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, January 16th, 2022. Our next airplay chart will be computed on February 8th, 2022!
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January 24th, 2022 through January 30th, 2022
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LAURIE JONES | Dark Horse | Self-Released |
| 2 | BILLY BRAGG | The Million Things That Never Happened | Cooking Vinyl |
| 3 | MAYA DE VITRY | Violet Light | Self-Released |
| 4 | CAROLYN WONDERLAND | Tempting Fate | Alligator |
| 5 | AVEY GROUWS BAND | Tell Tale Heart | Self-Released |
| 6 | CHRIS BERGSON | All I Got Left | 2 Shirts |
| 7 | CHRISTIAN PARKER | Every Passing Mile | SubCat |
| 8 | COURTNEY BARNETT | Things Take Time, Take Time | Mom+Pop/Marathon Artists |
| 9 | ELIZA GILKYSON | Songs From The River Wind | Self-Released |
| 10 | JACK BROADBENT | Ride | Self-Released |
| 11 | JAMESTOWN REVIVAL | Young Man | Self-Released |
| 12 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Georgia Blue | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 13 | YOUNGERS, THE | Nashville Again | Self-Released |
| 14 | BIG BIG TRAIN | Common Ground | English Electric |
| 15 | BRANDI CARLILE | In These Silent Days | Elektra |
| 16 | CAT POWER | Covers | Domino |
| 17 | DORI FREEMAN | Ten Thousand Roses | Blue Hens |
| 18 | ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE IMPOSTERS | The Boy Named If | Capitol |
| 19 | HUMBIRD | Still Life | Green Thumb |
| 20 | IAN JONES | The Evergreens | Thin Silver |
| 21 | RAY WYLIE HUBBARD | Co-Starring Too | Big Machine |
| 22 | ROCK HOUSE ALL STARS, THE | Stage Fright At 50 – An Ovation From Nashville | Pure M*sic Nashville |
| 23 | RUSTY ENDS BLUES BAND | Rusty Ends Blues Band | Earwig |
| 24 | TONY HOLIDAY | Porch Sessions Volume 2 | Blue Heart |
| 25 | VALERIE JUNE | The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers (Deluxe Edition) | Fantasy/Concord |
| 26 | BLIND RACCOON NOLA BLUE COLLECTION VOLUME FOUR | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Blue Heart |
| 27 | CINNAMON GIRL: WOMEN ARTISTS COVER NEIL YOUNG FOR CHARITY | VARIOUS ARTISTS | American Laundromat |
| 28 | YA TSEEN | Indian Yard | Sub Pop |
| 29 | DANIELIA COTTON | “Good Day” [Single] | Cottontown |
| 30 | JESSE MALIN | Sad And Beautiful World | Wicked Cool |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JUDY NAZEMETZ | Meat Bird In Beigeville | Self-Released |
| 2 | NICO PADDEN | Pirate Queen | Self-Released |
| 3 | HOLLIS BROWN | In the Aftermath | Mascot |
| 4 | WALLY BARNICK | NEW Road | SustainableTunes |
| 5 | WANDERERS | Wanderers [EP] | Big Oak |
| 6 | BORIS | W | Sacred Bones |
| 7 | JUNA N JOEY | Juna N Joey [EP] | River Run |
| 8 | LARS NELSON | Midnight Anthems | Self-Released |
| 9 | MATT HANNAH | House Of Illusion | Gamine |
| 10 | SAMANTHA GRIMES | Trainwreck [EP] | Return |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CEU | Um Gosto De Sol | Urban Jungle |
| 2 | BOMBA ESTEREO | Deja | Sony Latin |
| 3 | NILOTIKA CULTURAL ENSEMBLE | Nyabingi Resurrection | Switchstance |
| 4 | KASAI ALLSTARS | BLACK ANTS REMIXES [EP] | Crammed |
| 5 | ORQUESTA AKOKAN | 16 Rayos | Daptone |
| 6 | QUANTIC AND NIDIA GONGORA | Almas Conectadas | Tru Thoughts |
| 7 | VELCRO | Te La Buscaste | Self-Released |
| 8 | CIMAFUNK | El Alimento | Thirty Tigers |
| 9 | IREESH LAL | Journey Through The Chakras | Self-Released |
| 10 | COMBO CHIMBITA | Ire | Anti- |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANA TIJOUX | “Hijo De La Rebeldia” [Single] | Victoria Producciones |
| 2 | HAVIAH MIGHTY | Stock Exchange | Self-Released |
| 3 | AESOP ROCK AND BLOCKHEAD | Garbology | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | ROBERT GLASPER | “Black Superhero” feat. Killer Mike, BJ The Chicago Kid & Big K.R.I.T.” [Single] | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 5 | DJ HARRISON | Tales From The Old Dominion | Stones Throw |
| 6 | LITTLE SIMZ | Sometimes I Might Be Introvert | AGE 101 |
| 7 | DJ ABILITIES | Phonograph Phoenix | Rhymesayers |
| 8 | NATAANII MEANS AND ANTOINE | Landback | NDN |
| 9 | SHAD | TAO | Secret City |
| 10 | RODDY RICCH | LIVE LIFE FAST | Atlantic |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOE FARNSWORTH | Time To Swing | Smoke Sessions |
| 2 | HELEN SUNG | Quartet+ | Sunnyside |
| 3 | KELLY DANCE | The Yips | Broken Stone |
| 4 | NICHOLAS PAYTON | Smoke Sessions | Smoke Sessions |
| 5 | KRISTEN R BROMLEY QUINTET | Bluish Tide | KRBM |
| 6 | CORTEZ/WILLIAMS PROJECT | Hermanos | Blue Bamboo |
| 7 | DAVID JANEWAY | Distant Voices | Steeplechase Lookout |
| 8 | THOMAS HEFLIN | Morning Star | Blue Canoe |
| 9 | MICAH GRAVES | Pawns | Self-Released |
| 10 | ALEXANDER MCCABE | Body And Soul | WAMCO |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KVB, THE | Unity | Invada |
| 2 | LANE 8 | Reviver | This Never Happened |
| 3 | RUFUS DU SOL | Surrender | Rose Avenue/Reprise |
| 4 | BOY HARSHER | The Runner (Original Soundtrack) | Nude Club/City Slang |
| 5 | BONOBO | Fragments | Ninja Tune |
| 6 | KEYS N KRATES | Original Classic | Last Gang |
| 7 | LOGIC1000 | In The Sweetness Of You [EP] | Therapy/Because |
| 8 | 20 YEARS OF BASTARD JAZZ | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bastard Jazz |
| 9 | FLIGHT FACILITIES | FOREVER | Future Classic/Glassnote |
| 10 | ROSS FROM FRIENDS | Tread | Brainfeeder |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FLAMENCO FUSION | Veneta | Self-Released |
| 2 | SASHA DOBSON WITH PETER BERNSTEIN | Girl Talk | Self-Released |
| 3 | SONGON | Songon | Self-Released |
| 4 | WAYNE ALPERN | Secular Rituals | Henri Elkan |
| 5 | BBB, THE FEATURING BERNIE DRESEL | The Pugilist | Dig-It |
| 6 | JAMI TEMPLETON | The Shape Of My Heart | Self-Released |