With polling closed, bands’ humorous ploys for votes finished, and the final numbers being tallied ahead of the annual Australia Day countdown, Triple J has offered some interesting teasers about the results of this year’s Hottest 100.
Dropping a handful of clues about this year’s list (though not as many as, spoiler alert, the Warmest 100), the national youth broadcaster confirms that nearly half of the Hottest 100 countdown will be made up of Australian talent, 44% to be precise.
That’s a 3% increase from last year’s Hottest 100, which saw 41 songs by Australian artists feature on the list that was taken out by ‘Thrift Shop’ hit-makers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.
This year’s poll also sees a slight dip in votes from last year’s record breaking 1897,975 votes, with the 2013 countdown pulling 1,492,619 votes from 173,658 music lovers from 169 countries across the globe towards the ‘world’s largest musical democracy’.
This Sunday’s broadcast will also see the debut of 42 songs from artists making their first-ever appearance on the Hottest 100. Given their popularity with Triple J listeners, and combined with the saturation of Aussies on the list, don’t be surprised if the likes of The Preatures, Courtney Barnett, and Vance Joy crop up on the list. …nearly half of the Hottest 100 countdown will be made up of Australian talent, 44% to be precise.
Other Hottest 100 debuts are sure to include popular emerging acts like Chvrches, London Grammar, FIDLAR, King Krule, plus Lorde and Haim – whose debut albums were already by voted by Triple J’s listenership among the Best Albums of 2013 poll. That same Top 10 list also featured Daft Punk, Vampire Weekend, and The National – who all released new albums last May.
Significant given Triple J has also revealed that May is the month from which the most Hottest 100 songs were released (cue Arcade Fire, DJ). So cuts from Random Access Memories, Modern Vampires of the City, and Trouble Will Find Me on this year’s countdown are a no brainer. Other popular albums released in May include Disclosure’s Settle, Laura Marling’s Once I Was An Eagle, Savages Silence Yourslef, and MS MR’s Secondhand Rapture.
The Hottest 100 airs around the country from midday this Sunday 26th January (specific state broadcast times below), while the regular airing of the #101 to #200 runners-up will be played on Monday 27th January (at 10am AEDT). This Saturday will also see a re-run of last year’s Hottest 100 countdown (from 10am AEDT).
Though the public discussion surrounding Triple J’s influence on Australian music (with everyone from Whitley and Cherry Bar’s James Young weighing in on the debate) has cooled somewhat in the last week, if previous Hottest 100 controversies are anything to go by, expect the iconic countdown and Triple J to spark some additional chatter.
Then there’s the matter of the the Warmest 100, which made a surprise comeback earlier this week – complete with its full predictions for this year’s Hottest 100 – despite the Brisbane analyst behind the ‘social media experiment’ saying it would not be returning this year due to a clamp down on the Hottest 100’s social media systems.
After finding a new method for gathering voter data, the new Warmest 100 compiled 7,800 votes from 1,799 entries – approximately 1.3% of the expected total vote. And though its creators have admitted it may not be as ‘warm’ as last year (eventually accurately predicting 92% of the chart), all will be revealed this Australia Day (and if you simply can’t wait, check out the Warmest 100 here).
Triple J Hottest 100 Broadcast Times
Sunday 26th Janunary Midday AEDT
12pm – NSW, ACT, VIC + TAS
11:30am – SA
11am – QLD
10.30am – NT
9:00am – WA
