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Top Albums 1/21/2020

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, January 28th, 2020!

Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings

Artist Record Label
1 GRACE POTTER Daylight Fantasy
2 THORBJORN RISAGER AND THE BLACK TORNADO Come On In Ruf
3 JUDY COLLINS AND JONAS FIELD Winter Stories Cleopatra
4 ALLISON MOORER Blood Thirty Tigers
5 ANDREW VANNORSTRAND That We Could Find A Way To Be Great Bear
6 ANDREW JR. BOY JONES AND KERRIE LEPAI JONES Jr. Boy & Kerrie’s Blues Galexc
7 BECK Hyperspace Capitol
8 COCO MONTOYA Comin’ In Hot Alligator
9 DEAD SOUTH, THE Sugar & Joy Six Shooter
10 DIANE BLUE Look For The Light Regina Royale
11 EMISUNSHINE AND THE RAIN Family Wars Little Blackbird
12 ESTHER ROSE You Made It This Far Father/Daughter
13 FRANK BEY All My Dues Are Paid Nola Blue
14 G LOVE The Juice [Advance Tracks] Philadelphonic/Thirty Tigers
15 KATY HOBGOOD RAY I Dream Of Water Out Of The Past
16 KELSEY WALDON White Noise/White Lines Oh Boy!
17 MARK SHOCK Mark Shock Self-Released
18 MIKE ZITO AND FRIENDS Rock N Roll A Tribute To Check Berry Ruf
19 PETE YORN Caretakers Shelly
20 SHAMARR ALLEN AND THE UNDERDAWGS True Orleans POME
21 SUSAN GIBSON The Hard Stuff Self-Released
22 VAN MORRISON Three Chord And The Truth Caroline/Exile
23 LONG RYDERS Psychedelic Country Soul Self-Released
24 TAMUZ NISSIM Capturing Clouds Street Of Stars
25 JESSE MALIN Sunset Kids Wicked Cool
26 (SANDY) ALEX G House Of Sugar Domino
27 AMO AMO Amo Amo Mystic Fox
28 BEAN PICKERS UNION, THE Archaeology Self-Released
29 JONATHAN NG The Sphynx Self-Released
30 ALEXA ROSE Medicine For Living Big Legal Mess

Top “Adds” 

Artist Record Label
1 AVA CHERRY “Let’s Dance” [Single] Wake Up!
2 MARCUS KING El Dorado Fantasy/Concord
3 BARE BACK RIDER Wild East [EP] Self-Released
4 HUNTINGTONS, THE !Muerto, Carcel, O Rocanrol! Burnt Toast Vinyl
5 AJJ Good Luck Everybody! AJJ Ltd.
6 AWKWARD I Impossible Junction AntiFragile
7 ELEVENTYSEVEN Basic Glitches Rock Candy
8 GRIP WEEDS Giant on the Beach Ground Up
9 JULIA KING Radio Therapy Self-Released
10 LAKE SOUTH Wellington | Te Upoko O Te Ika Home Alone

Top Ten World Albums

Artist Record Label
1 ROBERTO FONSECA Yesun Mack Avenue
2 BEOLACH All Hands Self-Released
3 CRANNUA COLLECTIVE VARIOUS ARTISTS Daisy Rings
4 ALTIN GUN Gece ATO
5 CANALON DE TIMBIQUI De Mar Y Rio Llorona
6 FLAMINGODS Levitation Moshi Moshi
7 GYEDU BLAY AMBOLLEY 11th Street, Sekondi Agogo
8 KALETA AND SUPER YAMBA BAND Medaho Ubiquity
9 RUNA Ten: The Errant Night Self-Released
10 SAIGON SOUL REVIVAL Hoa Am Xura INFRACom!

Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings

Artist Record Label
1 DJ SHADOW Our Pathetic Age Mass Appeal
2 BROTHER ALI Secrets & Escapes Rhymesayers
3 DANNY BROWN uknowhatimsayin¿ Warp
4 SAMPA THE GREAT The Return Ninja Tune
5 ROBERT GLASPER Fuck Yo Feelings Loma Vista
6 ATMOSPHERE Whenever Rhymesayers
7 QUEEN AND SLIM SOUNDTRACK VARIOUS ARTISTS Motown
8 FREDDIE GIBBS AND MADLIB Bandana Keep Cool/RCA/Madlib Invazion/ESGN
9 STORMZY Heavy Is The Head Atlantic
10 REMA Bad Commando [EP] Mavin/Caroline

Top Ten Jazz Albums

Artist Record Label
1 ROBERTO FONSECA Yesun Mack Avenue
2 JOHNNY GRIFFIN AND EDDIE LOCKJAW DAVIS Ow! Live At The Penthouse Reel To Real
3 RAYMOND DE FELLITA TRIO, THE Pre-War Charm Blujazz
4 SONIA JOHNSON Chrysalis Factor
5 DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO Close But No Cigar Colemine
6 KELLEY SUTTENFIELD When We Were Young Self-Released
7 LOST AMERICAN JAZZBOOK, THE FT. TAMMI BROWN Taxonomy Of Pleasure Self-Released
8 MIKE CLARK Indigo Blue – Live At The Iridium Ropeadope
9 TAMUZ NISSIM Capturing Clouds Street Of Stars
10 JONATHAN NG The Sphynx Self-Released

Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums 

Artist Record Label
1 TENGGER Spiritual 2 Beyond Beyond Is Beyond
2 LAPALUX Amnioverse Brainfeeder
3 DJ SHADOW Our Pathetic Age Mass Appeal
4 TOURIST Wild Monday
5 TEEBS Anicca Brainfeeder
6 FLOATING POINTS Crush Ninja Tune
7 SEBASTIAN Thirst Ed Banger/Because
8 SUDAN ARCHIVES Athena Stones Throw
9 FKA TWIGS Magdalene Young Turks/Beggars
10 TR/ST The Destroyer – 2 Grouch/House Arrest

Hip Hop / R & B “Add”

Artist Record Label
1 AVA CHERRY “Let’s Dance” [Single] Wake Up!

Electronic / Dance “Add”

Artist Record Label
1 AVA CHERRY “Let’s Dance” [Single] Wake Up!

Jazz “Adds” 

Artist Record Label
1 AARON STROESSNER QUARTET Haymarket Station Self-Released
2 JOSEPHINE BEAVERS Prime Time Grand Songbook
3 LIZZIE THOMAS New Sounds From The Jazz Age Self-Released

 

January 21, 2020 By Denis Howard

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