Triple J Hottest 100

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Triple J Hottest 100
Current: Triple J Hottest 100, 2023
"The world's greatest music democracy"
Awarded forThe year's top 100 songs as voted in a music listener poll
Date2017–present: the fourth Saturday in January;
1996–2016: 26 January
CountryAustralia
Presented byTriple J
First awarded5 March 1989; 35 years ago (1989-03-05) (as Hot 100)
Currently held byUnited States Doja Cat – "Paint the Town Red" (2023)
Most awardsAustralia Powderfinger
Australia Flume
(2 wins each)
WebsiteABC Triple J Hottest 100
Television/radio coverage
NetworkTriple J (1989–present)

The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music listener poll hosted by the publicly funded national Australian youth radio station Triple J. Members of the public are invited to vote for their favourite Australian and alternative music of the year in an online poll conducted two weeks prior to the new year.[1][2]

The first countdown in 1989 was held in March and then on various days in January and February until 1998 when it was mostly consistently held on Australia Day.[3] Since 2017, the countdown has been held on the fourth weekend of January due to increasing controversy about Australia Day regarding its marking of the colonisation of Australia and dispossession of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land.[4][5] Typically, on the day after the Hottest 100, Triple J has played the Hottest 200 ("the songs that didn't quite make it") from 10 am.[6]

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".[7][8] Since 2015, the countdown has raised at least $3.3 million for various Australian charity partners, including Lifeline, through merchandise sales.[9] ABC Music issued physical compilation albums following each year's countdown until 2022.[10] American rapper/singer Doja Cat's song "Paint the Town Red" is the latest song to top the Hottest 100.

In 2023, Triple J launched Triple J Hottest, an online radio station featuring a playlist of tracks from all previous Hottest 100 countdowns.[11][12]

  1. ^ "Overview | Hottest 100 Archive | Triple J". www.abc.net.au. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Chapter 10: Youth Music". Victorian Government. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Hottest 100 Archive". ABC. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Triple J's Hottest 100 to be held on the Sunday after Australia Day again". ABC. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Triple J's Hottest 100 is moving to a new date and here's why". ABC. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Hottest 200: here's the other hottest songs of 2021". Triple J. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  7. ^ "This year's Hottest 100 has set a new voting record!". Triple J. words by Triple J. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ^ "Triple J Hottest 100 May Move From Australia Day". Broadsheet. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "ABC Music". ABC Music. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  11. ^ "Triple J Hottest". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Triple J Hottest – here's what you need to know about the new Hottest 100 station". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 July 2023.