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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, August 14th, 2022. Our next airplay chart will be computed on August 23rd, 2022!
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August 8th through 14th, 2022
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PATTY GRIFFIN | Tape | PGM |
| 2 | DAN NAVARRO | Horizon Line | Red Hen |
| 3 | MARY GAUTHIER | Dark Enough To See The Stars | In The Black/Thirty Tigers |
| 4 | TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND | I Am The Moon III: The Fall | Fantasy/Concord |
| 5 | ANDREW BIRD | Inside Problems | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 6 | JOHN MORELAND | Birds In The Ceiling | Old Omens/Thirty Tigers |
| 7 | LOCAL HONEYS, THE | The Local Honeys | La Honda/Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | TAJ MAHAL AND RY COODER | Get On Board | Nonesuch |
| 9 | ANGEL OLSEN | Big Time | Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group |
| 10 | BALLROOM THIEVES, THE | Clouds | Nettwerk |
| 11 | BROS LANDRETH, THE | Come Morning | Birthday Cake |
| 12 | CAAMP | Lavender Days | Mom+Pop |
| 13 | CHRIS HADDOX | Chris Haddox | Self-Released |
| 14 | DAN TYMINSKI | One More Time Before You Go: A Tribute To Tony Rice [EP] | North Star |
| 15 | DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS | Welcome 2 Club XIII | ATO |
| 16 | HOT SUPPERS, THE | Live At The Colonial Theatre! | Self-Released |
| 17 | KAT RIGGINS | Progeny | Gulf Coast |
| 18 | MICHELLE RIVERS | “Gone” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 19 | MIKE GULDIN | Tumblin’ | Blue Heart |
| 20 | PHARIS AND JASON ROMERO | Tell ‘Em You Were Gold | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 21 | STEVE’S THEME PARK | It’s A Global Rock Thing | Self-Released |
| 22 | TAMI NEILSON | Kingmaker | Outside |
| 23 | TOM PAXTON, CATHY FINK AND MARCI MARXER | “Pete’s Shoulders” [Single] | Community |
| 24 | AMANDA CROSS | “Malibu Daydream” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 25 | BEN HARPER | Bloodline Maintenance | Chrysalis |
| 26 | ALBERT CASTIGLIA | I Got Love | Gulf Coast |
| 27 | AGENDER | No Nostalgia | CLIMAX! |
| 28 | DANIELIA COTTON | Good Day | Self-Released |
| 29 | CUTTER ELLIOTT | Heartache Waiting To Happen [EP] | TCM |
| 30 | WALTER TROUT | Ride | Provogue |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KIWI JR | Chopper | Sub Pop |
| 2 | GREAT GET GONE, THE | Rescue Me | Self-Released |
| 3 | JOE MARCINEK BAND | 5 (Five) | Vintage League |
| 4 | WALTER TROUT | Ride | Provogue |
| 5 | PETER MULVEY AND SISTASTRINGS | Love is the Only Thing | Righteous Babe |
| 6 | CASSIE JEAN AND THE FIREFLIES | Heart Over Head | Self-Released |
| 7 | EMILY YACINA | All The Things: A Decade of Songs | Danger Collective |
| 8 | FRIENDSHIP | Love The Stranger | Merge |
| 9 | IAN LAKE | What It Is | Self-Released |
| 10 | SPENCER GOLDMAN | “Breakthrough” [Single] | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ADRIAN QUESADA | Boleros Psicodélicos | ATO |
| 2 | DUNGEN | “Om Det Finns Något Som Du Vill Fråga Mig” [Single] | Mexican Summer |
| 3 | KOFFEE | Gifted | Promised Land |
| 4 | VIEUX FARKA TOURE AND KHRUANGBIN | “Savanne” [Single] | Dead Oceans |
| 5 | RADHA BOTOFASINA | Carry On Spirituals Vol. 2 | Shaila |
| 6 | ABIOLA | Abiola Time | Alade Enterprises |
| 7 | RAFAEL GRECO | Dice Que Vive | Blue Canoe |
| 8 | MINAS | Beatles In Bossa | Blueazul |
| 9 | HOLLIE COOK | Happy Hour | Merge |
| 10 | SESSA | Estrela Acesa | Mexican Summer |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FEMME DEADLY VENOMS | Femmenomenon | Self-Released |
| 2 | J ROCC | A Wonderful Letter | Stones Throw |
| 3 | DANGER MOUSE AND BLACK THOUGHT | Cheat Codes | BMG |
| 4 | KENDRICK LAMAR | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers | pgLang/Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope |
| 5 | LINQUA FRANQA | Bellringer | Ernest Jenning |
| 6 | PLATO III | The Devil Has Texas | Polyvinyl |
| 7 | ELAQUENT | Long Drives To Nowhere | Urbnet |
| 8 | MOOR MOTHER | Jazz Codes | Anti- |
| 9 | ROBERT GLASPER | Black Radio III | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 10 | DOMI AND JD BECK | NOT TiGHT | Apeshit/Blue Note |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANTONIO SANCHEZ FT ANA TIJOUX | “Mi Palabra” [Single] | Warner |
| 2 | COLOMA BERTRAN | Principis | Microscopi |
| 3 | MARILYN SCOTT | The Landscape | Blue Canoe |
| 4 | TROMBONE SHORTY | Lifted | Blue Note/UMG |
| 5 | CLIFF KARMAN | Brazilified | Self-Released |
| 6 | TROY ROBERTS | NU-JIVE: Nations United | Toy Robot |
| 7 | SALOME BEY | Salome Bey | Prestige |
| 8 | MELISSA ERRICO | Out Of The Dark – The Film Noir Project | Ghostlight |
| 9 | LAURA STILWELL | Out Of A Dream | Self-Released |
| 10 | BARRY COATES, JIMMY HASLIP, JERRY KALAF | New Dreams | Outside In |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KAIDI TATHAM | Don’t Rush The Process | First World |
| 2 | MONTE, DINASTIA TORRES | El Duende | Self-Released |
| 3 | ODESZA | The Last Goodbye | Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune |
| 4 | POLICA | Madness | Memphis Industries |
| 5 | OLAN | Contra | Anjunadeep |
| 6 | BELIEF | Belief | Lex |
| 7 | ERIC HILTON | The Lost Dialect | Montserrat House |
| 8 | LIZETTE LIZETTE | Miss Gendered | Icons Creating Evil Art |
| 9 | WORKING MEN’S CLUB | Fear Fear | Heavenly/PIAS |
| 10 | HAAI | Baby, We’re Ascending | Mute |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANNE BURNELL AND MARK BURNELL | Two For The Road | Spectrum |
| 2 | CALVIN KEYS | Simply Calvin | Lifeforce Jazz |
| 3 | JEFF COFFIN | Between Dreaming And Joy | Ear Up |
| 4 | JOE MARCINEK BAND | 5 (Five) | Vintage League |
| 5 | MONTY ALEXANDER | Love Notes | Self-Released |
| 6 | NEIL SWAINSON | Fire In The West | Cellar Live |