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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 23rd, 2022. Our next airplay chart will be computed on August 30th, 2022!
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August 15th through 21st, 2022
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MARY GAUTHIER | Dark Enough To See The Stars | In The Black/Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | PATTY GRIFFIN | Tape | PGM |
| 3 | TOM PAXTON, CATHY FINK AND MARCY MARXER | All New | Community |
| 4 | CAAMP | Lavender Days | Mom+Pop |
| 5 | DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS | Welcome 2 Club XIII | ATO |
| 6 | JOHN MORELAND | Birds In The Ceiling | Old Omens/Thirty Tigers |
| 7 | PETER MULVEY AND SISTASTRINGS | Love Is The Only Thing | Righteous Babe |
| 8 | SADIES, THE | Colder Streams | Dine Alone/Yep Roc |
| 9 | TAJ MAHAL AND RY COODER | Get On Board | Nonesuch |
| 10 | AMANDA SHIRES | Take It Like A Man | ATO |
| 11 | BIG CHEESE BAND, THE | Everything | Self-Released |
| 12 | CASSIE JEAN AND THE FIREFLIES | Heart Over Head | Self-Released |
| 13 | CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE | Mississippi Son | Alligator |
| 14 | DAN NAVARRO | Horizon Line | Red Hen |
| 15 | DAVID LAMOTTE | Still | Dryad |
| 16 | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | “Here To Forever” [Single] | Atlantic |
| 17 | FLASHER | Love Is Yours | Domino |
| 18 | JEB LIPSON | Reclamation | Self-Released |
| 19 | JOE PUG | Nation of Heat: Revisited | Nation of Heat |
| 20 | KAT RIGGINS | Progeny | Gulf Coast |
| 21 | KENNY “BLUES BOSS” WAYNE | Blues From Chicago To Paris | Stony Plain |
| 22 | KING ROPES | Super Natural | Big And Just Little |
| 23 | MAGGIE ROGERS | Surrender | Capitol |
| 24 | MICHELLE RIVERS | “Gone” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 25 | NEW POTATO CABOOSE | It Ain’t A Thing | Self-Released |
| 26 | PAT COLWELL AND THE SOUL SENSATIONS | Little Bit Of Fun | Self-Released |
| 27 | PLAINS | “Problem With It” [Single] | Anti- |
| 28 | STEVE FORBERT | Moving Through America | Blue Rose |
| 29 | TEXAS HORNS, THE | Everybody Let’s Roll | Blue Heart |
| 30 | TIFFANY WILLIAMS | All Those Days Of Drinking Dust | Blue Redbird |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ADAM NEWMAN | Sissy [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | GEOFF BRADFORD | Persuaded [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | TRENT AGECOUTAY | A Place To Call Home | Thicker Than Blood |
| 4 | CARY SHIELDS | “In The Morning” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | DESKJOBS | I Guess That’s How It’s Always Been [EP] | Self-Released |
| 6 | DIZZY BOX NINE | “Deep Inside Your Mind” b/w “Ok, Ok” [Single] | Trueno |
| 7 | JAZMO | Exposed [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | RAGLAND | Guardian | Highway 82 |
| 9 | KIM WARE AND THE GOOD GRACES | Ready | Potluck Foundation/Fort Lowell |
| 10 | JULIA BHATT | It Is What It Is | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHRONIXX | “Never Give Up” [Single] | Forever Living Originals |
| 2 | CLUB D’ELF | You Never Know | Face Pelt |
| 3 | ELJURI | “ESPEJO” [Single] | Manovill |
| 4 | LILA IKE | “Wanted” [Single] | In.Digg.Nation |
| 5 | RADHA BOTOFASINA | Carry On Spirituals Vol. 2 | Shaila |
| 6 | ABIOLA | Abiola Time | Alade Enterprises |
| 7 | MINAS | Beatles In Bossa | Blueazul |
| 8 | RAFAEL GRECO | Dice Que Vive | Blue Canoe |
| 9 | HOLLIE COOK | Happy Hour | Merge |
| 10 | SESSA | Estrela Acesa | Mexican Summer |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FEMME DEADLY VENOMS | Femmenomenon | Self-Released |
| 2 | DANGER MOUSE AND BLACK THOUGHT | Cheat Codes | BMG |
| 3 | J ROCC | A Wonderful Letter | Stones Throw |
| 4 | KENDRICK LAMAR | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers | pgLang/Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope |
| 5 | LINQUA FRANQA | Bellringer | Ernest Jenning |
| 6 | DOMI AND JD BECK | NOT TiGHT | Apeshit/Blue Note |
| 7 | MOOR MOTHER | Jazz Codes | Anti- |
| 8 | KILLER MIKE | “RUN” [Single] | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 9 | PLATO III | The Devil Has Texas | Polyvinyl |
| 10 | ELAQUENT | Long Drives To Nowhere | Urbnet |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ELLA FITZGERALD | Ella At The Hollywood Bowl | Verve |
| 2 | CALVIN KEYS | Blue Keys | Wide Hive |
| 3 | COLOMA BERTRAN | Principis | Microscopi |
| 4 | ERMELINDA CUELLAR | What A Difference A Day Made | Self-Released |
| 5 | LAUREN HENDERSON | La Bruja | Brontosaurus |
| 6 | MARILYN SCOTT | The Landscape | Blue Canoe |
| 7 | SOMI | Zenzile: The Reimagination Of Miriam Makeba | Salon Africana |
| 8 | STEVE KNIGHT | Persistence | Self-Released |
| 9 | ANNE BURNELL AND MARK BURNELL | Two For The Road | Spectrum |
| 10 | TROY ROBERTS | NU-JIVE: Nations United | Toy Robot |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BONOBO | Fragments | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | ROYKSOPP | Profound Mysteries | Dog Triumph/PIAS |
| 3 | ODESZA | The Last Goodbye | Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune |
| 4 | WORKING MEN’S CLUB | Fear Fear | Heavenly/PIAS |
| 5 | BELIEF | Belief | Lex |
| 6 | OLAN | Contra | Anjunadeep |
| 7 | ERIC HILTON | The Lost Dialect | Montserrat House |
| 8 | LIL SILVA | Yesterday Is Heavy | Nowhere |
| 9 | METRIC | Formentera | Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | RARE SSR ELECTRONICA 1988-94 (CRAMMED ARCHIVES 1) | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Crammed Discs |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOE POLICASTRO TRIO | Sounds Unheard | Jeru Jazz |
| 2 | ANTONIO ADOLFO | Octet And Originals | AAM |
| 3 | YELLOWJACKETS | Parallel Motion | Mack Avenue |
| 4 | STEVE KNIGHT | Persistence | Self-Released |