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, May 18th, 2021!
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May 3rd, 2021 through May 9th, 2021
Top Thirty Most-Played Overall Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LORETTA LYNN | Still Woman Enough | Legacy |
| 2 | PETER CASE | The Midnight Broadcast | Bandaloop |
| 3 | PINK STONES, THE | Introducing… | Normaltown |
| 4 | RHIANNON GIDDENS AND FRANCESCO TURRISI | They’re Calling Me Home | Nonesuch |
| 5 | EDIE BRICKELL AND NEW BOHEMIANS | Hunter And The Dog Star | Thirty Tigers |
| 6 | GILLIAN WELCH AND DAVID RAWLINGS | All The Good Times | Acony |
| 7 | JIMBO MATHUS AND ANDREW BIRD | These 13 | Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | KATIE JO | Pawnshop Queen | Self-Released |
| 9 | KODY NORRIS SHOW, THE | All Suited Up [Advance Tracks] | Rebel |
| 10 | MARK O’CONNOR | Markology II | OMAC |
| 11 | VALERIE JUNE | The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers | Fantasy/Concord |
| 12 | VIVIAN LEVA AND RILEY CALCAGNO | Vivian Leva And Riley Calcagno | Free Dirt |
| 13 | WAX TAILOR | The Shadow Of Their Suns | Lab’oratoire |
| 14 | 456, THE | Simple Songs | Self-Released |
| 15 | CINDY ALEXANDER | While The Angels Sigh | Self-Released |
| 16 | DANNY PAISLEY AND SOUTHERN GRASS | Bluegrass Troubadour | Pinecastle |
| 17 | ESTHER ROSE | How Many Times | Father/Daughter |
| 18 | FRUIT BATS | The Pet Parade | Merge |
| 19 | HOLD STEADY, THE | Open Door Policy | Positive Jams |
| 20 | LANGHORNE SLIM | Strawberry Mansion | Dualtone/eOne |
| 21 | LUCERO | When You Found Me | Liberty & Lament/Thirty Tigers |
| 22 | MORGAN WADE | Reckless | Ladylike |
| 23 | NICK JUSTICE | Rope The Wind | Self-Released |
| 24 | NICK WATERHOUSE | Promenade Blue | Innovative Leisure |
| 25 | REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND, THE | Dance Songs For Hard Times | Family Owned |
| 26 | RON ISRAEL | These Times | Self-Released |
| 27 | SARA PETITE | Rare Bird | JTM |
| 28 | STILL CORNERS | The Last Exit | Wrecking Light |
| 29 | TRAVIS LINVILLE | I’m Still Here | Black Mesa |
| 30 | VERONICA LEWIS | You Ain’t Unlucky | Blue Heart |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | EAMONN MCCORMACK | Storyteller | BEM |
| 2 | JOHN MCDONOUGH | Second Chances | Self-Released |
| 3 | MAX AND THE MARTIANS | All The Same | Perpetual Doom |
| 4 | PEPPER GOMEZ | “Oh My Heart” (Meet Mix) feat. Tacboy [Single] | Wake Up! |
| 5 | BLUE SOUL TEN | The Incredible Sound Of Blue | Greenhouse |
| 6 | DRIFTERS IN VELLICHOR | Drifters In Vellichor [EP] | Self-Released |
| 7 | JUNIOR CHOIR | Don’t Mention It [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | ROB MASSARD | Northern Lights | Self-Released |
| 9 | BILL AND THE BELLES | Happy Again | Ditty Boom |
| 10 | COALESCE CHOIR, THE | “American Skin (41 Shots)” [Single] | Tortured Artist |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JUPITER AND OKWESS | Na Kozonga | Everloving |
| 2 | ALTIN GUN | Yol | ATO |
| 3 | FEMI KUTI | Stop The Hate | Partisan |
| 4 | FIMBER BRAVO | Lunar Tredd | Moshi Moshi |
| 5 | DOM LA NENA | Tempo | Six Degrees |
| 6 | MADE KUTI | For(e)ward | Partisan |
| 7 | AFRO YAQUI MUSIC COLLECTIVE | Maroon Futures | Neuma |
| 8 | LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY AND SPACEWAVE | Dubz Of The Root | Megawave |
| 9 | INNOV GNAWA | Lila | Daptone |
| 10 | MDOU MOCTAR | Afrique Victime [Advance Tracks] | Matador/Beggars |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | WAX TAILOR | The Shadow Of Their Suns | Lab’oratoire |
| 2 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Systemic Racism” [Single] | Viral |
| 3 | BROCKHAMPTON | ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE | Question Everything/RCA |
| 4 | DENZEL CURRY AND KENNY BEATS | Unlocked 1.5 | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 5 | GENESIS OWUSU | Smiling With No Teeth | House Anxiety/Ourness |
| 6 | TONE CHOP AND FROST GAMBLE | underestimated | Self-Released |
| 7 | MOTHER NATURE AND BOATHOUSE | SZNZ | Closed Sessions |
| 8 | TOBE NWIGWE | Cincoriginals | Self-Released |
| 9 | MAC IRV | The Breakthrough | Pilot Life |
| 10 | MICHIE MEE | Bahdgyal’s Revenge | Self-Released |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANDY JAMES | Tu Amor | Le Coq |
| 2 | MAURICIO MORALES | Luna | Outside In |
| 3 | EMMET COHEN | Future Stride | Mack Avenue |
| 4 | JOEY ALEXANDER | SALT | Verve |
| 5 | PROFESSOR AUCOIN AND THE JAZZ SCIENTISTS | Mystified | Self-Released |
| 6 | DR LONNIE SMITH | Breathe | Blue Note |
| 7 | GARY BARTZ, ADRIAN YOUNGE AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD | Gary Bartz JID006 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 8 | CHARLES LLOYD AND THE MARVELS | Tone Poem | Blue Note |
| 9 | VERONICA SWIFT | This Bitter Earth | Mack Ave |
| 10 | DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO | I Told You So | Colemine |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FLYING LOTUS | Yasuke | Warp |
| 2 | LEON VYNEHALL | Rare, Forever | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | FLOATING POINTS, PHAROAH SANDERS AND THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | Promises | Luaka Bop |
| 4 | BLUEWERKS VOL. 1: UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Blue Note/Astralwerks |
| 5 | PETIT BISCUIT | Parachute Remixes | Écurie |
| 6 | GILLIGAN MOSS | Gilligan Moss | Foreign Family Collective |
| 7 | BICEP | Isles (Deluxe) | Ninja Tune |
| 8 | SOFIA KOURTESIS | Fresia Magdalena [EP] | Technicolour |
| 9 | SMALL BLACK | Cheap Dreams | 100% Electronica |
| 10 | ZEDS DEAD | Catching Z’s | Altered States |
Hip Hop “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAWN RICHARD | Second Line | Merge |
| 2 | BLUE SOUL TEN | The Incredible Sound Of Blue | Greenhouse |
| 3 | PEPPER GOMEZ | “Oh My Heart” (Meet Mix) feat. Tacboy [Single] | Wake Up! |
Electronic / Dance “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BLUE SOUL TEN | The Incredible Sound Of Blue | Greenhouse |
| 2 | PEPPER GOMEZ | “Oh My Heart” (Meet Mix) feat. Tacboy [Single] | Wake Up! |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MIGUEL DE ARMAS | Continuous | Three Pines |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BLUE SOUL TEN | The Incredible Sound Of Blue | Greenhouse |
| 2 | LUNAR OCTET | Convergence | Summit |
| 3 | MIGUEL DE ARMAS | Continuous | Three Pines |
| 4 | ROXANA AMED | Ontology | Self-Released |
| 5 | GABOR LESKO | Earthway | Creativity’s Paradise |