Triple J Hottest 100, 2021

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2021 Triple J Hottest 100
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Countdown details
Date of countdown22 January 2022
Charity partner Lifeline
Votes cast2,700,000 [1]
Countdown highlights
Winning song The Wiggles
"Elephant" ( Like a Version )
Most entries Olivia Rodrigo
Doja Cat
(5 tracks each)
Chronology
 Previous
2020
Next 
2022

The 2021 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 22 January 2022. [2] 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.

Contents

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. [3]

On 18 March 2022, Triple J confirmed that a compilation album would no longer be released in conjunction with the annual countdown. [4]

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 2020 and 30 November 2021 was eligible for the 2021 Triple J Hottest 100.

Voting opened on 14 December 2021.

Projections

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. [5] [6]

Full list

Note: Australian artists
#SongArtistCountry of origin
1 Elephant ( Like a Version ) The Wiggles Australia
2 Stay The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber Australia/Canada
3 Lots of Nothing Spacey Jane Australia
4 Good 4 U Olivia Rodrigo United States
5 Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish United States
6 The Angel of 8th Ave. Gang of Youths Australia
7 Kiss Me More Doja Cat featuring SZA United States
8 Industry Baby Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow United States
9 On My Knees Rüfüs Du Sol Australia
10 Montero (Call Me by Your Name) Lil Nas XUnited States
11 H.Y.C.Y.BH Tom Cardy Australia
12LunchtimeSpacey JaneAustralia
13 Drivers License Olivia RodrigoUnited States
14 Apple Crumble Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba Australia/United Kingdom
15 Missing Piece Vance Joy Australia
16 Seventeen Going Under Sam Fender United Kingdom
17 Mixed Messages Tom CardyAustralia
18Love Signs The Jungle Giants Australia
19 Alive Rüfüs Du SolAustralia
20Touch Back Down Ocean Alley Australia
21Sunscreen Ball Park Music Australia
22 Good Days SZAUnited States
23I Don't Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance) Glass Animals United Kingdom
24 Edamame bbno$ featuring Rich Brian Canada/Indonesia
25 Next to Me Rüfüs Du SolAustralia
26 Solar Power Lorde New Zealand
27Rose Pink Cadillac Dope Lemon Australia
28Hertz Amyl and the Sniffers Australia
29 Thats What I Want Lil Nas XUnited States
30 Here Comes the Sun (Like a Version)Spacey JaneAustralia
31 Need to Know Doja CatUnited States
32If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming with You The Wombats United Kingdom
33 Deja Vu Olivia RodrigoUnited States
34 Get Into It (Yuh) Doja CatUnited States
35Josh Peach PRC Australia
36 Transparent Soul Willow featuring Travis Barker United States
37 Woman Doja CatUnited States
38Masterpiece The Rubens Australia
39Stacking Chairs Middle Kids Australia
40 Serotonin Girl in Red Norway
41What's Not to LikeLime Cordiale and Idris ElbaAustralia/United Kingdom
42Chemicals Peking Duk Australia
43 Die4U Bring Me the Horizon United Kingdom
44 Hurricane Kanye West United States
45 Chaise Longue Wet Leg United Kingdom
46 Get Me Out King Stingray Australia
47 Leave the Door Open Silk Sonic United States
48 Do It to It Acraze featuring Cherish United States
49Up Dune Rats Australia
50 Jail Kanye WestUnited States
51Night Light The Rions Australia
52 Up Cardi B United States
53 Take My Breath The Weeknd Canada
54 Breathe / Comfortably Numb / Money (Like a Version)Ocean AlleyAustralia
55Valhalla Skegss Australia
56 Milkumana King StingrayAustralia
57The Man HimselfGang of YouthsAustralia
58Kitchen Ruby Fields Australia
59 Love Race Machine Gun Kelly featuring Kellin Quinn United States
60 Brutal Olivia RodrigoUnited States
61 Pump the Brakes Dom Dolla Australia
62 Mood Ring LordeNew Zealand
63 Chemtrails over the Country Club Lana Del Rey United States
64Queen G Flip featuring Mxmtoon Australia/United States
65 Down Under Luude featuring Colin Hay Australia
66 A Girl Like You (Like a Version) Tame Impala Australia
67 Traitor Olivia RodrigoUnited States
68Treat You RightThe Jungle GiantsAustralia
69Clarkson Sly Withers Australia
70Like Love The Amity Affliction Australia
71 I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God Halsey United States
72Temper Vera Blue Australia
73 Rumors Lizzo featuring Cardi B United States
74 Cloudy Day Tones and I Australia
75 Gold Chains Genesis Owusu Ghana/Australia
76Our Paradise The Terrys Australia
77 WusYaName Tyler, the Creator featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Ty Dolla Sign United States
78 I Hate U SZAUnited States
79 Clash Dave featuring Stormzy United Kingdom
80 Your Power Billie EilishUnited States
81 Stoned at the Nail Salon LordeNew Zealand
82 Praise God Kanye West United States
83 You Right Doja Cat and the WeekndUnited States/Canada
84Wine Teenage Joans Australia
85Lie to Me Again The Buoys Australia
86Just Feels Tight Fisher Australia
87The Aftergone Holy Holy featuring Clews Australia
88My Mind Baker Boy featuring G FlipAustralia
89Keep Moving Jungle United Kingdom
90Waiting for Nothing Hayden James featuring YaegerAustralia/Sweden
91Bones Telenova Australia
92Blueprint Slowly Slowly Australia
93 Family Ties Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar United States
94Sunday Suit Tyne-James Organ Australia
95U&Me alt-J United Kingdom
96House of Holy Client Liaison Australia
97 Moon Kanye WestUnited States
98SweetnessAdam NewlingAustralia
99 Little Things Ziggy Ramo featuring Paul Kelly Australia
100How You BeenHoly HolyAustralia

#101-200 List

On 21 January, Triple J announced the songs that made the #101-200 positions. [7]

#SongArtistCountry of origin
101Time I Love To Waste May-a Australia
102Henny & Reefer Chillinit Australia
103Holiday Confidence Man Australia
104 Time After Time (Like a Version) Triple One Australia
105 Pride Is the Devil J. Cole & Lil Baby United States
106Too Many Feelings Ruel Australia
107 Thot Shit Megan Thee Stallion United States
108Easy Love Pacific Avenue Australia
109 River Pnau & Ladyhawke Australia/New Zealand
110Week On Repeat Beddy Rays Australia
111Rather Be With You Hayden James featuring Crooked Colours Australia
112Tend the Garden Gang of Youths Australia
113Neon Cheap Methyl Ethel Australia
114 Off the Grid Kanye West United States
115 Love Tonight (David Guetta remix) Shouse Australia/France
116We Are Midnight DMA's Australia
117Ahhhh! Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers Australia
118 Wet Dream Wet Leg United Kingdom
119 Acting Like That Yungblud featuring Machine Gun Kelly United Kingdom/United States
120Method to the Madness The Wombats United Kingdom
121R U High The Knocks featuring Mallrat Australia
122 Life Goes On Oliver Tree United States
123The Walls Are Way Too Thin Holly Humberstone United Kingdom
124Stop For a Minute Polish Club Australia
125 Stranger Love Pnau featuring Budjerah Australia
126Wake Up Skegss Australia
127Deathwish Stand Atlantic featuring Nothing,Nowhere Australia/United States
128Letting Go Ziggy Alberts Australia
129Feels Good Now The Vanns Australia
130Stolen Cars Allday Australia
131 Lumberjack Tyler, the Creator United States
132 Dead Butterflies Architects United Kingdom
133 One Right Now Post Malone & The Weeknd United States/Canada
134Bush TVSkegssAustralia
135That Funny Feeling Phoebe Bridgers United States
136Questions Middle Kids Australia
137You Stupid Bitch Girl in Red Norway
138Doesn't Matter Benee New Zealand
139 My Life J. Cole, 21 Savage & Morray United States
140 Good Ones Charli XCX United Kingdom
141 He Said She Said Chvrches United Kingdom
142 Knife Talk Drake featuring 21 Savage & Project Pat Canada/United States
143Wait a While Beddy Rays Australia
144 Fair Trade Drake featuring Travis Scott Canada/United States
145Heavy Flight Facilities featuring Your Smith Australia/United States
146 Sweet / I Thought You Wanted to Dance Tyler, the Creator featuring Brent Faiyaz & Fana Hues United States
147Cherish Gretta Ray Australia
148 Lost Cause Billie Eilish United States
149Scream G Flip featuring Upsahl Australia/United States
150 Colorado Milky Chance Germany
151 Believe What I Say Kanye WestUnited States
152 NDA Billie EilishUnited States
153Security Amyl and the Sniffers Australia
154Sexy Villain Remi Wolf United States
155MoveFlight Facilities featuring Drama Australia/United States
156Amoeba Clairo United States
157 Papercuts Machine Gun KellyUnited States
158 Moth to a Flame Swedish House Mafia & The WeekndSweden/Canada
159Love Song Angus & Julia Stone Australia
160Ride Baker Boy featuring Yirrmal Australia
161Worst Day of My Life Amy Shark Australia
162I Know You Do KetamineCandy Moore & Abbie Chatfield Australia
163Get You Down Sam Fender United Kingdom
164 Girls Want Girls Drake featuring Lil BabyCanada/United States
165Breakfast Sly Withers Australia
166 Way 2 Sexy Drake featuring Future & Young Thug Canada/United States
167Red LightThe VannsAustralia
168 Marea (We've Lost Dancing) Fred Again & The Blessed Madonna United Kingdom/United States
169ScarlettHolly HumberstoneUnited Kingdom
170 It Ain't Over 'til It's Over (Like a Version)RuelAustralia
171Muddy Evil Pain The Rubens Australia
172Lights UpFlight Facilities featuring Channel Tres Australia/United States
173Quiet On SetRemi WolfUnited States
174 Happier Olivia Rodrigo United States
175Futureproof Nothing but Thieves United Kingdom
176 I Don't Wanna Leave Rüfüs Du Sol Australia
177King Brown Barkaa Australia
178Most Hated Girl Waax Australia
179The Divine Chord The Avalanches featuring MGMT & Johnny Marr Australia/United States/United Kingdom
180 Cure for Me Aurora Norway
181Somethinggreater Parcels Australia
182 Foolproof Hayden James, Gorgon City & Nat Dunn Australia/United Kingdom
183Symptomatic Peach PRC Australia
184Waiting GameG Flip featuring Renforshort Australia/Canada
185Stranded Sumner Australia
186Addicted Jorja Smith United Kingdom
187 Typhoons Royal Blood United Kingdom
188 Changes (Like a Version) JK-47 Australia
189 Don't You (Forget About Me) (Like a Version) Boy & Bear Australia
190 Better in Blak (Like a Version)Beddy RaysAustralia
191Clockwork Northlane Australia
192Get High Chet Faker Australia
193Say It Choomba featuring LP Giobbi & Blush'koAustralia/United States
194Charmander Aminé United States
195Addict Hope D Australia
196Juno Running Touch Australia
197My Ways Sycco Australia
198Backseat Fergus James Australia
199UnisonGang of YouthsAustralia
200Good GirlsChvrchesUnited Kingdom

Statistics

Artists with multiple entries

#ArtistTracks
5 Olivia Rodrigo 4, 13, 33, 60, 67
Doja Cat 7, 31, 34, 37, 83
4 Kanye West 44, 50, 82, 97
3 Spacey Jane 3, 12, 30
SZA [note 1] 7, 22, 78
Lil Nas X 8, 10, 29
Rüfüs Du Sol 9, 19, 25
Lorde 26, 62, 81
2 Billie Eilish 5, 80
Gang of Youths 6, 57
Tom Cardy 11, 17
Lime Cordiale [note 2] 14, 41
Idris Elba [note 3] 14, 41
The Jungle Giants 18, 68
Ocean Alley 20, 54
King Stingray 46, 56
Cardi B [note 4] 52, 73
The Weeknd [note 5] 53, 83
G Flip [note 6] 64, 88
Holy Holy 87, 100

Countries represented

Country#
Australia55
United States32
United Kingdom10
Canada4
New Zealand3
Sweden1
Ghana1
Norway1
Indonesia1

Records

2021 Triple J Album Poll

The annual Triple J album poll was held across November and December and was announced on 12 December 2021. [9]

Note: Australian artists
#ArtistAlbumCountry of originTracks in the Hottest 100
1 Rüfüs Du Sol Surrender Australia9, 19, 25
2 Genesis Owusu Smiling with No Teeth Australia75, (73 in 2020)
3 Holy Holy Hello My Beautiful World Australia87, 100
4 The Jungle Giants Love Signs Australia18, 68, (8 in 2019, 8, 89 in 2020)
5 Sly Withers Gardens Australia69
6 Middle Kids Today We're the Greatest Australia39
7 Olivia Rodrigo Sour United States4, 13, 33, 60, 67
8 Lorde Solar Power New Zealand26, 62, 81
9 Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever United States5, 80, (10, 79 in 2020)
10 Ruby Fields Been Doin' It for a Bit Australia58, (61 in 2020)
11 The Avalanches We Will Always Love You Australia(35 in 2020)
Lil Nas X Montero United States8, 10, 29
13 Amyl and the Sniffers Comfort to Me Australia28
14 Tyler, the Creator Call Me If You Get Lost United States77
15 Wolf Alice Blue Weekend United KingdomDNC
16 Flight Facilities Forever AustraliaDNC (145, 155, 172 in Hottest 200)
17 Skegss Rehearsal Australia55, (27, 66 in 2020)
18 Kanye West Donda United States44, 52, 82, 97
19 Doja Cat Planet Her United States7, 31, 34, 37, 83
20 Sam Fender Seventeen Going Under United Kingdom16

Notes

  1. Once with Doja Cat (7), twice solo (22, 78)
  2. Twice with Idris Elba
  3. Twice with Lime Cordiale
  4. Once solo (52) and once with Lizzo (73)
  5. Once solo (53) and once with Doja Cat (83)
  6. Once solo (64) and once with Baker Boy (88)

References

  1. "2021 Triple J Hottest 100 breaks records for the station". Mediaweek. 9 March 2022.
  2. "triple j's Hottest 100, here's all the 2022 dates and details". Triple J. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  3. triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2021: Live Updates. Rolling Stone Australia, Rolling Stone Australia, 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. Jenke, Tyler (21 March 2022). "End of An Era: triple j Discontinues Its Annual Hottest 100 Compilation CDs". Rolling Stone Australia . The Brag Media. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  5. "2021 Triple J Hottest 100 Outrights betting odds". Sportsbet . Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  6. Moran, Robert (15 December 2021). "Voting is open for Triple J's Hottest 100. Who's in the running?". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  7. https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/21/101-200
  8. "Triple J respond as Hottest 100 poll is hikacked by Justin Bieber: 'We want genuine votes'". Nme.com. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  9. Byrne, Declan (12 December 2021). "RÜFÜS DU SOL tops the 2021 triple j Album Poll". triple j. Retrieved 5 August 2025.