| Triple J Hottest 100 | |
|---|---|
| Current: Triple J Hottest 100, 2024 | |
 "The world's greatest music democracy" | |
| Awarded for | The year's top 100 songs as voted by listeners |
| Date | 2017–present: the fourth Saturday in January; 1996–2016: 26 January |
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Triple J |
| First award | 5 March 1989 |
| Currently held by |  Chappell Roan – "Good Luck, Babe!" (2024) |
| Most wins |  Powderfinger Flume(2 wins each) |
| Website | ABC Triple J Hottest 100 |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Triple J (1989–present) |
The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll presented by the publicly-funded Australian youth radio station Triple J. Members of the public are invited to vote for their favourite Australian and alternative music of the year in an online poll conducted two weeks prior to the new year.
The first countdown in 1989 was held in March, and then on various days in January and February until 1998 when it was mostly consistently held on Australia Day. Since 2017, the countdown has been held on the fourth weekend of January due to increasing controversy about Australia Day regarding its marking of the colonisation of Australia and dispossession of Indigenous people. Typically, on the day after the Hottest 100, Triple J broadcasts the Hottest 200 (songs 200–101).
The poll has grown from 500,000 votes in 2004 to a peak of over 3.2 million in 2019, and it has been referred to as "the world's greatest music democracy".[1] American singer Chappell Roan's song Good Luck, Babe! is the latest song to top the Hottest 100.
Since 2015, the countdown has raised at least $3.3 million for various Australian charity partners, including Lifeline, through merchandise sales. ABC Music issued compilation CDs following each year's countdown until 2022. In 2023, Triple J launched Triple J Hottest, an online radio station featuring a playlist of tracks from all previous Hottest 100 countdowns.[2]
- ^ McCann, James (11 February 2020). "Time to shake off Triple J's great injustice against Taylor Swift". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ "Triple J Hottest – here's what you need to know about the new Hottest 100 station". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2025.