Triple J Hottest 100, 2015 Explained

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

Note: Australian artists

	Song	Artist	Country of origin
1			Australia
2			United States
3			United States/France/Denmark
4			Australia
5		Tame Impala	Australia
6			United Kingdom/Australia
7			Australia
8	The Buzz	Hermitude featuring Mataya & Young Tapz	Australia/New Zealand
9			Canada
10			United Kingdom/New Zealand
11			Australia
12	You Were Right		Australia
13			United Kingdom
14			Canada
15	Like Soda		Australia
16			Australia
17			France/United Kingdom
18			United States
19		The Weeknd	Canada
20			United Kingdom
21	Magnolia		Australia
22	Keeping Score	LDRU featuring Paige IV	Australia
23			Australia
24			Australia/United States
25	Shine On		Australia
26			United Kingdom/United States/Jamaica
27	Young		Australia/United States
28	Like an Animal	RÜFÜS	Australia
29			United Kingdom
30		Peking Duk featuring Benjamin Joseph	Australia
31		Jamie xx featuring Romy	United Kingdom
32			United Kingdom
33			Australia
34		Tame Impala	Australia
35		SAFIA	Australia
36			United Kingdom/United States
37		Kendrick Lamar	United States
38	Delilah		United Kingdom
39	Swear Jar		Australia
40		Florence and the Machine	United Kingdom
41	Puppet Theatre		Germany/Sweden
42	Hold Me Down		United States
43	Pedestrian at Best		Australia
44			Australia
45			United Kingdom
46			United Kingdom/United States
47	Dynamite		Australia
48	Crushed		Australia
49	Too Much Time Together		Australia
50	Deception Bay		Australia
51		Chvrches	United Kingdom
52	Cream on Chrome		United States
53			Australia
54	Working for It	ZHU, Skrillex and THEY.	United States
55	Multi-Love		New Zealand/United States
56			Australia
57	Foolish		Australia
58	Vice Grip	Parkway Drive	Australia
59	Run		Australia
60		MØ	Denmark
61		Tame Impala	Australia
62			United Kingdom
63	Walk the Wire		Australia
64			United States
65			United States
66	M.O.B.		Australia
67		The Wombats	United Kingdom
68			United Kingdom
69	Forces	Japanese Wallpaper featuring Airling	Australia
70		Florence and the Machine	United Kingdom
71			Canada
72			Australia
73	Once		Papua New Guinea/ Australia
74			United States/United Kingdom/Jamaica
75	Elevator Operator	Courtney Barnett	Australia
76	Suddenly		Australia
77	Lay Down	DMA's	Australia
78	Weathered		United Kingdom
79	Wolves		Australia
80			United States/United Kingdom
81	Big Jet Plane (Like a Version)		Australia
82	Depreston	Courtney Barnett	Australia
83	Down to Earth		Australia
84	Delete (Like a Version)		Australia
85	Heart Attack		Australia
86		Bring Me the Horizon	United Kingdom
87	Begin Again		Canada
88	Party Machine	The Bennies	Australia
89			United States
90	Gemini	What So Not featuring George Maple	Australia
91		The Wombats	United Kingdom
92	No One		Australia
93	Indian Summer		United States
94		Halsey	United States
95	Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party	Courtney Barnett	Australia
96			United Kingdom
97	Twilight Driving	Methyl Ethel	Australia
98			United States
99		Bring Me the Horizon	United Kingdom
100	Hell Boy		Australia

• Number 101 was "Call My Name" by Perth duo Mosquito Coast, who were discovered through Triple J Unearthed.

Artists with multiple entries

Four entries

• Tame Impala (4, 5, 34, 61)
• Courtney Barnett (43, 75, 82, 95)

Three entries

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.
• Chet Faker is the first artist since Franz Ferdinand in 2005 to feature in the Hottest 100 the year after winning the countdown.

Top 10 Albums of 2015

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		Currents	Australia	4, 5, 34, 61
2		Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit	Australia	43, 75, 82, 95
3		To Pimp a Butterfly	United States	2, 37, (53 in 2014)
4		How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful	United Kingdom	38, 40, 70
5	The Rubens	Hoops	Australia	1
6		The Positions	Australia	21
7		What Went Down	United Kingdom	20
8		In Colour	United Kingdom	26, 31
9		Glitterbug	United Kingdom	29, 67, 91, (25 in 2013)
10		Gracetown	Australia	49, (33 in 2014)

Notes and References

1. Web site: ABC. How To Vote Hottest 100 2015. 20 December 2015.
2. Web site: triple j's Hottest 100 2015 teasers. ABC. 24 January 2016. 25 January 2016.
3. News: Is Justin Bieber About To Be Disqualified From The Hottest 100?. The Huffington Post. Butler, Josh. 14 December 2015. 25 January 2016.
4. Web site: 2015 - The Albums of the Year!. 7 December 2015. 25 January 2016.
5. Web site: J Awards 2015. ABC. 19 November 2015. 25 January 2016.