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 past week. Our next airplay chart will be computed and posted on Tuesday, August 31st, 2021.
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August 16th, 2021 through August 22nd, 2021
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANYA HINKLE | Eden And Her Borderlands | Organic |
| 2 | RODNEY CROWELL | Triage | RC1/Thirty Tigers |
| 3 | FELICE BROTHERS, THE | “Jazz On The Autobahn” [Single] | Yep Roc |
| 4 | KATE TAYLOR | Why Wait! | Red House/Compass |
| 5 | WALLFLOWERS | Exit Wounds | New West |
| 6 | ALLISON RUSSELL | Outside Child | Fantasy/Concord |
| 7 | FLATLANDERS, THE | Treasure Of Love | Rack ‘Em/Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | JOAN ARMATRADING | Consequences | WMG |
| 9 | MAGGIE ROSE | Have A Seat | Starstruck |
| 10 | PAUL THORN | Never Too Late To Call | Perpetual Obscurity |
| 11 | RODD BLAND AND THE MEMBERS ONLY BAND | Live On Beale Street | Nola Blue |
| 12 | WATCHHOUSE | Watchhouse | Thirty Tigers |
| 13 | YOLA | Stand For Myself | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 14 | AIMEE MANN | “Suicide Is Murder” [Single] | SuperEgo |
| 15 | BLIND LEMON PLEDGE | A Satchel Full Of Blues | Ofeh |
| 16 | BRAD KOLODNER | Chimney Swifts | Self-Released |
| 17 | COLIN HAY | I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself | Compass |
| 18 | DALLAS BURROW | Dallas Burrow | Self-Released |
| 19 | DINOSAUR JR | Sweep It Into Space | Jagjaguwar |
| 20 | ELLEN FOLEY | Fighting Words | Urban Noise |
| 21 | GARY LOURIS | Jump For Joy | Sham |
| 22 | HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER | Quietly Blowing It | Merge |
| 23 | JEFF FETTERMAN | Southern Son | Self-Released |
| 24 | JESSE DANIEL | Boyond These Walls | Self-Released |
| 25 | KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD | Butterfly 3000 | KGLW |
| 26 | LEON BRIDGES | Gold-Diggers Sound | Columbia |
| 27 | LOS LOBOS | Native Sons | New West |
| 28 | MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE | Dark In Here | Merge |
| 29 | MUSERS | Turn It On | Self-Released |
| 30 | SEAN MCCONNELL | A Horrible Beautiful Dream | Soundly |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BOB’S BURGERS | The Bob’s Burgers Music Album Vol. 2 | Sub Pop |
| 2 | GIRLPUPPY | Swan [EP] | Royal Mountain |
| 3 | OCCURRENCE | I Have So Much Love To Give | Archie & Fox |
| 4 | CLIFFORD/WRIGHT | For All The Money In The World | Cliffsong |
| 5 | MAJOR SPARK | Beautiful Noise | High Wave |
| 6 | TIM REYNOLDS AND MICHAEL SOKOLOWSKI | Soul Pilgrimage | Breezeway |
| 7 | RANZEL X KENDRICK | Foreglow [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | BRIAN CHARLES TISCHLEDER | This Town | Self-Released |
| 9 | GINGER ROOT | City Slicker [EP] | Acrophase |
| 10 | MIGHTY ONE, THE | Torch Of Rock And Roll | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LOS LOBOS | Native Sons | New West |
| 2 | LA ERA DE ACUARIO | La Era De Acuario | Psych Out |
| 3 | ALEX MARTIN | Folk Songs, Jazz Journeys | Pajarito Verde |
| 4 | MAX HIGHSTEIN | Tiptoes | Desert Heart |
| 5 | ANGELIQUE KIDJO | Mother Nature | Verve |
| 6 | U-ROY | Solid Gold U-Roy | Trojan/BMG |
| 7 | MDOU MOCTAR | Afrique Victime | Matador/Beggars Group |
| 8 | COCHEMEA | Vol. II Baca Sewa | Daptone |
| 9 | LAKOU MIZIK AND JOSEPH RAY | Leave The Bones | Anjunadeep |
| 10 | JUPITER AND OKWESS | Na Kozonga | Everloving |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DREW LINES | “Rise” [Single] | Stryker |
| 2 | AUDIO SCIENTISTS LABORATORY, THE | “Bounce That” [Single] | Collective Consciousness |
| 3 | TYLER THE CREATOR | CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST | Columbia |
| 4 | GREENTEA PENG | Man Made | EMI |
| 5 | DJ 2-TONE JONES | Contraband From India | Self-Released |
| 6 | EVIDENCE | Unlearning Vol. 1 | Rhymesayers |
| 7 | ATMOSPHERE | WORD? – Side A [EP] | Rhymesayers |
| 8 | HALLUCI NATION, THE | One More Saturday Night | Radicalized |
| 9 | TOUSSAINT MORRISON | Social Science Club | Urban Home Companion |
| 10 | CADENCE WEAPON | Parallel World | eOne |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | EMMET COHEN | Future Stride | Mack Avenue |
| 2 | SONS OF KEMET | Black To The Future | Impulse! |
| 3 | 2B3 | Jimi | Self-Released |
| 4 | BRANDEE YOUNGER | Somewhere Different | Impulse |
| 5 | TROY ROBERTS AND TIM JAGO | Best Buddies | Toy Robot |
| 6 | BRIAN WOODRUFF SEXTET | A Centering Peace | QJOG |
| 7 | KRISTIN CALLAHAN | Lost In A Dream | Ivy Door |
| 8 | WAYNE ALPERN | Frankenstein | Henri Elkan |
| 9 | BILLY TEST TRIO | Coming Down Roses | ATM |
| 10 | KENNY SHANKER | Beautiful Things | Wise Cat |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SAN HOLO | bb u ok? | bitbird/Counter |
| 2 | ANUSHKA | Yemaya | Tru Thoughts |
| 3 | BLUEWERKS VOL. 3: HEAT WAVE | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Blue Note/Astralwerks |
| 4 | MOONSHINE | SMS For Location, Vol. 4 | Forseen |
| 5 | RED HOT + FREE | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Red Hot |
| 6 | DANIEL AVERY | Together In Static | Mute |
| 7 | GASPARD AUGE | Escapades | Genesis/Ed Banger/Because |
| 8 | ORA THE MOLECULE | Human Safari | Mute |
| 9 | HALLUCI NATION, THE | One More Saturday Night | Radicalized |
| 10 | IAIN HOWIE | Patterns | 0110/Symphonic |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RAY SOUL | Seu Aprendiz | SoulRay |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FLIPPOMUSIC | Tao Tunes | Oppilf |
| 2 | SONIC PORTRAITS JAZZ | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Sonic Portraits |
| 3 | STEVE MILLION | What I Meant to Say | Origin |
| 4 | SYSTEM 6 | Tales From The Backyard | Skipper |