Triple J Hottest 100, 2017

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2017 Triple J Hottest 100
Countdown details
Date of countdown27 January
Charity partnerAustralian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME)
Countdown highlights
Winning song Kendrick Lamar ("Humble")
Most entries Kendrick Lamar (4)
Gang of Youths (4)
Lorde (4)
The Jungle Giants (4)
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The 2017 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 27 January 2018. It was the 25th 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 (2.386 million) participated by choosing their top ten songs of 2017. [1]

Contents

Kendrick Lamar's "Humble" was voted into first place, making him the first person of colour ever to top a Hottest 100. [2] It was also the first track by a non-Australian artist, and the first hip hop song, to win since 2012's "Thrift Shop". Lamar achieved four tracks in the countdown, as did Gang of Youths (a record-equaling three of which were in the top 10), Lorde, and The Jungle Giants.

Historically, the countdown has been announced on Australia Day (26 January), but the 2017 countdown occurred on the fourth Saturday of January (27 January), due to opposition to Australia Day's celebratory commemoration of British settlement. [3] This is the first Hottest 100 countdown to occur on a different day since the 2003 countdown.

Background

The triple j 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 2016 and November 2017 was eligible for 2017's Hottest 100. Voting opened 12 December 2017, shortly after the end of the eligibility period. [4]

Several presenters made their votes public. [5] The artists most often voted for by triple j presenters were: Kendrick Lamar, Lorde, Gang of Youths, and Baker Boy. On 12 December bookmakers Sportsbet, Ladbrokes and CrownBet placed Kendrick Lamar's "Humble" as the most likely song to take out first place, followed by Lorde's "Green Light" and Gang of Youths' "The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows". [6] [7] [8] Social media measurement projects 100 Warm Tunas and The Bean Counter's 100 also predicted that "Humble" will be voted No. 1 by a significant margin. [9] [10] The previous highest appearance in a Hottest 100 for both Lamar and Lorde is No. 2, with "King Kunta" in 2015 and "Royals" in 2013 respectively.

The station reported that 1.5 million votes had been cast five days before voting closed (17 January 2018), more than any other year at that point in the voting period. [11] [12] Once voting closed, they announced on 23 January that a total of 2,386,133 votes had been cast, breaking the prior year's record for most votes in a Hottest 100 by 5.8%. [1] [13]

Announcement date

In mid-2016, support grew for a campaign calling on triple j to change the date of the Hottest 100. Calls were led by Indigenous Australian activists and supporters, many of whom regard Australia Day as "Invasion Day". [14] Australian hip hop duo A.B. Original and their anti-Australia Day single "January 26" were instrumental in drawing support to the cause. [15] Responding to the campaign in September 2016, triple j established a review over whether the date of the Hottest 100 should be changed. [16]

The review of the date continued into 2017, including consultation with Reconciliation Australia, the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, and the National Australia Day Council, while 2016's Hottest 100 was held on Australia Day without change. [17] In August 2017, triple j launched a survey asking for public opinion on whether the date should be changed. [18] [19] Shortly after the survey began, former triple j presenters Matt Okine and Kyran Wheatley came out in support of a date change. [20] [21]

On 27 November 2017, triple j announced plans to move the Hottest 100 to the fourth weekend of January. This followed analysis led by Rebecca Huntley of the aforementioned survey, [22] which attracted 64,990 responses, indicating that 60% of listeners supported moving the date. [23]

Reactions

The announcement was welcomed by many musicians and the Australian Greens. [24] Within the Liberal Party, however, Communications Minister Mitch Fifield was reportedly "bewildered" by the choice, one that MP Alex Hawke described as "disappointing" and "pathetic". [25] As the minister responsible for the government-funded Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), which triple j is part of, Fifield wrote to the ABC's board of directors on 28 November asking them to return the Hottest 100 to Australia Day. [26]

Some organisations offered alternatives to triple j's Hottest 100 in response to the date change. [12] These include nationwide rock radio station Triple M broadcasting an Ozzest 100 countdown of only Australian songs on 26 January, [27] and Senator Cory Bernardi's Australian Conservatives publishing an AC100 playlist of Australian music on Spotify. [28]

Full list

Note: Australian artists
#SongArtistCountry of origin
1 Humble Kendrick Lamar United States
2 Let Me Down Easy Gang of Youths Australia
3 Chateau Angus & Julia Stone Australia
4Ubu Methyl Ethel Australia
5 The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows Gang of Youths Australia
6 Green Light Lorde New Zealand
7 Go Bang Pnau Australia
8Sally Thundamentals featuring MatayaAustralia
9 Lay It on Me Vance Joy Australia
10 What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out? Gang of YouthsAustralia
11Sweet Brockhampton United States
12 Fake Magic Peking Duk and AlunaGeorge Australia/United Kingdom
13 Young Dumb & Broke Khalid United States
14 Homemade Dynamite LordeNew Zealand
15 Regular Touch Vera Blue Australia
16 Feel the Way I Do The Jungle Giants Australia
17 Marryuna Baker Boy featuring Yirrmal Australia
18Exactly How You Are Ball Park Music Australia
19 The Man The Killers United States
20 Let You Down Peking Duk featuring Icona Pop Australia/Sweden
21Birthdays The Smith Street Band Australia
22 Lemon to a Knife Fight The Wombats United Kingdom
23Not Worth Hiding Alex the Astronaut Australia
24 Rockstar Post Malone featuring 21 Savage United States
25 Weekends Amy Shark Australia
26 Feel It Still Portugal. The Man United States
27Be About You Winston Surfshirt Australia
28 Mystik Tash Sultana Australia
29 Mended Vera BlueAustralia
30 Low Blows Meg Mac Australia
31Lay Down Touch Sensitive Australia
32 Numb Hayden James featuring Graace Australia
33 Slow Mover Angie McMahon Australia
34 DNA Kendrick Lamar United States
35 Passionfruit Drake Canada
36I Haven't Been Taking Care of Myself Alex Lahey Australia
37 Slide Calvin Harris featuring Frank Ocean and Migos United Kingdom/United States
38 Bellyache Billie Eilish United States
39Got on My Skateboard Skegss Australia
40 True Lovers Holy Holy Australia
41 Blood ( Like a Version )Gang of YouthsAustralia
42 Cola CamelPhat and Elderbrook United Kingdom
43 Murder to the Mind Tash SultanaAustralia
44In Motion Allday featuring Japanese Wallpaper Australia
45Every Day's the WeekendAlex LaheyAustralia
46 Better Mallrat Australia
47 Want You Back Haim United States
48The Comedown Ocean Alley Australia
49PassionaThe Smith Street BandAustralia
50 On Your Way Down The Jungle GiantsAustralia
51 Man's Not Hot Big Shaq United Kingdom
52 Glorious Macklemore featuring Skylar Grey United States
53Moments Bliss n Eso featuring Gavin James Australia/Ireland
54Homely Feeling Hockey Dad Australia
556 Pack Dune Rats Australia
56Watch Me Read You Odette Australia
57 Bad Dream The Jungle GiantsAustralia
58The Opener Camp Cope Australia
59 Used to Be in Love The Jungle GiantsAustralia
60 Boys Charli XCX United Kingdom
6121 GramsThundamentals featuring Hilltop Hoods Australia
62SavedKhalidUnited States
63Life Goes On E^ST Australia
64Fool's Gold Jack River Australia
65 Everything Now Arcade Fire Canada
66 Lemon N.E.R.D and Rihanna United States/Barbados
67Shred for Summer DZ Deathrays Australia
68 Golden Kingswood Australia
69I Love You, Will You Marry Me Yungblud United Kingdom
70Amsterdam Nothing But Thieves United Kingdom
71 Perfect Places LordeNew Zealand
72 In Cold Blood alt-J United Kingdom
73Nuclear Fusion King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Australia
74 XO Tour Llif3 Lil Uzi Vert United States
75BraindeadDune RatsAustralia
76 Cloud 9 Baker Boy featuring Kian Australia
77 Million Man The Rubens Australia
78 Electric Feel (Like a Version)Tash SultanaAustralia
79Hey, Did I Do You Wrong? San Cisco Australia
80Say Something Loving The xx United Kingdom
81 Liability LordeNew Zealand
82 1-800-273-8255 Logic featuring Alessia Cara and KhalidUnited States/Canada
83Blood BrothersAmy SharkAustralia
84Oceans Vallis Alps Australia
85Does This Last Boo Seeka Australia
86Maybe It's My First TimeMeg MacAustralia
87 The Way You Used to Do Queens of the Stone Age United States
88Edge of Town (Like a Version) Paul Dempsey Australia
89Dawning DMA's Australia
90 Hyperreal Flume featuring Kučka Australia
91 Big for Your Boots Stormzy United Kingdom
92 Love Kendrick Lamar featuring ZacariUnited States
93Do What You Want The Presets Australia
94Second Hand Car Kim Churchill Australia
95 Mask Off Future United States
96 Chasin' Cub Sport Australia
97 Loyalty Kendrick Lamar featuring RihannaUnited States/Barbados
98SnowAngus & Julia StoneAustralia
99Arty Boy Flight Facilities featuring Emma Louise Australia
100 Don't Leave Snakehips and MØ United Kingdom/Denmark

Artists with multiple entries

Four entries

Three entries

Two entries

Countries represented

Top 10 Albums of 2017

The annual triple j album poll was held across November and December and was announced on 10 December. [29] Three of the top ten albums included singles that were released in 2016 and appeared in that year's Hottest 100.

Note: Australian artists

Bold indicates winner.

#ArtistAlbumCountry of originTracks in the Hottest 100
1 Gang of Youths Go Farther in Lightness Australia2, 5, 10
2 Lorde Melodrama New Zealand6, 14, 71, 81
3 Kendrick Lamar Damn United States1, 34, 92, 97
4 The Smith Street Band More Scared of You than You Are of Me Australia21, 49, (21 in 2016)
5 Childish Gambino "Awaken, My Love!" United States(5, 88 in 2016)
6 Alex Lahey I Love You Like a BrotherAustralia36, 45
7 The Jungle Giants Quiet Ferocity Australia16, 50, 57, 59
8 Vera Blue Perennial Australia15, 29, (78 in 2016)
9 King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Flying Microtonal Banana Australia73
10 Meg Mac Low Blows Australia30, 86

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