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 14th, 2019!
Top Thirty Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SARA TRUNZO | Dirigo Attitude | Self-Released |
| 2 | SUGAR LIME BLUE | Narcoluptuous | Narcoluptuous |
| 3 | JJ CALE | Stay Around | Because |
| 4 | WILL KIMBROUGH | I Like It Down Here | Self-Released |
| 5 | ALICIA OLATUJA | Intuition: Songs From The Minds Of Women | Resilience |
| 6 | ANNA TIVEL | The Question | Fluff & Gravy |
| 7 | JOSH RITTER | Fever Breaks | Pytheas/Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE | The Saint Of Lost Causes | New West |
| 9 | KING BEE AND THE STINGERS | Meet Me In Memphis | Hive Talking |
| 10 | MEG WILLIAMS | Take Me As I Am The Muscle Shoals Sessions | Nola Blue |
| 11 | RADICAL FACE | Therapy | Bear Machine |
| 12 | TIM O’BRIEN BAND | Tim O’Brien Band | Howdy Skies |
| 13 | YOLA | Walk Through Fire | Easy Eye Sound/Nonesuch |
| 14 | ANDREW BIRD | My Finest Work Yet | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 15 | BIG DADDY WILSON | Deep In My Soul | Ruf |
| 16 | BIG JOE AND THE DYNAFLOWS | Rockhouse Party | Severn |
| 17 | BONERAMA | Plays Zeppelin | Basin Street |
| 18 | CALEB ELLIOTT | Forever To Fade | Self-Released |
| 19 | CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM | Kingfish | Alligator |
| 20 | CRAIG FINN | I Need A New War | Partisan |
| 21 | HAYES CARLL | What It Is | Dualtone |
| 22 | JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR | Reckless Heart | Silvertone |
| 23 | KELSEY LU | Blood | Self-Released |
| 24 | LEE BOYS | Live On The East Coast | M.C. |
| 25 | LEE FIELDS AND THE EXPRESSIONS | It Rains Love | Big Crown |
| 26 | LOWLAND HUM | “A Drive Through The Countryside” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 27 | MAVIS STAPLES | We Get By [Advance Tracks] | Anti- |
| 28 | NILUFER YANYA | Miss Universe | ATO |
| 29 | OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS | Songs Of Our Native Daughters | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 30 | SUGAR SNOW | Woodface Reimagined | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BAMBI LEE SAVAGE | Berlin Nashville Express | Hoof and Antler |
| 2 | BRAD BYRD | Phases | Elusive Tiger |
| 3 | JOY WILLIAMS | Front Porch | Sensibility |
| 4 | OGINALII | Cause & Affection | Self-Released |
| 5 | VERSING | 10000 (Ten Thousand) | Hardly Art |
| 6 | AA BONDY | Enderness | Fat Possum |
| 7 | ALASKALASKA | The Dots | Marathon Artists |
| 8 | ANDREW SYNOWIEC | Second Story | Self-Released |
| 9 | BARRIE | Happy To Be Here | Winspear |
| 10 | BODY TYPE | EP1 + EP2 | Partisan |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS | Songs Of Our Native Daughters | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 2 | TRIALS OF CATO, THE | Hide And Hair | Self-Released |
| 3 | ARCHIVES, THE | “Home Is Where The Hatred Is” [Single] | Montserrat |
| 4 | GRIZ | Ride Waves | Self-Released |
| 5 | VISHTEN | Horizons | Productions Takashoun |
| 6 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Evil” [Single] | Viral |
| 7 | GRUPO FANTASMA | American Music: Vol. VII | Blue Corn |
| 8 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 9 | ROCKY DAWUNI | Beats Of Zion | Aquarian/Six Degrees |
| 10 | EKITI SOUND | Abeg No Vex | Crammed |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GRIZ | Ride Waves | Self-Released |
| 2 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | Produced By Adrian Younge [EP] | Amazon |
| 3 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Evil” [Single] | Viral |
| 4 | MATT WARREN | Music Is My Life | Wake Up! |
| 5 | LITTLE SIMZ | GREY Area | AGE 101/AWAL |
| 6 | CANTRELL | Devil Never Even Lived [EP] | Mass Appeal |
| 7 | HERMETIC ORDER | Siren Song | Lion’s Den |
| 8 | MATHEMATIK | ReAL/iS-HiM | Urbnet |
| 9 | LIZZO | Cuz I Love You | Nice Life/Atlantic |
| 10 | ILLISM | iLLuminate | Self-Released |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AIMEE ALLEN | Wings Uncaged | Azuline |
| 2 | GEORGE BENSON | Walking To New Orleans | Provogue |
| 3 | MARK WALKER | You Get What You Give | Fliposphere |
| 4 | ULYSSES OWENS JR | Songs Of Freedom | Resilience |
| 5 | ALYSSA ALLGOOD | Exactly Like You | Cellar |
| 6 | BETTY CARTER | The Music Never Stops | Blue Engine |
| 7 | CORY WEEDS QUINTET | Live At Frankie’s Jazz Club | Cellar Live |
| 8 | DAVE MORGAN | Blue Is More Than A Color | Self-Released |
| 9 | HAROLD MABERN | The Iron Man Live At Smoke | Smoke Sessions |
| 10 | LISA HILTON | Oasis | Ruby Slippers |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | APPARAT | LP5 | Mute |
| 2 | BIBIO | Ribbons | Warp |
| 3 | EMANCIPATOR AND 9 THEORY | Cheeba Gold [EP] | Loci |
| 4 | LADYTRON | Ladytron | !K7 |
| 5 | MIEN | Mien | Rocket |
| 6 | ROBOTAKI | Anachronism [EP] | Foreign Family Collective |
| 7 | GRIZ | Ride Waves | Self-Released |
| 8 | MATT WARREN | Music Is My Life | Wake Up! |
| 9 | CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA, THE | To Believe | Domino |
| 10 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Doko Mien | Merge |
World “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALTIN GUN | Gece | ATO |
| 2 | RODRIGO Y GABRIELA | Mettavolution | ATO |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAVE STRYKER | Eight Track III | Strikezone |
| 2 | YAMIT AND THE VINYL BLVD | Ain’t Misbehavin’ | Self-Released |
| 3 | ALEX SILL | Experiences: Real And Imaginary | Self-Released |
| 4 | ANDREW SYNOWIEC | Second Story | Self-Released |
| 5 | BEATA PATER | Tet | B&B |
| 6 | MIKE ALLEN | Just Like Magic | Cellar Live |