Triple J Hottest 100, 2018

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2018 Triple J Hottest 100
Countdown details
Date of countdown27 January 2019
Charity partnerLifeline
Countdown highlights
Winning songOcean Alley Australia ("Confidence")
Most entriesOcean Alley (4) Australia
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The 2018 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 27 January 2019. It is the 26th countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by listeners of Australian radio station Triple J. A record-breaking number of voters (2.758 million) participated by choosing their top ten songs of 2018.[1]

Ocean Alley's "Confidence" was voted into first place.[2] Ocean Alley also achieved 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.

Background[]

Triple J's Hottest 100 allows members of the public to vote online for their top ten songs of the year, which are then used to calculate the year's 100 most popular songs. Any song that was released for the first time between 1 December 2017 and 30 November 2018 is eligible for 2018's Hottest 100. Voting opened on 10 December 2018, as announced by Liam Stapleton in a crime mockumentary.[3] Several artists and presenters, including Billie Eilish, Tash Sultana, Amy Shark and Anderson .Paak, made their votes public.[4] The artists most often voted for by Triple J presenters were The Presets, Kwame, Rüfüs Du Sol, and G Flip.

Once voting closed, Triple J announced on 25 January that a total of 2.758 million votes had been cast, breaking the previous year's record by 14%. Triple J also announced that 95% of voters were from Australia and 60% were under the age of 25.[1]

Projections[]

Prior to the countdown, bookmakers Sportsbet, Beteasy, Ladbrokes, and social media measurement site 100 Warm Tunas, placed "Confidence" by Australian band Ocean Alley and "This Is America" by American rapper Childish Gambino as the two songs most likely to be voted into first place.[5][6][7] Ocean Alley's highest previous performance was No. 48 with "The Comedown" in 2017, whilst Gambino's highest previous performance was No. 5 with "Redbone" in 2016.

Announcement date[]

See also: Triple J Hottest 100, 2017 § Announcement date

On 27 November 2017, Triple J announced plans to move the Hottest 100 from Australia Day (January 26) to the fourth Saturday of January. This followed a campaign led by Indigenous Australian activists and supporters, calling on Triple J to change the date due to opposition to Australia Day's celebratory commemoration of British settlement.[8] Following the announcement, concerns were raised on social media regarding the 2018 Hottest 100 announcement date, as the fourth Saturday of January 2019 coincides with January 26. Triple J newsreader Avani Dias and content director Ollie Wards stated that the 2019 dates would be reviewed and announced in the future.[9][10]

On 6 December 2018, Triple J announced that they would hold the countdown on 27 January 2019.[11]

Full list[]

Note: Australian artists
# Song Artist Country of origin
1 Confidence Ocean Alley  Australia
2 Losing It Fisher  Australia
3 Sicko Mode Travis Scott  United States
4 This Is America Childish Gambino  United States
5 I Said Hi Amy Shark  Australia
6 Be Alright Dean Lewis  Australia
7 Groceries Mallrat  Australia
8 When the Party's Over Billie Eilish  United States
9 Dinosaurs Ruby Fields  Australia
10 Knees Ocean Alley  Australia
11 Up in the Clouds Skegss  Australia
12 Turn The Wombats  United Kingdom
13 Praise the Lord (Da Shine) ASAP Rocky featuring Skepta  United States/ United Kingdom
14 I'm Good Wafia  Australia
15 Just Friends Hayden James featuring Boy Matthews  Australia/ United Kingdom
16 Baby Come Back (Like a Version) Ocean Alley  Australia
17 Lovely Billie Eilish and Khalid  United States
18 Join the Club Hockey Dad  Australia
19 Peach Broods  New Zealand
20 Waiting Kian  Australia
21 Never Ever The Rubens featuring Sarah  Australia
22 Underwater Rüfüs Du Sol  Australia
23 Treat You Better Rüfüs Du Sol  Australia
24 Leave Me Lonely Hilltop Hoods  Australia
25 I Miss You Thundamentals  Australia
26 All the Pretty Girls Vera Blue  Australia
27 Sunflower Post Malone and Swae Lee  United States
28 All the Stars Kendrick Lamar and SZA  United States
29 Fire Peking Duk  Australia
30 Sometimes Cub Sport  Australia
31 Church Alison Wonderland  Australia
32 God Forgot The Rubens  Australia
33 Better Now Post Malone  United States
34 1950 King Princess  United States
35 Ladders Mac Miller  United States
36 All Loved Up Amy Shark  Australia
37 Love Me Now Ziggy Alberts  Australia
38 About You G Flip  Australia
39 The Perfect Life Does Not Exist Ball Park Music  Australia
40 Nice for What Drake  Canada
41 In the Air DMA's  Australia
42 Laps Around the Sun Ziggy Alberts  Australia
43 God's Plan Drake  Canada
44 Clark Griswold Hilltop Hoods featuring Adrian Eagle  Australia
45 Mantra Bring Me the Horizon  United Kingdom
46 You Should See Me in a Crown Billie Eilish  United States
47 Like People DZ Deathrays  Australia
48 When I Dream San Cisco  Australia
49 Missing Me Angie McMahon  Australia
50 No Place Rüfüs Du Sol  Australia
51 Mr La Di Da Di Baker Boy  Australia
52 Better Khalid  United States
53 We're Going Home Vance Joy  Australia
54 Saturday Sun Vance Joy  Australia
55 Wasted Peking Duk  Australia
56 Without Me Halsey  United States
57 Martini The Presets  Australia
58 Soaked Bene  New Zealand
59 Give Me My Name Back Meg Mac  Australia
60 The End DMA's  Australia
61 I Wanna Be Everybody Hockey Dad  Australia
62 Killing My Time G Flip  Australia
63 Boogie Brockhampton  United States
64 Mistake Middle Kids  Australia
65 Scream Whole Methyl Ethel  Australia
66 Need You Flight Facilities featuring Nïka  Australia/ New Zealand
67 Tints Anderson .Paak featuring Kendrick Lamar  United States
68 Eastside Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid  United States
69 Cheetah Tongue The Wombats  United Kingdom
70 UFO Mallrat featuring Allday  Australia
71 Smogged Out Skegss  Australia
72 What Can I Do If The Fire Goes Out? (Like a Version) Nothing But Thieves  United Kingdom
73 Sweet Release Hockey Dad  Australia
74 Pussy Is God King Princess  United States
75 Molotov Kira Puru  Australia
76 Clarity Polish Club  Australia
77 Miracle Chvrches  United Kingdom
78 Better Together Hayden James featuring Running Touch  Australia
79 Clumsy Love Thelma Plum  Australia
80 Nothing Breaks Like a Heart Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus  United Kingdom/ United States
81 Ballroom Jack River  Australia
82 Hunger Florence and the Machine  United Kingdom
83 1999 Wildfire Brockhampton  United States
84 Cigarettes Tash Sultana  Australia
85 Bubblin Anderson .Paak  United States
86 Dirt Cheap Lime Cordiale  Australia
87 Younger Ruel  Australia
88 Labrador Waax  Australia
89 Dazed & Confused Ruel  Australia
90 Psycho Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign  United States
91 Sundress ASAP Rocky  United States
92 Everybody But You Thundamentals  Australia
93 You Can Count On Me Trophy Eyes  Australia
94 Ivy (Doomsday) The Amity Affliction  Australia
95 Four Out of Five Arctic Monkeys  United Kingdom
96 Take It to the Heart Odette  Australia
97 Do I Need You Now? DMA's  Australia
98 Ghost Town Kanye West featuring PartyNextDoor  United States/ Canada
99 Polygraph Eyes Yungblud  United Kingdom
100 Happy Sad Ocean Alley  Australia

Artists with multiple entries[]

Four entries[]

Three entries[]

  • Billie Eilish (twice solo and once with Khalid) (8, 17, 46)
  • Khalid (once with Billie Eilish, once solo and once with Benny Blanco and Halsey) (17, 52, 68)
  • Hockey Dad (18, 61, 73)
  • Rüfüs Du Sol (22, 23, 50)
  • Post Malone (27, 33, 90)
  • DMA's (41, 60, 97)

Two entries[]

Countries represented[]

  •  Australia – 65[12]
  •  United States – 23
  •  United Kingdom – 11
  •  Canada – 4
  •  New Zealand – 3


Top 10 Albums of 2018[]

The annual Triple J album poll was held across November and December and was announced on 16 December.[13]

Note: Australian artists
# Artist Album Country of origin Tracks in the Hottest 100
1 Ball Park Music Good Mood  Australia 39, (18 in 2017)
2 Ocean Alley Chiaroscuro  Australia 1, 10, 100, (48 in 2017)
3 Hockey Dad Blend Inn  Australia 18, 61, 73, (54 in 2017)
4 DMA's For Now  Australia 41, 60, 97, (89 in 2017)
5 Middle Kids Lost Friends  Australia 64
6 Skegss My Own Mess  Australia 11, 71
7 Rüfüs Du Sol Solace  Australia 22, 23, 50
8 The Wombats Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life  United Kingdom 12, 69, (22 in 2017)
9 Jack River Sugar Mountain  Australia 81, (64 in 2017)
10 Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino  United Kingdom 95

References[]

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  8. ^ "Triple J urged to move Hottest 100 countdown from Australia Day". The New Daily. 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  9. ^ Davidson, Helen (2017-11-27). "Triple J moves Hottest 100 from Australia Day after protests". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  10. ^ Carmody, Broede (2018-04-10). "Hottest 100 date survey set ABC back $38,000". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
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  12. ^ "Hottest 100: here's some juicy teaser stats before this weekend's countdown". Triple J. 25 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Vote in triple j's 2018 Album Poll". triple j. 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
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