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. The next new airplay chart will be computed and posted on Tuesday, November 20th, 2018!
Top Thirty Recordings (ranked by airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LEAKY BOOT JUG BAND | Re-Boot | Self-Released |
| 2 | KING OF THE ROAD A TRIBUTE TO ROGER MILLER | VARIOUS ARTISTS | BMG |
| 3 | MARK KNOPFLER | Down The Road Wherever [Advance Tracks] | Blue Note |
| 4 | HILLBENDERS, THE | The HillBenders | Compass |
| 5 | DOE PAORO | Soft Power | Anti- |
| 6 | OH PEP | I Wasn’t Only Thinking About You | ATO |
| 7 | ROAN YELLOWTHORN | Indigo | Self-Released |
| 8 | ROBYN | Honey | Konichiwa |
| 9 | STEPHANIE URBINA JONES | Tularosa | Casa Del Rio |
| 10 | TAYLOR MARTIN | Song Dogs | Little King |
| 11 | TERESA JAMES AND THE RHYTHM TRAMPS | Here In Babylon | Jesi-Lu |
| 12 | MUSCLE SHOALS | Muscle Shoals: Small Town, Big Sound | BMG |
| 13 | ADAM HOOD | Somewhere In Between | Southern Sounds |
| 14 | AMANDA SHIRES | To The Sunset | Silver Knife |
| 15 | ANNIE OAKLEY | Words We Mean | Horton |
| 16 | ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL | New Routes | Bismeaux |
| 17 | BAND OF HEATHENS, THE | A Message From The People Revisited [Advance Tracks] | BOH |
| 18 | CORDY LAVERY | Cordless | Self-Released |
| 19 | DAROL ANGER, EMY PHELPS, AND FRIENDS | Music Of Our People | Self-Released |
| 20 | ERIC BIBB | Global Griot | Stony Plain |
| 21 | GWEN SEBASTIAN | Once Upon A Time In The West… | Flying Island |
| 22 | HAZEL DICKENS AND ALICE GERRARD | Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965-1969 | Free Dirt |
| 23 | J MASCIS | Elastic Days | Sub Pop |
| 24 | JAYHAWKS, THE | Back Roads And Abandoned Motels | Legacy |
| 25 | KATHY KALLICK BAND | Horrible World | Live Oak |
| 26 | KATHY MATTEA | Pretty Bird | Captain Potato |
| 27 | NEIL YOUNG | Roxy: Tonight’s the Night Live | Reprise |
| 28 | RICK BARTER | “Black Spots On Your Tongue” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 29 | SHEMEKIA COPELAND | America’s Child | Alligator |
| 30 | SUSAN SHANN | Reckless Abandon | Mystics Mantra |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JORGE NILA | Tenor Time | Ninjazz |
| 2 | GRAPETOOTH | Grapetooth | Polyvinyl |
| 3 | SOFT PEOPLE | “The Absolute Boy” [Single] | Sandwich Kingdom |
| 4 | XUAN | Have Some Fun | Palo Santo |
| 5 | EMMA LOUISE | Lilac Everything | AWAL/Kobalt |
| 6 | FUTURE LOVES PAST | Dreamcrusher | Self-Released |
| 7 | HOTS, THE | The Hots [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | MONKEES, THE | Christmas Party | Rhino |
| 9 | PETER LAWLOR | Riverstone | Self-Released |
| 10 | JAY BOLOTIN | No One Seems To Notice That It’s Raining | Delmore Recording Society |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BRAAGAS | O Ptacich a Rybach | Indies Scope |
| 2 | BLUE DAHLIA, THE | La Tradition Americaine | Self-Released |
| 3 | CHUCHO VALDES | Jazz Bata 2 | Mack Avenue |
| 4 | DACTAH CHANDO | Global CityZen | Soulfire |
| 5 | KARAVAN SARAI | Painted Sands | Electrofone |
| 6 | LOREENA MCKENNITT | Lost Souls | Ume |
| 7 | RED BARAAT | Sound The People | Rhyme & Reason |
| 8 | STING AND SHAGGY | 44/876 | A&M |
| 9 | GUMBA FIRE: BUBBLEGUM SOUL AND SYNTH BOOGIE IN 1980S SOUTH AFRICA | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Soundway |
| 10 | ZIGGY MARLEY | Rebellion Rises | Tuff Gong Worldwide |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Believe In Something (Kneel)” [Single] | Viral |
| 2 | RAZ SIMONE | Drive Theory | Black Umbrella |
| 3 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Unity” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | DEVONTEE | “Jewler” b/w “Master P” [Single] | Forever Young |
| 5 | MATT WARREN | Music Is My Life | Wake Up! |
| 6 | LUKE BANTER | “Behind Me” [Single] | LB |
| 7 | MARC PAYNE | Payne To Fame | Self-Released |
| 8 | ATMOSPHERE | Mi Vida Local | Rhymesayers |
| 9 | SHAD | A Short Story About A War | Secret City |
| 10 | DEM ATLAS | Bad Actress | Rhymesayers |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SARI SCHORR | Never Say Never | Manhaton |
| 2 | KANDACE SPRINGS | Indigo | Blue Note |
| 3 | CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT | The Window | Mack Avenue |
| 4 | CHRISTINE HITT | Magical Kite | Self-Released |
| 5 | DALE HEAD AND THE MINDWINDER ORCHESTRA | Swing On The Rocks | Mindwinder |
| 6 | DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO | Close But No Cigar | Colemine |
| 7 | KAMASI WASHINGTON | Heaven And Earth | Young Turks |
| 8 | MADELEINE PEYROUX | Anthem | Verve |
| 9 | MAKAYA MCCRAVEN | Universal Beings | International Anthem |
| 10 | RACHEL CASWELL | We’re All In the Dance | Turtle Ridge |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BOB MOSES | Battle Lines | Domino |
| 2 | GANG GANG DANCE | Kazuashita | 4AD |
| 3 | LIMINAL DRIFTER | The Dreams | Hidden Shoal |
| 4 | MARIBOU STATE | Kingdoms Of Colour | Counter |
| 5 | MATT WARREN | Music Is My Life | Wake Up! |
| 6 | APHEX TWIN | Collapse [EP] | Warp |
| 7 | CHRIS LIEBING | Burn Slow | Mute |
| 8 | MATTHEW DEAR | Bunny | Ghostly |
| 9 | ROOSEVELT | Young Romance | City Slang/Greco-Roman |
| 10 | ADULT | This Behavior | Dais |