The 2018 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 27 January 2019. It is the 26th countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by listeners of Australian radio station triple j. A record-breaking number of voters (2.758 million) participated by choosing their top ten songs of 2018.[1]
Ocean Alley's "Confidence" was voted into first place.[2] Ocean Alley also achieved 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.
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 that was released for the first time between 1 December 2017 and 30 November 2018 is eligible for 2018's Hottest 100. Voting opened on 10 December 2018, as announced by Liam Stapleton in a crime mockumentary. Several artists and presenters, including Billie Eilish, Tash Sultana, Amy Shark and Anderson .Paak, made their votes public.[3] The artists most often voted for by triple j presenters were The Presets, Kwame, Rüfüs Du Sol, and G Flip.
Once voting closed, triple j announced on 25 January that a total of 2.758 million votes had been cast, breaking the previous year's record by 14%. The station also announced that 95% of voters were from Australia and 60% were under the age of 25.
Prior to the countdown, bookmakers Sportsbet, Beteasy, Ladbrokes, and social media measurement site 100 Warm Tunas, placed "Confidence" by Australian band Ocean Alley and "This Is America" by American rapper Childish Gambino as the two songs most likely to be voted into first place.[4] [5] [6] Ocean Alley's highest previous performance was No. 48 with "The Comedown" in 2017, whilst Gambino's highest previous performance was No. 5 with "Redbone" in 2016.
On 27 November 2017, triple j announced plans to move the Hottest 100 from Australia Day (January 26) to the fourth Saturday of January. This followed a campaign led by Indigenous Australian activists and supporters, calling on triple j to change the date due to opposition to Australia Day's celebratory commemoration of British settlement.[7] Following the announcement, concerns were raised on social media regarding the 2018 Hottest 100 announcement date, as the fourth Saturday of January 2019 coincides with January 26. Station newsreader Avani Dias and content director Ollie Wards stated that the 2019 dates would be reviewed and announced in the future.[8] [9]
On 6 December 2018, triple j announced that they would hold the countdown on 27 January 2019.[10]
| Note: Australian artists |
| Song | Artist | Country of origin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | |||
| 2 | Losing It | Australia | ||
| 3 | United States | |||
| 4 | United States | |||
| 5 | Australia | |||
| 6 | Australia | |||
| 7 | Australia | |||
| 8 | United States | |||
| 9 | Australia | |||
| 10 | Knees | Australia | ||
| 11 | Up in the Clouds | Australia | ||
| 12 | United Kingdom | |||
| 13 | United States/United Kingdom | |||
| 14 | I'm Good | Australia | ||
| 15 | Hayden James featuring Boy Matthews | Australia/United Kingdom | ||
| 16 | Baby Come Back (Like a Version) | Australia | ||
| 17 | United States | |||
| 18 | Join the Club | Australia | ||
| 19 | Peach | New Zealand | ||
| 20 | Australia | |||
| 21 | Australia | |||
| 22 | Australia | |||
| 23 | Rüfüs Du Sol | Australia | ||
| 24 | Australia | |||
| 25 | I Miss You | Australia | ||
| 26 | All the Pretty Girls | Australia | ||
| 27 | United States | |||
| 28 | United States | |||
| 29 | Australia | |||
| 30 | Australia | |||
| 31 | Australia | |||
| 32 | God Forgot | The Rubens | Australia | |
| 33 | Post Malone | United States | ||
| 34 | United States | |||
| 35 | Ladders | United States | ||
| 36 | Amy Shark | Australia | ||
| 37 | Love Me Now | Australia | ||
| 38 | About You | Australia | ||
| 39 | The Perfect Life Does Not Exist | Australia | ||
| 40 | Canada | |||
| 41 | In the Air | Australia | ||
| 42 | Laps Around the Sun | Ziggy Alberts | Australia | |
| 43 | Drake | Canada | ||
| 44 | Clark Griswold | Australia | ||
| 45 | United Kingdom | |||
| 46 | Billie Eilish | United States | ||
| 47 | Like People | Australia | ||
| 48 | When I Dream | Australia | ||
| 49 | Australia | |||
| 50 | Rüfüs Du Sol | Australia | ||
| 51 | Mr La Di Da Di | Australia | ||
| 52 | Khalid | United States | ||
| 53 | Australia | |||
| 54 | Vance Joy | Australia | ||
| 55 | Peking Duk | Australia | ||
| 56 | United States | |||
| 57 | Martini | Australia | ||
| 58 | New Zealand | |||
| 59 | Australia | |||
| 60 | The End | DMA's | Australia | |
| 61 | I Wanna Be Everybody | Hockey Dad | Australia | |
| 62 | G Flip | Australia | ||
| 63 | Boogie | United States | ||
| 64 | Mistake | Australia | ||
| 65 | Scream Whole | Australia | ||
| 66 | Need You | Flight Facilities featuring Nïka | Australia/New Zealand | |
| 67 | Anderson .Paak featuring Kendrick Lamar | United States | ||
| 68 | Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid | United States | ||
| 69 | Cheetah Tongue | The Wombats | United Kingdom | |
| 70 | Australia | |||
| 71 | Smogged Out | Skegss | Australia | |
| 72 | What Can I Do If The Fire Goes Out? (Like a Version) | United Kingdom | ||
| 73 | Sweet Release | Hockey Dad | Australia | |
| 74 | Pussy Is God | King Princess | United States | |
| 75 | Molotov | Australia | ||
| 76 | Clarity | Australia | ||
| 77 | United Kingdom | |||
| 78 | Australia | |||
| 79 | Australia | |||
| 80 | United Kingdom/United States | |||
| 81 | Ballroom | Australia | ||
| 82 | United Kingdom | |||
| 83 | 1999 Wildfire | Brockhampton | United States | |
| 84 | Cigarettes | Australia | ||
| 85 | Anderson .Paak | United States | ||
| 86 | Dirt Cheap | Australia | ||
| 87 | Australia | |||
| 88 | Labrador | Australia | ||
| 89 | Ruel | Australia | ||
| 90 | United States | |||
| 91 | ASAP Rocky | United States | ||
| 92 | Everybody But You | Thundamentals | Australia | |
| 93 | You Can Count On Me | Australia | ||
| 94 | Ivy (Doomsday) | Australia | ||
| 95 | United Kingdom | |||
| 96 | Take It to the Heart | Australia | ||
| 97 | Do I Need You Now? | DMA's | Australia | |
| 98 | Kanye West featuring PartyNextDoor | United States/Canada | ||
| 99 | Polygraph Eyes | United Kingdom | ||
| 100 | Happy Sad | Australia |
The annual triple j album poll was held across November and December and was announced on 16 December.[12]
| Note: Australian artists |
| Artist | Album | Country of origin | Tracks in the Hottest 100 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ball Park Music | Good Mood | Australia | 39, (18 in 2017) | |
| 2 | Ocean Alley | Chiaroscuro | Australia | 1, 10, 100, (48 in 2017) | |
| 3 | Hockey Dad | Blend Inn | Australia | 18, 61, 73, (54 in 2017) | |
| 4 | DMA's | For Now | Australia | 41, 60, 97, (89 in 2017) | |
| 5 | Middle Kids | Lost Friends | Australia | 64 | |
| 6 | Skegss | My Own Mess | Australia | 11, 71 | |
| 7 | Rüfüs Du Sol | Solace | Australia | 22, 23, 50 | |
| 8 | The Wombats | Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life | United Kingdom | 12, 69, (22 in 2017) | |
| 9 | Jack River | Sugar Mountain | Australia | 81, (64 in 2017) | |
| 10 | Arctic Monkeys | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | United Kingdom | 95 | |
| 11 | Amy Shark | Love Monster | Australia | 15, 36, (2 in 2016) | |
| 12 | DZ Deathrays | Bloody Lovely | Australia | 47, (67 in 2017) | |
| 13 | Vance Joy | Nation of Two | Australia | 53, 54, (9 in 2017) | |
| 14 | Courtney Barnett | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Australia | DNC (159 in Hottest 200) | |
| 15 | Matt Corby | Rainbow Valley | Australia | DNC (114, 129, 194 in Hottest 200) | |
| 16 | Brockhampton | Iridescence | United States | DNC (140 in Hottest 200) | |
| 17 | Tash Sultana | Flow State | Australia | 84, (28, 43 in 2017) | |
| 18 | Chvrches | Love Is Dead | United Kingdom | 77 | |
| 19 | The Presets | Hi Viz | Australia | 57, (93 in 2017) | |
| 20 | Camp Cope | How to Socialise & Make Friends | Australia | (58 in 2017) |