March 2025

The Weather Station

The Weather Station climbs to the top of the earshot Top 200 for the month of February 2025 with Humanhood on Next Door
Marlaena Moore is at number 2 with Because You Love Everything while Lambrini Girls (Who Let The Dogs Out), Gus Englehorn (The Hornbook) and former #1 OMBIIGIZI (SHAME) round out the Top 5.

Lots is happening over on the weekly charts. Check it out!

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	Caribou - Honey - (Merge)
Hip Hop:	Kendrick Lamar - GNX - (pgLang)
International:	Amir Amiri Ensemble - Ajdad - Ancestors - Echoes of Persia - (Latitude 45)
Jazz:	Carson Tworow and David Lavoie - Teardown - (Self-Released)
Loud:	Amyl and the Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness - (Rough Trade)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Skinny Dyck - Easygoing - (Victory Pool)

Check out all the latest chart action on the weekly charts.

Features

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 200 of 2021 For January to December 2021
1	TEKE::TEKE Shirushi - (Kill Rock Stars)
2	The Halluci Nation One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
3	Chad VanGaalen World's Most Stressed Out Gardener - (Flemish Eye)
4	The Weather Station Ignorance - (Next Door)
5	Kiwi Jr. Cooler Returns - (Kiwi Club)
6	Arlo Parks Collapsed In Sunbeams - (Transgressive)
7	Ada Lea one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden - (Next Door)
8	Sook-Yin Lee & Adam Litovitz jooj two - (Mint)
9	Suuns The Witness - (Secret City)
10	Andy Shauf Wilds - (Arts & Crafts)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
Hip Hop:	Cadence Weapon - Parallel World - (Self-Released)
International:	Lakou Mizik and Joseph Ray - Leave The Bones - (Anjunadeep)
Jazz:	Adrian Younge - The American Negro - (Jazz Is Dead)
Loud:	Tunic - Exhaling - (Artoffact)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Allison Russell - Outside Child - (Fantasy)

Latest Charts

CJAM Top 30 #1 Tess Parks 10 hours ago
CJRU Top 30 #1 Saya Gray 13 hours ago
CHOQ Top 30 #1 Lou-Adriane Cassidy 13 hours ago
CJSR Top 30 #1 Amir Amiri Ensemble 13 hours ago
CJSR Electronic #1 Sonova 13 hours ago
CJSR Hip Hop #1 Moonchild Sanelly 14 hours ago
CJSR International #1 Amir Amiri Ensemble 14 hours ago
CJSR Jazz #1 Dan Fortin 14 hours ago
CJSR Loud #1 Real Sickies 14 hours ago
CJSR Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Mother Country 14 hours ago
CFUR Top 30 #1 Jade Turner 14 hours ago
CJUM Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Jade Turner 17 hours ago
CJUM Loud #1 Jinjer 17 hours ago
CJUM Hip Hop #1 Fernie 17 hours ago
CJUM Electronic #1 Maribou State 17 hours ago
More Charts...
Adds This Week

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
1	Saya Gray SAYA - (Dirty Hit)
2	Basia Bulat Basia's Palace - (Secret City)
3	Art d'Ecco Serene Demon - (Self-Released)
4	Marie Davidson City of Clowns - (Because Music)
5	Naya Ali We Did The Damn Thing - (Bonsound)
6	Charlie Houston Big After I Die - (Arts & Crafts)
7	Gus Englehorn The Hornbook - (Secret City)
8	The Weather Station Humanhood - (Next Door)
9	Maddie Jay I Can Change Your Mind - (Self-Released)
10	Lambrini Girls Who Let The Dogs Out - (City Slang)
*View the full Top 50*

Specialty Charts #1s
Hip Hop:	Naya Ali - We Did The Damn Thing - (Bonsound)
International:	Songhoy Blues - Héritage - (Transgressive/PIAS)

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot February Top 200 For the Month of February 2025
1	The Weather Station Humanhood - (Next Door)
2	Marlaena Moore Because You Love Everything - (Self-Released)
3	Lambrini Girls Who Let The Dogs Out - (City Slang)
4	Gus Englehorn The Hornbook - (Secret City)
5	OMBIIGIZI SHAME - (Arts & Crafts)
6	N NAO Nouveau Langage - (Mothland)
7	Maddie Jay I Can Change Your Mind - (Self-Released)
8	Skinny Dyck Easygoing - (Victory Pool)
9	FKA twigs EUSEXUA - (Atlantic Records)
10	Motherhood Thunder Perfect Mind - (Forward Music Group)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	Caribou - Honey - (Merge)
Hip Hop:	Kendrick Lamar - GNX - (pgLang)
International:	Amir Amiri Ensemble - Ajdad - Ancestors - Echoes of Persia - (Latitude 45)
Jazz:	Carson Tworow and David Lavoie - Teardown - (Self-Released)
Loud:	Amyl and the Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness - (Rough Trade)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Skinny Dyck - Easygoing - (Victory Pool)

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 200 of 2021 For January to December 2021
1	TEKE::TEKE Shirushi - (Kill Rock Stars)
2	The Halluci Nation One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
3	Chad VanGaalen World's Most Stressed Out Gardener - (Flemish Eye)
4	The Weather Station Ignorance - (Next Door)
5	Kiwi Jr. Cooler Returns - (Kiwi Club)
6	Arlo Parks Collapsed In Sunbeams - (Transgressive)
7	Ada Lea one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden - (Next Door)
8	Sook-Yin Lee & Adam Litovitz jooj two - (Mint)
9	Suuns The Witness - (Secret City)
10	Andy Shauf Wilds - (Arts & Crafts)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
Hip Hop:	Cadence Weapon - Parallel World - (Self-Released)
International:	Lakou Mizik and Joseph Ray - Leave The Bones - (Anjunadeep)
Jazz:	Adrian Younge - The American Negro - (Jazz Is Dead)
Loud:	Tunic - Exhaling - (Artoffact)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Allison Russell - Outside Child - (Fantasy)

Latest Charts
CJAM Top 30 #1 Tess Parks 10 hours ago
CJRU Top 30 #1 Saya Gray 13 hours ago
CHOQ Top 30 #1 Lou-Adriane Cassidy 13 hours ago
CJSR Top 30 #1 Amir Amiri Ensemble 13 hours ago
CJSR Electronic #1 Sonova 13 hours ago
CJSR Hip Hop #1 Moonchild Sanelly 14 hours ago
CJSR International #1 Amir Amiri Ensemble 14 hours ago
CJSR Jazz #1 Dan Fortin 14 hours ago
CJSR Loud #1 Real Sickies 14 hours ago
CJSR Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Mother Country 14 hours ago
CFUR Top 30 #1 Jade Turner 14 hours ago
CJUM Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Jade Turner 17 hours ago
CJUM Loud #1 Jinjer 17 hours ago
CJUM Hip Hop #1 Fernie 17 hours ago
CJUM Electronic #1 Maribou State 17 hours ago
More Charts...
Adds This Week

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