Triple J Hottest 100, 2020

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2020 Triple J Hottest 100
Triple J Hottest 100 Vol 28 CD.jpg
Album artwork for the CD compilation
Countdown details
Date of countdown23 January 2021
Charity partner Lifeline
Votes cast2,790,224
Countdown highlights
Winning song Glass Animals "Heat Waves"
Most entries Lime Cordiale
(5 tracks)
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The 2020 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 23 January 2021. [1] It is the 28th countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by listeners of Australian radio station Triple J. The countdown was announced on the fourth weekend of January.

Contents

English band Glass Animals was voted into first place with their single "Heat Waves", becoming the first British act to top the annual list in 11 years, with the previous case being when Mumford & Sons won the 2009 countdown with "Little Lion Man". Australian band Lime Cordiale achieved the most entries in the countdown, at five.

Background

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 2019 and 30 November 2020 was eligible for 2020's Hottest 100.

Voting opened on 8 December 2020. Several artists and presenters made their votes public, including Billie Eilish, Flume, and Glass Animals. The artists most often voted for by these artists were Tkay Maidza, Tame Impala, Spacey Jane, and The Strokes. [2]

Projections

Prior to the countdown, two favourites had emerged. Various music blogs and bookmakers placed "Heat Waves" by English psych-pop band Glass Animals and "Booster Seat" by Australian indie-rock band Spacey Jane as the two songs most likely to take first place. [3] Glass Animals previously placed 12th in 2014, also ranking in the top 40 in 2016 and 2019; while Spacey Jane debuted at 80th in 2019. Both songs respectively placed in first and second on the countdown.

Full list

Note: Australian artists
#SongArtistCountry of origin
1 Heat Waves Glass Animals United Kingdom
2 Booster Seat Spacey Jane Australia
3 The Difference Flume and Toro y Moi Australia/United States
4 Cherub Ball Park Music Australia
5 Lost in Yesterday Tame Impala Australia
6 WAP Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion United States
7 Hyperfine G Flip Australia
8 Sending Me Ur Loving The Jungle Giants Australia
9I'm Good? Hilltop Hoods Australia
10 Therefore I Am Billie Eilish United States
11On Our Own Lime Cordiale Australia
12 Get on the Beers Mashd N Kutcher featuring Dan Andrews Australia
13Rockstar Mallrat Australia
14 Tombstone Ocean Alley Australia
15SkinSpacey JaneAustralia
16Screw LooseLime CordialeAustralia
17Is It TrueTame ImpalaAustralia
18TangerineGlass AnimalsUnited Kingdom
19 You Should Be Sad Halsey United States
20Addicted to the SunshineLime CordialeAustralia
21 Energy Stace Cadet and KLP Australia
22Complicated Eves Karydas Australia
23 Good News Mac Miller United States
24 Blue World Mac MillerUnited States
25Reality Check PleaseLime CordialeAustralia
26No Plans to Make PlansLime CordialeAustralia
27Under the Thunder Skegss Australia
28StraightfacedSpacey JaneAustralia
29 Dribble Sycco Australia
30Bagi-la-m Bargan Birdz featuring Fred LeoneAustralia
31 Reasons San Cisco Australia
32 Criminals DMA's Australia
33Breathe DeeperTame ImpalaAustralia
34 Everybody Rise Amy Shark Australia
35Running Red Lights The Avalanches featuring Rivers Cuomo and Pink SiifuAustralia/United States
36 Forget Me Too Machine Gun Kelly featuring HalseyUnited States
37 So Done The Kid Laroi Australia
38 Parasite Eve Bring Me the Horizon United Kingdom
39 Righteous Juice Wrld United States
40 Come & Go Juice Wrld and Marshmello United States
41I Still Dream About You The Smith Street Band Australia
42 Whats Poppin Jack Harlow United States
43Together Ziggy Alberts Australia
44You & IG FlipAustralia
45As Long as You Care Ruel Australia
46 Pretty Lady Tash Sultana Australia
47 Animals Architects United Kingdom
48 Ain't It Different Headie One, AJ Tracey and Stormzy United Kingdom
49 Wishing Well Juice WrldUnited States
50Nothing to Love About Love Peking Duk and The Wombats Australia/United Kingdom
51Your Love (Déjà Vu)Glass AnimalsUnited Kingdom
52The GlowDMA'sAustralia
53 In Your Eyes The Weeknd Canada
54 Blue (Flume Remix) Eiffel 65 Italy/Australia
55I Think You're Great Alex the Astronaut Australia
56 On the Line San CiscoAustralia
57Sobercoaster Beddy Rays Australia
58 Fly Away Tones and I Australia
59 Gimme Love Joji Japan
60 Go The Kid Laroi and Juice WrldAustralia/United States
61Pretty Grim Ruby Fields Australia
62 Run JojiJapan
63Day & AgeBall Park MusicAustralia
64Soak Me in Bleach The Amity Affliction Australia
65 C'mon Amy Shark featuring Travis Barker Australia/United States
66FantasisingSkegssAustralia
67 Boss Bitch Doja Cat United States
68Lie to Me Vera Blue Australia
69Second Hope D Australia
70Low Chet Faker Australia
71 Obey Bring Me the Horizon and Yungblud United Kingdom
72Way DownOcean AlleyAustralia
73Don't Need You Genesis Owusu Ghana/Australia
74Scream Drive Faster Laurel United Kingdom
75Photo ID Remi Wolf United States
76 Baby It's You London Grammar United Kingdom
77House Arrest Sofi Tukker and Gorgon City United States/United Kingdom
78 Lady Marmalade ( Like a Version )G FlipAustralia
79 My Future Billie EilishUnited States
80Freaks Fisher Australia
81WeightlessSpacey JaneAustralia
82The Clap The Chats Australia
83 Down for You Cosmo's Midnight and Ruel Australia
84Chicken Tenders Dominic Fike United States
85Too Tough Terry Dune Rats Australia
86 Laugh Now Cry Later Drake featuring Lil Durk Canada/United States
87Three Leaf Clover Teenage Joans Australia
88Heart Attack Bronson featuring Lau.ra Australia/United States/United Kingdom
89In Her EyesThe Jungle GiantsAustralia
90 No Time to Die Billie EilishUnited States
91 Charlie (Like a Version) Bugs Australia
92 These Days Thelma Plum Australia
93 Lemonade Internet Money and Gunna featuring Don Toliver and Nav United States/Canada
94 Rain Aitch and AJ Tracey featuring Tay Keith United Kingdom/United States
95Loose Ends Illy featuring G FlipAustralia
96Germaphobe Hockey Dad Australia
97 Audacity Stormzy featuring Headie OneUnited Kingdom
98Your ManJojiJapan
99ItchHockey DadAustralia
100Kool Benee New Zealand

#101-200 List

On 24 January, 2021, Triple J announced the songs that made the #101-200 positions. [4]

#SongArtistCountry of origin
101R U 4 Me? Middle Kids Australia
102 My High Disclosure, Aminé & Slowthai United Kingdom/United States
103 Concert For Aliens Machine Gun Kelly United States
104Distance Ruel Australia
105 Heavy Weather The Rubens Australia
106 Teardrops Bring Me the Horizon United Kingdom
107Every Day is a Holiday Dope Lemon featuring Winston Surfshirt Australia
108 Send It! Hooligan Hefs Australia
109 Kyoto Phoebe Bridgers United States
110 Life Is a Game of Changing DMA's Australia
111 Bad Child Tones and I Australia
11210% Kaytranada featuring Kali Uchis Canada/United States
113Pick It Up Again Violent Soho Australia
114Hot Chicken Ocean Alley Australia
115Nothing For Free Pendulum Australia
116Say It OverRuel featuring Cautious Clay Australia/United States
117Lying On the FloorViolent SohoAustralia
118 After Hours The Weeknd Canada
119 Save Your Tears The WeekndCanada
120Yesteryear Cosmo's Midnight Australia
121After All This Time Allday Australia
122 Cotton Candy Yungblud United Kingdom
123Good Eye Hockey Dad Australia
124Up In ThereOcean AlleyAustralia
125Shook Tkay Maidza Australia
126Anything Alison Wonderland & Valentino Khan Australia/United States
127 Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head) Powfu featuring Beabadoobee Canada/United Kingdom
128 Savage Remix Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé United States
129 Better Days Baker Boy, Dallas Woods & Sampa the Great Australia/Zambia
130Time Of My LifeThe RubensAustralia
131 Bad Decisions The Strokes United States
132 Moving Blind Dom Dolla & Sonny Fodera Australia
133MoveBaker BoyAustralia
134Blurry Stand Atlantic Australia
135 Snail Benee New Zealand
136Dreamland Glass Animals United Kingdom
137Honey King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Australia
138Laying Low Chillinit Australia
139Impossible Nothing but Thieves United Kingdom
140Window Still Woozy United States
141In This StateHockey DadAustralia
142 Hit Different SZA featuring Ty Dolla $ign United States
143Diet Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats United States
144Good Things Wafia Australia
145KingslayerBring Me the Horizon featuring Babymetal United Kingdom/Japan
146Things I Thought Were Mine Alfie Templeman United Kingdom
147Daylight Joji & Diplo Japan/United States
148Love Language Crooked Colours Australia
149 Tell Me Why The Kid Laroi Australia
150Stupid Is as Stupid Does Dune Rats featuring K. Flay Australia/United States
151Spark Up! Ball Park Music Australia
152Fired Up DZ Deathrays Australia
153WrongThe Kid Laroi featuring Lil Mosey Australia/United States
154 Simmer Hayley Williams United States
155 Franchise Travis Scott featuring Young Thug & M.I.A. United States/United Kingdom
156Lonely DiamondOcean AlleyAustralia
157 Rockstar (Black Lives Matter remix) DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch United States
158 Chicago Freestyle Drake featuring Giveon Canada/United States
159OTTAlldayAustralia
160I Wanna Be Here E^ST Australia
161 Tyler Herro Jack Harlow United States
162 Know Your Worth Khalid & DisclosureUnited States/United Kingdom
163That's Life Lime Cordiale Australia
164 Forever Young (Like a Version)Tones and IAustralia
165 Black Fingernails, Red Wine (Like a Version) Polaris Australia
166OK Wallows United States
16719 Slowly Slowly Australia
168 Hey, Ma (Like a Version) The Vanns Australia
169The Water Hands Like Houses Australia
170Head Like a SieveBall Park MusicAustralia
171HypermaniaPolarisAustralia
172 Life Is Good Future featuring DrakeUnited States/Canada
173Dizzy Azure Ryder Australia
1743am Halsey United States
175 Toosie Slide DrakeCanada
176Dine N Dash The Chats Australia
177Just Run the Jewels featuring Pharrell Williams & Zack de la Rocha United States
178 Finally // Beautiful Stranger HalseyUnited States
179 For the Night Pop Smoke featuring Lil Baby & DaBabyUnited States
180Let Me Down Oliver Tree United States
181La Luh Choomba Australia
182Tell 'Em I'm Doing EetswaHooligan HefsAustralia
183Fucked Myself UpMerci, MercyAustralia
184Is Everybody Going Crazy?Nothing but ThievesUnited Kingdom
185It's All So Incredibly LoudGlass AnimalsUnited Kingdom
186 Ur So F**king Cool Tones and IAustralia
187Cracks Sly Withers Australia
188All My Friends Great Gable Australia
189Ticket To Heaven Alice Ivy featuring Thelma Plum Australia
190Apricots May-a Australia
191Bad ThingsAlison WonderlandAustralia
192 Dear April (Justice remix) Frank Ocean United States/France
193 Night Garden Benee featuring Bakar & Kenny BeatsNew Zealand/United Kingdom/United States
194 Wash Us in the Blood Kanye West featuring Travis ScottUnited States
195 Wolves Big Sean featuring Post Malone United States
196Race Car BluesSlowly SlowlyAustralia
197Cash MachineOliver TreeUnited States
198DriverPendulumAustralia
199 Only Time Makes It Human King Princess United States
200 Posthumous Forgiveness Tame Impala Australia

Statistics

Artists with multiple entries

#ArtistTracks
5 Lime Cordiale 11, 16, 20, 25, 26
4 Spacey Jane 2, 15, 28, 81
G Flip [note 1] 7, 44, 78, 95
Juice Wrld [note 2] 39, 40, 49, 60
3 Glass Animals 1, 18, 51
Tame Impala 5, 17, 33
Billie Eilish 10, 79, 90
Joji 59, 62, 98
2 Flume [note 3] 3, 54
Ball Park Music 4, 63
The Jungle Giants 8, 89
Ocean Alley 14, 72
Halsey [note 4] 19, 36
Mac Miller 23, 24
Skegss 27, 66
San Cisco 31, 56
DMA's 32, 52
Amy Shark 34, 65
The Kid Laroi 37, 60
Bring Me the Horizon 38, 71
Ruel 45, 83
AJ Tracey 48, 94
Stormzy 48, 97
Headie One [note 5] 48, 97
Hockey Dad 96, 99

Countries represented

Country#
Australia [5] 65
United States24
United Kingdom14
Canada3
Japan3
Ghana1
Italy1
New Zealand1

Records

2020 Triple J Album Poll

The annual Triple J album poll was held across November and December and was announced on 13 December 2020.

Note: Australian artists
#ArtistAlbumCountry of originTracks in the Hottest 100
1 Spacey Jane Sunlight Australia2, 15, 28, 81, (80 in 2019)
2 Lime Cordiale 14 Steps to a Better You Australia11, 16, 20, 25, 26, (86 in 2018, 7, 13, 32 in 2019)
3 Tame Impala The Slow Rush Australia5, 17, 33, (18, 43 in 2019)
4 Ball Park Music Ball Park Music Australia4, 63
5 Hockey Dad Brain Candy Australia96, 99, (60 in 2019)
6 DMA's The Glow Australia32, 52, (20 in 2019)
7 Ocean Alley Lonely Diamond Australia14, 72, (24, 54 in 2019)
8 Glass Animals Dreamland United Kingdom1, 18, 51, (34 in 2019)
9 San Cisco Between You and Me Australia31, 56, (48 in 2018, 97 in 2019)
10 Violent Soho Everything Is A-OK Australia(69 in 2019)
11 Mac Miller Circles United States23, 24
12 Benee Hey u x New Zealand100
13 The Chats High Risk Behaviour Australia82, (21 in 2019)
14 Dune Rats Hurry Up and Wait Australia(100 in 2019)
15 Slowly Slowly Race Car Blues Australia(57 in 2019)
16 The Weeknd After Hours Canada53, (71 in 2019)
17 Joji Nectar Japan59, 62, 98
18 King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard K.G. AustraliaDNC
19 Cosmo's Midnight Yesteryear Australia83, (99 in 2019)
20 Cub Sport Like Nirvana AustraliaDNC

Notes

  1. Three times solo (7, 44, 78) and once with Illy (95)
  2. Twice solo (39, 49), once as co-lead artist (40), and once with The Kid Laroi (60)
  3. Once as lead artist (3), and once as remixer/producer (54)
  4. Once solo (19) and once with Machine Gun Kelly (36)
  5. once solo/as co-lead artist (48) and once with Stormzy (97)

References

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