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, December 3rd, 2023. Our last weekly airplay chart of 2023 will be posted on Tuesday, December 12th.
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Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PRETENDERS | Relentless | Parlophone |
| 2 | CAT POWER | Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert | Domino |
| 3 | HEALERS FEAT. PETER HUTCHISON, THE | Healers | Diagonal Man |
| 4 | RHIANNON GIDDENS | You’re The One | Nonesuch |
| 5 | TODD SNIDER | Crack It We’re Doomed | Orchard |
| 6 | MORE THAN A WHISPER: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF NANCI GRIFFITH | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Rounder/Concord |
| 7 | BILL BOOTH | River Town | Wheeling |
| 8 | CASSIUS KING AND THE DOWNTOWN RULERS | Last Call For The Blues | BIg Ear Audio |
| 9 | JANICE JO LEE | Ancestor Song | Self-Released |
| 10 | LINDSAY LOU | Queen Of Time | Kill Rock Stars |
| 11 | MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE | Jenny From Thebes | Merge |
| 12 | ROLLING STONES, THE | Hackney Diamonds | Polydor |
| 13 | ALLISON RUSSELL | The Returner | Fantasy/Concord |
| 14 | ANNIE GALLUP | Small Fortune | Self-Released |
| 15 | BAHAMAS | Bootcut | Brushfire Republic |
| 16 | BLACK PUMAS, THE | Chronicles Of A Diamond | ATO |
| 17 | CARRIE NEWCOMER | A Great Wild Mercy | Available Light |
| 18 | CHARLIE MARS | Times Have Changed | Self-Released |
| 19 | CHRIS THOMAS KING | Big Grey Sky | 21st Century Blues |
| 20 | DYLAN LEBLANC | Coyote | ATO |
| 21 | EASY BEES | Easy Bees | Self-Released |
| 22 | IRIS DEMENT | Workin’ On A World | Flariella |
| 23 | JEFFREY MARTIN | Thank God We Left The Garden | Fluff And Gravy |
| 24 | JOAN OSBORNE | Nobody Owns You | MRI |
| 25 | KATHY KALLICK BAND, THE | The Lonesome Chronicles | Live Oak |
| 26 | KURT VILE | Back To Moon Beach [EP] | Verve |
| 27 | LORI MCKENNA | 1988 (Nineteen Eighty Eight) | CN/Thirty Tigers |
| 28 | OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW | Jubilee | ATO |
| 29 | RAY BONNEVILLE | On The Blind Side | Stonefly |
| 30 | TRACY NELSON | Life Don’t Miss Nobody | BMG |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GATTIE THA KING | Portrait Of A King 4 | Linked Up Empire |
| 2 | IRON AND WINE | Who Can See Forever Soundtrack | Sub Pop |
| 3 | LOWLIES, THE | The Lowlies | Airloom |
| 4 | PETER CASE | Doctor Moan | Sunset Blvd |
| 5 | ANTON O’DONNELL | Tomber Sur PRW | Need To Know |
| 6 | CRYING 4 KAFKA | Lost Time Ain’t Ever Found | Self-Released |
| 7 | DEVON WORLEY BAND | “Light It Up” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | ED SWEENEY | A Sunday Drive | Self-Released |
| 9 | JOEY JOESPH | Triple Fantasy…Taking It Easy | Eyebrow Palace |
| 10 | MIA ANTIFA | Coming Home | Hogar |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AFRICAN HEAD CHARGE | A Trip To Bolgatanga | On-U Sound |
| 2 | GREGORIO URIBE | Hombre Absurdo | Self-Released |
| 3 | HEMPRESS SATIVA | “Sound The Trumpet” [Single] | Conquering Lion |
| 4 | GILMAR GOMES | “Barquinho” [Single] | Encuentro |
| 5 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FUSION | Gabriella | Self-Released |
| 6 | CLAUDIA VILLELA | Cartas Ao Vento | Taina |
| 7 | AGUANKO | Unidad | Self-Released |
| 8 | DENGUE FEVER | Ting Mong | Tuk Tuk |
| 9 | BOMBINO | Sahel | Partisan |
| 10 | PACHYMAN | Switched-On | ATO |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LIL YACHTY | Let’s Start Here | Quality Control/Motown/UMG |
| 2 | SLEAFORD MODS | “West End Girls” [Single] | Rough Trade |
| 3 | ERIKA MALONE | “Sunday Love” [Single] | EYM |
| 4 | AESOP ROCK | Integrated Tech Solutions | Rhymesayers |
| 5 | BUTCHER BROWN | Solar Music | Concord Jazz/Concord |
| 6 | SHABAZZ PALACES | Robed In Rareness [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 7 | DJ SHADOW | Action Adventure | Mass Appeal/Liquid Amber |
| 8 | DANNY BROWN | Quaranta | Warp |
| 9 | SEAFOOD SAM | Afros In The Wind [EP] | drink sum wtr |
| 10 | JAMILA WOODS | Water Made Us | Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHRISTINE JENSEN | Day Moon | Justin Time |
| 2 | JANET EVRA | Meet Me In Paris | Plum Jazz |
| 3 | JON CLEARY | So Swell | Single Lock |
| 4 | MADDIE VOGLER | While We Have Time | Origin |
| 5 | OSCAR PETERSON | Con Alma: The Oscar Peterson Trio – Live In Lugano, 1964 | Two Lions/Mack Avenue |
| 6 | PHAROAH SANDERS | Pharoah | Luaka Bop |
| 7 | SVEN WUNDER | VARIOUS ARTISTS | MR BoNGO |
| 8 | BUSELLI-WALLARAB JAZZ ORCHESTRA | Carol Of The Bells | Patois |
| 9 | SAMARA JOY | A Joyful Holiday [EP] | Verve |
| 10 | FLYING HORSE BIG BAND, THE | A Message From The Flying Horse Big Band | Flying Horse |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LIGHT IN THE ATTIC AND FRIENDS | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Light In The Attic |
| 2 | SOFIA KOURTESIS | Madres | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | DJ SHADOW | Action Adventure | Mass Appeal/Liquid Amber |
| 4 | METRIC | Formentera II | Metric/Thirty Tigers |
| 5 | MOCEAN WORKER | Boombox | MoWo Inc. |
| 6 | BARRY CAN’T SWIM | When Will We Land | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | ACTRESS | LXXXVIII | Ninja Tune |
| 8 | JUNGLE | Volcano | Caiola/AWAL |
| 9 | CHEMICAL BROTHERS, THE | For That Beautiful Feeling | Republic |
| 10 | KEYS N KRATES | IN:TENSION | Last Gang/MNRK |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GATTIE THA KING | Portrait Of A King 4 | Linked Up Empire |
Jazz “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MARGOT SERGENT | Douce France Sweet France | Zoho |