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 1st, 2024. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, September 10th, 2024!
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August 26th through September 1st, 2024
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JANET MONTALBO | JPlanet and the Aliens | Self-Released |
| 2 | TENI RANE | Goldenrod | Self-Released |
| 3 | ORVILLE PECK | Stampede | Warner |
| 4 | LUCY KAPLANSKY | Last Days Of Summer | Self-Released |
| 5 | MARTHA SPENCER | Out In La La Land | Self-Released |
| 6 | STEVE CROPPER | Friendly Town | Provogue |
| 7 | STEVE FORBERT | Daylight Savings Time | Blue Rose |
| 8 | TIFFANY WILLIAMS AND DALTON MILLS | Wasted Luck [EP] | Self-Released |
| 9 | MAGGIE ANTONE | Rhinestoned | Love Big |
| 10 | JOSH MORNINGSTAR | Josh Morningstar | Late August |
| 11 | MIRANDA HARDY | The Price Of Happiness | Self-Released |
| 12 | PO RAMBLIN BOYS | Wanderers Like Me | Folkways |
| 13 | RENA GUINN AND THE GENTLEMEN | The WILBURLAND Sessions [EP] | Self-Released |
| 14 | INDIA RAMEY | Baptized By The Blaze | Mule Kick |
| 15 | BRONWYN KEITH-HYNES | I Built A World | Sugar Petunia |
| 16 | CATHY FINK AND MARCY MARXER CHAO TIAN | From China To Appalachia | Community |
| 17 | COLIN JAMES | Chasing The Sun | Stony Plain |
| 18 | FUTUREBIRDS | Easy Company | Dualtone |
| 19 | HANNAH JUANITA | Tennessee Songbird | Self-Released |
| 20 | JOHNNY BLUE SKIES | Passage Du Desir | High Top Mountain/Thirty Tigers |
| 21 | AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS | “Chewing Gum” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 22 | SHEMEKIA COPELAND | Blame It On Eve | Alligator |
| 23 | TERESA STORCH BAND | Open Your Heart | Storch Songs |
| 24 | TONY TRISCHKA | Earl Jam | Down The Road |
| 25 | LONE JUSTICE | “Teenage Kicks” [Single] | Fire |
| 26 | PREFUSE 73 | New Strategies For Modern Crime Vol. 1 & 2 | Lex |
| 27 | SWIM SURREAL AND ZERO 7 | In The Half Light | Make |
| 28 | PLANET D NONET | Echoes Of Harlem: A Salute To Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 | Eastlawn |
| 29 | AARON FRAZER | Into The Blue | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 30 | BBY | 1 (One) | Glassnote |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BUG CLUB, THE | On The Intricate Workings Of The System | Sub Pop |
| 2 | BLUEGRASS SINGS PAXTON | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Mountain Home |
| 3 | DELLA | Playing Pretend [EP] | Self-Released |
| 4 | SI KAHN AND GEORGE MANN | Labor Day | Strictly Country |
| 5 | DAVID BELLE | The Beginning | Self-Released |
| 6 | ANDY HANSON | Roots | Self-Released |
| 7 | KEVIN PM | The Light That You Left Me | Long Jump |
| 8 | LOLA KRISTINE | Chapters | Self-Released |
| 9 | PROJECT 1268 | “Me Now Free” b/w “Do Ya Wanna” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | ANDREW DEMURO | Kings, Queens & Quarantines | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | Sonido Cósmico | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 2 | KAROL G | Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido | Bichota/Interscope |
| 3 | RAMON CHICHARRON AND WAAHLI | “Menealo” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | CEU | NOVELA | Urban Jungle/ONErpm |
| 5 | JANIE ROTHFIELD AND ALLAN CARR | The Two Of Us | Self-Released |
| 6 | KALI UCHIS | Orquídeas Parte 2 | Capitol/UMG |
| 7 | L’ETRANGLEUSE | Ambiance Argile | La Curieuse |
| 8 | LINIKER | Caju | Self-Released |
| 9 | MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND | Algo-Ritmo: Mexican Institute Of Sound Hits 2004-2024 | Soy Sauce |
| 10 | OPEN THE DOOR FOR THREE | A Prosperous Gale | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PREVIOUS INDUSTRIES | Service Merchandise | Merge |
| 2 | COMMON AND PETE ROCK | The Auditorium, Vol. 1 | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 3 | KILLER MIKE | Michael & The Mighty Midnight Revival: Songs For Sinners And Saints | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 4 | LUPE FIASCO | Samurai | 1st And 15th Too/Thirty Tigers |
| 5 | DENZEL CURRY | King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 | PH/Loma Vista/Concord |
| 6 | CHILDISH GAMBINO | Bando Stone And The New World | RCA |
| 7 | NXWORRIES | Why Lawd? | Stones Throw |
| 8 | OMNI! | OMNI! (The Rap Group) | Backseat |
| 9 | JAE SKEESE | Ground Level | Drumwork/Equity |
| 10 | FANA HUES | Moth | Bright Antenna |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALLYSON BRIGGS | Promises, Prayers, And Raindrops: Allyson Briggs Sings Burt Bacharach | Algos |
| 2 | ALVIN QUEEN TRIO | Feeling Good | Stunt |
| 3 | BRIA SKONBERG | What It Means | Cellar |
| 4 | BRIAN HO TRIO | Bridges | Cellar |
| 5 | CHICK COREA AND BELA FLECK | Remembrance | Thirty Tigers |
| 6 | ED JOHNSON AND NOVO TEMPO | For Every Living Thing | Cumulus |
| 7 | GUNHILD CARLING | Jazz Is My Lifestyle! | Self-Released |
| 8 | KARRIN ALLYSON | A Kiss For Brazil | Origin |
| 9 | KELLY JEFFERSON | Rituals | Cellar |
| 10 | KEN PEPLOWSKI | Live At Mezzrow | Cellar |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PREFUSE 73 | New Strategies For Modern Crime Vol. 1 & 2 | Lex |
| 2 | BECKER AND MUKAI | Spirit Only | Sounds And Sons |
| 3 | MOBY | Dark Days Remixes [EP] | Mute |
| 4 | SALUTE | TRUE MAGIC | Ninja Tune |
| 5 | CHARLI XCX | Brat | Atlantic |
| 6 | EMPIRE OF THE SUN | Ask That God | Capitol |
| 7 | SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR X GROOVE TERMINATOR | History Of House | House Of Latroit |
| 8 | LOGIC1000 | mother :;~ rebirth [EP] | Therapy/Because |
| 9 | PETIT BISCUIT | Discipline | Écurie |
| 10 | WASHED OUT | Notes From A Quiet Life | Sub Pop |
Electronic “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BODY MEAT | Starchris | Partisan |
| 2 | SOFI TUKKER | BREAD | Sofi Tukker/Virgin |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TOM JOHNSON JAZZ ORCHESTRA | Time Takes Odd Turns | Self-Released |
| 2 | ERIC PERSON | Rhythm Edge | Distinction |
| 3 | GREG JOHNSON MEDIUM BAND | The Naked Truth | Self-Released |
| 4 | JUAN MEGNA GROUP | Mariwo | Self-Released |
| 5 | NEIL SWAINSON SEXTET | Here For A While | Cellar |
| 6 | PAUL YONEMURA | Survivors/Thrivers | Self-Released |
| 7 | WAYNE ALPERN | Gotham | Henri Elkan |