Triple J Hottest 100, 2015
| 2015 Triple J Hottest 100 | |
|---|---|
| Countdown details | |
| Date of countdown | 26 January 2016 |
| Countdown highlights | |
| Winning song | The Rubens ("Hoops") |
| Most entries | Tame Impala (4) Courtney Barnett (4) |
The 2015 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced Australia Day, 26 January 2016. It is the 23rd countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.
Voting commenced on 9 December 2015, and closed on 22 January 2016.[1] Voters nominated ten songs that were released between December 2014 and November 2015 and submitted them through the Triple J website. Over 2 million votes were again cast, this year from 172 countries.[2] 54 songs in the 2015 Hottest 100 are by Australian artists, with 26 artists of any nationality making their debut.[2]
Despite a betting agency's campaign aimed at getting Justin Bieber featured in the list, similar to 2014's #Tay4Hottest100,[3] Triple J announced no songs have been disqualified from the 2015 list.[2]
Full list[edit]
| Note: Australian artists |
| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hoops | The Rubens | Australia |
| 2 | King Kunta | Kendrick Lamar | United States |
| 3 | Lean On | Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MØ | United States/France/Denmark |
| 4 | The Less I Know the Better | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 5 | Let It Happen | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 6 | The Trouble with Us | Marcus Marr & Chet Faker | United Kingdom/Australia |
| 7 | Do You Remember | Jarryd James | Australia |
| 8 | The Buzz | Hermitude featuring Mataya & Young Tapz | Australia/New Zealand |
| 9 | Can't Feel My Face | The Weeknd | Canada |
| 10 | Magnets | Disclosure featuring Lorde | United Kingdom/New Zealand |
| 11 | Never Be | Meg Mac | Australia |
| 12 | You Were Right | RÜFÜS | Australia |
| 13 | Ocean Drive | Duke Dumont | United Kingdom |
| 14 | Hotline Bling | Drake | Canada |
| 15 | Like Soda | Violent Soho | Australia |
| 16 | Fire and the Flood | Vance Joy | Australia |
| 17 | Middle | DJ Snake featuring Bipolar Sunshine | France/United Kingdom |
| 18 | Downtown | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee & Grandmaster Caz | United States |
| 19 | The Hills | The Weeknd | Canada |
| 20 | Mountain at My Gates | Foals | United Kingdom |
| 21 | Magnolia | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 22 | Keeping Score | LDRU featuring Paige IV | Australia |
| 23 | Embracing Me | SAFIA | Australia |
| 24 | Some Minds | Flume featuring Andrew Wyatt | Australia/United States |
| 25 | Shine On | The Amity Affliction | Australia |
| 26 | I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) | Jamie xx featuring Young Thug & Popcaan | United Kingdom/United States/Jamaica |
| 27 | Young | Vallis Alps | Australia/United States |
| 28 | Like an Animal | RÜFÜS | Australia |
| 29 | Greek Tragedy | The Wombats | United Kingdom |
| 30 | Say My Name | Peking Duk featuring Benjamin Joseph | Australia |
| 31 | Loud Places | Jamie xx featuring Romy | United Kingdom |
| 32 | Leave a Trace | Chvrches | United Kingdom |
| 33 | Long Loud Hours | Urthboy featuring Bertie Blackman | Australia |
| 34 | Eventually | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 35 | Counting Sheep | SAFIA | Australia |
| 36 | All My Friends | Snakehips featuring Tinashe and Chance the Rapper | United Kingdom/United States |
| 37 | Alright | Kendrick Lamar | United States |
| 38 | Delilah | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 39 | Swear Jar | Illy | Australia |
| 40 | Ship to Wreck | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 41 | Puppet Theatre | Claptone featuring Peter Bjorn and John | Germany/Sweden |
| 42 | Hold Me Down | Halsey | United States |
| 43 | Pedestrian at Best | Courtney Barnett | Australia |
| 44 | Something About You | Hayden James | Australia |
| 45 | Throne | Bring Me the Horizon | United Kingdom |
| 46 | Go | The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip | United Kingdom/United States |
| 47 | Dynamite | Asta featuring Allday | Australia |
| 48 | Crushed | Parkway Drive | Australia |
| 49 | Too Much Time Together | San Cisco | Australia |
| 50 | Deception Bay | Boo Seeka | Australia |
| 51 | Clearest Blue | Chvrches | United Kingdom |
| 52 | Cream on Chrome | Ratatat | United States |
| 53 | Monday | Matt Corby | Australia |
| 54 | Working for It | ZHU, Skrillex and THEY. | United States |
| 55 | Multi-Love | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | New Zealand/United States |
| 56 | Alive | Sia | Australia |
| 57 | Foolish | Alpine | Australia |
| 58 | Vice Grip | Parkway Drive | Australia |
| 59 | Run | Alison Wonderland | Australia |
| 60 | Kamikaze | MØ | Denmark |
| 61 | 'Cause I'm a Man | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 62 | Omen | Disclosure featuring Sam Smith | United Kingdom |
| 63 | Walk the Wire | Boy & Bear | Australia |
| 64 | L$D | ASAP Rocky | United States |
| 65 | Don't Wanna Fight | Alabama Shakes | United States |
| 66 | M.O.B. | Tkay Maidza | Australia |
| 67 | Give Me a Try | The Wombats | United Kingdom |
| 68 | Shutdown | Skepta | United Kingdom |
| 69 | Forces | Japanese Wallpaper featuring Airling | Australia |
| 70 | What Kind of Man | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 71 | Flesh Without Blood | Grimes | Canada |
| 72 | Anchor | Birds of Tokyo | Australia |
| 73 | Once | Ngaiire | Papua New Guinea/ Australia |
| 74 | Powerful | Major Lazer featuring Ellie Goulding and Tarrus Riley | United States/United Kingdom/Jamaica |
| 75 | Elevator Operator | Courtney Barnett | Australia |
| 76 | Suddenly | British India | Australia |
| 77 | Lay Down | DMA's | Australia |
| 78 | Weathered | Jack Garratt | United Kingdom |
| 79 | Wolves | The Cat Empire | Australia |
| 80 | Everyday | ASAP Rocky featuring Rod Stewart, Miguel and Mark Ronson | United States/United Kingdom |
| 81 | Big Jet Plane (Like a Version) | Tuka | Australia |
| 82 | Depreston | Courtney Barnett | Australia |
| 83 | Down to Earth | Flight Facilities | Australia |
| 84 | Delete (Like a Version) | Sticky Fingers | Australia |
| 85 | Heart Attack | Flight Facilities featuring Owl Eyes | Australia |
| 86 | Happy Song | Bring Me the Horizon | United Kingdom |
| 87 | Begin Again | Purity Ring | Canada |
| 88 | Party Machine | The Bennies | Australia |
| 89 | High by the Beach | Lana Del Rey | United States |
| 90 | Gemini | What So Not featuring George Maple | Australia |
| 91 | Be Your Shadow | The Wombats | United Kingdom |
| 92 | No One | Golden Features featuring Thelma Plum | Australia |
| 93 | Indian Summer | Jai Wolf | United States |
| 94 | Ghost | Halsey | United States |
| 95 | Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party | Courtney Barnett | Australia |
| 96 | Rumour Mill | Rudimental featuring Anne-Marie and Will Heard | United Kingdom |
| 97 | Twilight Driving | Methyl Ethel | Australia |
| 98 | Be Together | Major Lazer featuring Wild Belle | United States |
| 99 | True Friends | Bring Me the Horizon | United Kingdom |
| 100 | Hell Boy | Seth Sentry | Australia |
- Number 101 was "Call My Name" by Perth duo Mosquito Coast, who were discovered through Triple J Unearthed.
Artists with multiple entries[edit]
Four entries[edit]
- Tame Impala (4, 5, 34, 61)
- Courtney Barnett (43, 75, 82, 95)
Three entries[edit]
- Major Lazer (3, 74, 98)
- The Wombats (29, 67, 91)
- Florence and the Machine (38, 40, 70)
- Bring Me the Horizon (45, 86, 99)
Two entries[edit]
- Kendrick Lamar (2, 37)
- DJ Snake (3, 17)
- MØ (Once solo and once with Major Lazer) (3, 60)
- The Weeknd (9, 19)
- Disclosure (10, 62)
- RÜFÜS (12, 28)
- SAFIA (23, 35)
- Flume (Once solo and once with What So Not) (24, 90)
- Jamie xx (26, 31)
- Chvrches (32, 51)
- Halsey (42, 94)
- Parkway Drive (48, 58)
- ASAP Rocky (64, 80)
- Thelma Plum (Once with Golden Features and once with Tuka) (81, 92)
- Flight Facilities (83, 85)
Countries represented[edit]
- Australia – 54
- United Kingdom – 26
- United States – 20
- Canada – 5
- New Zealand – 3
- Jamaica – 2
- Denmark – 2
- France – 2
- Germany – 1
- Papua New Guinea – 1
- Sweden – 1
Notes[edit]
- The Rubens are the first winning artist since Augie March in 2006 to only feature once in the countdown. Their next closest entry was "Hallelujah" at number 121, which was announced in the "second Hottest 100" (places 200 to 101), revealed on 31 January.
- The Rubens are also the second Unearthed artist to win the Hottest 100 after Vance Joy in 2013.
- Ngaiire is the first Papua New Guinean to chart in the Hottest 100 countdown.
- The song "Delete" by DMA's charted in the countdown for the second year in a row after a cover by Sticky Fingers featured at number 84. Similarly "Big Jet Plane" by Angus & Julia Stone which won the countdown in 2010 came in at number 81 with a cover by Tuka.
- The 2015 list features 11 different nationalities, breaking the record of 10 from 2013 and 2014.
- With their two entries in this year's list Flight Facilities have now had seven songs from their album Down to Earth in the countdown. This equals the record set by Wolfmother from their debut Wolfmother.
- The song "Cream On Chrome" by Ratatat is the only instrumental song to make the countdown, and is the 5th instrumental song to appear in the Hottest 100 since 1999.
Top 10 Albums of 2015[edit]
A poll of Triple J listeners' favourite albums of the year was held in December 2015.[4] Melbourne singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett won the J Award for her album.[5]
| Note: Australian artists |
Bold indicates winner.
| # | Artist | Album | Country of origin | Tracks in the Hottest 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tame Impala | Currents | Australia | 4, 5, 34, 61 |
| 2 | Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit | Australia | 43, 75, 82, 95 |
| 3 | Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly | United States | 2, 37, (53 in 2014) |
| 4 | Florence and the Machine | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful | United Kingdom | 38, 40, 70 |
| 5 | The Rubens | Hoops | Australia | 1 |
| 6 | Gang of Youths | The Positions | Australia | 21 |
| 7 | Foals | What Went Down | United Kingdom | 20 |
| 8 | Jamie xx | In Colour | United Kingdom | 26, 31 |
| 9 | The Wombats | Glitterbug | United Kingdom | 29, 67, 91, (25 in 2013) |
| 10 | San Cisco | Gracetown | Australia | 49, (33 in 2014) |
References[edit]
- ^ "How To Vote | Hottest 100 2015". ABC. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ a b c "triple j's Hottest 100 2015 teasers". ABC. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ Butler, Josh (14 December 2015). "Is Justin Bieber About To Be Disqualified From The Hottest 100?". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "2015 - The Albums of the Year!". 7 December 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "J Awards 2015". ABC. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.