Triple J Hottest 100, 2021

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2021 Triple J Hottest 100
Countdown details
Date of countdown22 January 2022
Charity partnerLifeline
Countdown highlights
Winning songThe Wiggles Australia ("Elephant" Like a Version)
Most entriesOlivia Rodrigo and Doja Cat (5) United States
Chronology
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2022

The 2021 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 22 January 2022.[1] It was the 29th annual countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as voted for by listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.

Australian children's music group the Wiggles was voted into first place with their Like a Version cover of Tame Impala's "Elephant", making it the first Like a Version to place first in a Hottest 100. Olivia Rodrigo and Doja Cat achieved the most entries in the countdown, with both scoring five.[2]

Background[]

The Triple J 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 initially released between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021 was eligible for the 2021 Triple J Hottest 100.

Voting opened on 14 December 2021.

Projections[]

Prior to the countdown, four favourites have emerged. Various music blogs and bookmakers placed "Stay" by Australian rapper the Kid Laroi and Canadian musician Justin Bieber, "Good 4 U" by American singer Olivia Rodrigo, "The Angel of 8th Ave." by Australian rock band Gang of Youths, and Australian children's music group the Wiggles' Like a Version cover of "Elephant" by Tame Impala as the songs most likely to take first place.[3][4]

Full list[]

Note: Australian artists
# Song Artist Country of origin
1 Elephant (Like a Version) The Wiggles  Australia
2 Stay The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber  Australia/ Canada
3 Lots of Nothing Spacey Jane  Australia
4 Good 4 U Olivia Rodrigo  United States
5 Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish  United States
6 The Angel of 8th Ave. Gang of Youths  Australia
7 Kiss Me More Doja Cat featuring SZA  United States
8 Industry Baby Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow  United States
9 On My Knees Rüfüs Du Sol  Australia
10 Montero (Call Me by Your Name) Lil Nas X  United States
11 H.Y.C.Y.BH Tom Cardy  Australia
12 Lunchtime Spacey Jane  Australia
13 Drivers License Olivia Rodrigo  United States
14 Apple Crumble Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba  Australia/ United Kingdom
15 Missing Piece Vance Joy  Australia
16 Seventeen Going Under Sam Fender  United Kingdom
17 Mixed Messages Tom Cardy  Australia
18 Love Signs The Jungle Giants  Australia
19 Alive Rüfüs Du Sol  Australia
20 Touch Back Down Ocean Alley  Australia
21 Sunscreen Ball Park Music  Australia
22 Good Days SZA  United States
23 I Don't Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance) Glass Animals  United Kingdom
24 Edamame bbno$ featuring Rich Brian  Canada/ Indonesia
25 Next to Me Rüfüs Du Sol  Australia
26 Solar Power Lorde  New Zealand
27 Rose Pink Cadillac Dope Lemon  Australia
28 Hertz Amyl and the Sniffers  Australia
29 Thats What I Want Lil Nas X  United States
30 Here Comes the Sun (Like a Version) Spacey Jane  Australia
31 Need to Know Doja Cat  United States
32 If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming with You The Wombats  United Kingdom
33 Deja Vu Olivia Rodrigo  United States
34 Get Into It (Yuh) Doja Cat  United States
35 Josh Peach PRC  Australia
36 Transparent Soul Willow featuring Travis Barker  United States
37 Woman Doja Cat  United States
38 Masterpiece The Rubens  Australia
39 Stacking Chairs Middle Kids  Australia
40 Serotonin Girl in Red  Norway
41 What's Not to Like Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba  Australia/ United Kingdom
42 Chemicals Peking Duk  Australia
43 Die4U Bring Me the Horizon  United Kingdom
44 Hurricane Kanye West  United States
45 Chaise Longue Wet Leg  United Kingdom
46 Get Me Out King Stingray  Australia
47 Leave the Door Open Silk Sonic  United States
48 Do It to It Acraze featuring Cherish  United States
49 Up Dune Rats  Australia
50 Jail Kanye West  United States
51 Night Light The Rions  Australia
52 Up Cardi B  United States
53 Take My Breath The Weeknd  Canada
54 Breathe / Comfortably Numb / Money (Like a Version) Ocean Alley  Australia
55 Valhalla Skegss  Australia
56 Milkumana King Stingray  Australia
57 The Man Himself Gang of Youths  Australia
58 Kitchen Ruby Fields  Australia
59 Love Race Machine Gun Kelly featuring Kellin Quinn  United States
60 Brutal Olivia Rodrigo  United States
61 Pump the Brakes Dom Dolla  Australia
62 Mood Ring Lorde  New Zealand
63 Chemtrails over the Country Club Lana Del Rey  United States
64 Queen G Flip featuring Mxmtoon  Australia/ United States
65 Down Under Luude featuring Colin Hay  Australia
66 A Girl Like You (Like a Version) Tame Impala  Australia
67 Traitor Olivia Rodrigo  United States
68 Treat You Right The Jungle Giants  Australia
69 Clarkson Sly Withers  Australia
70 Like Love The Amity Affliction  Australia
71 I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God Halsey  United States
72 Temper Vera Blue  Australia
73 Rumors Lizzo featuring Cardi B  United States
74 Cloudy Day Tones and I  Australia
75 Gold Chains Genesis Owusu  Ghana/ Australia
76 Our Paradise The Terrys  Australia
77 WusYaName Tyler, the Creator featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Ty Dolla Sign  United States
78 I Hate U SZA  United States
79 Clash Dave featuring Stormzy  United Kingdom
80 Your Power Billie Eilish  United States
81 Stoned at the Nail Salon Lorde  New Zealand
82 Praise God Kanye West  United States
83 You Right Doja Cat and the Weeknd  United States/ Canada
84 Wine Teenage Joans  Australia
85 Lie to Me Again The Buoys  Australia
86 Just Feels Tight Fisher  Australia
87 The Aftergone Holy Holy featuring Clews  Australia
88 My Mind Baker Boy featuring G Flip  Australia
89 Keep Moving Jungle  United Kingdom
90 Waiting for Nothing Hayden James featuring Yaeger  Australia/ Sweden
91 Bones Telenova  Australia
92 Blueprint Slowly Slowly  Australia
93 Family Ties Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar  United States
94 Sunday Suit Tyne-James Organ  Australia
95 U&Me alt-J  United Kingdom
96 House of Holy Client Liaison  Australia
97 Moon Kanye West  United States
98 Sweetness Adam Newling  Australia
99 Little Things Ziggy Ramo featuring Paul Kelly  Australia
100 How You Been Holy Holy  Australia

Countries represented[]

  •  Australia – 55
  •  United States – 32
  •  United Kingdom – 10
  •  Canada – 4
  •  New Zealand – 3
  •  Sweden – 1
  •  Ghana – 1
  •  Norway – 1
  •  Indonesia – 1

Artists with multiple entries[]

Five entries[]

Four entries[]

Three entries[]

Two entries[]

Notes[]

  • The Wiggles' cover of "Elephant" became the first Like a Version, and the first cover version of any kind, to reach number 1.
    • It also marked the first debut appearance at number 1 since Denis Leary's "Asshole" in 1993, as The Wiggles had not appeared in any previous countdowns.
    • Original Wiggle Jeff Fatt became the oldest person (at the age of 68 during the countdown), and the first of Asian descent, to appear on a number-one track.
  • By reaching number 2 with "Stay", The Kid Laroi became the highest ranking artist of Indigenous Australian descent in Hottest 100 history, overtaking Thelma Plum's number 9 placing from 2019.
    • The track also marked the first ever appearance of pop star Justin Bieber in the Hottest 100, following Triple J's threat to disqualify him from being eligible in 2015.[5]
  • Peking Duk made their eighth consecutive appearance, with at least one track featured in every annual countdown since 2014.
  • Billie Eilish became the first artist to feature in the top 10 of an annual countdown for four years in a row (2018-2021). The previous record was three consecutive years, held by Powderfinger (1998-2000), The White Stripes (2003-2005), and Chet Faker (2013-2015).
  • 32 tracks by artists from the United States featured, the highest since 2006.
  • The only artist to appear in both the 2022 countdown and the original 1993 list is Paul Kelly.

Top 10 albums of 2021[]

The annual Triple J album poll was held across November and December and was announced on 12 December 2021.

Note: Australian artists
# Artist Album Country of origin Tracks in the Hottest 100
1 Rüfüs Du Sol Surrender  Australia 9, 19, 25
2 Genesis Owusu Smiling with No Teeth  Australia 75, (73 in 2020)
3 Holy Holy Hello My Beautiful World  Australia 87, 100
4 The Jungle Giants Love Signs  Australia 18, 68, (8 in 2019, 8, 89 in 2020)
5 Sly Withers Gardens  Australia 69
6 Middle Kids Today We're the Greatest  Australia 39
7 Olivia Rodrigo Sour  United States 4, 13, 33, 60, 67
8 Lorde Solar Power  New Zealand 26, 62, 81
9 Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever  United States 5, 80, (10, 79 in 2020)
10 Ruby Fields Been Doin' It for a Bit  Australia 58, (61 in 2020)

References[]

  1. ^ "triple j's Hottest 100, here's all the 2022 dates and details". Triple J. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. ^ triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2021: Live Updates. Rolling Stone Australia, Rolling Stone Australia, 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. ^ "2021 Triple J Hottest 100 Outrights betting odds". Sportsbet. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. ^ Moran, Robert (15 December 2021). "Voting is open for Triple J's Hottest 100. Who's in the running?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Triple J respond as Hottest 100 poll is hikacked by Justin Bieber: 'We want genuine votes'". Nme.com. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
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