Triple J Hottest 100, 2020

Triple J Hottest 100 (2020)

Company type	Annual music poll
Industry	Music broadcasting
Headquarters	Australia , Australia
Area served	Australia

The 2020 Triple J Hottest 100 results were revealed on 23 January 2021. This marked the 28th edition of the annual ranking showcasing the most favored songs, as voted by listeners of the Australian broadcaster Triple J. The countdown event occurred during the last weekend of January.

The top position was claimed by English group Glass Animals with their track "Heat Waves". This achievement made them the first UK-based artists to win in over a decade, since Mumford & Sons took the title in 2009. Meanwhile, Australian ensemble Lime Cordiale led with the highest number of entries, contributing five songs to the list.

Background

The Triple J Hottest 100 allows fans to cast votes online for their ten favorite songs released within the timeframe from 1 December 2019 to 30 November 2020. Voting commenced on 8 December 2020. A number of musicians and hosts, such as Billie Eilish, Flume, and Glass Animals, publicly disclosed their selections. Artists frequently appearing in their votes included Tkay Maidza, Tame Impala, Spacey Jane, and The Strokes.

Predictions

Leading up to the countdown, "Heat Waves" by British psychedelic pop band Glass Animals and "Booster Seat" by Australian indie rock group Spacey Jane were considered frontrunners. Glass Animals had previously secured spots within the top 40 in earlier years, while Spacey Jane had debuted at number 80 in 2019. Ultimately, these tracks finished first and second respectively.

Complete Ranking

Note: Indicates Australian artists

#	Song	Artist	Country 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
9	I'm Good?	Hilltop Hoods	Australia
10	Therefore I Am	Billie Eilish	United States
11	On Our Own	Lime Cordiale	Australia
12	Get on the Beers	Mashd N Kutcher featuring Dan Andrews	Australia
13	Rockstar	Mallrat	Australia
14	Tombstone	Ocean Alley	Australia
15	Skin	Spacey Jane	Australia
16	Screw Loose	Lime Cordiale	Australia
17	Is It True	Tame Impala	Australia
18	Tangerine	Glass Animals	United Kingdom
19	You Should Be Sad	Halsey	United States
20	Addicted to the Sunshine	Lime Cordiale	Australia
21	Energy	Stace Cadet and KLP	Australia
22	Complicated	Eves Karydas	Australia
23	Good News	Mac Miller	United States
24	Blue World	Mac Miller	United States
25	Reality Check Please	Lime Cordiale	Australia
26	No Plans to Make Plans	Lime Cordiale	Australia
27	Under the Thunder	Skegss	Australia
28	Straightfaced	Spacey Jane	Australia
29	Dribble	Sycco	Australia
30	Bagi-la-m Bargan	Birdz featuring Fred Leone	Australia
31	Reasons	San Cisco	Australia
32	Criminals	DMA's	Australia
33	Breathe Deeper	Tame Impala	Australia
34	Everybody Rise	Amy Shark	Australia
35	Running Red Lights	The Avalanches featuring Rivers Cuomo and Pink Siifu	Australia/United States
36	Forget Me Too	Machine Gun Kelly featuring Halsey	United 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
41	I Still Dream About You		The Smith Street Band		Australia
42		Whats Poppin		Jack Harlow		United States
43		Together		Ziggy Alberts		Australia
44		You & I		G Flip		Australia
45	As 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

#101-200 List

On 24 January 2021, Triple J revealed the tracks placed from #101 to #200.

#	Song	Artist	Country of origin
101	R U 4 Me?	Middle Kids	Australia
102	My High	Disclosure, Aminé & Slowthai	UK/US
103	Concert For Aliens	Machine Gun Kelly	US
104	Distance	Ruel	Australia
105	Heavy Weather	The Rubens	Australia
106	Teardrops	Bring Me the Horizon	UK
107	Every Day is a Holiday	Dope Lemon feat. Winston Surfshirt	Australia
108	Send It!	Hooligan Hefs	Australia
109	Kyoto	Phoebe Bridgers	US
110	Life Is a Game of Changing	DMA's	Australia
111	Bad Child	Tones and I	Australia
112	10%	Kaytranada feat. Kali Uchis	Canada/US
113	Pick It Up Again	Violent Soho	Australia
114	Hot Chicken	Ocean Alley	Australia
115	Nothing For Free	Pendulum	Australia
116	Say It Over	Ruel feat. Cautious Clay	Australia/US
117	Lying On the Floor	Violent Soho	Australia
118	After Hours	The Weeknd	Canada
119	Save Your Tears	The Weeknd	Canada
120	Yesteryear	Cosmo's Midnight	Australia
121	After All This Time	Allday	Australia
122	Cotton Candy	Yungblud	UK
123	Good Eye	Hockey Dad	Australia
124	Up In There	Ocean Alley	Australia
125	Shook	Tkay Maidza	Australia
126	Anything	Alison Wonderland & Valentino Khan	Australia/US
127	Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)	Powfu feat. Beabadoobee	Canada/UK
128	Savage Remix	Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé	US
129	Better Days	Baker Boy, Dallas Woods, & Sampa the Great	Australia/Zambia
130	Time Of My Life	The Rubens	Australia
131	Bad Decisions	The Strokes	US
132	Moving Blind	Dom Dolla & Sonny Fodera	Australia
133	Move	Baker Boy	Australia
134	Blurry	Stand Atlantic	Australia
135	Snail	Benee	New Zealand
136	Dreamland	Glass Animals	UK
137	Honey	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard	Australia
138	Laying Low	Chillinit	Australia
139	Impossible	Nothing but Thieves	UK
140	Window	Still Woozy	US
141	In This State	Hockey Dad	Australia
142	Hit Different	SZA feat. Ty Dolla $ign	US
143	Diet	Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats	US
144	Good Things	Wafia	Australia
145	Kingslayer	Bring Me the Horizon feat. Babymetal	UK/Japan
146	Things I Thought Were Mine	Alfie Templeman	UK
147	Daylight	Joji & Diplo	Japan/US
148	Love Language	Crooked Colours	Australia
149	Tell Me Why	The Kid Laroi	Australia
150	Stupid Is as Stupid Does	Dune Rats feat. K. Flay	Australia/US
151	Spark Up!	Ball Park Music	Australia
152	Fired Up	DZ Deathrays	Australia
153	Wrong	The Kid Laroi feat. Lil Mosey	Australia/US %} Artists with multiple appearances # Artist Tracks 5 Lime Cordiale 11, 16, 20, 25, 26 4 Spacey Jane 2, 15, 28, 81 G Flip 7, 44, 78, 95 Juice Wrld 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 3, 54 Ball Park Music 4, 63 The Jungle Giants 8, 89 Ocean Alley 14, 72 Halsey 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 48, 97 Hockey Dad 96, 99 Represented countries United States 24 United Kingdom 14 Canada 3 Japan 3 Ghana 1 Italy 1 New Zealand 1 Country # Australia 65 Records and milestones The countdown matched the record for most Australian tracks in a single year with a total of 66 songs by Australian artists. Artists Peking Duk and DMA's each made their seventh consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100 countdowns. This ties them for the second-longest continuous streak alongside groups such as Regurgitator and The Whitlams. The longest ongoing streak belongs to The Living End, spanning ten years. Hilltop Hoods secured their twenty-second entry in an annual countdown with "I'm Good?" positioned at number nine. This achievement equals the record previously held by both Powderfinger and Foo Fighters. For the first time ever, six songs from Indigenous Australian musicians featured in the countdown—surpassing the earlier record of five. This included multiple contributions from The Kid Laroi, as well as tracks by Sycco, Birdz, Beddy Rays, and Thelma Plum. "WAP," ranking at number six, marked the debut top-10 entry by a female rapper. Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion became the highest-charting women of colour in the history of the Hottest 100. At position forty-nine with "Pretty Lady," Tash Sultana became the first openly non-binary artist to appear in the countdown. Sultana had previously reached third place in the 2016 countdown with "Jungle." Posthumous appearances included four tracks by Juice Wrld, who passed away in December 2019; along with two entries by Mac Miller, who died in September 2018. Both artists represent rare cases of deceased musicians charting in consecutive years. Flume is distinguished as the first artist to have secured a spot within each of the top five positions across separate years: number one in 2016 ("Never Be Like You"), second place in 2019 ("Rushing Back"), third this year ("The Difference"), fourth in 2012 ("Holdin On"), and fifth in 2013 ("Drop the Game"). 2020 Triple J Album Poll The yearly Triple J album poll occurred during November and December, with results revealed on 13 December 2020. 19 | Cosmo's Midnight | Yesteryear | Australia |83, (99 in 2019) 20 | Cub Sport | Like Nirvana | Australia | DNC # Artist Album Country of origin Tracks featured in the Hottest 100 1 Spacey Jane Sunlight Australia 2, 15, 28, 81, (80 in 2019) 2 Lime Cordiale 14 Steps to a Better You Australia 11, 16, 20, 25, 26, (86 in 2018; 7, 13, 32 in 2019) 3 Tame Impala The Slow Rush Australia 5, 17, 33, (18, 43 in 2019) 4 Ball Park Music Ball Park Music Australia 4, 63 5 Hockey Dad Brain Candy Australia 96, 99, (60 in 2019) 6 DMA's The Glow Australia 32, 52, (20 in 2019) 7 Ocean Alley Lonely Diamond Australia 14, 72, (24, 54 in 2019) 8 Glass Animals Dreamland United Kingdom 1, 18, 51, (34 in 2019) 9 San Cisco Between You and Me Australia 31, 56, (48 in 2018; 97 in 2019) 10 Violent Soho Everything Is A-OK Australia (69 in 2019) 11 Mac Miller Circles United States 23, 24 12 Benee Hey u x New Zealand 100 13 The Chats High Risk Behaviour Australia 82, (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 Canada 53, (71 in 2019) 17 Joji Nectar Japan 59, 62, 98 18 King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard K.G. Australia| DNC References