September 2021

Charlotte Day Wilson

Charlotte Day Wilson's Alpha takes over the No.1 spot on the !earshot Top 200 for August 2021. TEKE::TEKE drop back to No.2 after two months in the top spot. Status/Non-Status 1, 2, 3, 4, 500 Year (You've Changed) is at No.2. Maggie LennonSounds From Your Lips (Mothland) is at No.4 and The Halluci Nation One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized) rounds out the Top 5.

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

Features

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 200 of 2020 For January tp December 2020
1	Andy Shauf Neon Skyline - (Arts & Crafts)
2	Lido Pimienta Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
3	Wolf Parade Thin Mind - (Royal Mountain)
4	Zoon Bleached Wavves - (Paper Bag)
5	Caribou Suddenly - (Merge)
6	Tops I Feel Alive - (Musique TOPS)
7	Tough Age Which Way Am I? - (Mint)
8	U.S. Girls Heavy Light - (Royal Mountain)
9	Destroyer Have We Met - (Merge)
10	Thanya Iyer KIND - (Topshelf Records)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	Caribou - Suddenly - (Merge)
Hip Hop:	Run The Jewels - RTJ4 - (Jewel Runners)
International:	Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
Jazz:	Audrey Ochoa - Frankenhorn - (Chronograph)
Loud:	Lié - You Want It Real - (Mint)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	William Prince - Reliever - (Six Shooter Records)

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Latest Charts

CFMU Hip Hop #1 Cartel Madras 40 minutes ago
CFMU Top 30 #1 Suuns 45 minutes ago
CJSR Top 30 #1 Arlo Maverick 15 hours ago
CJSR Electronic #1 Rhythm of Cruelty 15 hours ago
CJSR Loud #1 Real Sickies 15 hours ago
CJSR Hip Hop #1 Arlo Maverick 15 hours ago
CJSR International #1 Angelique Kidjo 15 hours ago
CJSR Jazz #1 Cochemea 16 hours ago
CJSR Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Aquarian Blood 16 hours ago
CKUA Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Slow Leaves 16 hours ago
CKUA Top 30 #1 Slow Leaves 16 hours ago
CFUV Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Daniel Romano 17 hours ago
CFUV Loud #1 Turnstile 17 hours ago
CFUV Jazz #1 Jon Gordon 17 hours ago
CFUV International #1 Itoko 18 hours ago
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TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
1	The Halluci Nation One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
2	Suuns The Witness - (Secret City)
3	Cartel Madras The Serpent And The Tiger - (Sub Pop)
4	The Zolas Come Back to Life - (Light Organ)
5	Men I Trust Untourable Album - (Self-Released)
6	Charlotte Day Wilson Alpha - (Stone Woman)
7	Low Hey What - (Sub Pop)
8	Fleece Stunning & Atrocious - (Self-Released)
9	Faye Webster I Know I'm Funny haha - (Secretly Canadian)
10	Paragon Cause Autopilot - (Self-Released)
*View the full Top 50*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
Hip Hop:	Cartel Madras - The Serpent And The Tiger - (Sub Pop)
Loud:	Chubby and The Gang - The Mutt's Nuts - (Partisan)

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot August Top 200 For the Month of August 2021
1	Charlotte Day Wilson Alpha - (Stone Woman)
2	TEKE::TEKE Shirushi - (Kill Rock Stars)
3	Status/Non-Status 1, 2, 3, 4, 500 Year - (You've Changed)
4	Meggie Lennon Sounds From Your Lips - (Mothland)
5	The Halluci Nation One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
6	Japanese Breakfast Jubilee - (Dead Oceans)
7	yoo doo right Don't Think You Can Escape Your Purpose - (Mothland)
8	Hélène Barbier Regulus - (Michel / Celluloid Lunch)
9	Islands Islomania - (Royal Mountain)
10	Half Moon Run Inwards & Onwards - (The Pepper Gang)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
Hip Hop:	Evidence - Unlearning Vol. 1 - (Rhymesayers)
International:	U-ROY - Solid Gold U-Roy - (Trojan/BMG)
Jazz:	Brian Jackson Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge - Brian Jackson JID008 - (Jazz Is Dead)
Loud:	Osyron - Kingsbane - Deluxe - (Self-Released)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Allison Russell - Outside Child - (Fantasy)

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 200 of 2020 For January tp December 2020
1	Andy Shauf Neon Skyline - (Arts & Crafts)
2	Lido Pimienta Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
3	Wolf Parade Thin Mind - (Royal Mountain)
4	Zoon Bleached Wavves - (Paper Bag)
5	Caribou Suddenly - (Merge)
6	Tops I Feel Alive - (Musique TOPS)
7	Tough Age Which Way Am I? - (Mint)
8	U.S. Girls Heavy Light - (Royal Mountain)
9	Destroyer Have We Met - (Merge)
10	Thanya Iyer KIND - (Topshelf Records)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	Caribou - Suddenly - (Merge)
Hip Hop:	Run The Jewels - RTJ4 - (Jewel Runners)
International:	Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
Jazz:	Audrey Ochoa - Frankenhorn - (Chronograph)
Loud:	Lié - You Want It Real - (Mint)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	William Prince - Reliever - (Six Shooter Records)

Latest Charts
CFMU Hip Hop #1 Cartel Madras 40 minutes ago
CFMU Top 30 #1 Suuns 45 minutes ago
CJSR Top 30 #1 Arlo Maverick 15 hours ago
CJSR Electronic #1 Rhythm of Cruelty 15 hours ago
CJSR Loud #1 Real Sickies 15 hours ago
CJSR Hip Hop #1 Arlo Maverick 15 hours ago
CJSR International #1 Angelique Kidjo 15 hours ago
CJSR Jazz #1 Cochemea 16 hours ago
CJSR Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Aquarian Blood 16 hours ago
CKUA Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Slow Leaves 16 hours ago
CKUA Top 30 #1 Slow Leaves 16 hours ago
CFUV Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Daniel Romano 17 hours ago
CFUV Loud #1 Turnstile 17 hours ago
CFUV Jazz #1 Jon Gordon 17 hours ago
CFUV International #1 Itoko 18 hours ago
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