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 4th. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, May 13th!
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April 28th through May 4th, 2025
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALISON KRAUSS AND UNION STATION | Arcadia | Down The Road |
| 2 | ASHLEIGH FLYNN AND THE RIVETERS | Good Morning, Sunshine | Self-Released |
| 3 | CRAIG FINN | Always Been | Tamarac/Thirty Tigers |
| 4 | GALACTIC AND IRMA THOMAS | Audience With The Queen | Tchoup-zilla |
| 5 | RHIANNON GIDDENS AND JUSTIN ROBINSON | What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow | Nonesuch |
| 6 | BLUE CACTUS | Believer | Sleepy Cat |
| 7 | FAUX PAWS, THE | No Bad Ideas | Self-Released |
| 8 | LOVESEAT | Our Way | Self-Released |
| 9 | MY MORNING JACKET | Is | ATO |
| 10 | SUNNY BLEAU AND THE MOONS | Passion & Regrets | Endless BLues |
| 11 | BIG COUNTRY BLUEGRASS | Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass | Rebel |
| 12 | BOB CORRITORE AND FRIENDS | Doin’ The Shout | Vizztone |
| 13 | CHATHAM RABBITS | Be Real With Me | Self-Released |
| 14 | CURTIS STIGERS | Songs From My Kitchen, Volume 1 | Pandemic Poodle |
| 15 | GORDIE TENTREES AND JAXON HALDANE | Double Takes | Self-Released |
| 16 | GROSSE ILE | Homerique | Companie Du Nord |
| 17 | HORSEGIRL | Phonetics On And On | Matador |
| 18 | JAPANESE BREAKFAST | For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) | Dead Oceans |
| 19 | LEXI JONES | Xandri | Self-Released |
| 20 | MUMFORD AND SONS | Rushmere | Glassnote |
| 21 | NOAH CYRUS AND FLEET FOXES | “Don’t Put It All On Me” [Single] | Columbia |
| 22 | RAY BARNARD | And The Horse You Rode In On | Bartered Soul |
| 23 | WARD HAYDEN AND THE OUTLIERS | Little By Little | Self-Released |
| 24 | WILLIE NELSON | Oh What A Beautiful World | Sony |
| 25 | YUKIMI | For You | Ninja Tune |
| 26 | RACING MOUNT PLEASANT | “Call It Easy” [Single] | R&R |
| 27 | MILLER CAMPBELL | Miller Campbell [EP] | Self-Released |
| 28 | FOX AND BONES | Long Time Honey | Self-Released |
| 29 | TUCKER WOODS | Sunshine Blues | Pleasantville |
| 30 | JOHN FAYE | The Long Game | ITP |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LAEL NEALE | Altogether Stranger | Sub Pop |
| 2 | ROBERT THOMAS AND THE SESSIONMEN | The Way We Roll | Self-Released |
| 3 | RAY BARNARD | And The Horse You Rode In On | Bartered Soul |
| 4 | CALIAMERICANA VOL. 3 (A COMPILATION INSPIRED BY THE LEGACY OF DAVID CROSBY) | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Santa Barbara |
| 5 | ANN FRANCES | No One Wants You (You’ve Slept With Too Many Men) | Pearls Fell |
| 6 | CASSIE AND MAGGIE | Gold And Coal | Self-Released |
| 7 | JENNIFER HILL | Love Bomb | Self-Released |
| 8 | RAM, THE | I Am Nowhere, I Am Everywhere | OD Soul |
| 9 | RANZEL X KENDRICK | Texas Time Warp [EP] | Self-Released |
| 10 | CHIME OBLIVION | Chime Oblivion | Deathgod |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ELANA SASSON | In Between | PKMusik |
| 2 | GROSSE ILE | Homerique | Companie Du Nord |
| 3 | MARLON WILLIAMS | Te Whare Tīwekaweka | Self-Released |
| 4 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | Adrian Younge Presents Something About April III | Linear Labs |
| 5 | ERMELINDA CUELLAR | Under A Lavender Sky | Self-Released |
| 6 | ALSARAH AND THE NUBATONES | Seasons Of The Road | Self-Released |
| 7 | SONGHOY BLUES | Héritage | Transgressive/PIAS |
| 8 | RITA DONTE | Ritual | Ansonia |
| 9 | NOVALIMA | La Danza (Deluxe Version) | Six Degrees |
| 10 | MARINERO | La La La | Hardly Art |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANT | Collection Of Sounds: Volume 4 | Rhymesayers |
| 2 | LORD SKO | PIFF | Stimulated |
| 3 | FLY ANAKIN | (The) Forever Dream | Lex |
| 4 | VERE HILL | “Dreams Come True” [Single] | Silver Blue |
| 5 | CLIPPING | Dead Channel Sky | Sub Pop |
| 6 | BROTHER ALI | Satisfied Soul | Mello |
| 7 | KENDRICK LAMAR | GNX | Interscope |
| 8 | TOKIMONSTA | Eternal Reverie | Young Art |
| 9 | DUCKWRTH | All American F*ckboy | Them Hellas |
| 10 | BUTCHER BROWN | Letters From The Atlantic | Concord Jazz |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SURE FIRE SOUL ENSEMBLE, THE | Gemini | Colemine |
| 2 | ALVIN QUEEN | The Jazzcup Cafe Blues | Cellar |
| 3 | BEN MARKLEY | Tell The Truth | OA2 |
| 4 | CHAD LB WITH STRINGS | Time In A Bottle | Bandstand Presents |
| 5 | DAVE HANSON | Blues Sky | Origin |
| 6 | HARD BOP MESSENGERS | Jazz Interpretations Of The Grateful Dead | Self-Released |
| 7 | JACKIE MYERS | What About The Butterfly | 577 |
| 8 | JEFF LIBMAN | Feet Off The Ground | Cellar |
| 9 | NNENNA FREELON | Beneath The Skin | Origin |
| 10 | STEVE KNIGHT | For Years Gone | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | Adrian Younge Presents Something About April III | Linear Labs |
| 2 | UNA | “Puddles” [Single] | Cool Jewel |
| 3 | DJ KOZE | Music Can Hear Us | Pampa |
| 4 | CO.LEGA | Nobody Goes To Heaven [EP] | Morse Code |
| 5 | MARIE DAVIDSON | City Of Clowns | Because |
| 6 | ORA THE MOLECULE | Dance Therapy | Mute |
| 7 | SUNFLWR | heard it in a dream | Unbelievably Spectacular |
| 8 | TOKIMONSTA | Eternal Reverie | Young Art |
| 9 | POLO AND PAN | 22:22 | Ekler’o’shock/Hamburger/Virgin |
| 10 | FRANC MOODY | Chewing The Fat | Night Time Stories |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BEATLEJAZZ | Reunion | Yama |
| 2 | KANDACE SPRINGS | Lady In Satin | SRP |
| 3 | MEHMET ALI SANLIKOL | 7 Shades Of Melancholia | Dunya |
| 4 | SHIRI ZORN AND GEORGE MUSCATELLO | Looking For Light | Self-Released |
| 5 | SUSAN HINKSON | Just In Time | Windfall Creations |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SHIRI ZORN AND GEORGE MUSCATELLO | Looking For Light | Self-Released |