20 | JOHN MCDONOUGH | Second Chances | Self-Released |
| 21 | NICK WATERHOUSE | Promenade Blue | Innovative Leisure |
| 22 | SON OF THE VELVET RAT | Solitary Company | Fluff & Gravy |
| 23 | ST VINCENT | Daddy’s Home | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 24 | STEVE LOUW | Headlight Dreams | Self-Released |
| 25 | TOMMY GUERRERO | Sunshine Radio | Too Good |
| 26 | TRAPPER SCHOEPP | May Day | Grand Phony |
| 27 | VALERIE JUNE | The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers | Fantasy/Concord |
| 28 | NOBUKO MIYAMOTO | 120,000 Stories | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 29 | BANDITS ON THE RUN | Now Is the Time [EP] | Self-Released |
| 30 | RACHEL BAIMAN | Cycles [Advance Tracks] | Signature Sounds |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AZTEC TWO-STEP 2.0 | Birth Days [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | PEACH AND QUIET | “California Way” b/w “Empty To Fill” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 3 | BRITTON PATRICK MORGAN | I Wanna Start A Band | Hill Country Artists |
| 4 | CHAI | WINK | Sub Pop |
| 5 | DUCKS LTD | Get Bleak [EP] | Carpark |
| 6 | LYDIA AINSWORTH | Sparkles & Debris | Zombie Cat |
| 7 | QUINN SULLIVAN | Wide Awake | Provogue |
| 8 | SHANNON MCNALLY | The Waylon Sessions | Compass |
| 9 | CHILLS, THE | Scatterbrain | Fire |
| 10 | DICK AVEN | It All Started In The Garden | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BANDE-GAMBOA | Horizonte: Revamping Rare Gems From Cabo Verde And Guine-Bissau | Heavenly Sweetness |
| 2 | GABRIEL GARZON-MONTANO | Agüita | Jagjaguwar |
| 3 | MULATU ASTATKE AND BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE | To Know Without Knowing | Agogo |
| 4 | KANE MATHIS | Geminus | Nyaato |
| 5 | AFRO YAQUI MUSIC COLLECTIVE | Maroon Futures | Neuma |
| 6 | KENNEY POLSON | Colors Of Brazil | Rosetta |
| 7 | JUPITER AND OKWESS | Na Kozonga | Everloving |
| 8 | ALTIN GUN | Yol | ATO |
| 9 | BOMBA ESTEREO | Deja [Advance Tracks] | Sony Latin |
| 10 | INNOV GNAWA | Lila | Daptone |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PEPPER GOMEZ | “Oh My Heart” (Meet Mix) feat. Tacboy [Single] | Wake Up! |
| 2 | BROCKHAMPTON | ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE | Question Everything/RCA |
| 3 | MOTHER NATURE AND BOATHOUSE | SZNZ | Closed Sessions |
| 4 | GENESIS OWUSU | Smiling With No Teeth | House Anxiety/Ourness |
| 5 | DENZEL CURRY AND KENNY BEATS | Unlocked 1.5 | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 6 | LITTLE SIMZ | Sometimes I Might Be Introvert [Advance Tracks] | Age 101 |
| 7 | TOBE NWIGWE | Cincoriginals | Self-Released |
| 8 | WAX TAILOR | The Shadow Of Their Suns | Lab’oratoire |
| 9 | TONE CHOP AND FROST GAMBLE | underestimated | Self-Released |
| 10 | DAWN RICHARD | Second Line | Merge |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND | For Jimmy, Wes And Oliver | Mack Avenue |
| 2 | DAN WILSON | Vessels Of Wood And Earth | Brother Mister |
| 3 | HANNAH BAIARDI | Straight From The Soul | HBM |
| 4 | ORRIN EVANS AND THE CAPTAIN BLACK BIG BAND | The Intangible Between | Smoke Sessions |
| 5 | SASKATCHEWAN ALL STAR BIG BAND | Saskatchewan Suite | Chronograph |
| 6 | DAN MORETTI | Tres Libre | Roots Grooves |
| 7 | GABOR LESKO | Earthway | Creativity’s Paradise |
| 8 | JOHN DEPAOLA QUARTET | Take Two | Phat Planet |
| 9 | KENDALL CARTER | Introducing Kendall Carter | Self-Released |
| 10 | KENNY CARR | Distance | Zoozazz |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | NOBUKO MIYAMOTO | 120,000 Stories | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 2 | PEPPER GOMEZ | “Oh My Heart” (Meet Mix) feat. Tacboy [Single] | Wake Up! |
| 3 | GILLIGAN MOSS | Gilligan Moss | Foreign Family Collective |
| 4 | ZEDS DEAD | Catching Z’s | Altered States |
| 5 | DAWN RICHARD | Second Line | Merge |
| 6 | FLYING LOTUS | Yasuke | Warp |
| 7 | LEON VYNEHALL | Rare, Forever | Ninja Tune |
| 8 | ROCHELLE JORDAN | Play With The Changes | Young Art |
| 9 | BLUEWERKS VOL. 2: IN FULL BLOOM | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Blue Note/Astralwerks |
| 10 | PETIT BISCUIT | Parachute Remixes | Écurie |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAVE FLIPPO | Dedication – Jazz From Planet Flippo | Self-Released |
| 2 | DOUG MACDONALD | Live In Hawaii | Dmac |
| 3 | DARA TUCKER | Dreams Of Waking: Music For A Better World | Green Hill |
| 4 | ACUTE INFLECTIONS | 400 (Four Hundred) | Self-Released |