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, June 4th, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, June 6th.
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May 29th through June 4th, 2023
Top Thirty Most-Played Overall Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RICK SPARKS | Nightsong | Self-Released |
| 2 | EILEN JEWELL | Get Behind The Wheel | Signature Sounds |
| 3 | RODNEY CROWELL | The Chicago Sessions | New West |
| 4 | GRAHAM NASH | Now | BMG |
| 5 | ALISON BROWN | On Banjo | Compass |
| 6 | IRIS DEMENT | Workin’ On A World | Flariella |
| 7 | JOSH RITTER | Spectral Lines | Pytheas/Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | LEFTOVER SALMON | Grass Roots | Compass |
| 9 | LEMON TWIGS, THE | Everything Harmony | Captured Tracks |
| 10 | TREMOLOCO | Curandera Volume 1 | Self-Released |
| 11 | ALLAN CLARKE | I’ll Never Forget | BMG |
| 12 | BAND OF HEATHENS, THE | Simple Things | Orchard Ruf |
| 13 | BELLA WHITE | Among Other Things | Rounder/Concord |
| 14 | BOB DYLAN | “Watching The River Flow” [Single] | Columbia/Sony |
| 15 | BRANDY CLARK | Brandy Clark | Warner |
| 16 | FRUIT BATS | A River Running To Your Heart | Merge |
| 17 | HOLD STEADY, THE | The Price Of Progress | Positive Jams/Thirty Tigers |
| 18 | LAUREN MORROW | People Talk | Big Kitty |
| 19 | LUCINDA WILLIAMS | “New York Comeback” [Single] | Highway 20/Thirty Tigers |
| 20 | MICHELLE MALONE | Fan Favorites Unplugged Volume 1 | Orchard |
| 21 | NATALIE MERCHANT | Keep Your Courage | Nonesuch |
| 22 | NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE | Continue As A Guest | Merge |
| 23 | RENA GUINN | Is This Now? | Self-Released |
| 24 | ROBBIE FULKS | Bluegrass Vacation | Compass |
| 25 | SPECIAL CONSENSUS | Great Blue North | Compass |
| 26 | TOMMY EMMANUEL | Accomplice Two | CGP |
| 27 | BETTYE LAVETTE | LaVette! | Jay-Vee |
| 28 | NICK WATERHOUSE | The Fooler | Innovative Leisure |
| 29 | ROVES, THE | Needle Factory | Discotif |
| 30 | CIGARBOX MAN | “I Am Not Terrified” [Single] | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HUMAN DRAMA | “Dying In A Moment Of Splendor” b/w “Tears” [Single] | Sunset Blvd |
| 2 | BEN HARPER | Wide Open Light | Chrysalis |
| 3 | DAVID SINGLEY | “Workin’ All Morning” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | JESS WILLIAMSON | Time Ain’t Accidental | Mexican Summer |
| 5 | TOMBSTONES IN THEIR EYES | Sea Of Sorrow | Kitten Robot |
| 6 | CATSMELVIN | “Campus Grass – Machine Gun” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 7 | TEN02 | “Cherry Sunrise” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | RENA GUINN | Is This Now? | Self-Released |
| 9 | RICK HORNYAK | Dandelion | Self-Released |
| 10 | JAMES ELLIS FORD | The Hum | Warp |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ILE | Nacarile | Sony Latin |
| 2 | KAROL G | Manana Sera Bonito | Universal |
| 3 | TRIALS OF CATO, THE | Gog Magog | Self-Released |
| 4 | HEMPRESS SATIVA | “Sound The Trumpet” [Single] | Conquering Lion |
| 5 | ALTIN GUN | Ask | ATO |
| 6 | BAABA MAAL | Being | Marathon |
| 7 | ZUCO 103 | Telenova | Six Degrees |
| 8 | RODRIGO Y GABRIELA | In Between Thoughts… A New World | ATO |
| 9 | TINARIWEN | Amatssou | Wedge |
| 10 | Y LA BAMBA | Lucha | Tender Loving Empire |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ATMOSPHERE | So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously | Rhymesayers |
| 2 | BILLY WOODS AND KENNY SEGAL | Maps | Backwoodz Studioz/Fat Possum |
| 3 | EL MICHELS AFFAIR AND BLACK THOUGHT | Glorious Game | Big Crown |
| 4 | LITTLE SIMZ | NO THANK YOU | Forever Living Originals/AWAL |
| 5 | KILLER MIKE | “Don’t Let The Devil” [Single] | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 6 | HARRISON | Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees | Last Gang |
| 7 | KAMAUU | Lacuna & The House Of Mirrors | Atlantic |
| 8 | FLY ANAKIN | Skinemaxxx (Side A) | Lex |
| 9 | PLANET GIZA | Ready When You Are | NSVG |
| 10 | WAX TAILOR | Fishing For Accidents | Lab’oratoire |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | VINCE MENDOZA AND METROPOLE ORKEST | Olympians | Modern/BMG |
| 2 | DAVID LARSEN | The Peplowski Project | Larsen Jazz |
| 3 | SAMARA JOY | Linger Awhile (Deluxe Edition) | Verve/UMG |
| 4 | AYIZAN | Dilijans | Comet |
| 5 | ED CHERRY | Are We There Yet? | Cellar |
| 6 | JON CLEARY | So Swell | Single Lock |
| 7 | ARTEMIS | In Real Time | Blue Note |
| 8 | LONNIE LISTON SMITH, ADRIAN YOUNGE AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD | Lonnie Liston Smith JID017 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 9 | CECILIA SMITH | The Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project: Small Ensemble Repertoire, Volume 1 | Innova |
| 10 | ARTURO O’FARRILL | Legacies | Blue Note |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JESSIE WARE | That! Feels Good! | EMI/Universal |
| 2 | EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL | Fuse | Buzzin Fly/Verve |
| 3 | ALISON GOLDFRAPP | The Love Invention | Skint/BMG |
| 4 | DAFT PUNK | Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition) | Columbia/Sony |
| 5 | M83 | Fantasy | Mute |
| 6 | OVERMONO | Good Lies | XL/Beggars |
| 7 | FEVER RAY | Radical Romantics | Mute |
| 8 | A CERTAIN RATIO | 1982 (Nineteen Eighty Two) | Mute |
| 9 | NEGGY GEMMY | CBD Reiki Moonbeam | 100% Electronica |
| 10 | BRAIDS | Euphoric Recall | Secret City |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARA STARR TUCKER | Dara Starr Tucker | Green Hill |
| 2 | EDWARD SIMON FEATURING MAGOS HERRERA | Femeninas Songs Of Latin American Women | Artists Share |
| 3 | JAN CRONIN | I Thought About You | Scooter |
| 4 | LAILA BIALI | Your Requests | Self-Released |