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 8th, 2021!
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May 24th, 2021 through May 30th, 2021
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SHANNON MCNALLY | The Waylon Sessions | Compass |
| 2 | HOTH BROTHERS BAND | Tell Me How to Feel | Self-Released |
| 3 | IRON AND WINE | Archive Series Volume No. 5: Tallahassee Recordings | Sub Pop |
| 4 | MARIA MULDAUR WITH TUBA SKINNY | Let’s Get Happy Together | Stony Plain |
| 5 | PETER CASE | The Midnight Broadcast | Bandaloop |
| 6 | RINGO STARR | Zoom In [EP] | Universal |
| 7 | STEEL WOODS, THE | All Of Your Stones | Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | VIKTOR KARLSSON | Happy Being Happy [EP] | Self-Released |
| 9 | ALEX LOPEZ | Rising Up | Maremil |
| 10 | ANTHONY JOSEPH | The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running For Their Lives | Heavenly Sweetness |
| 11 | BLACK KEYS, THE | Delta Kream | Nonesuch |
| 12 | BOB CORRITORE AND FRIENDS | Spider In My Stew | Vizztone |
| 13 | CAROLE SYLVAN | Love | The Orchard |
| 14 | CRYS MATTHEWS | Changemakers | Self-Released |
| 15 | DAMON FOWLER | Alafia Moon | Landslide |
| 16 | JENNIFER PORTER | Sun Come And Shine | Cougar Moon |
| 17 | JIMBO MATHUS AND ANDREW BIRD | These 13 | Thirty Tigers |
| 18 | KAT DANSER | One Eye Open | Black Hen |
| 19 | LAMBCHOP | Showtunes | Merge |
| 20 | NICK HAKIM AND ROY NATHANSON | Small Things | NYXO |
| 21 | SERPENTWITHFEET | DEACON | Secretly Canadian |
| 22 | SLOAN WAINWRIGHT | Red Maple Tree | Self-Released |
| 23 | TODD SNIDER | First Agnostic Church Of Hope And Wonder | Aimless/Thirty Tigers |
| 24 | ZOE FITZGERALD CARTER | Waterlines | Self-Released |
| 25 | CONTOUR | Love Suite | Good Question |
| 26 | DAWN RICHARD | Second Line | Merge |
| 27 | NASIMIYU | P O T I O N S | Figureight |
| 28 | NIGHTTIME | Turning Wheel [EP] | Self-Released |
| 29 | PIXEL GRIP | Arena | Feeltrip |
| 30 | TOTH | You And Me And Everything | Northern Spy |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CONTRAPTIONISTS, THE | Working Man’s Dread | Self-Released |
| 2 | RANZEL X KENDRICK | “Like A Child” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 3 | BOB SABELLICO | Influence | Funky Bs |
| 4 | JOAO DONATO, ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD AND ADRIAN YOUNGE | João Donato JID007 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 5 | PK AND THE IN-BETWEENS | “Maybe I Should Write You” b/w “Back Porch Dreaming” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | STEVE DAWSON | “Hard Time Friend” b/w “22 Rubber Bands” [Single] | Pravda |
| 7 | DEVON WORLEY BAND | Wytch Hunt/Immigrant Song [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | LAMBCHOP | Showtunes | Merge |
| 9 | SILK WAR, THE | Come Evening | Self-Released |
| 10 | STEAM TRAIN HEARTS | Smoke And Cinder | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AFRO YAQUI MUSIC COLLECTIVE | Maroon Futures | Neuma |
| 2 | KANE MATHIS | Geminus | Nyaato |
| 3 | JUPITER AND OKWESS | Na Kozonga | Everloving |
| 4 | BOMBA ESTEREO | Deja [Advance Tracks] | Sony Latin |
| 5 | ALTIN GUN | Yol | ATO |
| 6 | INNOV GNAWA | Lila | Daptone |
| 7 | KASAI ALLSTARS | Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound | Crammed |
| 8 | IKOQWE | The Beginning, The Medium, The End And The Infinite | Crammed |
| 9 | FEMI KUTI | Stop The Hate | Partisan |
| 10 | FIMBER BRAVO | Lunar Tredd | Moshi Moshi |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAWN RICHARD | Second Line | Merge |
| 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 | CADENCE WEAPON | Parallel World | eOne |
| 8 | MCKINLEY DIXON | For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 9 | AJ TRACEY | Flu Game | West 10 |
| 10 | TONE CHOP AND FROST GAMBLE | underestimated | Self-Released |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HANNAH BAIARDI | Straight From The Soul | HBM |
| 2 | CHARLES LLOYD AND THE MARVELS | Tone Poem | Blue Note |
| 3 | MAKRAM ABOUL HOSN | Transmigration | Makram Aboul Hosn |
| 4 | NORAH JONES | …Till We Meet Again (Live) | Blue Note/Capitol |
| 5 | DAN MORETTI | Tres Libre | Roots Grooves |
| 6 | JOHN DEPAOLA QUARTET | Take Two | Phat Planet |
| 7 | KENNY CARR | Distance | Zoozazz |
| 8 | JACK BRANDFIELD | I’ll Never Be The Same | Gut String |
| 9 | STEVE HUNT | Connections | Spice Rack |
| 10 | MICHAEL WHALEN | Future Shock | Spout/MWW |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAWN RICHARD | Second Line | Merge |
| 2 | FLYING LOTUS | Yasuke | Warp |
| 3 | ZEDS DEAD | Catching Z’s | Altered States |
| 4 | ROCHELLE JORDAN | Play With The Changes | Young Art |
| 5 | GILLIGAN MOSS | Gilligan Moss | Foreign Family Collective |
| 6 | BLUEWERKS VOL. 2: IN FULL BLOOM | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Blue Note/Astralwerks |
| 7 | LEON VYNEHALL | Rare, Forever | Ninja Tune |
| 8 | FLOATING POINTS, PHAROAH SANDERS AND THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | Promises | Luaka Bop |
| 9 | WHEELUP | Good Love | Tru Thoughts |
| 10 | HEMAI | Strange Beauty | Tru Thoughts |
Electronic “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SUNROOF | Electronic Music Improvisations Vol. 1 | Parallel Series/Mute |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SHAWN MAXWELL | Expectation & Experience | Jazzline |
| 2 | BOB SABELLICO | Influence | Funky Bs |
| 3 | JOAO DONATO, ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD AND ADRIAN YOUNGE | João Donato JID007 | Jazz Is Dead |