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April 2025
Saya Gray
After weeks of strong showings oin the weekly charts, Saya Gray tops the earshot Top 200 for the month of March 2025 with SAYA on Next Door
Basia Bulat is at number 2 with Basia's Palace while February No.1 The Weather Station comes in at number 3 this month with Humanhood. Art d'Ecco (Serene Demon) and Gus Englehorn (The Hornbook) round out the Top 5.Lots is happening over on the weekly charts. Check it out!
Specialty Charts #1s Electronic: FKA twigs - EUSEXUA - (Atlantic Records) Hip Hop: Naya Ali - We Did The Damn Thing - (Bonsound) International: Songhoy Blues - Héritage - (Transgressive/PIAS) Jazz: Steve Lehman Trio and Mark Turner - The Music of Anthony Braxton - (Pi) Loud: Jinjer - Duel - (Napalm) Folk/Roots/Blues: Jade Turner - Breathe - (Tunecore) Check out all the latest chart action on the weekly charts.
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!earshot Top 200 of 2021
For January to December 2021
TW Artist - Title - (Label) 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
CJSR Top 30 #1 0stella 1 hour ago
CJSR Electronic #1 TOKiMONSTA 1 hour ago
CJSR Hip Hop #1 Moonchild Sanelly 1 hour ago
CJSR International #1 Ebo Taylor Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad 1 hour ago
CJSR Jazz #1 Brett Hansen 1 hour ago
CJSR Loud #1 Famous Strangers 1 hour ago
CJRU Top 30 #1 Sister Ray 1 hour ago
CJSR Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Celeigh Cardinal 2 hours ago
CFUR Top 30 #1 Young Friend 2 hours ago
CJSF Top 30 #1 Loscil 4 hours ago
CJUM Loud #1 Propagandhi 7 hours ago
CJUM Hip Hop #1 Jessie Reyez 7 hours ago
CJUM Electronic #1 TOKiMONSTA 7 hours ago
CJUM Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Don Amero 7 hours ago
CJUM Top 30 #1 Don Amero 7 hours ago
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!earshot Top 50
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
TW Artist - Title - (Label) 1 Bria Salmena
Big Dog - (Sub Pop)2 Marie Davidson
City of Clowns - (Because Music)3 Destroyer
Dan's Boogie - (Merge)4 Sister Ray
Believer - (Royal Mountain)5 Ribbon Skirt
Bite Down - (Mint)6 Gloin
All of your anger is actually shame (and I bet that makes you angry) - (Mothland)7 Frog Eyes
The Open Up - (Paper Bag)8 Saya Gray
SAYA - (Marion Murata)9 Choses Sauvages
Choses Sauvages III - (Audiogram)10 Yves Jarvis
All Cylinders - (Next Door)View the full Top 50
Specialty Charts #1s Electronic: Marie Davidson - City of Clowns - (Because Music) Hip Hop: Naya Ali - We Did The Damn Thing - (Bonsound) International: Alsarah & The Nubatones - Seasons of the Road - (Self-Released) Loud: Bonnie Trash - Mourning You - (Hand Drawn Dracula) !earshot March Top 200
For the Month of March 2025
TW Artist - Title - (Label) 1 Saya Gray
SAYA - (Dirty Hit)2 Basia Bulat
Basia's Palace - (Secret City)3 The Weather Station
Humanhood - (Next Door)4 Art d'Ecco
Serene Demon - (Self-Released)5 Gus Englehorn
The Hornbook - (Secret City)6 Lambrini Girls
Who Let The Dogs Out - (City Slang)7 Naya Ali
We Did The Damn Thing - (Bonsound)8 Motherhood
Thunder Perfect Mind - (Forward Music Group)9 Charlie Houston
Big After I Die - (Arts & Crafts)10 Maddie Jay
I Can Change Your Mind - (Self-Released)View the full !earshot Top 200
Specialty Charts #1s Electronic: FKA twigs - EUSEXUA - (Atlantic Records) Hip Hop: Naya Ali - We Did The Damn Thing - (Bonsound) International: Songhoy Blues - Héritage - (Transgressive/PIAS) Jazz: Steve Lehman Trio and Mark Turner - The Music of Anthony Braxton - (Pi) Loud: Jinjer - Duel - (Napalm) Folk/Roots/Blues: Jade Turner - Breathe - (Tunecore) !earshot Top 200 of 2021
For January to December 2021
TW Artist - Title - (Label) 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
CJSR Top 30 #1 0stella 1 hour ago
CJSR Electronic #1 TOKiMONSTA 1 hour ago
CJSR Hip Hop #1 Moonchild Sanelly 1 hour ago
CJSR International #1 Ebo Taylor Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad 1 hour ago
CJSR Jazz #1 Brett Hansen 1 hour ago
CJSR Loud #1 Famous Strangers 1 hour ago
CJRU Top 30 #1 Sister Ray 1 hour ago
CJSR Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Celeigh Cardinal 2 hours ago
CFUR Top 30 #1 Young Friend 2 hours ago
CJSF Top 30 #1 Loscil 4 hours ago
CJUM Loud #1 Propagandhi 7 hours ago
CJUM Hip Hop #1 Jessie Reyez 7 hours ago
CJUM Electronic #1 TOKiMONSTA 7 hours ago
CJUM Folk/Roots/Blues #1 Don Amero 7 hours ago
CJUM Top 30 #1 Don Amero 7 hours ago
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