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Triple J countdowns

Home of the Hottest 100

RockLists holds 42 countdowns from Triple J: 33 year-end countdowns covering 1993–2025 and nine all-time, decade and special countdowns, totaling 4,200 chart positions. The station’s first year-end number one on record is “Asshole” by Denis Leary (1993); its most recent is “Man I Need” by Olivia Dean (2025).

42countdowns
4,200chart positions
1993–2025year-end lists
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Year-end countdowns

1993 Hottest 100 of 1993 100 songs 1994 Hottest 100 of 1994 100 songs 1995 Hottest 100 of 1995 100 songs 1996 Hottest 100 of 1996 100 songs 1997 Hottest 100 of 1997 100 songs 1998 Hottest 100 of 1998 100 songs 1999 Hottest 100 of 1999 100 songs 2000 Hottest 100 of 2000 100 songs 2001 Hottest 100 of 2001 100 songs 2002 Hottest 100 of 2002 100 songs 2003 Hottest 100 of 2003 100 songs 2004 Hottest 100 of 2004 100 songs 2005 Hottest 100 of 2005 100 songs 2006 Hottest 100 of 2006 100 songs 2007 Hottest 100 of 2007 100 songs 2008 Hottest 100 of 2008 100 songs 2009 Hottest 100 of 2009 100 songs 2010 Hottest 100 of 2010 100 songs 2011 Hottest 100 of 2011 100 songs 2012 Hottest 100 of 2012 100 songs 2013 Hottest 100 of 2013 100 songs 2014 Hottest 100 of 2014 100 songs 2015 Hottest 100 of 2015 100 songs 2016 Hottest 100 of 2016 100 songs 2017 Hottest 100 of 2017 100 songs 2018 Hottest 100 of 2018 100 songs 2019 Hottest 100 of 2019 100 songs 2020 Hottest 100 of 2020 100 songs 2021 Hottest 100 of 2021 100 songs 2022 Hottest 100 of 2022 100 songs 2023 Hottest 100 of 2023 100 songs 2024 Hottest 100 of 2024 100 songs 2025 Hottest 100 of 2025 100 songs

Countdown series

All-time countdowns

Decade countdowns

Special countdowns

Every Triple J year-end number one

YearNumber one songCountdown
1993 Asshole Denis Leary Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993
1994 Zombie The Cranberries Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994
1995 Wonderwall Oasis Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995
1996 Buy Me A Pony Spiderbait Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996
1997 No Aphrodisiac The Whitlams Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997
1998 Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) The Offspring Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998
1999 These Days Powderfinger Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999
2000 My Happiness Powderfinger Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000
2001 Amazing Alex Lloyd Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001
2002 No One Knows Queens of the Stone Age Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002
2003 Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jet Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003
2004 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004
2005 Wish You Well Bernard Fanning Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005
2006 One Crowded Hour Augie March Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006
2007 Knights of Cydonia Muse Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007
2008 Sex On Fire Kings of Leon Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008
2009 Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009
2010 Big Jet Plane Angus and Julia Stone Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010
2011 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011
2012 Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012
2013 Riptide Vance Joy Triple J Hottest 100 of 2013
2014 Talk Is Cheap Chet Faker Triple J Hottest 100 of 2014
2015 Hoops The Rubens Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015
2016 Never Be like You Flume Triple J Hottest 100 of 2016
2017 HUMBLE. Kendrick Lamar Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017
2018 Confidence Ocean Alley Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018
2019 Bad Guy Billie Eilish Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019
2020 Heat Waves Glass Animals Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020
2021 Elephant (Like a Version) The Wiggles Triple J Hottest 100 of 2021
2022 Say Nothing Flume Triple J Hottest 100 of 2022
2023 Paint the Town Red Doja Cat Triple J Hottest 100 of 2023
2024 Good Luck Babe! Chappell Roan Triple J Hottest 100 of 2024
2025 Man I Need Olivia Dean Triple J Hottest 100 of 2025

About Triple J

Triple J is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's national youth network and the home of the Hottest 100, the largest listener-voted music poll in the world. RockLists archives the annual Hottest 100 from 1993 through 2006 and the four all-time Hottest 100 polls of 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1998.

Triple J began as Sydney station 2JJ in January 1975, moved to FM as 2JJJ in 1980 and expanded into a national network in the early 1990s, eventually reaching listeners through dozens of transmitters across Australia. As a non-commercial ABC service it has championed Australian and alternative music for five decades.

The Hottest 100 began in 1989 as an all-time poll, won by Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in each of its first three years. It became an annual poll of the year's best songs in 1993, and a separate all-time edition was held again in 1998. Broadcast each January, the annual countdown draws millions of votes and is a national event in Australia.

The Hottest 100 lists archived on RockLists cover the poll's classic era from 1993 to 2006, when Australian artists such as Powderfinger, Spiderbait, the Whitlams and Bernard Fanning shared the top spots with international alternative acts.

Call letters
Triple J
Frequency
National network
Market
Australia (national)
Owner
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Format
Alternative / Youth
Format since
1975

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