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, September 20th. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, September 29th.
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September 14th, 2026 through September 20th, 2026
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DALLAS BURROW | “Modern Day Vagabond” [Single] | Forty Below |
| 2 | FRUITION | Something More | Bloodhsot |
| 3 | KURT VILE | Philadelphia’s Been Good To Me | Verve |
| 4 | RILEY DOWNING | Landfill Poetery | Oh Boy |
| 5 | SIERRA FERRELL | “Pair Of Dice” [Single] | Rounder/Concord |
| 6 | THIS IS LORELEI | The Singer In My Band | Matador |
| 7 | BECK | “Ride Lonesome” [Single] | Capitol |
| 8 | CORTO.ALTO | SOME SMALL FORTUNE | Ninja Tune |
| 9 | ALABAMA SHAKES | I Must Be Dreaming | Island/UMG |
| 10 | DESLONDES, THE | Don’t Let It Die: Vol.1 | New West |
| 11 | INTERPOL | This Mirror Weighs A Ton | Partisan |
| 12 | JALEN NGONDA | Doctrine Of Love | Daptone |
| 13 | JOBI RICCIO | Face The Feeling | Yep Roc |
| 14 | KELLEY STOLTZ | If You Don’t Know Me, Buy Now! | Dandy Boy |
| 15 | KIMMI BITTER | Bittersweet | Self-Released |
| 16 | LINDA LINDAS, THE | Gotta Get Out | Reprise/Warner |
| 17 | LUMINEERS, THE | “Isabelle Fly” [Single] | Dualtone |
| 18 | MAYA DE VITRY | All My Faith | Self-Released |
| 19 | MOLLY TUTTLE | So Long Little Miss Sunshine [EP] | Nonesuch |
| 20 | PHIL MADERIA | The Millionth Mile | Self-Released |
| 21 | RANKY TANKY | This Village | Self-Released |
| 22 | RAY WYLIE HUBBARD | Reel 2 Reel 4 Real | WylieWorld |
| 23 | RHIANNON GIDDENS | Hope Is The Thing With Feathers | Nonesuch |
| 24 | RUTHIE FOSTER | Just Say Yes | Sun |
| 25 | SAMANTHA FISH | Paper Doll (Live) | Rounder |
| 26 | ALICIA BLUE | Country Desire | Soundly |
| 27 | WESTSIDE COWBOY | It Goes On | Slow Play/Island |
| 28 | WOMACK SISTERS, THE | The Womack Sisters | Daptone |
| 29 | BONOBO | Distance In Static | Ninja Tune |
| 30 | HEY NOTHING | Hound | Music-Soup/Interscope |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BRETT MORRIS | Dream Souvenirs [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | BILLY JETER | Dreamland | House On Fire |
| 3 | BRIAN TARQUIN AND HEAVY FRIENDS | Tyranny Of Tone | BHP/Guitar Trax |
| 4 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Girl I Seen” [Single] | Viral |
| 5 | LINDSAY EVERLY | “Fool’s Gold” b/w “Rich Man, Poor Man” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | LISA B | 60s Magic Now! | Piece Of Pie |
| 7 | DAVID COLLER | Blue Water | Upstart Yankee |
| 8 | HOTPANTS | Ghost Of Rock And Roll | Self-Released |
| 9 | GWEN | A Cure That Will Save the Both of Us | Self-Released |
| 10 | STEVE DELAMATER | Don’t Rush The Punchline | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HORACE ANDY | The Voice In Sound | Echo Beach |
| 2 | MAKING MOVIES | “This Is A Photograph” feat. Kevin Morby [Single] | 3/2 |
| 3 | MARCELO CALLADO | Brado | Nublu |
| 4 | JOYCE MORENO, TUTTY MORENO AND ADRIAN YOUNGE | Joyce E Tutty Moreno JID027 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 5 | ORQUESTA AKOKAN | América! | Daptone |
| 6 | LIDO PIMIENTA | Caribenya | Anti- |
| 7 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | Afro-Disco Makossa | Linear Labs |
| 8 | ALEWYA | Zero | Because |
| 9 | EMPANADAS ILEGALES | Laboratorio Tropical | We Are Time |
| 10 | ZAINAB | Canal View [EP] | Technicolour |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CORTO.ALTO | SOME SMALL FORTUNE | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | WOMACK SISTERS, THE | The Womack Sisters | Daptone |
| 3 | SAUL WILLIAMS | Leap Life | Big Dada |
| 4 | TOUSSAINT MORRISON | SHPSHFTR Vol. 1 | Urban Home Companion |
| 5 | US3 | “Cool Cat” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | AESOP ROCK AND BLOCKHEAD | “Trouble Trouble” [Single] | Rhymesayers |
| 7 | FLY ANAKIN | (The) Forever Dream: Night Shift | Lex |
| 8 | AUDIO SCIENTISTS LABORATORY, THE | Solipsistic | Collective Consciousness |
| 9 | ERYKAH BADU AND THE ALCHEMIST | Before The World Blows | Young/Beggars |
| 10 | VINCE STAPLES | Cry Baby | Loma Vista/Concord |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JEREMY GREEN | In Motion | Self-Released |
| 2 | ULYSSES OWENS JR AND GENERATION Y | Kind Of Grunge | Cellar |
| 3 | AUDREY OCHOA | The Sorceress | Chronograph |
| 4 | CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT | With Every Breath I Take | Nonesuch |
| 5 | CHARLIE HUNTER | Space Bomb | SideHustle |
| 6 | CHET BAKER | Swimming by Moonlight (New Music from the Documentary “Let’s Get Lost”) | Slow Down |
| 7 | JON BATISTE | Black Mozart | Decca |
| 8 | JON BATISTE | Monk Meditations | Decca |
| 9 | TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON + SOCIAL SCIENCE | Trip The Night Fantastic | Candid |
| 10 | TOM RICCI | Happening In Buenos Aires |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BONOBO | Distance In Static | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | ACTRESS | Radical Frame | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | AKUSMI | Terra Incognita | Tonal Union |
| 4 | BOY HARSHER | “Hard Beat” b/w “Jeans” [Single] | Atlantic |
| 5 | FCUKERS | nuyork [EP] | Ninja Tune |
| 6 | LATROIT HOUSE ENSEMBLE | CLASSICS VOL. 1 | House Of Latroit/Symphonic |
| 7 | OBLI | Soft Speak | Anjunachill |
| 8 | PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND | We Are Worlds Away [EP] | Nublu |
| 9 | ZAINAB | Canal View [EP] | Technicolour |
| 10 | KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD | Alien Metal | p(doom) |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DONALD VEGA | Play It Forward | Imagery/The Side Door |
| 2 | LISA B | 60s Magic Now! | Piece Of Pie |
| 3 | TODD DELGUIDICE | Mas Alto | OA2 |
| 4 | JOAN WATSON-JONES | Love Sings | Eye Of Samantha |
| 5 | ALAIN BRADETTE | To My Loved Ones | Quantum Gravity |
| 6 | AZAR LAWRENCE | Turn The Music Up | Trazar |
| 7 | EKEP NKWALLE | Caged Bird | Mack Avenue |
| 8 | ELLIOTT CAINE QUINTET | Furiositee! | Self-Released |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Girl I Seen” [Single] | Viral |