#hottest100 — Public Fediverse posts

@nest I’ve never done the streaming thing and tbh I’ve built a large part of my music library over the last couple of decades from interesting songs or music I’ve heard in movies or TV shows & then going & finding the albums from those artists and either buying & ripping the CDs or buying DRM-free digital downloads… (I tend to only learn about the latest big pop songs if someone does a nerd parody 🤪)

if I wanted to dial in (😏) to what the kids are listening to these days or something more eclectic, I’d give a listen to #JJJ or #RRR online to find new artists & go buy their music from their websites (if they have any offline options)

RRR: https://www.rrr.org.au/

JJJ: https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/live/triplej

you might also like to have a listen to the JJJ #Hottest100 at https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/countdown/hottest100 – they also have the archives going back to 1989 🤘

This week #TripleJ have been dribbling out the next 100 of their #Hottest100 poll, and I've placed another vote, at 147. Given #Flume 's dominance of this poll in the past I'm a little surprised this was so low, but I like this weird little ballad with #EmmaLouise . https://youtu.be/758p-cCYI2E

My thoughts on quite a limited listen to the 2025 #JJJ #Hottest100

For *reasons* I only heard the better part of the top 20 songs in this year’s Hottest 100 after having a real listen from 2000-2009 and skipping those between then and now.

What I heard was a lot of music that was eerily similar to the kind of music that you would find in a 1980’s playlist - it sounded very mainstream compared to past lists from the naughties. I didn’t hear any (c)rap.

I also noted there was a hell of a lot more Australian artists in the countdown (which is a good thing) than in past years and, according to The Guardian, the songs in the Hottest 100 were reflective of the general JJJ playlist during 2025.

My thoughts on why these things have occurred come down to the retirement of Richard Kingsmill. Kingsmill had an outsized influence for a very, very long time on what got played on JJJ. I suspect that a lot of the songs that got played and thus ended up in the 2025 countdown would never have been given airtime while he was still around - they simply would not have been ‘alternative enough’ for Kingsmill.

FTR - I don’t have an issue with Kingsmill, I am just noting the change.

Overall, the change is probably for the benefit of the Australian music industry - more local talent getting air time and more results in the Hottest 100. I am fairly sure promoting Australian music was the reason Gough Whitlam’s government set up (what was then) 2JJ … yes, I was around to the hear the launch.

Dinosaurs like me might wish for a higher number of songs that sound like what I am used to on JJJ, but we are not the JJJ demographic. While we have ‘aged out’ of JJJ, we kept listening anyway.

I would note in passing Number 4: ‘Keith’by PLAYLUNCH … that is an absolute cracker of a song, reminds me of various ‘joke’ songs from the naughties, such as ‘Russel Crowe’s Band’ by Frenzal Rhomb and ‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ by The Drugs. It was good to see it up in the Top Five.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PTvxw4fc9M

Not now kitten, daddy’s spiralling #triplej #hottest100

A Royal Commission into why everyone else’s Hottest 100 votes are Wrong #triplej #hottest100

And that's my fourth, and probably last, at number 3. What a bop! https://youtu.be/xnP7qKxwzjg #TripleJ #Hottest100 #TameImpala

All that's left is Man I Need and Dancing2.
Let's hope fucking Olivia Dean is not the number 1 #Hottest100

Ooh, placed another one, at number 5: https://youtu.be/rK5TyISxZ_M #Raye #TripleJ #Hottest100

Imagine Richard Kingsmill listening to this #Hottest100..
sombr? Olivia Dean? He would never have let Triple J fall this far in musical content.

Black Swan / Darren Aronofsky... placed my second song, at number 12. https://youtu.be/08C987fQEKU #TripleJ #Hottest100 #FredAgain #Skepta #PlaqueBoyMax

Had to wait through 78 songs, but placed my first vote in the #TripleJ #Hottest100 https://youtu.be/1UpoZpMBM9Y #Lorde

Here's my middle-aged Hottest 100 take: The same 4 artists over and over again and all the Ninajirachi tracks should have been higher #TripleJ #Hottest100 #ninajirachi

Should have been higher!! #Hottest100

royel Otis feat royel Otis?

#hottest100

Just hanging out listening to the #hottest100 today. Good luck everyone checking songs off their lists! #catsofmastodon

Happy #Hottest100 day to those who celebrate!
https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/countdown/hottest100

Truly a Man of the People:

(Stolen from another place, I've no idea how accurate it is.)

#hottest100 #Albanese

Voted 🗳️ #triplej #hottest100

I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor - Songs from the Hottest 100 of 2005 that should have been higher https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-07/songs-from-hottest-100-of-2005-should-have-been-higher/106145224 #music #hottest100

Just voted for the australian hottest 100, here are my picks
#triplej #hottest100 #metal #music

Triple J Hottest 100 for 2025
No particular order, but "Drenched" and the "Ashes to Ashes" cover would be at the top.

#AusMusic #TripleJ #Hottest100

#hottest100 votes are in. I think this is the most “pop” I’ve voted in years!

My votes for the famous annual Australian music countdown, the #TripleJ #Hottest100 for 2025:

For the first time since I moved to Australia and started voting the kids are grown up & independent enough to want to cast their own votes, so I have no one to blame for the choices in this list but myself...

Triple J Shares Dates & Details For The 2025 Hottest 100 https://themusic.com.au/news/triple-j-shares-dates-details-for-the-2025-hottest-100/VdbrSUhLSk0/08-12-25 I have got my votes in early this year. #music #hottest100

For those who felt that youth radio station #TripleJ 's #Hottest100 of Australian songs vote was taken over by millennials, they've released the top 20 as voted by 18-29 year olds and it's not very different, although Untouched does climb to number 1: https://themusic.com.au/news/triple-j-hottest-100-of-australian-songs-if-no-one-over-30-voted/QiX4VFdWWVg/03-09-25

📻 Double J's Hottest 200 Australian songs filled in some gaps in the Hottest 100. Classic songs by The Saints, Warumpi Band and The Triffids made the longer list. The Cruel Sea, Jebediah, Something for Kate and the Hoodoo Gurus were also in there

Some notable absentees were Magic Dirt, Camp Cope and Courtney Barnett

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/doublej/music-reads/features/hottest-100-australian-songs-200-101/104701408

#triplej #hottest100 #Australia #doublej #music

Final positions after #Hottest200 on #DoubleJ. Still can't believe "Long Way to the Top" didn't make it.😠

Obviously, "Thunderstruck"(13), "Highway to Hell"(31) and "Back in Black"(37) are great songs.

#AusMusic #TripleJ #Hottest100