Year: | 2021 |
Date Of Countdown: | 22 January 2022 |
Charity Partner: | Lifeline |
Winning Song: | The Wiggles ("Elephant" Like a Version) |
Most Entries: | Olivia Rodrigo and Doja Cat (5) |
Prev: | 2020 |
Next: | 2022 |
The 2021 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 22 January 2022.[1] It was the 29th annual countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as voted for by listeners of Australian radio station triple j.
Australian children's music group the Wiggles was voted into first place with their Like a Version cover of Tame Impala's "Elephant", making it the first Like a Version to place first in a Hottest 100. Olivia Rodrigo and Doja Cat achieved the most entries in the countdown, with both scoring five.[2]
On 18 March 2022, triple j confirmed that a compilation album would no longer be released in conjunction with the annual countdown.[3]
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 initially released between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021 was eligible for the 2021 triple j Hottest 100.
Voting opened on 14 December 2021.
Prior to the countdown, four favourites emerged. Various music blogs and bookmakers placed "Stay" by Australian rapper the Kid Laroi and Canadian musician Justin Bieber; "Good 4 U" by American singer Olivia Rodrigo; "The Angel of 8th Ave." by Australian rock band Gang of Youths; and Australian children's music group the Wiggles' Like a Version cover of "Elephant" by Tame Impala as the songs most likely to take first place.[4] [5]
Note: Australian artists |
Song | Artist | Country of origin | ||
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1 | Elephant (Like a Version) | Australia | ||
2 | Australia/Canada | |||
3 | Australia | |||
4 | United States | |||
5 | United States | |||
6 | Australia | |||
7 | United States | |||
8 | United States | |||
9 | Australia | |||
10 | Lil Nas X | United States | ||
11 | Australia | |||
12 | Lunchtime | Spacey Jane | Australia | |
13 | Olivia Rodrigo | United States | ||
14 | Australia/United Kingdom | |||
15 | Australia | |||
16 | United Kingdom | |||
17 | Tom Cardy | Australia | ||
18 | Love Signs | Australia | ||
19 | Rüfüs Du Sol | Australia | ||
20 | Touch Back Down | Australia | ||
21 | Sunscreen | Australia | ||
22 | SZA | United States | ||
23 | I Don't Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance) | United Kingdom | ||
24 | Canada/Indonesia | |||
25 | Rüfüs Du Sol | Australia | ||
26 | New Zealand | |||
27 | Rose Pink Cadillac | Australia | ||
28 | Hertz | Australia | ||
29 | Lil Nas X | United States | ||
30 | Here Comes the Sun (Like a Version) | Spacey Jane | Australia | |
31 | Doja Cat | United States | ||
32 | If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming with You | United Kingdom | ||
33 | Olivia Rodrigo | United States | ||
34 | Doja Cat | United States | ||
35 | Josh | Australia | ||
36 | United States | |||
37 | Doja Cat | United States | ||
38 | Masterpiece | Australia | ||
39 | Stacking Chairs | Australia | ||
40 | Norway | |||
41 | What's Not to Like | Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba | Australia/United Kingdom | |
42 | Chemicals | Australia | ||
43 | United Kingdom | |||
44 | United States | |||
45 | United Kingdom | |||
46 | Australia | |||
47 | United States | |||
48 | United States | |||
49 | Up | Australia | ||
50 | Kanye West | United States | ||
51 | Night Light | Australia | ||
52 | United States | |||
53 | Canada | |||
54 | Breathe / Comfortably Numb / Money (Like a Version) | Ocean Alley | Australia | |
55 | Valhalla | Australia | ||
56 | King Stingray | Australia | ||
57 | The Man Himself | Gang of Youths | Australia | |
58 | Kitchen | Australia | ||
59 | United States | |||
60 | Olivia Rodrigo | United States | ||
61 | Australia | |||
62 | Lorde | New Zealand | ||
63 | United States | |||
64 | Queen | Australia/United States | ||
65 | Australia | |||
66 | A Girl Like You (Like a Version) | Australia | ||
67 | Olivia Rodrigo | United States | ||
68 | Treat You Right | The Jungle Giants | Australia | |
69 | Clarkson | Australia | ||
70 | Like Love | Australia | ||
71 | United States | |||
72 | Temper | Australia | ||
73 | United States | |||
74 | Australia | |||
75 | Ghana/Australia | |||
76 | Our Paradise | Australia | ||
77 | United States | |||
78 | SZA | United States | ||
79 | United Kingdom | |||
80 | Billie Eilish | United States | ||
81 | Lorde | New Zealand | ||
82 | United States | |||
83 | Doja Cat and the Weeknd | United States/Canada | ||
84 | Wine | Australia | ||
85 | Lie to Me Again | Australia | ||
86 | Just Feels Tight | Australia | ||
87 | The Aftergone | Australia | ||
88 | My Mind | Baker Boy featuring G Flip | Australia | |
89 | Keep Moving | United Kingdom | ||
90 | Waiting for Nothing | Hayden James featuring Yaeger | Australia/Sweden | |
91 | Bones | Australia | ||
92 | Blueprint | Australia | ||
93 | United States | |||
94 | Sunday Suit | Australia | ||
95 | U&Me | United Kingdom | ||
96 | House of Holy | Australia | ||
97 | Kanye West | United States | ||
98 | Sweetness | Adam Newling | Australia | |
99 | Australia | |||
100 | How You Been | Holy Holy | Australia |
The annual triple j album poll was held across November and December and was announced on 12 December 2021.
Note: Australian artists |
Artist | Album | Country of origin | Tracks in the Hottest 100 | ||
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1 | Rüfüs Du Sol | Surrender | Australia | 9, 19, 25 | |
2 | Genesis Owusu | Smiling with No Teeth | Australia | 75, (73 in 2020) | |
3 | Holy Holy | Hello My Beautiful World | Australia | 87, 100 | |
4 | The Jungle Giants | Love Signs | Australia | 18, 68, (8 in 2019, 8, 89 in 2020) | |
5 | Sly Withers | Gardens | Australia | 69 | |
6 | Middle Kids | Today We're the Greatest | Australia | 39 | |
7 | Olivia Rodrigo | Sour | United States | 4, 13, 33, 60, 67 | |
8 | Lorde | Solar Power | New Zealand | 26, 62, 81 | |
9 | Billie Eilish | Happier Than Ever | United States | 5, 80, (10, 79 in 2020) | |
10 | Ruby Fields | Been Doin' It for a Bit | Australia | 58, (61 in 2020) |