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 computed and posted on Tuesday, June 5th, 2018!
Top Thirty Recordings (based on airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KENNEDYS, THE | Safe Until Tomorrow | Self-Released |
| 2 | DAVE ALVIN AND JIMMIE DALE GILMORE | Downey To Lubbock | Yep Roc |
| 3 | JENNY VAN WEST | Happiness To Burn | Self-Released |
| 4 | LAURIE MACALLISTER | The Lies the Poets Tell | Self-Released |
| 5 | ROBIN MCKELLE | Melodic Canvas | Doxie |
| 6 | TISH HINOJOSA | West | Self-Released |
| 7 | JANELLE MONAE | Dirty Computer | Bad Boy |
| 8 | BEN HARPER AND CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE | No Mercy In This Land | Anti- |
| 9 | CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS, THE | Call It Home Vol. 1 & 2 | TubTone |
| 10 | CICADA RHYTHM | Everywhere I Go | New West |
| 11 | CURTIS HARDING | Face Your Fear | Anti- |
| 12 | DECEMBERISTS, THE | I’ll Be Your Girl | Capitol |
| 13 | ERIN O’DOWD | “Trick Pony” [Single] | Horton |
| 14 | JOHN PRINE | The Tree of Forgiveness | Oh Boy |
| 15 | JOHNNY IRION | Driving Friend | Self-Released |
| 16 | RACHAEL SAGE | Myopia | MPress |
| 17 | RAY LAMONTAGNE | Part Of The Light | RCA |
| 18 | JOHNNY CASH: FOREVER WORDS | VARIOUS ARTIST | Legacy |
| 19 | VICTORIA GINTY | Unfinished Business | Self-Released |
| 20 | CUT CHEMIST | Die Cut | A Stable Sound |
| 21 | PARQUET COURTS | Wide Awake! | Rough Trade |
| 22 | ABBE MAY | Fruit | Luxury Cat |
| 23 | BIRDS OF CHICAGO | Love In Wartime | Signature |
| 24 | BRANDI CARLILE | By the Way, I Forgive You | Elektra |
| 25 | CHRIS ROSS AND THE NORTH | Over Lonesome | Self-Released |
| 26 | COURTNEY BARNETT | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Mom + Pop |
| 27 | DAMIEN JURADO | The Horizon Just Laughed | Secretly Canadian |
| 28 | DANA FUCHS | Love Lives On | Get Along |
| 29 | DEWEY AND LESLIE BROWN AND THE CAROLINA GENTLEMEN | Under The Mountain | Liberty Showcase |
| 30 | GHALIA AND MAMA’S BOYS | Let the Demons Out | Ruf |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOE CRAVEN AND THE SOMETIMERS | Garcia Songbook | Blender Logic Arts |
| 2 | JO PASSED | Their Prime | Sub Pop |
| 3 | MAPS AND ATLASES | Lightlessness Is Nothing New | Barsuk |
| 4 | PHIL COOK | People Are My Drug [Advance Tracks] | Psychic Hotline |
| 5 | BROWNOUT | Fear Of A Brown Planet | Fat Beats |
| 6 | BUMPIN UGLIES | Beast From The East | Self-Released |
| 7 | COURTNEY BARNETT | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Mom + Pop |
| 8 | NITE HAUS | Saturation | Self-Released |
| 9 | ROCKET 3 | What’s The Frequency? | Self-Released |
| 10 | STING AND SHAGGY | 44/876 | A&M |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LOREENA MCKENNITT | Lost Souls | Ume |
| 2 | LOS TEXMANIACS | Cruzando Borders | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 3 | LUNASA | Cas | Self-Released |
| 4 | ZIGGY MARLEY | Rebellion Rises | Tuff Gong Worldwide |
| 5 | ALTAN | The Gap Of Dreams | Compass |
| 6 | CONNLA | The Next Chapter | Self-Released |
| 7 | DACTAH CHANDO | Global CityZen | Soulfire |
| 8 | GENTICORUM | Avant l’orage | Self-Released |
| 9 | KARAVAN SARAI | Painted Sands | Electrofone |
| 10 | MO KALAMITY MEETS SLY AND ROBBIE | One Love Vibration | Sofia Thea |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CUT CHEMIST | Die Cut | A Stable Sound |
| 2 | DR. OCTAGON | Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation | Bulk |
| 3 | DEL AND AMP LIVE | Gate 13 | Plug Research |
| 4 | PROF | Pookie Baby | Rhymesayers |
| 5 | CHILDISH GAMBINO | “This is America” [Single] | RCA |
| 6 | BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Top Dawg/Interscope |
| 7 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Storm Is Coming” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | E4T | “How Can I Lose” [Single] | Pretty Money |
| 9 | FULTON COUNTY | “Inside Out” (feat. Ebony Camille) [Single] | JLawson |
| 10 | YOUNG RJ | The Detroit Project [EP] | Ne’Astra |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DEANNE MATLEY | Because I Loved | Self-Released |
| 2 | EDDIE HENDERSON | Be Cool | Smoke Sessions |
| 3 | SPIN CYCLE | Assorted Colors | Sound Footing |
| 4 | ADREAN FARRUGIA AND JOEL FRAHM | Blued Dharma | Shigeru Kawai |
| 5 | ANDREA BRACHFELD | If Not Now When | Jazzheads |
| 6 | GREG BURROWS | Tell Your Story | GreBu |
| 7 | LAO TIZER BAND, THE | Songs From The Swinghouse | Yse |
| 8 | LISA B | I Get A Kick: Cole Porter Reimagined | Jazzed Media |
| 9 | POST MODERN JUKE BOX | The New Classics | Concord |
| 10 | SOLON MCDADE | Murals | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CUT CHEMIST | Die Cut | A Stable Sound |
| 2 | CARDI B | Invasion of Privacy | Atlantic |
| 3 | BOB HOLYROYD | The Cage | Self-Released |
| 4 | LOMA | Loma | Sub Pop |
| 5 | MOBY | Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt | Mute |
| 6 | NUMINA | The Chroma Plateau | Spotted Peccary |
| 7 | SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO | Murmurations | Wichita |
| 8 | TRACEY THORN | Record | Merge |
| 9 | DANIEL AVERY | Song For Alpha | Mute |
| 10 | CHROME SPARKS | Chrome Sparks | Counter |
World “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BUMPIN UGLIES | Beast From The East | Self-Released |
| 2 | STING AND SHAGGY | 44/876 | A&M |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TOM BRUNER | Homage To A Hero | Self-Released |
| 2 | CHARLIE BALLANTINE | Life Is Brief: The Music of Bob Dylan | Green Mind |
| 3 | NEW ENGLAND JAZZ ENSEMBLE | Peter and the Wolf | Self-Released |
| 4 | TODD MARCUS | On These Streets (a Baltimore Story) | Sticker Street |
| 5 | DANNY GREEN PLUS STRINGS | One Day It Will | OA2 |
| 6 | HOT CLUB SANDWICH | No Pressure | Acoustic Oasis |
| 7 | MATT LEMMLER | Love | Nolajazzrevival |
| 8 | VAN MORRISON AND JOEY DEFRANCESCO | You’re Driving Me Crazy | Sony/Legacy |
| 9 | VIN VENEZIA | Fifth And Adams | Blujazz |
| 10 | CLUNK ORCHESTRA, THE | The Sound It Makes | Self-Released |