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, July 23rd, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, August 1st.
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July 17th through July 23rd, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TIM O’BRIEN | Cup Of Sugar | Howdy Skies |
| 2 | LUCINDA WILLIAMS | Stories From A Rock And Roll Heart | Highway 20 |
| 3 | SON VOLT | Day Of The Doug | Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers |
| 4 | BOBBIE NELSON AND AMANDA SHIRES | Loving You | ATO |
| 5 | ROD MACDONALD | Rants And Romance | Blue Flute |
| 6 | ELIZA GILKYSON | Home | Realiza |
| 7 | LITTLE DRAGON | Slugs Of Love | Ninja Tune |
| 8 | BRITTANY JEAN | “Lightfoot” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | BRUCE COCKBURN | O Sun O Moon | True North |
| 10 | IRIS DEMENT | Workin’ On A World | Flariella |
| 11 | BOB AND SARAH AMOS | Ever Onward | Self-Released |
| 12 | BRENNEN LEIGH | Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet | Signature Sounds |
| 13 | DEER TICK | Emotional Contracts | ATO |
| 14 | EILEN JEWELL | Get Behind The Wheel | Signature Sounds |
| 15 | EMPTY POCKETS | Gotta Find The Moon | Self-Released |
| 16 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Weathervanes | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 17 | JEAU JAMES | Fated | Forty Below |
| 18 | JOBI RICCIO | Whiplash | Yep Roc |
| 19 | LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER | Falling Forward | Self-Released |
| 20 | MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES | Altitude | Self-Released |
| 21 | MILES MILLER | “Highway Shoes” [Single] | Easy Lovin/Thirty Tigers |
| 22 | MILLY RACCOON | Frankincense And Myrrh | Self-Released |
| 23 | NICOLE ZURAITIS | How Love Begins | Outside In |
| 24 | RACHEL GARLIN | The Ballad Of Madelyne & Therese | Tactile |
| 25 | RODNEY CROWELL | The Chicago Sessions | New West |
| 26 | SUMMER DEAN | “She’s In His Arms But I’m In The Palm Of His Hand” [Single] | The Next Waltz |
| 27 | TANYA TUCKER | Sweet Western Sound | Fantasy/Concord |
| 28 | TRACY NELSON | Life Don’t Miss Nobody | BMG |
| 29 | ENDLESS COLOURED WAYS: THE SONGS OF NICK DRAKE, THE | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Chrysalis |
| 30 | BETTYE LAVETTE | LaVette! | Jay-Vee |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BILLY JETER | Hysteria | House On Fire |
| 2 | LOCAL NATIVES | Time Will Wait For No One | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 3 | RACHEL GARLIN | The Ballad Of Madelyne & Therese | Tactile |
| 4 | TIM FOLEY GROUP | Stop Along The Way | TFG |
| 5 | ALEKSI CAMPAGNE | For The Giving – Sans Rien Donner | Self-Released |
| 6 | CULLEN WADE AND THE WATERS | Cullen Wade And The Waters | Self-Released |
| 7 | ESPHYR | “Fighter” [Single] | Synthico |
| 8 | ERIN VIANCOURT | Won’t Die This Way | Late August |
| 9 | GHOST HOUNDS | “Last Train To Nowhere” [Single] | Gibson |
| 10 | NIGHT BEATS | Rajan | Suicide Squeeze |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AHMED BEN ALI | Subhana | Habibi Funk |
| 2 | RAQUEL BITTON | C’est Magnifique | Sparrow |
| 3 | JUAN PASTOR/CHINCHANO | Cachito | Brace |
| 4 | REGINALD CYNTJE | “Mirror Soul” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | PAULA MAYA | Mar Da Minha Terra | Yellow House |
| 6 | REGINALD POLICARD AND RICHARD BONA | “Encuentro Theme” [Single] | Encuentro |
| 7 | GONZALO GRAU AND LA CLAVE SECRETA | De Verdad Verdad | Self-Released |
| 8 | WITCH | Zango | Desert Daze/Partisan |
| 9 | TINARIWEN | Amatssou | Wedge |
| 10 | ALTIN GUN | Ask | ATO |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KILLER MIKE | Michael | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 2 | BILLY WOODS AND KENNY SEGAL | Maps | Backwoodz Studioz/Fat Possum |
| 3 | KASSA OVERALL | ANIMALS | Warp |
| 4 | ATMOSPHERE | So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously | Rhymesayers |
| 5 | KARI FAUX | REAL B*TCHES DON’T DIE | Drink Sum Wtr |
| 6 | MCKINLEY DIXON | Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? | City Slang |
| 7 | HAVIAH MIGHTY | Crying Crystals | Mighty Gang |
| 8 | MOKA ONLY | In And Of Itself | Urbnet |
| 9 | LIL UZI VERT | Pink Tape | Generation Now/Atlantic |
| 10 | HARRISON | Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees | Last Gang |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | NICOLE ZURAITIS | How Love Begins | Outside In |
| 2 | DARA STARR TUCKER | Dara Starr Tucker | Green Hill |
| 3 | LONNIE LISTON SMITH, ADRIAN YOUNGE AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD | Lonnie Liston Smith JID017 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 4 | SCOOCHES, THE | Lift You Up | On The Bol |
| 5 | ANTONIO ADOLFO | Bossa 65 | AAM |
| 6 | PACIFIC JAZZ GROUP, THE | The Pacific Jazz Group | Ropeadope |
| 7 | CLIFFORD JORDAN | Drink Plenty Water | Harvest Song |
| 8 | MICHAEL COSTANTINO | The Song Inside The Tune | Self-Released |
| 9 | JUAN PASTOR/CHINCHANO | Cachito | Brace |
| 10 | DAVID LARSEN | The Peplowski Project | Larsen Jazz |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LITTLE DRAGON | Slugs Of Love | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | DEBORAH MARTIN AND JILL HALEY | Into The Quiet | Spotted Peccary |
| 3 | ODESZA | The Last Goodbye Remixes No. 2 | Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune |
| 4 | ALISON GOLDFRAPP | The Love Invention | Skint/BMG |
| 5 | JAYDA G | Guy | Ninja Tune |
| 6 | DJANGO DJANGO | Off Planet | Because |
| 7 | DAFT PUNK | Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition) | Columbia/Sony |
| 8 | CAPTAIN PLANET | Sounds Like Home | Bastard Jazz |
| 9 | OVERMONO | Good Lies | XL/Beggars |
| 10 | DEBBY FRIDAY | GOOD LUCK | Sub Pop |
Electronic / Dance “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ODESZA | The Last Goodbye Remixes No. 2 | Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune |
| 2 | BLACK MILK | Everybody Good? | Mass Appeal |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BLACK MILK | Everybody Good? | Mass Appeal |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JASON KAO HWANG AND CRITICAL RESPONSE | Book Of Stories | True Sound |
| 2 | STEVE SNYDER TRIO | Prime Vintage | DPU |