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Triple J Hottest 100

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The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll presented by the Australian youth radio station Triple J since 1989. Listeners are invited to vote for their favourite songs of the year in an online ballot conducted before the new year. In its early years, the Hottest 100 was broadcast in March, then on various days in January and February. From 1998, it was consistently held on Australia Day (26 January), before moving to the fourth weekend of January starting in 2017. Generally the Hottest 200 (songs 200–101) is also held on this weekend. The poll has grown from 500,000 votes in 2004 to a peak of over 3.2 million in 2019, and it has been referred to as "the world's greatest music democracy". American singer Chappell Roan's song "Good Luck, Babe!" is the latest song to top the Hottest 100. A special Hottest 100 of Australian Songs was broadcast on 26 July 2025 to celebrate Triple J's 50th anniversary. Since 2015, the countdown has raised at least $3.3 million for various Australian charity partners, including Lifeline, through merchandise sales. ABC Music issued compilation CDs following each year's countdown until 2022. In 2023, Triple J launched Triple J Hottest, an online radio station featuring a playlist of tracks from all previous Hottest 100 countdowns.

Infobox

Awarded for
The year's top 100 songs as voted by listeners
Date
Fourth Saturday in January
Country
Australia
Presented by
Triple J
First award
5 March 1989; 36 years ago (1989-03-05)
Currently held by
Chappell Roan – "Good Luck, Babe!" (2024)
Most wins
Bernard Fanning (4 wins)[a]
Website
Triple J Hottest 100

Tables

List of Triple J Hottest 100 countdowns by year, with top tens and highlights · Top tens and summaries
All time (1989)
All time (1989)
Year
All time (1989)
Top ten
Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980) Hunters & Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (1984) The The – "Uncertain Smile" (1983) The Jam – "That's Entertainment" (1980) New Order – "Blue Monday" (1983) Dead Kennedys – "Holiday in Cambodia" (1980) The Smiths – "How Soon Is Now?" (1985) Hunters & Collectors – "Talking to a Stranger" (1982) The Sugarcubes – "Birthday" (1987) The Cure – "A Forest" (1980)
Highlights
The first of the original series of Hottest 100s, in which songs could be selected from any year. The list included two versions of the song "Kiss". The original by Prince at No. 34 and Art of Noise and Tom Jones's cover at No. 24. Elvis Costello, The Cure, Hunters & Collectors and The Smiths scored four tracks each in the countdown.
All time (1990)
All time (1990)
Year
All time (1990)
Top ten
Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980) Hunters & Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (1984) The Smiths – "How Soon Is Now?" (1985) The The – "Uncertain Smile" (1983) New Order – "Blue Monday" (1983) The Stone Roses – "Fools Gold" (1989) The Smiths – "This Charming Man" (1983) The B-52's – "Rock Lobster" (1979) R.E.M. – "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (1987) The Jam – "That's Entertainment" (1980)
Highlights
The second of the original series of Hottest 100s which allowed choices from any year. The Cure scored seven songs in the countdown.
All time (1991)
All time (1991)
Year
All time (1991)
Top ten
Nirvana – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991) Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980) Nirvana – "Lithium" (1991) Hunters & Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (1984) Andy Prieboy – "Tomorrow Wendy" (1990) The Smiths – "How Soon Is Now?" (1985) The Stone Roses – "Fools Gold" (1989) The Cure – "A Forest" (1980) Violent Femmes – "Blister in the Sun" (1982) New Order – "Blue Monday" (1983)
Highlights
The third of the original series of Hottest 100s which allowed choices from any year. The Cure scored nine tracks in the countdown. Although not a part of the official countdowns, this record remains unbroken as of 2024. The closest artists to approach the record are Charli XCX and Billie Eilish who both had eight tracks in the 2024 countdown.
1992
1992
Year
1992
Top ten
No Hottest 100 Held
1993
1993
Year
1993
Top ten
Denis Leary – "Asshole" Radiohead – "Creep" The Cranberries – "Linger" Blind Melon – "No Rain" The Breeders – "Cannonball" Rage Against the Machine – "Killing in the Name" U2 – "Lemon" Pearl Jam – "Go" The Cruel Sea – "The Honeymoon Is Over" Atomic Swing – "Stone Me Into the Groove"
Highlights
Return after list hiatus in 1992. The new format only allowed songs released as singles within the previous calendar year. The Cruel Sea and Michael Stipe (twice with R.E.M.) scored three tracks in the countdown.
1994
1994
Year
1994
Top ten
The Cranberries – "Zombie" Nine Inch Nails – "Closer" The Offspring – "Self Esteem" The Offspring – "Come Out and Play" Silverchair – "Tomorrow" Veruca Salt – "Seether" Nirvana – "About a Girl" Max Sharam – "Coma" Tom Jones – "If I Only Knew" Severed Heads – "Dead Eyes Opened"
Highlights
Soundgarden scored four tracks in the countdown. Setting the record for most appearances in a single countdown. "Zombie" becomes the first No. 1 song with a female vocalist. The Offspring scored back to back tracks at positions No. 3 and 4; the first time in an official countdown that a band scored two songs in the top 5.
1995
1995
Year
1995
Top ten
Oasis – "Wonderwall" The Smashing Pumpkins – "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" Coolio featuring L.V. – "Gangsta's Paradise" The Presidents of the United States of America – "Kitty" Björk – "It's Oh So Quiet" Everclear – "Heroin Girl" Custard – "Apartment" Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue – "Where the Wild Roses Grow" TISM – "(He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River" TISM – "Greg! The Stop Sign!!"
Highlights
Alanis Morissette, Green Day, Live, Red Hot Chili Peppers, TISM and You Am I scored three tracks each in the countdown. Alanis Morissette scored three songs without a single song of hers being played on Triple J that year.[citation needed] Grinspoon are the first Triple J Unearthed artist to appear in the Hottest 100. At No. 5, Björk's cover of "It's Oh So Quiet" becomes the highest ranked cover version in a Hottest 100 countdown.
1996
1996
Year
1996
Top ten
Spiderbait – "Buy Me a Pony" Tool – "Stinkfist" Ben Folds Five – "Underground" Butthole Surfers – "Pepper" Bush – "Glycerine" Powderfinger – "Pick You Up" The Prodigy – "Breathe" Allen Ginsberg – "Ballad of the Skeletons" Weezer – "El Scorcho" Babybird – "You're Gorgeous"
Highlights
The first time an Australian track had been voted No. 1. Bush, Pearl Jam, Powderfinger and The Smashing Pumpkins scored three tracks each in the countdown.
1997
1997
Year
1997
Top ten
The Whitlams – "No Aphrodisiac" Blur – "Song 2" Chumbawamba – "Tubthumping" The Verve – "Bitter Sweet Symphony" Pauline Pantsdown – "Back Door Man" Blink-182 – "Dammit" Radiohead – "Paranoid Android" Marilyn Manson – "The Beautiful People" Radiohead – "Karma Police" Jebediah – "Leaving Home"
Highlights
Former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam announced the winning song, sung by "his eponym", The Whitlams. Pauline Pantsdown's track "Back Door Man", which was banned by a court injunction from Pauline Hanson only 11 days after being first broadcast by the station, was voted No. 5. Arkarna, Bloodhound Gang, Everclear, Faith No More, Grinspoon, Jebediah, The Living End, Radiohead, Silverchair, The Verve, The Whitlams and Ween scored two tracks each in the countdown. 1997 had the highest number of different artists represented of any Hottest 100.
All Time (1998)
All Time (1998)
Year
All Time (1998)
Top ten
Nirvana – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991) Hunters & Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (1984) Pearl Jam – "Alive" (1991) Jeff Buckley – "Last Goodbye" (1994) Radiohead – "Creep" (1992) Led Zeppelin – "Stairway to Heaven" (1971) Metallica – "One" (1988) Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975) Metallica – "Enter Sandman" (1991) Pearl Jam – "Black" (1991)
Highlights
Compiled and played in August 1998. Hosted by Robbie Buck, who played the wrong song by Led Zeppelin for No. 6, which was supposed to be "Stairway to Heaven".[citation needed] Grinspoon's "Just Ace", and the Ben Folds Five's "Brick" are the only songs to chart in an All Time countdown before an official yearly countdown. The Cure scored five tracks in the countdown.
1998
1998
Year
1998
Top ten
The Offspring – "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" Ben Lee – "Cigarettes Will Kill You" Custard – "Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us)" Hole – "Celebrity Skin" KoЯn – "Got the Life" Regurgitator – "! (The Song Formerly Known As)" Jebediah – "Harpoon" Powderfinger – "The Day You Come" You Am I – "Heavy Heart" The Living End – "Save the Day"
Highlights
Regurgitator scored four tracks in the countdown; equaling the record for most appearances in a single countdown set by Soundgarden in 1994 Regurgitator frontman Quan Yeomans was involved with six tracks (including three in succession from No. 26 to No. 28): four with Regurgitator and twice with Happyland. The list included two versions of the song Harpoon: the original by Jebediah at No. 7 and Something for Kate's cover at No. 85.
1999
1999
Year
1999
Top ten
Powderfinger – "These Days" Killing Heidi – "Weir" The Tenants – "You Shit Me to Tears" Fatboy Slim – "Praise You" Placebo – "Every You Every Me" Bloodhound Gang – "The Bad Touch" Rage Against the Machine – "Guerrilla Radio" Limp Bizkit – "Nookie" Pearl Jam – "Last Kiss" Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Scar Tissue"
Highlights
Powderfinger and Silverchair scored four tracks each in the countdown, equaling the record for most appearances in a single countdown set by Soundgarden in 1994 and Regurgitator in 1998. The 1999 countdown held the record for the most Australian artists in a countdown, with 52. This record was equaled in the 2007 countdown, and later broken in the 2014 countdown. Killing Heidi set the record for the highest ranking song by an Unearthed artist.
2000
2000
Year
2000
Top ten
Powderfinger – "My Happiness" U2 – "Beautiful Day" Powderfinger – "My Kind of Scene" Wheatus – "Teenage Dirtbag" Coldplay – "Yellow" The Avalanches – "Frontier Psychiatrist" Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication" Foo Fighters – "Generator" Paul Kelly – "Every Fucking City" The Dandy Warhols – "Bohemian Like You"
Highlights
Rage Against the Machine scored three tracks in the countdown. Powderfinger became the first artist to have two Hottest 100 No. 1 tracks, in 1999 and 2000. Powderfinger became the second band to achieve two songs in the top five, the first Australian band to do so.
2001
2001
Year
2001
Top ten
Alex Lloyd – "Amazing" Something for Kate – "Monsters" System of a Down – "Chop Suey!" Basement Jaxx – "Where's Your Head At" John Butler Trio – "Betterman" Alien Ant Farm – "Smooth Criminal" Weezer – "Island in the Sun" The Avalanches – "Since I Left You" Gorillaz featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien – "Clint Eastwood" Cake – "Short Skirt/Long Jacket"
Highlights
Eskimo Joe, Muse, Something for Kate and The Strokes scored three tracks each in the countdown.
2002
2002
Year
2002
Top ten
Queens of the Stone Age – "No One Knows" Grinspoon – "Chemical Heart" The Waifs – "London Still" 1200 Techniques – "Karma" The Vines – "Get Free" Machine Gun Fellatio – "Pussy Town" Eminem – "Lose Yourself" Machine Gun Fellatio – "Rollercoaster" Red Hot Chili Peppers – "By the Way" Silverchair – "The Greatest View"
Highlights
Queens of the Stone Age and Silverchair scored five tracks each in the countdown. Setting the record for most appearances in a single countdown. Dave Grohl was involved with ten tracks (including three in succession from No. 11 to No. 13): five with Queens of the Stone Age, four with the Foo Fighters, and one with Nirvana. Grinspoon equal Killing Heidi's record of the Highest placing of a Triple J Unearthed artist at No. 2. Mark Lanegan became the oldest person to win the Hottest 100. He was 42 when it was announced that "No One Knows" won the countdown. 2002 had the lowest number of different artists represented of any Hottest 100.
2003
2003
Year
2003
Top ten
Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" OutKast – "Hey Ya!" The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army" Powderfinger – "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" Coldplay – "Clocks (Röyksopp Trembling Heart Mix)" The Cat Empire – "Hello" Powderfinger – "Sunsets" John Butler Trio – "Zebra" Hilltop Hoods – "The Nosebleed Section" Powderfinger – "Love Your Way"
Highlights
Powderfinger and The White Stripes scored five tracks each in the countdown, equaling the record for most appearances in a single countdown set by Queens of the Stone Age and Silverchair in the previous year Powderfinger became the first band to achieve three tracks in the top ten.
2004
2004
Year
2004
Top ten
Franz Ferdinand – "Take Me Out" Missy Higgins – "Scar" Eskimo Joe – "From the Sea" The Killers – "Somebody Told Me" Spiderbait – "Black Betty" Missy Higgins – "Ten Days" John Butler Trio – "Something's Gotta Give" Little Birdy – "Beautiful to Me" Powderfinger – "Bless My Soul" The White Stripes – "Jolene (Live Under Blackpool Lights)"
Highlights
John Butler Trio and the Scissor Sisters scored four tracks each in the countdown. The list included two versions of the song "Take Me Out": the original by Franz Ferdinand at No. 1 and Scissor Sisters' cover at No. 44. At No. 5, Spiderbait's cover of "Black Betty" ties with Björk's cover of "It's Oh So Quiet" as the highest ranked cover version in a Hottest 100 countdown. Missy Higgins's "Scar" is the equal highest ranking song by an Unearthed artist. It is tied with Killing Heidi in 1999 and Grinspoon in 2002.
2005
2005
Year
2005
Top ten
Bernard Fanning – "Wish You Well" Ben Lee – "Catch My Disease" Gorillaz featuring De La Soul – "Feel Good Inc." Foo Fighters – "Best of You" Gorillaz featuring Shaun Ryder – "Dare" Wolfmother – "Mind's Eye" The White Stripes – "My Doorbell" End of Fashion – "O Yeah" Wolfmother – "Joker & the Thief" Franz Ferdinand – "Do You Want To"
Highlights
Wolfmother scored six tracks in the countdown, at that point setting the record for most appearances in a single countdown (equaled by Spacey Jane in 2022). Gorillaz became the third band to place twice in the Top 5. Bernard Fanning achieves a Hottest 100 No. 1 for the third time (the only artist to do so to date), including twice with Powderfinger in 1999 and 2000. Ben Lee achieves No. 2 for the second time.
2006
2006
Year
2006
Top ten
Augie March – "One Crowded Hour" Eskimo Joe – "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" Hilltop Hoods – "The Hard Road" The Killers – "When You Were Young" Scissor Sisters – "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" Gnarls Barkley – "Crazy" Snow Patrol – "Chasing Cars" Gotye – "Hearts a Mess" Muse – "Starlight" The Grates – "19-20-20"
Highlights
Hilltop Hoods scored five tracks in the countdown. The Living End featured in the Hottest 100 for the tenth consecutive year.
2007
2007
Year
2007
Top ten
Muse – "Knights of Cydonia" Silverchair – "Straight Lines" Kings of Leon – "On Call" John Butler Trio – "Better Than" Faker – "This Heart Attack" Foo Fighters – "The Pretender" Daft Punk – "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Alive 2007)" Cold War Kids – "Hang Me Up to Dry" Soko – "I'll Kill Her" The Panics – "Don't Fight It"
Highlights
Bloc Party, Harry James Angus, John Butler Trio, Josh Pyke, Kings of Leon and Silverchair scored three tracks each in the countdown. 2007 was the closest Hottest 100 ever, with Muse winning by only 14 votes.
2008
2008
Year
2008
Top ten
Kings of Leon – "Sex on Fire" MGMT – "Electric Feel" Kings of Leon – "Use Somebody" Empire of the Sun – "Walking on a Dream" MGMT – "Kids" The Presets – "Talk Like That" Pez featuring 360 and Hailey Cramer – "The Festival Song" The Presets – "This Boy's in Love" The Ting Tings – "That's Not My Name" Drapht – "Jimmy Recard"
Highlights
Kings of Leon, Nick Littlemore and Vampire Weekend scored four tracks each in the countdown Both Kings of Leon and MGMT placed twice in the Top 5, the fourth and fifth artists to do so. This is also the first time where two separate artists appeared twice in the Top 5. The 2008 countdown marked the first time since 1995 that no Australian artist has featured in the Top 3 songs.
All Time (2009)
All Time (2009)
Year
All Time (2009)
Top ten
Nirvana – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991) Rage Against the Machine – "Killing in the Name" (1992) Jeff Buckley – "Hallelujah" (1994) Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980) Radiohead – "Paranoid Android" (1997) Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975) Jeff Buckley – "Last Goodbye" (1994) Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Under the Bridge" (1991) Foo Fighters – "Everlong" (1997) Led Zeppelin – "Stairway to Heaven" (1971)
Highlights
Voting was held in June 2009, results were broadcast from 7 to 12 July 2009. Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was voted No. 1 for the third time in a row in the Hottest 100 of All Time (previous years 1991 and 1998). Jeff Buckley and Radiohead scored four tracks each in the countdown. Dave Grohl was involved with five tracks appearing three times with Nirvana, once with the Foo Fighters and once with Queens of the Stone Age. Only two songs in the countdown featured a female lead vocalist: Elizabeth Fraser and Shara Nelson, both guest vocalists on songs by Massive Attack. Radiohead swapped the No. 5 and No. 13 positions that they had held in the 1998 all time countdown with "Creep" and "Paranoid Android".
2009
2009
Year
2009
Top ten
Mumford & Sons – "Little Lion Man" Art vs. Science – "Parlez Vous Francais?" Hilltop Hoods – "Chase That Feeling" Phoenix – "Lisztomania" Bluejuice – "Broken Leg" La Roux – "Bulletproof" Lisa Mitchell – "Coin Laundry" Lily Allen – "Not Fair" Muse – "Uprising" Florence and the Machine – "Dog Days Are Over"
Highlights
Florence and the Machine and Muse scored four tracks each in the countdown. This is the first Hottest 100 not to feature an American artist in the Top 10. Art vs. Science's "Parlez Vous Francais?" is the equal highest ranking song by an Unearthed artist. It tied with Killing Heidi in 1999, Grinspoon in 2002 and Missy Higgins in 2004. The 2009 winner was leaked on 22 January by ABC Commercial. Hilltop Hoods achieves No. 3 for the second time.
2010
2010
Year
2010
Top ten
Angus & Julia Stone – "Big Jet Plane" Little Red – "Rock It" Ou Est le Swimming Pool – "Dance the Way I Feel" Birds of Tokyo – "Plans" Boy & Bear – "Fall at Your Feet" Adrian Lux – "Teenage Crime" Cee-Lo Green – "Fuck You" The Wombats – "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" Art vs. Science – "Magic Fountain" Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. featuring Boy George and Andrew Wyatt – "Somebody to Love Me"
Highlights
Arcade Fire, Birds of Tokyo, Bliss n Eso, Gorillaz, Gypsy & The Cat, Mark Ronson & The Business Intl., Pendulum and Washington scored three tracks each in the countdown. This is the first countdown since 1994 that features a female vocalist in the No. 1 song, and the first time since 1996 for any female member of the winning artist. Boy & Bear's cover of Crowded House's "Fall at Your Feet" is the equal highest cover song. It is tied with Björk in 1995 and Spiderbait' in 2004. Little Red equal the record of Killing Heidi, Grinspoon, Missy Higgins and Art vs. Science as the highest placing song by a Triple J Unearthed artist.
Australian Albums (2011)
Australian Albums (2011)
Year
Australian Albums (2011)
Top ten
Powderfinger – Odyssey Number Five (2000) Silverchair – Frogstomp (1995) AC/DC – Back in Black (1980) The Living End – The Living End (1999) INXS – Kick (1987) Powderfinger – Internationalist (1998) The Presets – Apocalypso (2008) Wolfmother – Wolfmother (2005) The Avalanches – Since I Left You (2000) Regurgitator – Unit (1997)
Highlights
Compiled in June 2011, and counted down between 28 June and 10 July. The first Hottest 100 countdown that is not based on single tracks. This is now the third Hottest 100 won by Powderfinger and the fourth won by Bernard Fanning. Silverchair and Bernard Fanning both appeared five times in the countdown. Fanning appeared once solo and four times with Powderfinger. Every one of Silverchair's studio albums reached the countdown.
2011
2011
Year
2011
Top ten
Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know" The Black Keys – "Lonely Boy" Matt Corby – "Brother" Boy & Bear – "Feeding Line" M83 – "Midnight City" Lana Del Rey – "Video Games" San Cisco – "Awkward" 360 featuring Gossling – "Boys like You" The Jezabels – "Endless Summer" Hilltop Hoods featuring Sia – "I Love It"
Highlights
The Wombats and Kimbra scored four tracks each in the countdown. This is the first collaboration between artists to win the Hottest 100.
2012
2012
Year
2012
Top ten
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz – "Thrift Shop" Of Monsters and Men – "Little Talks" Alt-J – "Breezeblocks" Flume – "Holdin On" Mumford & Sons – "I Will Wait" Major Lazer featuring Amber Coffman – "Get Free" Tame Impala – "Elephant" Frank Ocean – "Lost" Tame Impala – "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" The Rubens – "My Gun"
Highlights
Flume scored four tracks in the countdown. "Thrift Shop" is the first hip-hop song to top the chart in Hottest 100 history. It also breaks the record of highest ranking hip-hop song, which was previously set by Coolio, Gorillaz & Hilltop Hoods. All of whom managed to place third in 1995, 2005, 2006 & 2009. For the first time since 2008 no Australian artist featured in the Top 3. The four highest charting artists in this year's countdown were all debutantes. This is the first time this has happened since the first countdown in 1993.
20 Years of the Hottest 100 (2013)
20 Years of the Hottest 100 (2013)
Year
20 Years of the Hottest 100 (2013)
Top ten
Oasis – "Wonderwall" (1995) The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army" (2003) Jeff Buckley – "Last Goodbye" (1994) Hilltop Hoods – "The Nosebleed Section" (2003) The Verve – "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (1997) Foo Fighters – "Everlong" (1997) The Killers – "Mr. Brightside" (2004) Powderfinger – "These Days" (1999) Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2011) Powderfinger – "My Happiness" (2000)
Highlights
Voting was held in May 2013, results were broadcast on the 8 and 9 June 2013. Daft Punk, Damon Albarn, Dave Grohl, The Killers and Silverchair scored three tracks each in the countdown. Four tracks in the countdown had not been charted in an annual Hottest 100.
2013
2013
Year
2013
Top ten
Vance Joy – "Riptide" Lorde – "Royals" Daft Punk featuring Pharrell – "Get Lucky" Arctic Monkeys – "Do I Wanna Know?" Flume & Chet Faker – "Drop the Game" Arctic Monkeys – "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" Lana Del Rey – "Young and Beautiful" Matt Corby – "Resolution" The Preatures – "Is This How You Feel?" London Grammar – "Strong"
Highlights
Daft Punk and Ezra Koenig scored four tracks each in the countdown. Two versions of "Get Lucky" appeared in the countdown, the original by Daft Punk at number 3 and San Cisco's cover at number 39; this is the first time it has happened since 2004. Vance Joy is the first Triple J Unearthed artist to place first in the Hottest 100.
2014
2014
Year
2014
Top ten
Chet Faker – "Talk Is Cheap" Peking Duk featuring Nicole Millar – "High" Hilltop Hoods – "Cosby Sweater" Milky Chance – "Stolen Dance" Peking Duk featuring Safia – "Take Me Over" Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – "Uptown Funk" Chet Faker – "Gold" Chet Faker – "1998" Sia – "Chandelier" Ásgeir – "King and Cross"
Highlights
Chet Faker scored four tracks in the countdown. Chet Faker became the second artist to chart three times in the top 10 places after Powderfinger achieved the feat in 2003. The 2014 countdown featured 55 Australian entries, breaking the previous record of 52, set in 1999 and equaled in 2007. Peking Duk are the sixth band to appear twice in the Top 5, the first to do so since Kings of Leon and MGMT in 2008. Zach de la Rocha's appearance with Run the Jewels marks his first return to a Hottest 100 since 2001. His 13-year absence equals the record set by Robert Smith in 2010 and Ben Folds Five in 2012. Hilltop Hoods finish No. 3 for the third time.
2015
2015
Year
2015
Top ten
The Rubens – "Hoops" Kendrick Lamar – "King Kunta" Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MØ – "Lean On" Tame Impala – "The Less I Know the Better" Tame Impala – "Let It Happen" Marcus Marr & Chet Faker – "The Trouble with Us" Jarryd James – "Do You Remember" Hermitude featuring Mataya & Young Tapz – "The Buzz" The Weeknd – "Can't Feel My Face" Disclosure featuring Lorde – "Magnets"
Highlights
Tame Impala and Courtney Barnett scored four tracks each in the countdown.
2016
2016
Year
2016
Top ten
Flume featuring Kai – "Never Be Like You" Amy Shark – "Adore" Tash Sultana – "Jungle" Hilltop Hoods featuring Montaigne and Tom Thum – "1955" Childish Gambino – "Redbone" DMA's – "Believe" (Like a Version) Illy featuring Vera Blue – "Papercuts" Flume featuring Tove Lo – "Say It" Peking Duk featuring Elliphant – "Stranger" The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk – "Starboy"
Highlights
Violent Soho scored five tracks in the countdown. 2016's countdown featured 66 Australian entries, breaking the previous record of 59 set in 2014. This countdown set a new record for the longest Australian winning streak in the Hottest 100 (2013–2016), beating the previous streak between 1999 and 2001.
2017
2017
Year
2017
Top ten
Kendrick Lamar – "Humble." Gang of Youths – "Let Me Down Easy" Angus & Julia Stone – "Chateau" Methyl Ethel – "Ubu" Gang of Youths – "The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows" Lorde – "Green Light" Pnau – "Go Bang" Thundamentals featuring Mataya – "Sally" Vance Joy – "Lay It on Me" Gang of Youths – "What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out?"
Highlights
Kendrick Lamar, Gang of Youths, Lorde and The Jungle Giants scored four tracks each in the countdown. Gang of Youths became the third artist to chart three times in the top 10, joining Chet Faker (2014) and Powderfinger (2003), and the seventh artist to place twice in the top 5. Kendrick Lamar is the first African-American person to top the Hottest 100. Kendrick Lamar becomes the first artist to place first in a countdown after previously coming second.
2018
2018
Year
2018
Top ten
Ocean Alley – "Confidence" Fisher – "Losing It" Travis Scott – "Sicko Mode" Childish Gambino – "This Is America" Amy Shark – "I Said Hi" Dean Lewis – "Be Alright" Mallrat – "Groceries" Billie Eilish – "When the Party's Over" Ruby Fields – "Dinosaurs" Ocean Alley – "Knees"
Highlights
Ocean Alley scored four tracks in the countdown, and became the second artist to be voted into No. 1 and No. 100 during the same countdown, after Powderfinger in 1999.
2019
2019
Year
2019
Top ten
Billie Eilish – "Bad Guy" Flume featuring Vera Blue – "Rushing Back" Mallrat – "Charlie" Tones and I – "Dance Monkey" Denzel Curry – "Bulls on Parade" (Like a Version) G Flip – "Drink Too Much" Lime Cordiale – "Robbery" The Jungle Giants – "Heavy Hearted" Thelma Plum – "Better in Blak" Hilltop Hoods featuring Illy and Ecca Vandal – "Exit Sign"
Highlights
Billie Eilish scored five tracks in the countdown. The highest total from a female artist. Billie Eilish becomes the youngest artist and the first female solo artist to top the Hottest 100. Slipknot mark their first appearance in a Hottest 100 since 2000, their 19-year absence breaking the record for the longest in Hottest 100 history at the time. Denzel Curry's Like a Version cover of Rage Against the Machine's "Bulls on Parade" is the equal highest cover song. It is tied with Björk, Spiderbait and Boy & Bear who achieved the feat in 1995, 2004 and 2010 respectively.
2010s (2020)
2010s (2020)
Year
2010s (2020)
Top ten
Tame Impala – "The Less I Know the Better" (2015) Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2011) Arctic Monkeys – "Do I Wanna Know?" (2013) Violent Soho – "Covered in Chrome" (2013) Rüfüs Du Sol – "Innerbloom" (2015) Gang of Youths – "Magnolia" (2015) Foster the People – "Pumped Up Kicks" (2010) Flume featuring Kai – "Never Be Like You" (2016) Angus & Julia Stone – "Big Jet Plane" (2010) Matt Corby – "Brother" (2011)
Highlights
Voting took place between 11 February and 9 March 2020, results were broadcast on 14 March 2020. Tracks placing between 101 and 200 were aired between 10 and 13 March 2020. Flume scored five tracks in the countdown and also was featured on two remixes with a total of seven appearances in the countdown. Rüfüs Du Sol were the first artist to have a song and its remix by What So Not to appear in the same countdown. Kanye West scored five tracks in the countdown. Tame Impala's win marks the first time since 1991 that the winning song hadn't previously won any countdown. Nine tracks in the countdown had not charted in a previous Hottest 100.
2020
2020
Year
2020
Top ten
Glass Animals – "Heat Waves" Spacey Jane – "Booster Seat" Flume and Toro y Moi – "The Difference" Ball Park Music – "Cherub" Tame Impala – "Lost in Yesterday" Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion – "WAP" G Flip – "Hyperfine" The Jungle Giants – "Sending Me Ur Loving" Hilltop Hoods – "I'm Good?" Billie Eilish – "Therefore I Am"
Highlights
Lime Cordiale scored five tracks in the countdown. Flume becomes the first artist to have placed in each of the top 5 spots of the countdown.
2021
2021
Year
2021
Top ten
The Wiggles – "Elephant" (Like a Version) The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – "Stay" Spacey Jane – "Lots of Nothing" Olivia Rodrigo – "Good 4 U" Billie Eilish – "Happier Than Ever" Gang of Youths – "The Angel of 8th Ave." Doja Cat and SZA – "Kiss Me More" Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – "Industry Baby" Rüfüs Du Sol – "On My Knees" Lil Nas X – "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"
Highlights
Olivia Rodrigo and Doja Cat scored five tracks each in the countdown. The Wiggles' "Elephant" becomes the first Like a Version cover to place first in the Hottest 100. Original Wiggles member Jeff Fatt becomes the oldest artist to top the Hottest 100. The Kid Laroi becomes the highest ranking Indigenous Australian artist in Hottest 100 history.
2022
2022
Year
2022
Top ten
Flume featuring May-a – "Say Nothing" Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal – "B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)" Spacey Jane – "Hardlight" Steve Lacy – "Bad Habit" Spacey Jane – "It's Been a Long Day" Spacey Jane – "Sitting Up" Lizzo – "About Damn Time" Ball Park Music – "Stars in My Eyes" Gang of Youths – "In the Wake of Your Leave" Joji – "Glimpse of Us"
Highlights
Spacey Jane scored six tracks in the countdown, including three songs in the top 10 – a feat only achieved three other times in the countdown's history (most recently, Gang of Youths in 2017). The band also became the eighth artist to have two songs poll in the top 5. Flume became the second artist after Powderfinger to top the Hottest 100 a second time, having previously had the No. 1 song in 2016. Spacey Jane are the first artist to feature in the top 3 of a countdown for the third consecutive year. They also finished third for the second year in a row.
Like a Version (2023)
Like a Version (2023)
Year
Like a Version (2023)
Top ten
DMA's – "Believe" (2016) Denzel Curry – "Bulls on Parade" (2019) Ocean Alley – "Baby Come Back" (2018) Lime Cordiale – "I Touch Myself" (2019) A.B. Original featuring Paul Kelly and Dan Sultan – "Dumb Things" (2016) Gang of Youths – "Blood" (2017) King Stingray – "Yellow" (2022) Thundamentals – "Brother" (2012) Chet Faker – "(Lover) You Don't Treat Me No Good" (2014) The Wiggles – "Elephant" (2021)
Highlights
Celebrating 20 years of Triple J's live music segment, Like a Version. Gang of Youths and Paul Dempsey both scored three tracks in the countdown.
2023
2023
Year
2023
Top ten
Doja Cat – "Paint the Town Red" G Flip – "The Worst Person Alive" Dom Dolla – "Saving Up" MK and Dom Dolla – "Rhyme Dust" Cassö, Raye and D-Block Europe – "Prada" Fred Again.. and Obongjayar – "Adore U" Billie Eilish – "What Was I Made For?" Troye Sivan – "Rush" Jack Harlow – "Lovin on Me" Post Malone – "Chemical"
Highlights
G Flip scored a record seven tracks in the countdown. Breaking the record set by Wolfmother in 2005 and Spacey Jane in 2022. Doja Cat becomes the first female African-American artist and rapper to top the Hottest 100. Kylie Minogue marks her first appearance in the countdown since 1997, breaking the record for the longest gap between entries in Hottest 100 history with her 26-year absence. Dom Dolla is the ninth artist to have two songs poll in the top 5. He also equals The Offspring's record set in 1994 for the highest consecutive appearances in a Hottest 100.
2024
2024
Year
2024
Top ten
Chappell Roan – "Good Luck, Babe!" Royel Otis – "Murder on the Dancefloor" (Like a Version) Billie Eilish – "Birds of a Feather" Lola Young – "Messy" Gracie Abrams – "That's So True" Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish – "Guess" Dom Dolla – "Girls" Kendrick Lamar – "Not Like Us" G Flip – "Cruel Summer" (Like a Version) Fred Again and Baby Keem – "Leavemealone"
Highlights
Charli XCX and Billie Eilish both had eight appearances in the countdown, setting the current record for the most appearances by an artist in a single countdown. The 2024 countdown featured 29 Australian entries, the lowest since 1996.
Australian Songs (2025)
Australian Songs (2025)
Year
Australian Songs (2025)
Top ten
INXS – "Never Tear Us Apart" (1987) Hilltop Hoods – "The Nosebleed Section" (2003) The Veronicas – "Untouched" (2007) Missy Higgins – "Scar" (2004) Crowded House – "Don't Dream It's Over" (1986) Powderfinger – "My Happiness" (2000) Cold Chisel – "Flame Trees" (1984) Cold Chisel – "Khe Sanh (1978) Paul Kelly – "How to Make Gravy" (1996) Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2011)
Highlights
The first Hottest 100 specifically for Australian songs. Bernard Fanning scored fours tracks on the countdown; three with Powderfinger and one as a solo artist.
2025
2025
Year
2025
Top ten
TBA
Year
Top ten
Highlights
All time (1989)
Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980) Hunters & Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (1984) The The – "Uncertain Smile" (1983) The Jam – "That's Entertainment" (1980) New Order – "Blue Monday" (1983) Dead Kennedys – "Holiday in Cambodia" (1980) The Smiths – "How Soon Is Now?" (1985) Hunters & Collectors – "Talking to a Stranger" (1982) The Sugarcubes – "Birthday" (1987) The Cure – "A Forest" (1980)
The first of the original series of Hottest 100s, in which songs could be selected from any year. The list included two versions of the song "Kiss". The original by Prince at No. 34 and Art of Noise and Tom Jones's cover at No. 24. Elvis Costello, The Cure, Hunters & Collectors and The Smiths scored four tracks each in the countdown.
All time (1990)
Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980) Hunters & Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (1984) The Smiths – "How Soon Is Now?" (1985) The The – "Uncertain Smile" (1983) New Order – "Blue Monday" (1983) The Stone Roses – "Fools Gold" (1989) The Smiths – "This Charming Man" (1983) The B-52's – "Rock Lobster" (1979) R.E.M. – "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (1987) The Jam – "That's Entertainment" (1980)
The second of the original series of Hottest 100s which allowed choices from any year. The Cure scored seven songs in the countdown.
All time (1991)
Nirvana – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991) Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980) Nirvana – "Lithium" (1991) Hunters & Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (1984) Andy Prieboy – "Tomorrow Wendy" (1990) The Smiths – "How Soon Is Now?" (1985) The Stone Roses – "Fools Gold" (1989) The Cure – "A Forest" (1980) Violent Femmes – "Blister in the Sun" (1982) New Order – "Blue Monday" (1983)
The third of the original series of Hottest 100s which allowed choices from any year. The Cure scored nine tracks in the countdown. Although not a part of the official countdowns, this record remains unbroken as of 2024. The closest artists to approach the record are Charli XCX and Billie Eilish who both had eight tracks in the 2024 countdown.
1992
No Hottest 100 Held
1993
Denis Leary – "Asshole" Radiohead – "Creep" The Cranberries – "Linger" Blind Melon – "No Rain" The Breeders – "Cannonball" Rage Against the Machine – "Killing in the Name" U2 – "Lemon" Pearl Jam – "Go" The Cruel Sea – "The Honeymoon Is Over" Atomic Swing – "Stone Me Into the Groove"
Return after list hiatus in 1992. The new format only allowed songs released as singles within the previous calendar year. The Cruel Sea and Michael Stipe (twice with R.E.M.) scored three tracks in the countdown.
1994
The Cranberries – "Zombie" Nine Inch Nails – "Closer" The Offspring – "Self Esteem" The Offspring – "Come Out and Play" Silverchair – "Tomorrow" Veruca Salt – "Seether" Nirvana – "About a Girl" Max Sharam – "Coma" Tom Jones – "If I Only Knew" Severed Heads – "Dead Eyes Opened"
Soundgarden scored four tracks in the countdown. Setting the record for most appearances in a single countdown. "Zombie" becomes the first No. 1 song with a female vocalist. The Offspring scored back to back tracks at positions No. 3 and 4; the first time in an official countdown that a band scored two songs in the top 5.
1995
Oasis – "Wonderwall" The Smashing Pumpkins – "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" Coolio featuring L.V. – "Gangsta's Paradise" The Presidents of the United States of America – "Kitty" Björk – "It's Oh So Quiet" Everclear – "Heroin Girl" Custard – "Apartment" Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue – "Where the Wild Roses Grow" TISM – "(He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River" TISM – "Greg! The Stop Sign!!"
Alanis Morissette, Green Day, Live, Red Hot Chili Peppers, TISM and You Am I scored three tracks each in the countdown. Alanis Morissette scored three songs without a single song of hers being played on Triple J that year.[citation needed] Grinspoon are the first Triple J Unearthed artist to appear in the Hottest 100. At No. 5, Björk's cover of "It's Oh So Quiet" becomes the highest ranked cover version in a Hottest 100 countdown.
1996
Spiderbait – "Buy Me a Pony" Tool – "Stinkfist" Ben Folds Five – "Underground" Butthole Surfers – "Pepper" Bush – "Glycerine" Powderfinger – "Pick You Up" The Prodigy – "Breathe" Allen Ginsberg – "Ballad of the Skeletons" Weezer – "El Scorcho" Babybird – "You're Gorgeous"
The first time an Australian track had been voted No. 1. Bush, Pearl Jam, Powderfinger and The Smashing Pumpkins scored three tracks each in the countdown.
1997
The Whitlams – "No Aphrodisiac" Blur – "Song 2" Chumbawamba – "Tubthumping" The Verve – "Bitter Sweet Symphony" Pauline Pantsdown – "Back Door Man" Blink-182 – "Dammit" Radiohead – "Paranoid Android" Marilyn Manson – "The Beautiful People" Radiohead – "Karma Police" Jebediah – "Leaving Home"
Former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam announced the winning song, sung by "his eponym", The Whitlams. Pauline Pantsdown's track "Back Door Man", which was banned by a court injunction from Pauline Hanson only 11 days after being first broadcast by the station, was voted No. 5. Arkarna, Bloodhound Gang, Everclear, Faith No More, Grinspoon, Jebediah, The Living End, Radiohead, Silverchair, The Verve, The Whitlams and Ween scored two tracks each in the countdown. 1997 had the highest number of different artists represented of any Hottest 100.
All Time (1998)
Nirvana – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991) Hunters & Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (1984) Pearl Jam – "Alive" (1991) Jeff Buckley – "Last Goodbye" (1994) Radiohead – "Creep" (1992) Led Zeppelin – "Stairway to Heaven" (1971) Metallica – "One" (1988) Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975) Metallica – "Enter Sandman" (1991) Pearl Jam – "Black" (1991)
Compiled and played in August 1998. Hosted by Robbie Buck, who played the wrong song by Led Zeppelin for No. 6, which was supposed to be "Stairway to Heaven".[citation needed] Grinspoon's "Just Ace", and the Ben Folds Five's "Brick" are the only songs to chart in an All Time countdown before an official yearly countdown. The Cure scored five tracks in the countdown.
1998
The Offspring – "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" Ben Lee – "Cigarettes Will Kill You" Custard – "Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us)" Hole – "Celebrity Skin" KoЯn – "Got the Life" Regurgitator – "! (The Song Formerly Known As)" Jebediah – "Harpoon" Powderfinger – "The Day You Come" You Am I – "Heavy Heart" The Living End – "Save the Day"
Regurgitator scored four tracks in the countdown; equaling the record for most appearances in a single countdown set by Soundgarden in 1994 Regurgitator frontman Quan Yeomans was involved with six tracks (including three in succession from No. 26 to No. 28): four with Regurgitator and twice with Happyland. The list included two versions of the song Harpoon: the original by Jebediah at No. 7 and Something for Kate's cover at No. 85.
1999
Powderfinger – "These Days" Killing Heidi – "Weir" The Tenants – "You Shit Me to Tears" Fatboy Slim – "Praise You" Placebo – "Every You Every Me" Bloodhound Gang – "The Bad Touch" Rage Against the Machine – "Guerrilla Radio" Limp Bizkit – "Nookie" Pearl Jam – "Last Kiss" Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Scar Tissue"
Powderfinger and Silverchair scored four tracks each in the countdown, equaling the record for most appearances in a single countdown set by Soundgarden in 1994 and Regurgitator in 1998. The 1999 countdown held the record for the most Australian artists in a countdown, with 52. This record was equaled in the 2007 countdown, and later broken in the 2014 countdown. Killing Heidi set the record for the highest ranking song by an Unearthed artist.
2000
Powderfinger – "My Happiness" U2 – "Beautiful Day" Powderfinger – "My Kind of Scene" Wheatus – "Teenage Dirtbag" Coldplay – "Yellow" The Avalanches – "Frontier Psychiatrist" Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication" Foo Fighters – "Generator" Paul Kelly – "Every Fucking City" The Dandy Warhols – "Bohemian Like You"
Rage Against the Machine scored three tracks in the countdown. Powderfinger became the first artist to have two Hottest 100 No. 1 tracks, in 1999 and 2000. Powderfinger became the second band to achieve two songs in the top five, the first Australian band to do so.
2001
Alex Lloyd – "Amazing" Something for Kate – "Monsters" System of a Down – "Chop Suey!" Basement Jaxx – "Where's Your Head At" John Butler Trio – "Betterman" Alien Ant Farm – "Smooth Criminal" Weezer – "Island in the Sun" The Avalanches – "Since I Left You" Gorillaz featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien – "Clint Eastwood" Cake – "Short Skirt/Long Jacket"
Eskimo Joe, Muse, Something for Kate and The Strokes scored three tracks each in the countdown.
2002
Queens of the Stone Age – "No One Knows" Grinspoon – "Chemical Heart" The Waifs – "London Still" 1200 Techniques – "Karma" The Vines – "Get Free" Machine Gun Fellatio – "Pussy Town" Eminem – "Lose Yourself" Machine Gun Fellatio – "Rollercoaster" Red Hot Chili Peppers – "By the Way" Silverchair – "The Greatest View"
Queens of the Stone Age and Silverchair scored five tracks each in the countdown. Setting the record for most appearances in a single countdown. Dave Grohl was involved with ten tracks (including three in succession from No. 11 to No. 13): five with Queens of the Stone Age, four with the Foo Fighters, and one with Nirvana. Grinspoon equal Killing Heidi's record of the Highest placing of a Triple J Unearthed artist at No. 2. Mark Lanegan became the oldest person to win the Hottest 100. He was 42 when it was announced that "No One Knows" won the countdown. 2002 had the lowest number of different artists represented of any Hottest 100.
2003
Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" OutKast – "Hey Ya!" The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army" Powderfinger – "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" Coldplay – "Clocks (Röyksopp Trembling Heart Mix)" The Cat Empire – "Hello" Powderfinger – "Sunsets" John Butler Trio – "Zebra" Hilltop Hoods – "The Nosebleed Section" Powderfinger – "Love Your Way"
Powderfinger and The White Stripes scored five tracks each in the countdown, equaling the record for most appearances in a single countdown set by Queens of the Stone Age and Silverchair in the previous year Powderfinger became the first band to achieve three tracks in the top ten.
2004
Franz Ferdinand – "Take Me Out" Missy Higgins – "Scar" Eskimo Joe – "From the Sea" The Killers – "Somebody Told Me" Spiderbait – "Black Betty" Missy Higgins – "Ten Days" John Butler Trio – "Something's Gotta Give" Little Birdy – "Beautiful to Me" Powderfinger – "Bless My Soul" The White Stripes – "Jolene (Live Under Blackpool Lights)"
John Butler Trio and the Scissor Sisters scored four tracks each in the countdown. The list included two versions of the song "Take Me Out": the original by Franz Ferdinand at No. 1 and Scissor Sisters' cover at No. 44. At No. 5, Spiderbait's cover of "Black Betty" ties with Björk's cover of "It's Oh So Quiet" as the highest ranked cover version in a Hottest 100 countdown. Missy Higgins's "Scar" is the equal highest ranking song by an Unearthed artist. It is tied with Killing Heidi in 1999 and Grinspoon in 2002.
2005
Bernard Fanning – "Wish You Well" Ben Lee – "Catch My Disease" Gorillaz featuring De La Soul – "Feel Good Inc." Foo Fighters – "Best of You" Gorillaz featuring Shaun Ryder – "Dare" Wolfmother – "Mind's Eye" The White Stripes – "My Doorbell" End of Fashion – "O Yeah" Wolfmother – "Joker & the Thief" Franz Ferdinand – "Do You Want To"
Wolfmother scored six tracks in the countdown, at that point setting the record for most appearances in a single countdown (equaled by Spacey Jane in 2022). Gorillaz became the third band to place twice in the Top 5. Bernard Fanning achieves a Hottest 100 No. 1 for the third time (the only artist to do so to date), including twice with Powderfinger in 1999 and 2000. Ben Lee achieves No. 2 for the second time.
2006
Augie March – "One Crowded Hour" Eskimo Joe – "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" Hilltop Hoods – "The Hard Road" The Killers – "When You Were Young" Scissor Sisters – "I Don't Feel Like Dancin Gnarls Barkley – "Crazy" Snow Patrol – "Chasing Cars" Gotye – "Hearts a Mess" Muse – "Starlight" The Grates – "19-20-20"
Hilltop Hoods scored five tracks in the countdown. The Living End featured in the Hottest 100 for the tenth consecutive year.
2007
Muse – "Knights of Cydonia" Silverchair – "Straight Lines" Kings of Leon – "On Call" John Butler Trio – "Better Than" Faker – "This Heart Attack" Foo Fighters – "The Pretender" Daft Punk – "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Alive 2007)" Cold War Kids – "Hang Me Up to Dry" Soko – "I'll Kill Her" The Panics – "Don't Fight It"
Bloc Party, Harry James Angus, John Butler Trio, Josh Pyke, Kings of Leon and Silverchair scored three tracks each in the countdown. 2007 was the closest Hottest 100 ever, with Muse winning by only 14 votes.
2008
Kings of Leon – "Sex on Fire" MGMT – "Electric Feel" Kings of Leon – "Use Somebody" Empire of the Sun – "Walking on a Dream" MGMT – "Kids" The Presets – "Talk Like That" Pez featuring 360 and Hailey Cramer – "The Festival Song" The Presets – "This Boy's in Love" The Ting Tings – "That's Not My Name" Drapht – "Jimmy Recard"
Kings of Leon, Nick Littlemore and Vampire Weekend scored four tracks each in the countdown Both Kings of Leon and MGMT placed twice in the Top 5, the fourth and fifth artists to do so. This is also the first time where two separate artists appeared twice in the Top 5. The 2008 countdown marked the first time since 1995 that no Australian artist has featured in the Top 3 songs.
All Time (2009)
Nirvana – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991) Rage Against the Machine – "Killing in the Name" (1992) Jeff Buckley – "Hallelujah" (1994) Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980) Radiohead – "Paranoid Android" (1997) Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975) Jeff Buckley – "Last Goodbye" (1994) Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Under the Bridge" (1991) Foo Fighters – "Everlong" (1997) Led Zeppelin – "Stairway to Heaven" (1971)
Voting was held in June 2009, results were broadcast from 7 to 12 July 2009. Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was voted No. 1 for the third time in a row in the Hottest 100 of All Time (previous years 1991 and 1998). Jeff Buckley and Radiohead scored four tracks each in the countdown. Dave Grohl was involved with five tracks appearing three times with Nirvana, once with the Foo Fighters and once with Queens of the Stone Age. Only two songs in the countdown featured a female lead vocalist: Elizabeth Fraser and Shara Nelson, both guest vocalists on songs by Massive Attack. Radiohead swapped the No. 5 and No. 13 positions that they had held in the 1998 all time countdown with "Creep" and "Paranoid Android".
2009
Mumford & Sons – "Little Lion Man" Art vs. Science – "Parlez Vous Francais?" Hilltop Hoods – "Chase That Feeling" Phoenix – "Lisztomania" Bluejuice – "Broken Leg" La Roux – "Bulletproof" Lisa Mitchell – "Coin Laundry" Lily Allen – "Not Fair" Muse – "Uprising" Florence and the Machine – "Dog Days Are Over"
Florence and the Machine and Muse scored four tracks each in the countdown. This is the first Hottest 100 not to feature an American artist in the Top 10. Art vs. Science's "Parlez Vous Francais?" is the equal highest ranking song by an Unearthed artist. It tied with Killing Heidi in 1999, Grinspoon in 2002 and Missy Higgins in 2004. The 2009 winner was leaked on 22 January by ABC Commercial. Hilltop Hoods achieves No. 3 for the second time.
2010
Angus & Julia Stone – "Big Jet Plane" Little Red – "Rock It" Ou Est le Swimming Pool – "Dance the Way I Feel" Birds of Tokyo – "Plans" Boy & Bear – "Fall at Your Feet" Adrian Lux – "Teenage Crime" Cee-Lo Green – "Fuck You" The Wombats – "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" Art vs. Science – "Magic Fountain" Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. featuring Boy George and Andrew Wyatt – "Somebody to Love Me"
Arcade Fire, Birds of Tokyo, Bliss n Eso, Gorillaz, Gypsy & The Cat, Mark Ronson & The Business Intl., Pendulum and Washington scored three tracks each in the countdown. This is the first countdown since 1994 that features a female vocalist in the No. 1 song, and the first time since 1996 for any female member of the winning artist. Boy & Bear's cover of Crowded House's "Fall at Your Feet" is the equal highest cover song. It is tied with Björk in 1995 and Spiderbait' in 2004. Little Red equal the record of Killing Heidi, Grinspoon, Missy Higgins and Art vs. Science as the highest placing song by a Triple J Unearthed artist.
Australian Albums (2011)
Powderfinger – Odyssey Number Five (2000) Silverchair – Frogstomp (1995) AC/DC – Back in Black (1980) The Living End – The Living End (1999) INXS – Kick (1987) Powderfinger – Internationalist (1998) The Presets – Apocalypso (2008) Wolfmother – Wolfmother (2005) The Avalanches – Since I Left You (2000) Regurgitator – Unit (1997)
Compiled in June 2011, and counted down between 28 June and 10 July. The first Hottest 100 countdown that is not based on single tracks. This is now the third Hottest 100 won by Powderfinger and the fourth won by Bernard Fanning. Silverchair and Bernard Fanning both appeared five times in the countdown. Fanning appeared once solo and four times with Powderfinger. Every one of Silverchair's studio albums reached the countdown.
2011
Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know" The Black Keys – "Lonely Boy" Matt Corby – "Brother" Boy & Bear – "Feeding Line" M83 – "Midnight City" Lana Del Rey – "Video Games" San Cisco – "Awkward" 360 featuring Gossling – "Boys like You" The Jezabels – "Endless Summer" Hilltop Hoods featuring Sia – "I Love It"
The Wombats and Kimbra scored four tracks each in the countdown. This is the first collaboration between artists to win the Hottest 100.
2012
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz – "Thrift Shop" Of Monsters and Men – "Little Talks" Alt-J – "Breezeblocks" Flume – "Holdin On" Mumford & Sons – "I Will Wait" Major Lazer featuring Amber Coffman – "Get Free" Tame Impala – "Elephant" Frank Ocean – "Lost" Tame Impala – "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" The Rubens – "My Gun"
Flume scored four tracks in the countdown. "Thrift Shop" is the first hip-hop song to top the chart in Hottest 100 history. It also breaks the record of highest ranking hip-hop song, which was previously set by Coolio, Gorillaz & Hilltop Hoods. All of whom managed to place third in 1995, 2005, 2006 & 2009. For the first time since 2008 no Australian artist featured in the Top 3. The four highest charting artists in this year's countdown were all debutantes. This is the first time this has happened since the first countdown in 1993.
20 Years of the Hottest 100 (2013)
Oasis – "Wonderwall" (1995) The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army" (2003) Jeff Buckley – "Last Goodbye" (1994) Hilltop Hoods – "The Nosebleed Section" (2003) The Verve – "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (1997) Foo Fighters – "Everlong" (1997) The Killers – "Mr. Brightside" (2004) Powderfinger – "These Days" (1999) Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2011) Powderfinger – "My Happiness" (2000)
Voting was held in May 2013, results were broadcast on the 8 and 9 June 2013. Daft Punk, Damon Albarn, Dave Grohl, The Killers and Silverchair scored three tracks each in the countdown. Four tracks in the countdown had not been charted in an annual Hottest 100.
2013
Vance Joy – "Riptide" Lorde – "Royals" Daft Punk featuring Pharrell – "Get Lucky" Arctic Monkeys – "Do I Wanna Know?" Flume & Chet Faker – "Drop the Game" Arctic Monkeys – "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" Lana Del Rey – "Young and Beautiful" Matt Corby – "Resolution" The Preatures – "Is This How You Feel?" London Grammar – "Strong"
Daft Punk and Ezra Koenig scored four tracks each in the countdown. Two versions of "Get Lucky" appeared in the countdown, the original by Daft Punk at number 3 and San Cisco's cover at number 39; this is the first time it has happened since 2004. Vance Joy is the first Triple J Unearthed artist to place first in the Hottest 100.
2014
Chet Faker – "Talk Is Cheap" Peking Duk featuring Nicole Millar – "High" Hilltop Hoods – "Cosby Sweater" Milky Chance – "Stolen Dance" Peking Duk featuring Safia – "Take Me Over" Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – "Uptown Funk" Chet Faker – "Gold" Chet Faker – "1998" Sia – "Chandelier" Ásgeir – "King and Cross"
Chet Faker scored four tracks in the countdown. Chet Faker became the second artist to chart three times in the top 10 places after Powderfinger achieved the feat in 2003. The 2014 countdown featured 55 Australian entries, breaking the previous record of 52, set in 1999 and equaled in 2007. Peking Duk are the sixth band to appear twice in the Top 5, the first to do so since Kings of Leon and MGMT in 2008. Zach de la Rocha's appearance with Run the Jewels marks his first return to a Hottest 100 since 2001. His 13-year absence equals the record set by Robert Smith in 2010 and Ben Folds Five in 2012. Hilltop Hoods finish No. 3 for the third time.
2015
The Rubens – "Hoops" Kendrick Lamar – "King Kunta" Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MØ – "Lean On" Tame Impala – "The Less I Know the Better" Tame Impala – "Let It Happen" Marcus Marr & Chet Faker – "The Trouble with Us" Jarryd James – "Do You Remember" Hermitude featuring Mataya & Young Tapz – "The Buzz" The Weeknd – "Can't Feel My Face" Disclosure featuring Lorde – "Magnets"
Tame Impala and Courtney Barnett scored four tracks each in the countdown.
2016
Flume featuring Kai – "Never Be Like You" Amy Shark – "Adore" Tash Sultana – "Jungle" Hilltop Hoods featuring Montaigne and Tom Thum – "1955" Childish Gambino – "Redbone" DMA's – "Believe" (Like a Version) Illy featuring Vera Blue – "Papercuts" Flume featuring Tove Lo – "Say It" Peking Duk featuring Elliphant – "Stranger" The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk – "Starboy"
Violent Soho scored five tracks in the countdown. 2016's countdown featured 66 Australian entries, breaking the previous record of 59 set in 2014. This countdown set a new record for the longest Australian winning streak in the Hottest 100 (2013–2016), beating the previous streak between 1999 and 2001.
2017
Kendrick Lamar – "Humble." Gang of Youths – "Let Me Down Easy" Angus & Julia Stone – "Chateau" Methyl Ethel – "Ubu" Gang of Youths – "The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows" Lorde – "Green Light" Pnau – "Go Bang" Thundamentals featuring Mataya – "Sally" Vance Joy – "Lay It on Me" Gang of Youths – "What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out?"
Kendrick Lamar, Gang of Youths, Lorde and The Jungle Giants scored four tracks each in the countdown. Gang of Youths became the third artist to chart three times in the top 10, joining Chet Faker (2014) and Powderfinger (2003), and the seventh artist to place twice in the top 5. Kendrick Lamar is the first African-American person to top the Hottest 100. Kendrick Lamar becomes the first artist to place first in a countdown after previously coming second.
2018
Ocean Alley – "Confidence" Fisher – "Losing It" Travis Scott – "Sicko Mode" Childish Gambino – "This Is America" Amy Shark – "I Said Hi" Dean Lewis – "Be Alright" Mallrat – "Groceries" Billie Eilish – "When the Party's Over" Ruby Fields – "Dinosaurs" Ocean Alley – "Knees"
Ocean Alley scored four tracks in the countdown, and became the second artist to be voted into No. 1 and No. 100 during the same countdown, after Powderfinger in 1999.
2019
Billie Eilish – "Bad Guy" Flume featuring Vera Blue – "Rushing Back" Mallrat – "Charlie" Tones and I – "Dance Monkey" Denzel Curry – "Bulls on Parade" (Like a Version) G Flip – "Drink Too Much" Lime Cordiale – "Robbery" The Jungle Giants – "Heavy Hearted" Thelma Plum – "Better in Blak" Hilltop Hoods featuring Illy and Ecca Vandal – "Exit Sign"
Billie Eilish scored five tracks in the countdown. The highest total from a female artist. Billie Eilish becomes the youngest artist and the first female solo artist to top the Hottest 100. Slipknot mark their first appearance in a Hottest 100 since 2000, their 19-year absence breaking the record for the longest in Hottest 100 history at the time. Denzel Curry's Like a Version cover of Rage Against the Machine's "Bulls on Parade" is the equal highest cover song. It is tied with Björk, Spiderbait and Boy & Bear who achieved the feat in 1995, 2004 and 2010 respectively.
2010s (2020)
Tame Impala – "The Less I Know the Better" (2015) Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2011) Arctic Monkeys – "Do I Wanna Know?" (2013) Violent Soho – "Covered in Chrome" (2013) Rüfüs Du Sol – "Innerbloom" (2015) Gang of Youths – "Magnolia" (2015) Foster the People – "Pumped Up Kicks" (2010) Flume featuring Kai – "Never Be Like You" (2016) Angus & Julia Stone – "Big Jet Plane" (2010) Matt Corby – "Brother" (2011)
Voting took place between 11 February and 9 March 2020, results were broadcast on 14 March 2020. Tracks placing between 101 and 200 were aired between 10 and 13 March 2020. Flume scored five tracks in the countdown and also was featured on two remixes with a total of seven appearances in the countdown. Rüfüs Du Sol were the first artist to have a song and its remix by What So Not to appear in the same countdown. Kanye West scored five tracks in the countdown. Tame Impala's win marks the first time since 1991 that the winning song hadn't previously won any countdown. Nine tracks in the countdown had not charted in a previous Hottest 100.
2020
Glass Animals – "Heat Waves" Spacey Jane – "Booster Seat" Flume and Toro y Moi – "The Difference" Ball Park Music – "Cherub" Tame Impala – "Lost in Yesterday" Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion – "WAP" G Flip – "Hyperfine" The Jungle Giants – "Sending Me Ur Loving" Hilltop Hoods – "I'm Good?" Billie Eilish – "Therefore I Am"
Lime Cordiale scored five tracks in the countdown. Flume becomes the first artist to have placed in each of the top 5 spots of the countdown.
2021
The Wiggles – "Elephant" (Like a Version) The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – "Stay" Spacey Jane – "Lots of Nothing" Olivia Rodrigo – "Good 4 U" Billie Eilish – "Happier Than Ever" Gang of Youths – "The Angel of 8th Ave." Doja Cat and SZA – "Kiss Me More" Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – "Industry Baby" Rüfüs Du Sol – "On My Knees" Lil Nas X – "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"
Olivia Rodrigo and Doja Cat scored five tracks each in the countdown. The Wiggles Elephant" becomes the first Like a Version cover to place first in the Hottest 100. Original Wiggles member Jeff Fatt becomes the oldest artist to top the Hottest 100. The Kid Laroi becomes the highest ranking Indigenous Australian artist in Hottest 100 history.
2022
Flume featuring May-a – "Say Nothing" Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal – "B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)" Spacey Jane – "Hardlight" Steve Lacy – "Bad Habit" Spacey Jane – "It's Been a Long Day" Spacey Jane – "Sitting Up" Lizzo – "About Damn Time" Ball Park Music – "Stars in My Eyes" Gang of Youths – "In the Wake of Your Leave" Joji – "Glimpse of Us"
Spacey Jane scored six tracks in the countdown, including three songs in the top 10 – a feat only achieved three other times in the countdown's history (most recently, Gang of Youths in 2017). The band also became the eighth artist to have two songs poll in the top 5. Flume became the second artist after Powderfinger to top the Hottest 100 a second time, having previously had the No. 1 song in 2016. Spacey Jane are the first artist to feature in the top 3 of a countdown for the third consecutive year. They also finished third for the second year in a row.
Like a Version (2023)
DMA's – "Believe" (2016) Denzel Curry – "Bulls on Parade" (2019) Ocean Alley – "Baby Come Back" (2018) Lime Cordiale – "I Touch Myself" (2019) A.B. Original featuring Paul Kelly and Dan Sultan – "Dumb Things" (2016) Gang of Youths – "Blood" (2017) King Stingray – "Yellow" (2022) Thundamentals – "Brother" (2012) Chet Faker – "(Lover) You Don't Treat Me No Good" (2014) The Wiggles – "Elephant" (2021)
Celebrating 20 years of Triple J's live music segment, Like a Version. Gang of Youths and Paul Dempsey both scored three tracks in the countdown.
2023
Doja Cat – "Paint the Town Red" G Flip – "The Worst Person Alive" Dom Dolla – "Saving Up" MK and Dom Dolla – "Rhyme Dust" Cassö, Raye and D-Block Europe – "Prada" Fred Again.. and Obongjayar – "Adore U" Billie Eilish – "What Was I Made For?" Troye Sivan – "Rush" Jack Harlow – "Lovin on Me" Post Malone – "Chemical"
G Flip scored a record seven tracks in the countdown. Breaking the record set by Wolfmother in 2005 and Spacey Jane in 2022. Doja Cat becomes the first female African-American artist and rapper to top the Hottest 100. Kylie Minogue marks her first appearance in the countdown since 1997, breaking the record for the longest gap between entries in Hottest 100 history with her 26-year absence. Dom Dolla is the ninth artist to have two songs poll in the top 5. He also equals The Offspring's record set in 1994 for the highest consecutive appearances in a Hottest 100.
2024
Chappell Roan – "Good Luck, Babe!" Royel Otis – "Murder on the Dancefloor" (Like a Version) Billie Eilish – "Birds of a Feather" Lola Young – "Messy" Gracie Abrams – "That's So True" Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish – "Guess" Dom Dolla – "Girls" Kendrick Lamar – "Not Like Us" G Flip – "Cruel Summer" (Like a Version) Fred Again and Baby Keem – "Leavemealone"
Charli XCX and Billie Eilish both had eight appearances in the countdown, setting the current record for the most appearances by an artist in a single countdown. The 2024 countdown featured 29 Australian entries, the lowest since 1996.
Australian Songs (2025)
INXS – "Never Tear Us Apart" (1987) Hilltop Hoods – "The Nosebleed Section" (2003) The Veronicas – "Untouched" (2007) Missy Higgins – "Scar" (2004) Crowded House – "Don't Dream It's Over" (1986) Powderfinger – "My Happiness" (2000) Cold Chisel – "Flame Trees" (1984) Cold Chisel – "Khe Sanh (1978) Paul Kelly – "How to Make Gravy" (1996) Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2011)
The first Hottest 100 specifically for Australian songs. Bernard Fanning scored fours tracks on the countdown; three with Powderfinger and one as a solo artist.
2025
TBA
List of votes counted and fundraising history · Voter turnout and fundraising
1990 (All Time)
1990 (All Time)
Year
1990 (All Time)
Votes cast
10,000
VR?
Charity partner
—
Amount raised
—|
1993
1993
Year
1993
Votes cast
50,000
VR?
1995
1995
Year
1995
Votes cast
100,000
VR?
1996
1996
Year
1996
Votes cast
300,000
VR?
1997
1997
Year
1997
Votes cast
250,000
1998
1998
Year
1998
Votes cast
500,000
VR?
1998 (All Time)
1998 (All Time)
Year
1998 (All Time)
Votes cast
100,000
1999
1999
Year
1999
Votes cast
650,000
VR?
2000
2000
Year
2000
Votes cast
900,000
VR?
2001
2001
Year
2001
Votes cast
350,000
2003
2003
Year
2003
Votes cast
383,000
2004
2004
Year
2004
Votes cast
475,000
2005
2005
Year
2005
Votes cast
606,060
2006
2006
Year
2006
Votes cast
671,024
2007
2007
Year
2007
Votes cast
700,000
2008
2008
Year
2008
Votes cast
800,000
2009
2009
Year
2009
Votes cast
1,100,000
VR?
2009(All Time)
2009(All Time)
Year
2009(All Time)
Votes cast
500,000
2010
2010
Year
2010
Votes cast
1,260,000
VR?
2011
2011
Year
2011
Votes cast
1,378,869
VR?
2011(Australian Albums)
2011(Australian Albums)
Year
2011(Australian Albums)
Votes cast
47,000
2012
2012
Year
2012
Votes cast
1,516,765
VR?
2013
2013
Year
2013
Votes cast
1,490,000
2013(Past 20 Years)
2013(Past 20 Years)
Year
2013(Past 20 Years)
Votes cast
940,000
2014
2014
Year
2014
Votes cast
2,099,707
VR?
2015
2015
Year
2015
Votes cast
2,094,000
Charity partner
Australian IndigenousMentoring Experience
Amount raised
$100,000
2016
2016
Year
2016
Votes cast
2,255,110
VR?
Charity partner
$250,000
2017
2017
Year
2017
Votes cast
2,286,133
VR?
Charity partner
$250,000
2018
2018
Year
2018
Votes cast
2,758,584
VR?
Charity partner
Lifeline
Amount raised
$631,000
2019
2019
Year
2019
Votes cast
3,211,596
VR?
Charity partner
Greening Australia
Amount raised
$250,000
2020(2010s)
2020(2010s)
Year
2020(2010s)
Votes cast
1,869,659
Charity partner
—
Amount raised
—
2020
2020
Year
2020
Votes cast
2,790,224
Charity partner
Lifeline
Amount raised
$653,000
2021
2021
Year
2021
Votes cast
2,700,000
Charity partner
$1,200,000
2022
2022
Year
2022
Votes cast
2,436,565
Charity partner
Australian ConservationFoundation
Amount raised
$550,000
2023
2023
Year
2023
Votes cast
2,355,870
Charity partner
Headspace
Amount raised
$502,000
2024
2024
Year
2024
Votes cast
2,489,446
Charity partner
We Are Mobilise
Amount raised
$312,000
2025(Australian Songs)
2025(Australian Songs)
Year
2025(Australian Songs)
Votes cast
2,655,826
Charity partner
—
2025
2025
Year
2025
Votes cast
TBA
Charity partner
We Are Mobilise
Amount raised
TBA
Year
Votes cast
VR?
Charity partner
Amount raised
Ref.
1990 (All Time)
10,000
—
—|
1993
50,000
1995
100,000
1996
300,000
1997
250,000
1998
500,000
1998 (All Time)
100,000
1999
650,000
2000
900,000
2001
350,000
2003
383,000
2004
475,000
2005
606,060
2006
671,024
2007
700,000
2008
800,000
2009
1,100,000
2009(All Time)
500,000
2010
1,260,000
2011
1,378,869
2011(Australian Albums)
47,000
2012
1,516,765
2013
1,490,000
2013(Past 20 Years)
940,000
2014
2,099,707
2015
2,094,000
Australian IndigenousMentoring Experience
$100,000
2016
2,255,110
$250,000
2017
2,286,133
$250,000
2018
2,758,584
Lifeline
$631,000
2019
3,211,596
Greening Australia
$250,000
2020(2010s)
1,869,659
—
—
2020
2,790,224
Lifeline
$653,000
2021
2,700,000
$1,200,000
2022
2,436,565
Australian ConservationFoundation
$550,000
2023
2,355,870
Headspace
$502,000
2024
2,489,446
We Are Mobilise
$312,000
2025(Australian Songs)
2,655,826
—
2025
TBA
We Are Mobilise
TBA

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