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, May 22nd, 2022. Our next airplay chart will be computed on May 31st, 2022!
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May 16th, 2022 through May 22nd, 2022
Top Ten Blues Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BONNIE RAITT | Just Like That… | Redwing |
| 2 | EDGAR WINTER | Brother Johnny | Quarto Valley |
| 3 | HURRICANE RUTH | Live At 3rd & Lindsley | Self-Released |
| 4 | BIG AL AND THE HEAVYWEIGHTS | Love One Another | Vizztone |
| 5 | KATIE HENRY | On My Way | RUF |
| 6 | JOHN MAYALL | The Sun Is Shining Down | Forty Below |
| 7 | KEB MO | Good To Be… | Rounder/Concord |
| 8 | LARRY MCCRAY | Blues Without You | KTBA |
| 9 | EMMA WILSON | Wish Her Well | Self-Released |
| 10 | GARY CAIN | Next Stop | Disktroid |
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BONNIE RAITT | Just Like That… | Redwing |
| 2 | SABERTOOTH SWING | Delta Bound | Slammin Media |
| 3 | KAITLIN BUTTS | What Else Can She Do | Soundly |
| 4 | FONTAINES DC | Skinty Fia | Partisan |
| 5 | WORKFORCE | Set & Setting | Must Make |
| 6 | EDGAR WINTER | Brother Johnny | Quarto Valley |
| 7 | HURRICANE RUTH | Live At 3rd & Lindsley | Self-Released |
| 8 | JEWEL | Free Wheelin’ Woman | Words Matter |
| 9 | KURT VILE | (watch my moves) | Verve |
| 10 | MUSKEG | Say What You Want | Self-Released |
| 11 | BIG AL AND THE HEAVYWEIGHTS | Love One Another | Vizztone |
| 12 | CARSON MCHONE | Still Life | Merge |
| 13 | DEER SCOUT | Woodpecker | Carpark |
| 14 | EDIE CAREY | The Veil | Hudson Harding |
| 15 | ERIN RAE | Lighten Up | Thirty Tigers |
| 16 | GRANT LEE PHILLIPS | All That You Can Dream | Yep Roc |
| 17 | JOHN MAYALL | The Sun Is Shining Down | Forty Below |
| 18 | KATIE HENRY | On My Way | RUF |
| 19 | KEB MO | Good To Be… | Rounder/Concord |
| 20 | KEVIN MORBY | This Is A Photograph | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 21 | LIED TO’S, THE | The Worst Kind Of New | Self-Released |
| 22 | RHYAN SINCLAIR | Letters to Aliens | Little Haunted Girls |
| 23 | SARAH SHOOK AND THE DISARMERS | Nightroamer | Abeyance/Thirty Tigers |
| 24 | STEPHEN CLAIR | To The Trees | Rock City |
| 25 | STEVE EARLE AND THE DUKES | “Gettin’ By” [Single] | New West |
| 26 | STEVE’S THEME PARK | It’s A Global Rock Thing | Self-Released |
| 27 | SUSAN CATTANEO | All Is Quiet | Self-Released |
| 28 | WILLIE NELSON | A Beautiful Time | Sony |
| 29 | WOOKS, THE | Flyin’ High | Gnar Vector |
| 30 | SUPERCHUNK | Wild Loneliness | Merge |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BRIAN C TURNER | “Holy Ghost Party” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 2 | HILARY HAWKE WITH REED STUTZ | LILYGILD | Pickin’ Chicken |
| 3 | UFFIE | Sunshine Factory | Carpark |
| 4 | WEIRD NIGHTMARE | Weird Nightmare | Sub Pop |
| 5 | NADIA ACKERMAN | Coconut Bunny Cake [EP] | Natchie |
| 6 | BRITTANY JEAN | The Collection | Self-Released |
| 7 | MAMA’S BROKE | Narrow Line | Free Dirt |
| 8 | PALMS PSALM | “Otuhaka (Dance)” b/w “The Coast” [Single] | Hot Temp |
| 9 | SISTER RAY | Communion | Royal Mountain |
| 10 | STEPHEN JACQUES | Send Them Love | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KABAKA PYRAMID | “Make Things Work” [Single] | Ghetto Youths International 2022 |
| 2 | BLOODYWOOD | Rakshak | Bloodywood Private Limited |
| 3 | LILA IKE | “True Love” [Single] | In.Digg.Nation |
| 4 | MIGHTY MYSTIC | Giant | Self-Released |
| 5 | PROTOJE | “Hills” [Single] | In.Digg.Nation Collective/RCA |
| 6 | TARRUS RILEY | “Love Salut” [Single] | VP |
| 7 | RADHA BOTOFASINA | Carry On Spirituals Vol. 2 | Shaila |
| 8 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Electricity | Merge |
| 9 | PIERRE KWENDERS | José Louis And The Paradox Of Love | Arts & Crafts |
| 10 | CONGOTRONICS INTERNATIONAL | Where’s The One? | Crammed Discs |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DENZEL CURRY | Melt My Eyez See Your Future | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 2 | DEFCEE AND BOATHOUSE | For All Debts Public And Private | Closed Sessions |
| 3 | FLY ANAKIN | Frank | Lex |
| 4 | LINQUA FRANQA | Bellringer | Ernest Jenning |
| 5 | ACTION BRONSON | Cocodrillo Turbo | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 6 | ROBERT GLASPER | Black Radio III | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 7 | CARRTOONS | HOMEGROWN | Wichita |
| 8 | PUSHA T | It’s Almost Dry | Getting Out Our Dreams |
| 9 | KENDRICK LAMAR | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers | pgLang/Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope |
| 10 | SAMPA THE GREAT | “Lane” feat. Denzel Curry [Single] | Loma Vista/Concord |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS | First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings | Blue Note |
| 2 | NANCY KELLY | Jazz Woman, The Reel To Real Sessions [EP] | SubCat |
| 3 | MARCELLO CARELLI | The Era | Self-Released |
| 4 | MARCO PIGNATARO’S DREAM ALLIANCE | Awakening | Zoho |
| 5 | JIM SELF AND JOHN CHIODINI DUO, THE | Hangin’ Out | Basset Hound |
| 6 | AARON BAZZELL | Aesthetic | Self-Released |
| 7 | JACKIE MESSINA | Necessary Arrangements | Self-Released |
| 8 | DAVID LARSEN | G2 And You | G2 |
| 9 | CHRIS TORKEWITZ | NY Ensembles | Goschart |
| 10 | DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA, THE | DIVA Swings Broadway | DIVA Jazz |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | WORKFORCE | Set & Setting | Must Make |
| 2 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Electricity | Merge |
| 3 | ROYKSOPP | Profound Mysteries | Dog Triumph/PIAS |
| 4 | HARVEY SUTHERLAND | Boy | House Anxiety |
| 5 | HEALTH | DISCO 4 :: PART II | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 6 | HOT CHIP | “Down” [Single] | Domino |
| 7 | ISHI | Sweet Gold | Icons Creating Evil Art |
| 8 | ACID ARAB | Remixes | Crammed Discs |
| 9 | BONOBO | Fragments | Ninja Tune |
| 10 | TORO Y MOI | MAHAL | Dead Oceans |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | QUEEN KONG | Fray | Jmark |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BRIAN C TURNER | “Holy Ghost Party” [Single] | Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | QUEEN KONG | Fray | Jmark |
| 2 | RANDY NAPOLEON | Puppets, The Music Of Gregg Hill | Origin Arts/OA2 |