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 1st, 2022. Our next airplay chart will be computed on May 10th, 2022!
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April 25th, 2022 through May 1st, 2022
Top Ten Blues Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BONNIE RAITT | Just Like That… | Redwing |
| 2 | VANEESE THOMAS | Fight The Good Fight | Blue Heart |
| 3 | HURRICANE RUTH | Live At 3rd & Lindsley | Self-Released |
| 4 | KEB MO | Good To Be | Rounder |
| 5 | GARY CAIN | Next Stop | Disktroid |
| 6 | ELIZA NEALS | Badder to the Bone | E-H |
| 7 | LEW JETTON AND 61 SOUTH | Deja Hoodoo | Endless Blues |
| 8 | STEVEN TROCH BAND | The Call | Self-Released |
| 9 | NIGHTHAWKS, THE | EST 1972 | Vizztone |
| 10 | WALK THAT WALK | You Good | Self-Released |
Top Thirty Most-Played Overall Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BONNIE RAITT | Just Like That… | Redwing |
| 2 | ELI PAPERBOY REED | Down Every Road | Yep Roc |
| 3 | KURT VILE | (watch my moves) | Verve |
| 4 | LIED TO’S, THE | The Worst Kind Of New | Self-Released |
| 5 | WEIGHT BAND, THE | Shines Like Gold | Self-Released |
| 6 | AMY SPEACE | Tucson [EP] | Self-Released |
| 7 | BEAU JENNINGS AND THE TIGERS | Heavy Light | Black Mesa |
| 8 | COWBOY JUNKIES | Songs Of The Recollection | Proper |
| 9 | HURRICANE RUTH | Live At 3rd & Lindsley | Self-Released |
| 10 | IAN NOE | River Fools & Mountain Saints | Lock13 |
| 11 | JOHN ROY ZAT | Where Zat | Self-Released |
| 12 | MIDLAKE | For The Sake Of Bethel Woods | ATO |
| 13 | RAIN PERRY | A White Album | Precipitous |
| 14 | RIVER WHYLESS | Monoflora | Soundly |
| 15 | SARAH SHOOK AND THE DISARMERS | Nightroamer | Abeyance/Thirty Tigers |
| 16 | WEEPING WILLOWS | You Reap What You Sow | Self-Released |
| 17 | DESTROYER | LABYRINTHITIS | Merge |
| 18 | DIP, THE | Sticking With It | Dualtone |
| 19 | GRAND SOUTHERN | Don’t Say Anything | Hyphen & Dash |
| 20 | JEREMY IVEY | Invisible Pictures | Anti- |
| 21 | LYLE LOVETT | “12th Of June” [Single] | Verve |
| 22 | MATTIEL | Georgia Gothic | ATO |
| 23 | PAULA BOGGS BAND | Janus | Self-Released |
| 24 | RHYAN SINCLAIR | Letters to Aliens | Little Haunted Girls |
| 25 | ROXI COPLAND | I Come From Crazy | Self-Released |
| 26 | STAN DAVIS | All They Know | Self-Released |
| 27 | STEVE LUNDQUIST | My Life In Song | Self-Released |
| 28 | TALISK | Dawn | Self-Released |
| 29 | VANEESE THOMAS | Fight The Good Fight | Blue Heart |
| 30 | WILLIE NELSON | A Beautiful Time | Sony |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANNETTE ADLER | Mama Proud | Self-Released |
| 2 | CHELSEA JADE | Soft Spot | Carpark |
| 3 | MIKE STEVENS | Breathe In The World Breathe Out Music | Stony Plain |
| 4 | POLYHEDREN | Psychic | BAMP |
| 5 | DANA GAVANSKI | When It Comes | Flemish Eye |
| 6 | SETH SWIRSKY | Songs From The Green Couch | Lollipop |
| 7 | YEAH BUDDY! BAND | Hot Off The Line | Self-Released |
| 8 | AMANDA STONE | Love Me Like You Don’t Care [EP] | Self-Released |
| 9 | CLEVER HOPES | Artefact | Self-Released |
| 10 | MANY VOICES SPEAK | Gestures | Strangers Candy |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TALISK | Dawn | Self-Released |
| 2 | MICHOT’S MELODY MAKERS | Tiny Island | Nouveau Electric |
| 3 | SOUL SUGAR | Excursions In Dub | Gee |
| 4 | SERGIO PEREIRA | Finesse | Sedajazz |
| 5 | ERMELINDA CUELLAR | What A Difference A Day Made | Self-Released |
| 6 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FLAMENCO FUSION | Veneta | Self-Released |
| 7 | WAYNE ALPERN | Secular Rituals | Henri Elkan |
| 8 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Electricity | Merge |
| 9 | LOS BITCHOS | Let The Festivities Begin! | City Slang |
| 10 | IMARHAN | Aboogi | City Slang |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Insane In The Ukraine” [Single] | Viral |
| 2 | DENZEL CURRY | Melt My Eyez See Your Future | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 3 | FLY ANAKIN | Frank | Lex |
| 4 | ROBERT GLASPER | Black Radio III | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 5 | KING KHAZM | Return Of A MAD | Fresh Chopped Beats |
| 6 | DEFCEE AND BOATHOUSE | For All Debts Public And Private | Closed Sessions |
| 7 | CENTRAL CEE | 23 (Extended) | Self-Released |
| 8 | KOJEY RADICAL | Reason To Smile | Asylum/Atlantic |
| 9 | HO99O9 | Skin | DTA |
| 10 | CARRTOONS | HOMEGROWN | Wichita |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JAZZ SABBATH | Vol. 2 | Self-Released |
| 2 | KENNY SHANKER | Vortex | Wise Cat |
| 3 | ANDREW BOUDREAU | Neon | Self-Released |
| 4 | LE COQ JAZZ PRESENTS | The Jazz Allstars, Vol. 2 | Le Coq |
| 5 | AARON SEEBER | First Move | Cellar |
| 6 | SCOTT SILBERT BIG BAND | Jump Children | Self-Released |
| 7 | CHRIS TORKEWITZ | NY Ensembles | Goschart |
| 8 | PHIL FEST | Cafe Fon Fon | Self-Released |
| 9 | DAVID LARSEN | G2 And You | G2 |
| 10 | JACKIE MESSINA | Necessary Arrangements | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Electricity | Merge |
| 2 | TENSNAKE | L.A. Noir | True Romance |
| 3 | BOB MOSES | The Silence In Between | Domino/Astralwerks/Capitol |
| 4 | HEALTH | DISCO 4 :: PART II | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 5 | CHARLOTTE ADIGERY AND BOLIS PUPUL | Topical Dancer | DEEWEE/Because |
| 6 | BONOBO | Fragments | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | SALLY SHAPIRO | Sad Cities | Italians Do It Better |
| 8 | KAVINSKY | Reborn | Astralwerks |
| 9 | ADULT | Becoming Undone | Dais |
| 10 | ISHI | Sweet Gold | Icons Creating Evil Art |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MIKE STEVENS | Breathe In The World Breathe Out Music | Stony Plain |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SIMONA SMIRNOVA | Bird Language | Self-Released |
| 2 | AARON ARANITA AND EASTBOUND | Connection | Sugartown |
| 3 | JOZEF NADJ | Twenty Twenty One | Multimedia |
| 4 | EVAN DRYBREAD | Tiger Tail | Self-Released |
| 5 | KIM NALLEY BAND WITH HOUSTON PERSON | I Want A Little Boy | KNJP |
| 6 | NANCY KELLY | Jazz Woman, The Reel To Real Sessions [EP] | SubCat |