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 30th, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, August 8th.
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July 24th through July 30th, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BRENNEN LEIGH | Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet | Signature Sounds |
| 2 | TANYA TUCKER | Sweet Western Sound | Fantasy/Concord |
| 3 | LUCINDA WILLIAMS | Stories From A Rock And Roll Heart | Highway 20 |
| 4 | SOULFUL FEMME | Attitude | Self-Released |
| 5 | TRACY NELSON | Life Don’t Miss Nobody | BMG |
| 6 | BLIND RACCOON NOLA BLUE COLLECTION VOLUME FIVE | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Blue Heart |
| 7 | BEN HARPER | Wide Open Light | Chrysalis |
| 8 | BRANDY CLARK | Brandy Clark | Warner |
| 9 | BRITTANY JEAN | “Lightfoot” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | BRUCE COCKBURN | O Sun O Moon | True North |
| 11 | COLTER WALL | Little Songs | La Honda/RCA |
| 12 | DANIEL RODRIGUEZ | Vast Nothing | Self-Released |
| 13 | DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS | Strangers No More | Magnolia/Tone Tree |
| 14 | EILEN JEWELL | Get Behind The Wheel | Signature Sounds |
| 15 | ELIZA GILKYSON | Home | Realiza |
| 16 | ELLIS PAUL | 55 (Fifty-Five) | Rosella |
| 17 | EMPTY POCKETS | Gotta Find The Moon | Self-Released |
| 18 | JOBI RICCIO | Whiplash | Yep Roc |
| 19 | JOSH RITTER | Spectral Lines | Pytheas/Thirty Tigers |
| 20 | MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES | Altitude | Self-Released |
| 21 | MELISSA CARPER | Ramblin’ Soul | Thirty Tigers |
| 22 | MILES MILLER | “Highway Shoes” [Single] | Easy Lovin/Thirty Tigers |
| 23 | MOLLY TUTTLE AND GOLDEN HIGHWAY | City Of Gold | Nonesuch |
| 24 | NICK WATERHOUSE | The Fooler | Innovative Leisure |
| 25 | PJ HARVEY | I Inside The Old Year Dying | Partisan |
| 26 | REBECCA AADLAND | Stronger Broken | Self-Released |
| 27 | ROD MACDONALD | Rants And Romance | Blue Flute |
| 28 | SON VOLT | Day Of The Doug | Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers |
| 29 | WATSON TWINS, THE | Holler | Blood Shot |
| 30 | BLACK MILK | Everybody Good? | Mass Appeal |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MADELINE KENNEY | A New Reality Mind | Carpark |
| 2 | PAINTED MANDOLIN | Sweet Rain | Self-Released |
| 3 | SHANNON LEIGH REYNOLDS | Triple Shot | Good Bygone |
| 4 | EVAN CHARLES | Between Two Worlds | Mr. Pink |
| 5 | HUMAN DRAMA | Ten Small Fractures | Sunset Blvd |
| 6 | NINA DE VITRY | What You Feel Is Real | Self-Released |
| 7 | SHRED KELLY | “Cracks In The Finish” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | TOM CIURCZAK | I Ain’t Ever Growing Up (Vol. 1) | Ludlow TFC |
| 9 | TIM FOLEY GROUP | Stop Along The Way | TFG |
| 10 | CHARM SCHOOL | Finite Jest [EP] | sonaBLAST! |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANTONIO ADOLFO | Bossa 65 | AAM |
| 2 | GONZALO GRAU AND LA CLAVE SECRETA | De Verdad Verdad | Self-Released |
| 3 | REGINALD CYNTJE | “Mirror Soul” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | REGINALD POLICARD AND RICHARD BONA | “Encuentro Theme” [Single] | Encuentro |
| 5 | WITCH | Zango | Desert Daze/Partisan |
| 6 | TINARIWEN | Amatssou | Wedge |
| 7 | CAPTAIN PLANET | Sounds Like Home | Bastard Jazz |
| 8 | TEKE TEKE | Hagata | Kill Rock Stars |
| 9 | TONY ALLEN AND ADRIAN YOUNGE | Tony Allen JID018 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 10 | ALTIN GUN | Ask | ATO |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BLACK MILK | Everybody Good? | Mass Appeal |
| 2 | B COOL-AID | Leather Blvd. | Lex |
| 3 | RARELYALWAYS | WORK | Innovative Leisure |
| 4 | KILLER MIKE | Michael | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 5 | BILLY WOODS AND KENNY SEGAL | Maps | Backwoodz Studioz/Fat Possum |
| 6 | HAVIAH MIGHTY | Crying Crystals | Mighty Gang |
| 7 | LIL UZI VERT | Pink Tape | Generation Now/Atlantic |
| 8 | MCKINLEY DIXON | Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? | City Slang |
| 9 | KASSA OVERALL | ANIMALS | Warp |
| 10 | KARI FAUX | REAL B*TCHES DON’T DIE | Drink Sum Wtr |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MR CHAIR | Better Days | Self-Released |
| 2 | BRAD MEHLDAU | Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles | Nonesuch |
| 3 | PAUL TYNAN AND AARON LINGTON | Bicoastal Collective Chapter Six | OA2 |
| 4 | SCOOCHES, THE | Lift You Up | On The Bol |
| 5 | EDWARD SIMON FEATURING MAGOS HERRERA | Femeninas Songs Of Latin American Women | Artists Share |
| 6 | DOUG MACDONALD | Edwin Alleuy | Self-Released |
| 7 | PACIFIC JAZZ GROUP, THE | The Pacific Jazz Group | Ropeadope |
| 8 | BUSELLI – WALLARAB JAZZ ORCHESTRA | Gennett Suite | Patois |
| 9 | CLIFFORD JORDAN | Drink Plenty Water | Harvest Song |
| 10 | MICHAEL COSTANTINO | The Song Inside The Tune | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DJANGO DJANGO | Off Planet | Because |
| 2 | JAYDA G | Guy | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | LITTLE DRAGON | Slugs Of Love | Ninja Tune |
| 4 | DAFT PUNK | Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition) | Columbia/Sony |
| 5 | ALISON GOLDFRAPP | The Love Invention | Skint/BMG |
| 6 | TENSNAKE | Stimulate | Armada |
| 7 | CAPTAIN PLANET | Sounds Like Home | Bastard Jazz |
| 8 | DEBBY FRIDAY | GOOD LUCK | Sub Pop |
| 9 | OVERMONO | Good Lies | XL/Beggars |
| 10 | NICKODEMUS | Soul & Science | Wonderwheel |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALLAN HARRIS | Live At The Blue Llama | Love Productions |
| 2 | HOT TODDIES JAZZ BAND | Hot Toddies Jazz Band | Prohibition |
| 3 | JON MENGES | Spirit of 3, Spirit of 4 | Self-Released |
| 4 | NITE BJUTI | Nite Bjuti | Whirlwind |
| 5 | WILL CLEMENTS | Compass | Self-Released |
| 6 | TERELL STAFFORD | Between Two Worlds | Le Coq |