Triple J Hottest 100, 2016 Explained

The 2016 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on Australia Day, 26 January 2017. It is the 24th countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.

2016's countdown broke several Hottest 100 records, including number of votes (over 2.25 million), number of songs by Australian acts both in the whole list (66 out of the 100) and at its top (all of the top four),^[1] and longest absence between countdowns (16 years for Paul Kelly). With the first-place win of Australian producer Flume for "Never Be like You", 2016 marks a record-breaking fourth consecutive annual countdown in which the number-one track was by an Australian act, after Vance Joy in 2013, Chet Faker in 2014, and The Rubens in 2015. Flume became the first electronic dance music producer to top the countdown.

Background

Triple J's Hottest 100 lets members of the public vote online for their top ten songs of the year, with these votes used to identify the year's 100 most popular songs. Any song that premiered between December 2015 and November 2016 was eligible for 2016's Hottest 100. Triple J published a list of 1,909 eligible songs on their 2016 Voting List.^[2] Voting commenced on 12 December 2016, as announced by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki in a nature mockumentary depicting a live music event. The short film featured cameo appearances from many musicians,^[3] along with Dr Karl doing a shoey.^{[4] [5]}

Several artists and presenters made their Hottest 100 votes public.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]} The artists most often voted for by Triple J presenters were: D.D Dumbo; Kanye West; Julia Jacklin, who was not ultimately featured in the countdown; and A.B. Original, who are vocal critics of Australia Day (in 2016, Triple J announced a review of the countdown's date in response to criticism from the group and others).^{[10] [11]} On 12 December, bookmakers Sportsbet.com.au and William Hill placed Flume's "Never Be like You" as the song most likely to take out first place by a significant margin, with a Sportsbet representative stating that they have "never seen such a short favourite at this stage".

Voting closed on 23 January 2017. By 25 January, the day before the countdown, bookmakers and media reports identified Flume's "Never Be like You" and Amy Shark's "Adore" as the clear frontrunners for first place.^{[12] [13] [14]}

Full list

Note: Australian artists

	Song	Artist	Country of origin
1			Australia/Canada
2			Australia
3			Australia
4		Hilltop Hoods featuring Montaigne & Tom Thum	Australia
5			United States
6	Believe (Like a Version)		Australia
7			Australia
8			Australia/Sweden
9			Australia/Sweden
10			Canada/France
11			Australia
12			Germany
13			United Kingdom/United States
14	Viceroy		Australia
15			Sweden
16			Australia
17	The Opposite of Us		Australia
18	All Night	Chance the Rapper featuring Knox Fortune	United States
19			United Kingdom
20			United Kingdom
21	Death to the Lads		Australia
22			United States
23			Australia/United Kingdom
24			Australia
25		Montaigne	Australia
26			Australia
27	Drive		Australia
28			Australia
29	Our Town		Australia
30	Innerbloom (What So Not Remix)		Australia
31			Canada/Nigeria/United Kingdom
32		Tash Sultana	Australia
33	Bullshit		Australia
34	Scott Green	Dune Rats	Australia
35			Australia
36	Sad Songs	Sticky Fingers	Australia
37		Flume featuring Vince Staples & Kučka	Australia/United States
38	Youth		United Kingdom
39	Step Up the Morphine	DMA's	Australia
40			United States
41		The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk	Canada/France
42			New Zealand
43			Denmark
44	Satan		Australia
45	Dumb Things (Like a Version)	A.B. Original featuring Paul Kelly & Dan Sultan	Australia
46	Dang!		United States
47	Walrus	D.D Dumbo	Australia
48	Creepin		Australia
49	Higher	Hilltop Hoods featuring James Chatburn	Australia
50	Strange Diseases		Australia
51	Outcast at Last	Sticky Fingers	Australia
52	Love Yourself (Like a Version)		United States
53	Blanket	Violent Soho	Australia
54			United States
55	Say a Prayer for Me	Rüfüs	Australia
56	Keeping Score (Like a Version)		Australia
57	Twice	Catfish and the Bottlemen	United Kingdom
58	Girlie Bits		Australia
59			United States
60			Germany/United States
61			Australia
62	Marinade		Australia
63	Life Itself	Glass Animals	United Kingdom
64			United States
65	All Fucked Up		Australia
66			United States
67	I Bring the Weather with Me	The Amity Affliction	Australia
68		L D R U featuring Savoi	Australia
69	So Sentimental	Violent Soho	Australia
70	Wolfie		Australia
71		Broods	New Zealand
72		Kanye West	United States
73	No Shade	Violent Soho	Australia
74	Lost (Season One)		Australia
75	Because I'm Me	The Avalanches	Australia
76	This Could Be Heartbreak	The Amity Affliction	Australia
77		Catfish and the Bottlemen	United Kingdom
78			Australia
79			United Kingdom
80			United States
81			United States
82	Think About It	Thundamentals featuring Peta & the Wolves	Australia
83	Simulation		Australia
84		Frank Ocean	United States
85		Safia	Australia
86	Dopamine	Bliss n Eso featuring Thief	Australia
87	Uptown Folks	Dope Lemon	Australia
88		Childish Gambino	United States
89		Safia	Australia
90	Anything Near Conviction		Australia
91		The Avalanches	Australia
92	How to Taste	Violent Soho	Australia
93			Australia
94	Fading		Australia
95	Lose It		Australia/United States
96	Hanging by a Thread	Elk Road featuring Natalie Foster	Australia
97	You Don't Think You Like People Like Me		Australia
98	Season 2 Episode 3	Glass Animals	United Kingdom
99			Canada/Barbados
100	Brace		Australia

#101 – #200 List

On 29 January 2017, Triple J broadcast the second 100 songs of the countdown.^[15]

	Song	Artist	Country of Origin
101	Chlorine	Trophy Eyes	Australia
102	33 "GOD"	Bon Iver	United States
103	People-Vultures	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard	Australia
104	No Problem	Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz	United States
105	Don Quixote	Drapht featuring Hilltop Hoods	Australia
106	Sides	Allday featuring NYNE	Australia
107	Glowed Up	Kaytranada featuring Anderson .Paak	Canada/Haiti/United States
108	Stop Me (Stop You)	Nick Murphy	Australia
109	One By One	Sticky Fingers	Australia
110	Glad That You're Gone	The Hard Aches	Australia
111	Surprise Yourself	Jack Garratt	United Kingdom
112	The Boys	Lisa Mitchell	Australia
113	Ivy	Frank Ocean	United States
114	Too Soon	DMA's	Australia
115	Till It Kills Me	Montaigne	Australia
116	Real Friends	Kanye West	United States
117	Illuminate	Emma Louise	Australia
118	Life on Mars (Like a Version)	Sarah Blasko	Australia
119	You Don't Get Me High Anymore	Phantogram	United States
120	Bulls	The Cat Empire	Australia
121	SloMo	San Cisco	Australia
122	What If I Go	Mura Masa featuring Bonzai	United Kingdom/Ireland
123	Welcome to Your Life	Grouplove	United States
124	Off White Limousine	Client Liaison	Australia
125	Just Friends	Hayden James featuring George Maple	Australia
126	Done	Camp Cope	Australia
127	How to Make Gravy (Like a Version)	Luca Brasi	Australia
128	Karate	Babymetal	Japan
129	Rolling Dice	Just a Gent featuring Ella Vos & Joey Chavez	Australia/United States
130	RA	Slumberjack	Australia
131	Man	Skepta	United Kingdom
132	Knife Edge	Matt Corby	Australia
133	Run	Tourist	United Kingdom
134	Brother	D.D Dumbo	Australia
135	Unwind	Gretta Ray	Australia
136	Quality of Life	Hellions	Australia
137	Fall Together	The Temper Trap	Australia
138	Paranoia	A Day to Remember	United States
139	Blood in the Cut	K.Flay	United States
140	Healing	Rudimental featuring J Angel	United Kingdom
141	Nihilist Party Anthem	Ball Park Music	Australia
142	Crave You (Like a Version)	Elk Road featuring Lisa Mitchell	Australia
143	Whipping Boy	Ball Park Music	Australia
144	Higher	The Naked and Famous	New Zealand
145	Detroit Rock Ciggies	The Bennies	Australia
146	Native Tongue	Gang of Youths	Australia
147	For You	Northeast Party House	Australia
148	Messiah	M-Phazes & Alison Wonderland	Australia
149	Brighter	Rüfüs	Australia
150	Black Beatles	Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane	United States
151	Freedom	Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar	United States
152	Ultralight Beam (Like a Version)	Cub Sport	Australia
153	Thresher	Hellions	Australia
154	Someone That Loves You	Honne & Izzy Bizu	United Kingdom
155	Blood on My Leather	DZ Deathrays	Australia
156	Leef	Ball Park Music	Australia
157	I Remember	AlunaGeorge	United Kingdom
158	Come Down	Anderson .Paak	United States
159	Lone	What So Not & Ganz featuring Joy	Australia/Netherlands
160	Thick as Thieves	The Temper Trap	Australia
161	Chains (Like a Version)	Matt Corby	Australia
162	Numb & Getting Colder	Flume featuring Kučka	Australia
163	Shelter	Porter Robinson & Madeon	United States/France
164	Colourblind	Hands Like Houses	Australia
165	Standing in the Rain	Action Bronson, Mark Ronson & Dan Auerbach	United States/United Kingdom
166	Lazarus	David Bowie	United Kingdom
167	Waiting	What So Not, Skrillex & RL Grime	Australia/United States
168	Never Say Never	Thundamentals	Australia
169	Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Beams	Camp Cope	Australia
170	Spring Has Sprung	Skegss	Australia
171	Be With You	Rüfüs	Australia
172	2 Black 2 Strong	A.B. Original	Australia
173	Dog Years	Maggie Rogers	United States
174	Refuge	Northlane & In Hearts Wake	Australia
175	Sooth Lady Wine	Matt Corby	Australia
176	Fake Love	Drake	Canada
177	Angel	Sticky Fingers	Australia
178	Stranger Things Theme	Luke Million	Australia
179	Breathe Life (Like a Version)	Vera Blue	Australia
180	Flight 101	Sticky Fingers	Australia
181	Westway	Sticky Fingers	Australia
182	DVP	PUP	Canada
183	Something Strange	Sticky Fingers featuring Remi	Australia
184	A Night out With	Hockey Dad	Australia
185	Mob Rule	Bad//Dreems	Australia
186	For Good	Remi featuring Sampa the Great	Australia/Zambia
187	Devil's Calling	Parkway Drive	Australia
188	Goosebumps	Travis Scott featuring Kendrick Lamar	United States
189	Sorry	Beyoncé	United States
190	I Need a Forest Fire	James Blake featuring Bon Iver	United Kingdom/United States
191	BOSS	Disclosure	United Kingdom
192	Conqueror	Aurora	Norway
193	Take a Chance	Flume featuring Little Dragon	Australia/Sweden
194	I Thought We Knew Each Other	British India	Australia
195	Alarm	Anne-Marie	United Kingdom
196	What You Mean to Me	Montaigne	Australia
197	Couldn't Believe	Broods	New Zealand
198	Same Drugs	Chance the Rapper	United States
199	Easier	Mansionair	Australia
200	Aubrey	Running Touch	Australia

Artists with multiple entries

	Artist	Tracks
5	Violent Soho	14, 53, 69, 73, 92
4		1, 8, 37, 95
3	Catfish and the Bottlemen	19, 57, 77
		26, 85, 89
	The Avalanches	28, 75, 91
	Sticky Fingers	29, 36, 51
	Glass Animals	38, 63, 98
	The Amity Affliction	65, 67, 76
2	Tash Sultana	3, 32
	Hilltop Hoods	4, 49
	Montaigne	4, 25
	Childish Gambino	5, 88
		6, 39
		7, 23
	Vera Blue	7, 78
		10, 41
	Daft Punk	10, 41
	Nick Littlemore	11, 93
	A.B. Original	16, 45
	Dan Sultan	16, 45
	Kanye West	22, 72
		30, 55
		31, 99
	Dune Rats	33, 34
	Pharrell	40, 84
		42, 71
	D.D Dumbo	44, 47
		59, 84
	Dope Lemon	62, 87
	Beyoncé	66, 84

Countries represented

Country	Total
Australia	66
United States	21
United Kingdom	12
Canada	5
Sweden	3
France	2
Germany	2
New Zealand	2
Barbados	1
Denmark	1
Nigeria	1

Notes

• The four highest-ranked tracks in the 2016 Hottest 100 were all by Australian artists (excluding the vocal feature of Canadian singer Kai on "Never Be like You"), which marks the longest continuous streak of Australians at the countdown's top, and the first time that the top four songs were by artists from the same country.
  • This countdown also marks the first time the top three tracks have featured female vocalists. The top three artists in the countdown were all Unearthed artists.^[16]
• Kai is the first Canadian artist to feature in the #1 song of a Hottest 100.
• The 2016 list includes four covers recorded for Triple J's Like a Version: the DMA's cover of Cher; the A.B. Original cover of Paul Kelly; the Halsey cover of Justin Bieber; and the Paces cover of L D R U. This breaks the record of three Like a Version covers set in 2014 by Chet Faker, Chvrches, and Meg Mac.
  • The song "Keeping Score" by L D R U made the countdown for the second consecutive year with a cover by Paces and Guy Sebastian.
• Nine songs in a row were by Australian artists in 2016, between positions #97 and #89, breaking the longest run of eight consecutive Australian songs set in 1999, 2012, and 2014.
• Paul Kelly's feature on the A.B. Original cover of "Dumb Things" set the record for the longest absence between countdowns; Kelly last appeared in the 2000 countdown.
  • Earlier in the same countdown, The Avalanches' "Subways" broke the prior record of 13 years for the longest absence between countdowns; they last appeared in 2001.
• The 2016 list features 11 different nationalities, equaling the record set in 1994 and 2015.
  • Wizkid's feature on "One Dance" made him Nigeria's first artist to appear in a Hottest 100, and the Hottest 100's first artist representing an African nation since Angélique Kidjo in 1996.
  • Rihanna's appearance on "Too Good" allowed for the first ever appearance of the established pop star, and of an artist from Barbados, in a Hottest 100.
• Five of Violent Soho's tracks feature in the countdown, making them the first artist with over four tracks in one countdown since Hilltop Hoods in 2006.
• Gretta Ray's entry in the countdown with her song "Drive" at #27 marks the best Hottest 100 performance by an Unearthed High winner.
• For the first time since 2011 no previous Hottest 100 winners featured in the countdown.
• Both members of Angus & Julia Stone got a respective track in the list as solo artists; Angus Stone with Dope Lemon and Julia Stone who featured on a Golden Features song.
• Illy made his eighth consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, having appeared in every annual countdown since 2009.

CD release

Triple J's Hottest 100 Volume 24
Type:	Compilation
Artist:	Various artists
Released:	24 February 2017
Label:	Triple J, ABC Music

Disc two

Top 10 Albums of 2016

The annual Triple J album poll was held in December and announced on 18 December.^[17] J Award winner D.D Dumbo missed out on the top 10, with his album Utopia Defeated coming in 11th place.

Note: Australian artists

Bold indicates winner.

	Artist	Album	Country of origin	Tracks in the Hottest 100
1	Violent Soho	Waco	Australia	14, 53, 69, 73, 92, (15 in 2015)
2	Flume	Skin	Australia	1, 8, 37, 95
3	The Avalanches	Wildflower	Australia	28, 75, 91
4	Rüfüs	Bloom	Australia	30, 55 (12, 28 in 2015)
5	Ball Park Music	Every Night the Same Dream	Australia	DNC (141, 143, 156 in Hottest 200)
6	Sticky Fingers	Westway (The Glitter & the Slums)	Australia	29, 36, 51
7	DMA's	Hills End	Australia	39, (48 in 2014), (77 in 2015)
8	Radiohead	A Moon Shaped Pool	United Kingdom	79
9	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard	Nonagon Infinity	Australia	61
10	Frank Ocean	Blonde	United States	59, 84

References

1. Triple J Teases Tomorrow's Hottest 100 Results With Some Juicy Stats. Music Feeds. Tom Williams. 25 January 2017. 25 January 2017.
2. Web site: ABC. 2016 VOTING LIST, ARTIST A-Z. 12 December 2016.
3. Web site: Triple J opens the voting lines for the Hottest 100. Mumbrella. 12 December 2016. 12 December 2016.
4. Web site: Dr Karl Boils Triple J's Hottest 100 Down To A Science; Voting Now Open. themusic.com.au. 12 December 2016. 12 December 2016.
5. Web site: DR. KARL GETS LOOSE & DOES A SHOEY FOR THE HOTTEST 100. Tonedeaf. Nathan Jolly. 12 December 2016. 12 December 2016.
6. Web site: Hottest 100 votes: Flume, The Rubens, Montaigne, Violent Soho, & more share their picks. Triple J Music News. 12 December 2016. 12 December 2016.
7. Web site: ABC. Presenter Votes Hottest 100 2016. 12 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220102021/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/16/get-inspired/presenters/. 20 December 2016. live.
8. Web site: ABC. Presenter Votes Hottest 100 2016. 31 December 2016.
9. Web site: ABC. Artist Votes Hottest 100 2016. 31 December 2016.
10. Web site: Is This The Last Year We Hear The Hottest 100 On 26 January?. themusic.com.au. 24 January 2017. 25 January 2017.
11. News: Change the Date: hip-hop artists collaborate on new Australia Day track. The Guardian. Steph Harmon. 24 January 2017. 25 January 2017.
12. Web site: Triple J Hottest 100 - Best Song Betting Odds. Odds Checker. 25 January 2017. 25 January 2017.
13. News: Could Amy Shark or Flume reach No. 1 on this year's Hottest 100?. Herald Sun. 23 January 2017. 25 January 2017.
14. Web site: Hottest 100 Favourites Flume & Amy Shark Big Each Other Up Ahead Of This Year's Countdown. Tom Williams. Moshtix. 25 January 2017. 25 January 2017.
15. Web site: Feeds . Music . 2017-01-28 . Triple J’s Hottest 200 Of 2016: Live Updates . 2024-08-23 . Music Feeds . en-US.
16. Web site: Jenke . Tyler . 2021-12-21 . Revisiting triple j’s Hottest 100s of years gone by: 2016 . 2024-08-23 . Tone Deaf . en-AU.
17. Web site: Here's the 10 best albums of 2016, according to you Music News triple j. www.abc.net.au. 9 January 2017.