Triple J's Hottest 100

Mary Carr In 1989, triple j went from being a Sydney-only station to broadcasting in other capital cities and some regional areas. City by city, year by year triple j has since spread to every corner of the country.

Mary Carr Top 3 songs for the year of 1989: 1. Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980) - Winner! 2. Hunters & Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (1985) 3. The The – "Uncertain Smile" (1983)

Mary Carr Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980) This was the first winner of what would become an iconic event. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by English rock band Joy Division, released in June 1980 as a non-album single. Its lyrics were inspired by lead singer Ian Curtis's marital problems and struggles with mental illness. The single was released the month after Curtis's suicide.

Mary Carr triple J's first Hottest 100 list, some key highlights: - The first of the original series of Hottest 100s, in which songs could be selected from any year. - The list included two versions of the song "Kiss". The original by Prince at No. 34 and Art of Noise and Tom Jones' cover at No. 24. - Elvis Costello, The Cure, Hunters & Collectors and The Smiths all achieved 4 tracks each in the countdown.

Mary Carr Now one of the biggest events in the triple j calendar. The triple j Hottest 100 started as the Hot 100 in 1989.

Mary Carr Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980) won for the second year in a row.

Mary Carr The top 3 songs for the year of 1990, with songs not limited to a single year, fans again chose their favourite songs of all time.

Mary Carr 1990: - The second of the original series of Hottest 100s which allowed choices from any year. - The Cure achieved seven songs in the list.

Mary Carr Nirvana – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991), the third winner of the Hottest 100.

Mary Carr triple J chose to repeat the process from the previous years, fans voted for their favourite songs of all time.

Mary Carr In 1991 it was: - The third of the original series of Hottest 100s which allowed choices from any year. - The Cure had nine songs in the 1991 list. Although not a part of the official countdowns, this record remains unbroken as of 2015.

Mary Carr The most influential artists during the 90s, with Nirvana taking the lead on triple J unearthed. A side platform to triple J that aims to kick start musicians careers and get their names out!

Mary Carr triple J's Hottet 100 in 1992 as they realised that the poll's results were unlikely to significantly change from year to year. So they chose to pause the Hottest 100 in 1992 and relaunch it as an annual poll the following year. The newly launched poll required listeners to vote for their favourite songs of that year.

Mary Carr Denis Leary tops the Hottest 100 chart for the year of 1993. He is an American comedian and released the song as a the only single from his album No Cure for Cancer.

Mary Carr 1993 highlights: - The new format only allowed songs released as singles within the list's calendar year. - The Cruel Sea achieved three tracks in the list.

Mary Carr The first year that the rules had changed, so that only songs from the previous year could be voted for, giving birth to the format that we know and love today. With big international names on the list such as U2 and Radiohead.

Mary Carr The top 3 songs for 1994 (pictured on the CD backing): 1. The Cranberries – "Zombie" 2. Nine Inch Nails – "Closer" 3. The Offspring – "Self Esteem"

Mary Carr The Cranberries – "Zombie", the winner in 1994. The song boasted genres of alternative rock, post-grunge and pop.

Mary Carr 1994 Highlights: - "Zombie" becomes the first No. 1 song with a female vocalist. - Soundgarden achieved four tracks in the list. - The Offspring scored back to back tracks at positions No. 3 and 4; the first time in an official countdown that a band scored two songs in the top 5.

Mary Carr Oasis – "Wonderwall" took the lead with number 1, they are an English rock band with over 1 billion streams on their single.

Mary Carr In 1995: - Alanis Morissette, Green Day, Live, Red Hot Chili Peppers, TISM and You Am I scored three tracks each. - Alanis Morissette scored three songs without a single song of hers being played on Triple J that year.

Mary Carr The top 3 songs for the year of 1995: 1. Oasis – "Wonderwall" 2. The Smashing Pumpkins – "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 3. Coolio – "Gangsta's Paradise"

Mary Carr The top songs from 1996, with this countdown known for featuring eight cover songs.

Mary Carr 1996 milestones: - The first time an Australian track had been voted No. 1. - Bush, Pearl Jam, Powderfinger and The Smashing Pumpkins all achieved three entries in the list.

Mary Carr Spiderbait – "Buy Me a Pony" won in 1996, an alternative rock band. They were nominated for single of the year amidst the Aria awards.

Mary Carr The Whitlams – "No Aphrodisiac" took first place, this was the third single by Australian rock group the Whitlams.

Mary Carr 1997 had the highest number of different artists represented of any Hottest 100.

Mary Carr 1997 key events: - Former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam announced the winning song, sung by "his eponym", The Whitlams. - Pauline Pantsdown's track "Back Door Man", which was banned by a court injunction from Pauline Hanson only 11 days after being first broadcast by the station, was voted No. 7. - Arkana, Bloodhound Gang, Everclear, Faith No More, Grinspoon, Jebediah, The Living End, Radiohead, - Silverchair, The Verve, The Whitlams and Ween all achieved two songs in the list.

Mary Carr The Offspring – "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" won in 1998. The song is a mocking portrayal of a white man who likes to act like an African-American stereotype.

Mary Carr The top songs included two versions of the song "Harpoon": the original by Jebediah at No. 7 and Something for Kate's cover at No. 85.

Mary Carr In 1998, Regurgitator scored four tracks in the list. Frontman Quan Yeomans was involved with six tracks (including three in succession from No. 26 to No. 28): four with Regurgitator and twice with Happyland.

Mary Carr The top 3 songs for 199: 1. Powderfinger – "These Days" 2. Killing Heidi – "Weir" 3. The Tenants – "You S**t Me to Tears"

Mary Carr Powderfinger – "These Days" took the number spot in 1999. Click to see their full album, Powderfinger played their final show at the River Stage in Brisbane on 13 November 2010 in front of 10,000 fans; the last song they performed was "These Days".

Mary Carr This poll was was also notable for being the first time the top three tracks were all Australian, and featured, until 2014, a record amount of Australian songs, with 52.

Mary Carr 1999 highlights: - Powderfinger and Silverchair scored four tracks each. - The 1999 countdown held the record for the most Australian artists in a countdown, with 52. This record was equaled in the 2007 countdown, and later broken in the 2014 countdown. - Killing Heidi set the record for the highest ranking song by an Unearthed artist.

Mary Carr This was the eighth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 37 (not necessarily the top 37) songs was released. The CD featured Queens of the Stone Age's song "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" despite it not making the top 100.

Mary Carr Powderfinger – "My Happiness"won for the second year in a row.

Mary Carr In 2000: - Rage Against the Machine achieved three tracks. - Powderfinger became the first and, to date, only artist to have two Hottest 100 No. 1 tracks, in 1999 and 2000. - Powderfinger also became the second band to achieve two songs in the top five, the first Australian band to do so.

Mary Carr Powderfinger was the first band since Nirvana in the 1991 All-Time countdown to feature twice in the top three.

Mary Carr Alex Lloyd – "Amazing" took the gold, the CD including this soundtrack had 34 songs.

Mary Carr 2001 marked the first time since the countdown’s inception in 1993 that Dave Grohl did not feature.

Mary Carr In 2001 Eskimo Joe, Muse, Something for Kate and The Strokes scored three tracks each.

Mary Carr 2002 notable moments: - Queens of the Stone Age and Silverchair scored five tracks each. - Dave Grohl was involved with ten tracks (including three in succession from No. 11 to No. 13): five with Queens of the Stone Age, four with the Foo Fighters, and one with Nirvana.

Mary Carr Mark Lanegan became the oldest person to win the Hottest 100. He was 42 when it was announced that "No One Knows" won the countdown.

Mary Carr Queens of the Stone Age – "No One Knows" wins the Hottest 100 for triple j.

Mary Carr Powderfinger became the first band to appear three times in the top ten of a countdown, while Frenzal Rhomb's track, Russell Crowe's Band, went on to become the shortest song to feature in a Hottest 100 to date.

Mary Carr 2003 higlights: - Powderfinger and The White Stripes achieved five tracks each. - Powderfinger became the first band to achieve three tracks in the top ten.

Mary Carr Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" topped the charts.

Mary Carr The Scottish indie rock band by Franz Ferdinand – "Take Me Out" won for the year of 2004.

Mary Carr triple j presenter Chris Taylor, (better known for his work with The Chaser), agreed to streak through the grounds of the Sydney Big Day Out festival if the theme song to the ABC program Mediawatchmade the countdown.

Mary Carr 2004 key moments: - John Butler Trio and the Scissor Sisters scored four tracks each. - The list included two versions of the song "Take Me Out": the original by Franz Ferdinand at No. 1 and Scissor Sisters' cover at No. 44. - At No. 5, Spiderbait's cover of "Black Betty" ties becomes the highest ranked cover version in a Hottest 100 countdown. - Missy Higgins's "Scar" is the equal highest ranking song by an Unearthed artist. It is tied with Killing Heidi in 1999 and Grinspoon in 2002.

Mary Carr Like a Version, first heard on 'Mel in the Morning' in 2004, is now one of the station's most loved segments.

Mary Carr Bernard Fanning top the chart with ‘Wish You Well’, the third time he had done so, and the first time as a solo artist.

Mary Carr 2005 was a big year as: - Wolfmother had six tracks selected, the most ever by an artist in a single countdown. - Gorillaz became the third band to place twice in the Top 5. - Bernard Fanning achieved a Hottest 100 No. 1 for the third time (the only artist to do so to date), including twice with Powderfinger in 1999 and 2000. - Ben Lee achieved No. 2 for the second time

Mary Carr The top songs of 2005.

Mary Carr The J Award for the best Australian album was launched in 2005 and now there are awards for both the Unearthed and Double J artists of the year, as well as the best Australian music video.

Mary Carr 2006 highlights: - Hilltop Hoods had five songs in the list. - The Living End featured in the Hottest 100 for the tenth consecutive year.

Mary Carr Hilltop Hoods also appeared at #3 with ‘The Hard Road’, the first of three times, to date, that they have reached this position.

Mary Carr Augie March – "One Crowded Hour" took out first place for 2006.

Mary Carr 2007 big moments: - Bloc Party, John Butler Trio, Josh Pyke, Kings of Leon and Silverchair achieved three selections each. - 2007 was the closest Hottest 100 ever, with Muse winning by only 14 votes

Mary Carr This year was the first time since 1997 that "The Living End" did not feature, making their 10-year appearance streak a record.

Mary Carr Muse – "Knights of Cydonia" won the Hottest 100 in 2007.

Mary Carr This year saw the lowest amount of variety in a top five, with only Kings Of Leon, MGMT, and Empire of the Sun featuring.

Mary Carr 2008 notable moments: - Both Kings of Leon and MGMT placed twice in the Top 5, the fourth and fifth artists to do so. This is also the first time where two separate artists appeared twice in the Top 5. - The 2008 countdown marked the first time since 1995 that no Australian artist has featured in the Top 3 songs.

Mary Carr Kings of Leon – "S*x on Fire" took first place in 2008.

Mary Carr 2008 also saw the highest amount of New Zealand entries, with Flight of the Conchords and Ladyhawke helping the country reach a record five entries.

Mary Carr 2009 highlights: - Florence and the Machine and Muse each had four tracks in the countdown. - This is the first Hottest 100 not to feature an American artist in the Top 10.

Mary Carr 2009's poll also rather famously featured Radiohead and Jeff Buckley each getting four tracks in the countdown, while the #101 spot also belonged to Nirvana, this time with their song ‘Heart-Shaped Box’.

Mary Carr All Time 2009 Hottest 100: - Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was voted No. 1 for the third time in a row in the Hottest 100 of All Time (previous years 1991 and 1998).

Mary Carr Mumford & Sons – "Little Lion Man" took the number one spot in 2009.

Mary Carr Angus & Julia Stone – "Big Jet Plane" won the Hottest 100 for 2009.

Mary Carr 2010 featured Ou Est Le Swimming Pool's ‘Dance The Way I Feel’ at #3, which charted just months after the band’s singer had tragically passed away following a concert.

Mary Carr 2010 was the first countdown since 1994 that features a female vocalist in the No. 1 song, and the first time since 1996 for any female member of the winning artist.

Mary Carr 2011 had some notable moments: - The Wombats and Kimbra chart four times throughout the countdown. - This is the first collaboration between artists to win the Hottest 100.

Mary Carr This was the first Hottest 100 countdown that was not based on single tracks.

Mary Carr Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know" won for 2011.

Mary Carr 2012 had four artists who would at some point in their career top a Hottest 100.

Mary Carr 2012: - Flume had four tracks on the countdown. - "Thrift Shop" is the first hip-hop song to top the chart in Hottest 100 history. It also breaks the record of highest ranking hip-hop song, which was previously set by Coolio, Gorillaz & Hilltop Hoods. All of whom managed to place third in 1995, 2005, 2006 & 2009. - For the first time since 2008 no Australian artist featured in the Top 3.

Mary Carr Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz – "Thrift Shop" topped the charts for triple j's hottest 100 of 2012.

Mary Carr 2013 marked 20 Years of the Hottest 100!

Mary Carr Vance Joy – "Riptide" was number 1 in 2013.

Mary Carr Vance Joy's ‘Riptide’, making him the first triple j Unearthed artist to top a countdown, and the first artist to do so before releasing an album.

Mary Carr 2013 highlights: - Four Daft Punk and four Arctic Monkeys tracks ranked. - Two versions of "Get Lucky" appeared in the countdown, the original by Daft Punk at number 3 and San Cisco's cover at number 39; this is the first time it has happened since 2004. - Vance Joy is the first Triple J Unearthed artist to place first in the Hottest 100.

Mary Carr In 2014: -Four Chet Faker songs ranked. -Chet Faker became the second artist to chart three times in the top 10 places after Powderfinger achieved the feat in 2003

Mary Carr Three of Chet Faker's songs were in the top ten and he was first artist to pull this feat off since Powderfinger back in 2003.

Mary Carr Chet Faker – "Talk Is Cheap" won in 2014.

Mary Carr The Rubens – "Hoops" won in 2015.

Mary Carr 2015 key points: -Tame Impala and Courtney Barnett scored four tracks each in the countdown. -Tame Impala marks the first time an artist has appeared twice consecutively in the Top 10.

Mary Carr 2015 Hottest 100 in numbers!

Mary Carr Double J was launched in 2014 on digital radio, TV and online. It is dedicated to playing new music, Australian music and some triple j classics thrown in.

Mary Carr Flume featuring Kai – "Never Be like You" won in 2016, the song debuted at number 10 on the ARIA Singles Chart, later reaching number one and becoming Flume's first song to top the chart.

Mary Carr 2016 highlights: - Violent Soho scored five tracks in the countdown. 2016's countdown featured 66 Australian entries, breaking the previous record of 59 set in 2014.[27] - This countdown set a new record for the longest Australian winning streak in the Hottest 100 (2013–2016), beating the previous streak between 1999 and 2001

Mary Carr In 2016, there was seven Australian tracks in the top ten.

Mary Carr 2017 notable moments: - Kendrick Lamar, Gang of Youths, Lorde and The Jungle Giants each scored four tracks in the countdown. -Gang of Youths became the third artist to chart three times in the top 10, joining Chet Faker (2014) and Powderfinger (2003), and the seventh artist to place twice in the top 5. - Kendrick Lamar is the first African-American person to top the Hottest 100. -Kendrick Lamar becomes the first artist to place first in a countdown after previously coming second.

Mary Carr In 2017 Kendrick Lamar's "Humble" won the Hottest 100.

Mary Carr Top 3 songs: 1. Kendrick Lamar – "Humble" 2. Gang of Youths – "Let Me Down Easy" 3. Angus & Julia Stone – "Chateau"

Mary Carr 2017 was triple j’s most voted-in Hottest 100 of all time!

Mary Carr 2018 saw Ocean Alley scored 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.

Mary Carr Ocean Alley – "Confidence" won in 2018.

Mary Carr 2019 big moments: -Billie Eilish scored five tracks in the countdown. -Billie Eilish becomes the youngest artist and the first female solo artist to top the Hottest 100. -Thelma Plum becomes the highest ranking Indigenous Australian artist in Hottest 100 history.

Mary Carr Billie Eilish – "Bad Guy" won back in 2019 and it was the best-performing global single of 2019 with combined sales and track-equivalent streams of 19.5 million units.

Mary Carr The Hottest 100 of the decades (2010s) took place, with "The Less I Know The Better" by Tame Impala winning.

Mary Carr 2019 song list, what was your favourite song? (comment below).

Mary Carr Coming soon.