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, October 5th, 2021.
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September 20th, 2021 through September 26th, 2021
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHARLIE MARIE | Ramble On | Self-Released |
| 2 | JOHN MCCUTCHEON | Bucket List | Appalseed |
| 3 | BOB DYLAN | Springtime in New York | Columbia / Legacy |
| 4 | JAMES MCMURTRY | The Horses And The Hounds | New West |
| 5 | JOSE GONZALEZ | Local Valley | Mute |
| 6 | ALTERED FIVE BLUES BAND | Holler If You Hear Me | Blind Pig |
| 7 | AMY HELM | What The Flood Leaves Behind | Renew/BMG |
| 8 | ANA EGGE | Between Us | Story Sound |
| 9 | FLATLANDERS, THE | Treasure Of Love | Rack ‘Em/Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | JOY ZIMMERMAN | The Canvas Before Us | Cultivate Joy |
| 11 | MALCOLM HOLCOMBE | Tricks Of The Trade | Need To Know |
| 12 | SHINYRIBS | Late Night TV Gold | Mustard Lid |
| 13 | SHUJAAT HUSAIN KHAN, KATAYOUN GOUDARZI, SHAHO ANDALIBI, AND SHARI | This Pale | Lycood |
| 14 | STURGILL SIMPSON | The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita | High Top Mountain/Thirty Tigers |
| 15 | ANYA HINKLE | Eden And Her Borderlands | Organic |
| 16 | BOY GOLDEN | Church Of Better Daze | Six Shooter |
| 17 | CHRISTONE KINGFISH INGRAM | 662 (Six Sixty-Two) | Alligator |
| 18 | COURTNEY BARNETT | “I’ll Be Your Mirror” [Single] | Verve/UMG |
| 19 | DEBBIE BOND | Blues Without Borders | Blues Root |
| 20 | ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS | Spanish Model | UMG |
| 21 | INDIGO DE SOUZA | Any Shape You Take | Saddle Creek |
| 22 | JESSE BROCK | Streamliner | Sound Biscuit |
| 23 | JIM LAUDERDALE | Hope | Yep Roc |
| 24 | JOHANNES LINSTEAD | Bohemian Strings | Self-Released |
| 25 | JOHN AND RACHEL NICHOLAS | Learning How To Walk | Self-Released |
| 26 | JP HARRIS | Don’t You Ever Marry No Railroad Man | Self-Released |
| 27 | KATE TAYLOR | Why Wait! | Red House/Compass |
| 28 | KATE VARGAS | Rumpumpo | Bandaloop |
| 29 | LAURA LOVE | Uppity | Octoroon Biography |
| 30 | LUMINEERS, THE | “Brightside” [Single] | Dualtone |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ADA LEA | one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden | Saddle Creek |
| 2 | MOMMYHEADS, THE | Age Of Isolation | Self-Released |
| 3 | SLUKA | Figure It Out | Self-Released |
| 4 | CATFISH WALKIN | Back From The Dead | Self-Released |
| 5 | DAFUG | Searching For Forever | Self-Released |
| 6 | JOSH CHRISTINA | “Weekend Night In America” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 7 | TEKLA WATERFIELD | New Skies | Self-Released |
| 8 | UNDERMINE | Undermine | Self-Released |
| 9 | ADRIAN SUTHERLAND | When The Magic Hits | Self-Released |
| 10 | BRIELLE BROWN | The Well [EP] | Monocentric |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOHANNES LINSTEAD | Bohemian Strings | Self-Released |
| 2 | ANGELIQUE KIDJO | Mother Nature | Verve |
| 3 | ANN SWEETEN | Change Is In The Wind | Orange Band |
| 4 | BELCIRQUE | La Grande Fete | Arc |
| 5 | SOJA | Beauty In The Silence. | ATO |
| 6 | SOUL SUGAR | Excursions in Soul Reggae Funk & Dub | Gee |
| 7 | RAY SOUL | Seu Aprendiz | SoulRay |
| 8 | MAX HIGHSTEIN | Tiptoes | Desert Heart |
| 9 | LAKOU MIZIK AND JOSEPH RAY | Leave The Bones | Anjunadeep |
| 10 | BOMBA ESTEREO | Deja | Sony Latin |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LITTLE SIMZ | Sometimes I Might Be Introvert | AGE 101 |
| 2 | COMMON | A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 3 | TYLER THE CREATOR | CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST | Columbia |
| 4 | HALLUCI NATION, THE | One More Saturday Night | Radicalized |
| 5 | EVIDENCE | Unlearning Vol. 1 | Rhymesayers |
| 6 | CARTEL MADRAS | The Serpent And The Tiger [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 7 | GREENLIGHTS MUSIC | Eye In Team | Self-Released |
| 8 | ATMOSPHERE | WORD? – Side A [EP] | Rhymesayers |
| 9 | DJ 2-TONE JONES | Contraband From India | Self-Released |
| 10 | SHA MONEY XL | Chain On The Bike, Vol. 2 | TeamWork |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ART OF PROTEST | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Sonic Portraits |
| 2 | MICHAEL STEPHENSON AND ALEXANDER CLAFFY | Michael Stephenson Meets Alexander Claffy with His Trio | Cellar Live |
| 3 | KENNY SHANKER | Beautiful Things | Wise Cat |
| 4 | STEVE MILLION QUARTET | What I Meant To Say | Origin 82827 |
| 5 | EDWARD DECKER | The Best You Can Give: The Songs Of Tony DeSare | Self-Released |
| 6 | PAT COIL | How Deep Is The Ocean | Burton Avenue |
| 7 | CHAD LEFKOWITZ-BROWN AND THE GLOBAL BIG BAND | Open World | La Reserve |
| 8 | BILLY TEST TRIO | Coming Down Roses | ATM |
| 9 | GEMMA SHERRY | Music To Dream To | Tunley |
| 10 | WAYNE ALPERN | Frankenstein | Henri Elkan |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DJ SEINFELD | Mirrors | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | HALLUCI NATION, THE | One More Saturday Night | Radicalized |
| 3 | DESIRE MAREA | Desire | Mute |
| 4 | PARK HYE JIN | Before I Die | Ninja Tune |
| 5 | BLUEWERKS VOL. 3: HEAT WAVE | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Blue Note/Astralwerks |
| 6 | PARNELL MARCH | Ozone Parade | Uncle Herb |
| 7 | ERIC HILTON | Ceremony | Montserrat House |
| 8 | YANN TIERSEN | Kerber | Mute |
| 9 | RED HOT + FREE | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Red Hot |
| 10 | ORA THE MOLECULE | Human Safari | Mute |
Hip Hop “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CATFISH WALKIN | Back From The Dead | Self-Released |
| 2 | DAFUG | Searching For Forever | Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ADRIENNE DUNCAN | Gemini [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | DAVID FINCK | BASSic Instinct | Burton Avenue |
| 3 | KATE MCGARRY AND KEITH GANZ ENSEMBLE | What To Wear In The Dark | RMA |
| 4 | LEVI DOVER SEXTET | Imaginary Structures [EP] | Three Pines |
| 5 | JOE FARNSWORTH | City Of Sounds | Smoke Sessions |