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 16th, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, July 25th.
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July 10th through July 16th, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SON VOLT | Day Of The Doug | Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | LUCINDA WILLIAMS | Stories From A Rock And Roll Heart | Highway 20 |
| 3 | AMANDA SHIRES AND BOBBIE NELSON | Loving You | Silver Knife |
| 4 | ROD MACDONALD | Rants And Romance | Blue Flute |
| 5 | SHAUN MURPHY | I’m Coming Home | Self-Released |
| 6 | TOM FAIA AND KATE MILLER | Risk It All For Love | Lazy Tom |
| 7 | BOB AND SARAH AMOS | Ever Onward | Self-Released |
| 8 | ELIZA GILKYSON | Home | Realiza |
| 9 | RODNEY CROWELL | The Chicago Sessions | New West |
| 10 | BUDDY MONDLOCK | Filament | Self-Released |
| 11 | DAVID GELMAN | Dusty Highway | Self-Released |
| 12 | ELLIS PAUL | 55 (Fifty-Five) | Rosella |
| 13 | GRAHAM NASH | Now | BMG |
| 14 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Weathervanes | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 15 | JOBI RICCIO | Whiplash | Yep Roc |
| 16 | LARRY TAYLOR AND THE TAYLOR FAMILY | Generations Of Blues (West Side Legacy) | Nola Blue |
| 17 | LITTLE DRAGON | Slugs Of Love | Ninja Tune |
| 18 | M WARD | Supernatural Thing | Anti- |
| 19 | MARC BROUSSARD | SOS IV Blues For Your Soul | KTBA |
| 20 | MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES | Altitude | Self-Released |
| 21 | MATT ANDERSEN | The Big Bottle Of Joy | Sonic |
| 22 | RODNEY RICE | “How You Told Me So” [Single] | Edgewater |
| 23 | TIM O’BRIEN | Cup Of Sugar | Howdy Skies |
| 24 | TRACY NELSON | Life Don’t Miss Nobody | BMG |
| 25 | B COOL-AID | Leather Blvd. | Lex |
| 26 | KILLER MIKE | Michael | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 27 | RARELYALWAYS | WORK | Innovative Leisure |
| 28 | GREG SOVER | His-Story | Self-Released |
| 29 | BETTYE LAVETTE | LaVette! | Jay-Vee |
| 30 | ADAM MASTERSON | Time Bomb (Adam Masterson) | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BRIAN GORE GUITAR POET | Seek The Love You’re Yearning | Self-Released |
| 2 | DAVID GELMAN | Dusty Highway | Self-Released |
| 3 | ELI CONLEY | Searching For What’s True | Self-Released |
| 4 | ED SNODDERLY | Chimney Smoke | Need To Know |
| 5 | ROB GLASSMAN | Feelin’ Good, Feelin’ Right! | Horizon |
| 6 | WYE OAK | Every Day Like The Last | Merge |
| 7 | NEVER KNOWS BEST | I Guess [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | ONE LESS GUEST | Viewfinder | Self-Released |
| 9 | PINK STONES | You Know Who | Self-Released |
| 10 | SQUID | O Monolith | Warp |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GRUPO FRONTERA | un x100to | Rimas |
| 2 | SON ROMPE PERA | Chimborazo | AYA |
| 3 | REGINALD POLICARD AND RICHARD BONA | “Encuentro Theme” [Single] | Encuentro |
| 4 | GONZALO GRAU AND LA CLAVE SECRETA | De Verdad Verdad | Self-Released |
| 5 | WITCH | Zango | Desert Daze/Partisan |
| 6 | TINARIWEN | Amatssou | Wedge |
| 7 | ALTIN GUN | Ask | ATO |
| 8 | RODRIGO Y GABRIELA | In Between Thoughts… A New World | ATO |
| 9 | EASY STAR ALL-STARS | Ziggy Stardub | Easy Star |
| 10 | KETURAH | Keturah | Hen House |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | B COOL-AID | Leather Blvd. | Lex |
| 2 | KILLER MIKE | Michael | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 3 | RARELYALWAYS | WORK | Innovative Leisure |
| 4 | FLY ANAKIN | “Things Change” feat. Demae [Single] | Lex |
| 5 | JGRREY | “May” feat. Kojey Radical b/w “Theirs13” [Single] | PACE/Marathon |
| 6 | MICK JENKINS | “Smoke Break-Dance” feat. JID [Single] | RBC/BMG |
| 7 | WAX TAILOR | Fishing For Accidents | Lab’oratoire |
| 8 | FLY ANAKIN | “Intrepid” [Single] | Lex |
| 9 | KASSA OVERALL | ANIMALS | Warp |
| 10 | ATMOSPHERE | So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously | Rhymesayers |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BUSTER WILLIAMS | Unalome | Smoke Sessions |
| 2 | CHRIS KEEFE | Opening | Zugzwangbebop |
| 3 | DARA STARR TUCKER | Dara Starr Tucker | Green Hill |
| 4 | KASSA OVERALL | ANIMALS | Warp |
| 5 | NICOLE ZURAITIS | How Love Begins | Outside In |
| 6 | SCOOCHES, THE | Lift You Up | On The Bol |
| 7 | TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON | New Standards, Vol. 1 | Candid |
| 8 | PACIFIC JAZZ GROUP, THE | The Pacific Jazz Group | Ropeadope |
| 9 | GREG DIAMOND | Beata | Chasm |
| 10 | DAVID LARSEN | The Peplowski Project | Larsen Jazz |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LITTLE DRAGON | Slugs Of Love | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | JUNGLE | “Candle Flame” feat. Erick The Architect [Single] | Caiola/AWAL |
| 3 | GOGO PENGUIN | Everything Is Going To Be OK | XXM |
| 4 | ALISON GOLDFRAPP | The Love Invention | Skint/BMG |
| 5 | DAFT PUNK | Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition) | Columbia/Sony |
| 6 | CAPTAIN PLANET | Sounds Like Home | Bastard Jazz |
| 7 | DJANGO DJANGO | Off Planet | Because |
| 8 | JAYDA G | Guy | Ninja Tune |
| 9 | EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL | Fuse | Buzzin Fly/Verve |
| 10 | OVERMONO | Good Lies | XL/Beggars |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | REGINALD CYNTJE | “Mirror Soul” [Single] | Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | NOAH HAIDU | Standards | Sunnyside |
| 2 | PAUL TYNAN AND AARON LINGTON | Bicoastal Collective Chapter Six | OA2 |
| 3 | REGINALD CYNTJE | “Mirror Soul” [Single] | Self-Released |