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 30th. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, September 8th.
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August 24th, 2026 through September 30th, 2026
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ROCKVILLE THE BAND | Shine | Self-Released |
| 2 | LYNN HOLLYFIELD | Diving In | Self-Released |
| 3 | KURT VILE | Philadelphia’s Been Good To Me | Verve |
| 4 | HAPPY LANDING | Big Sun | Too Fine |
| 5 | KIMMI BITTER | Bittersweet | Self-Released |
| 6 | PHIL MADERIA | The Millionth Mile | Self-Released |
| 7 | PHOEBE BRIDGERS | Lost Weekend | Dead Oceans |
| 8 | SHANNA IN A DRESS | Sweet Spot | Self-Released |
| 9 | SON VOLT | “Serenade Song” [Single] | Transmit Music/Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | GREY DELISLE AND LES GREENE | grey & green | Hummin’bird |
| 11 | BRYAN JACK | The Marfa Drive | Self-Released |
| 12 | CHRISTOPHER MARK JONES | Now I Know | Hudson Harding |
| 13 | FAYE CAROL | Faye Sings The Blues | Getdown |
| 14 | HUMBIRD | “Daughter Of Empire” [Single] | Nettwerk |
| 15 | JOANNA CONNOR | Live On 11/11 | MC |
| 16 | KACEY MUSGRAVES | Middle Of Nowhere | Lost Highway |
| 17 | KATHERINE PERKINS | “Helpless Love” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 18 | BECK | “Disappearing Act” [Single] | Capitol |
| 19 | PUNCH BROTHERS | The Unsung Adventures Of Punch Brothers | Nonesuch |
| 20 | RANKY TANKY | This Village | Self-Released |
| 21 | RATBOYS | Singin’ To An Empty Chair | New West |
| 22 | REED TURCHI | “Junior’s Boogie” [Single] | Gitcha |
| 23 | RENEE FLEMING AND BELA FLECK | The Fiddle And The Drum | Thirty Tigers |
| 24 | SIERRA FERRELL | “Trying To Love You” [Single] | Rounder |
| 25 | TWISTED TEENS | Florida Water Blues | Going Underground |
| 26 | MORGAN FREEMAN | Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience | Decca |
| 27 | WOMACK SISTERS, THE | The Womack Sisters | Daptone |
| 28 | DURUTTI COLUMN, THE | Renascent | Because |
| 29 | EMANCIPATOR | “Thirty Three” [Single] | Loci |
| 30 | FONTAINES DC | “Marianne” [Single] | XL |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CARLA GOVER AND FRIENDS | Williams Branch is Hard to Find | Si Kahn Living Legacy |
| 2 | ERIN EADES | Monsters | Self-Released |
| 3 | HEALERS, THE | Healers 2 | Diagonal Man |
| 4 | NEW EARTH FARMERS | “Laugh” b/w “Borrowed Tune” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | DUSTY EDINGER | “Beginning To Break” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | STEPHANIE PHILLIPS | Walking The Tightrope | Self-Released |
| 7 | THOUGHTLIFE, THE | “Still Breathing” b/w “The Beast Below Us” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | WE IS SHORE DEDICATED | Secundomir | Self-Released |
| 9 | ARLEN ROTH | Blues Grass | MoMojo |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ORQUESTA AKOKAN | América! | Daptone |
| 2 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | “Los Andes” [Single] | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 3 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | “Los Ojos Del Cóndor” [Single] | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 4 | LIDO PIMIENTA | Caribenya | Anti- |
| 5 | TRIADA | “Un Veneno” b/w “Manos de Sal” [Single] | Verve/Mercury |
| 6 | RICHARD SHULMAN | Autumn Equinox Piano Meditations | RichHeart |
| 7 | ALEWYA | Zero | Because |
| 8 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | Afro-Disco Makossa | Linear Labs |
| 9 | MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND AND MERIDIAN BROTHERS | Ruido Tovar | Ansonia |
| 10 | JOYCE MORENO, TUTTY MORENO AND ADRIAN YOUNGE | Joyce E Tutty Moreno JID027 | Jazz Is Dead |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | NICHOLAS PAYTON AND BUTCHER BROWN | A Supreme Blue | Concord Jazz/Concord |
| 2 | DAWN RICHARD | “enough” b/w “baby, can we?” feat. Durand Bernarr [Single] | Merge |
| 3 | BISHOP JERRY AND LADY CHERRY GIVENS | “We’ve Got It All” [Single] | Brainstorm |
| 4 | VINCE STAPLES | Cry Baby | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 5 | MIC KING | Hallelujah [EP] | Firm Language |
| 6 | DJ SHADOW | The Mountain Will Fall (10th Anniversary Edition) | Mass Appeal |
| 7 | PROF | Good Time Boy | Stophouse |
| 8 | CHUCK STRANGERS | Glory Of The King’s Hand | Lex |
| 9 | CAUTIOUS CLAY | The Hours: High Noon | Concord |
| 10 | FLY ANAKIN | (The) Forever Dream: Night Shift | Lex |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AURALLAURA | The Critique Of Capital: An Engaging Revue | Self-Released |
| 2 | CATHERINE RUSSELL | Live At Jazz At Lincoln Center | Dot Time |
| 3 | EZRA COLLECTIVE | “Jubilee Feeling” [Single] | Partisan |
| 4 | KIEFER | “Memory Bomb” [Single] | Blue Note |
| 5 | MIKI YAMANAKA | Breathe | Cellar |
| 6 | NICHOLAS PAYTON AND BUTCHER BROWN | A Supreme Blue | Concord Jazz/Concord |
| 7 | JALEN BAKER | Repaved | Cellar |
| 8 | RUSS ANIXTER’S HIPPIE BIG BAND | What Next? | Self-Released |
| 9 | RICHARD SHULMAN | Autumn Equinox Piano Meditations | RichHeart |
| 10 | HARUNA FUKAZAWA | Plays At The Wrong Time | Orange Paw |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BONOBO | “Fire On The Water” feat. Arooj Aftab b/w “Drift” [Single] | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | DARTS, THE | Halloween Love Songs | Meow Hiss |
| 3 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | “Love” [Single] | Merge |
| 4 | JUNGLE | Sunshine | Caiola/AWAL |
| 5 | BOARDS OF CANADA | Inferno | Warp |
| 6 | DJ CINEMA QUARTIER LATIN | Bruise | Courage Holdings |
| 7 | KELELA | New Avatar | Warp |
| 8 | NUTRITIOUS | Solarmaxxing | Liquid Culture |
| 9 | TRICKY | Different When It’s Silent | False Idols |
| 10 | ZAINAB | Canal View [EP] | Technicolour |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DR GIANNI BIANCHINI | A Study In Songbook | GBE |
| 2 | OSCAR PETERSON | Around The World (Live) | Two Lions |
| 3 | WE IS SHORE DEDICATED | Secundomir | Self-Released |
| 4 | CANDICE HOYES | Expecting | La Reserve |
| 5 | JALEN BAKER | Repaved | Cellar |
| 6 | TECHNOCATS | Passionata: The Music Of Gregg Hill | Cold Plunge |