Triple J Hottest 100, 2015
The 2015 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on January 26, 2016. It is the 23rd countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.
Voting commenced on 9 December 2015, and closed on 22 January 2016. Voters nominated ten songs that were released between December 2014 and November 2015 and submitted them through the Triple J website. Over 2 million votes were again cast, this year from 172 countries. 54 songs in the 2015 Hottest 100 are by Australian artists, with 26 artists of any nationality making their debut.
Despite a betting agency's campaign aimed at getting Justin Bieber featured in the list, similar to 2014's #Tay4Hottest100, Triple J announced that no songs have been disqualified from the 2015 list.
Full list
| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| 1 | Hoops | The Rubens | Australia |
| 2 | King Kunta | Kendrick Lamar | United States |
| 3 | Lean On | Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MØ | United States/France/Denmark |
| 4 | The Less I Know the Better | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 5 | Let It Happen | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 6 | The Trouble with Us | Marcus Marr & Chet Faker | United Kingdom/Australia |
| 7 | Do You Remember | Jarryd James | Australia |
| 8 | The Buzz | Hermitude featuring Mataya & Young Tapz | Australia/New Zealand |
| 9 | Can't Feel My Face | The Weeknd | Canada |
| 10 | Magnets | Disclosure featuring Lorde | United Kingdom/New Zealand |
| 11 | Never Be | Meg Mac | Australia |
| 12 | You Were Right | RÜFÜS | Australia |
| 13 | Ocean Drive | Duke Dumont | United Kingdom |
| 14 | Hotline Bling | Drake | Canada |
| 15 | Like Soda | Violent Soho | Australia |
| 16 | Fire and the Flood | Vance Joy | Australia |
| 17 | Middle | DJ Snake featuring Bipolar Sunshine | France/United Kingdom |
| 18 | Downtown | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee & Grandmaster Caz | United States |
| 19 | The Hills | The Weeknd | Canada |
| 20 | Mountain at My Gates | Foals | United Kingdom |
| 21 | Magnolia | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 22 | Keeping Score | LDRU featuring Paige IV | Australia |
| 23 | Embracing Me | SAFIA | Australia |
| 24 | Some Minds | Flume featuring Andrew Wyatt | Australia/United States |
| 25 | Shine On | The Amity Affliction | Australia |
| 26 | I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) | Jamie xx featuring Young Thug & Popcaan | United Kingdom/United States/Jamaica |
| 27 | Young | Vallis Alps | Australia/United States |
| 28 | Like an Animal | RÜFÜS | Australia |
| 29 | Greek Tragedy | The Wombats | United Kingdom |
| 30 | Say My Name | Peking Duk featuring Benjamin Joseph | Australia |
| 31 | Loud Places | Jamie xx featuring Romy | United Kingdom |
| 32 | Leave a Trace | Chvrches | United Kingdom |
| 33 | Long Loud Hours | Urthboy featuring Bertie Blackman | Australia |
| 34 | Eventually | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 35 | Counting Sheep | SAFIA | Australia |
| 36 | All My Friends | Snakehips featuring Tinashe & Chance the Rapper | United Kingdom/United States |
| 37 | Alright | Kendrick Lamar | United States |
| 38 | Delilah | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 39 | Swear Jar | Illy | Australia |
| 40 | Ship to Wreck | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 41 | Puppet Theatre | Claptone featuring Peter Bjorn and John | Germany/Sweden |
| 42 | Hold Me Down | Halsey | United States |
| 43 | Pedestrian at Best | Courtney Barnett | Australia |
| 44 | Something About You | Hayden James | Australia |
| 45 | Throne | Bring Me the Horizon | United Kingdom |
| 46 | Go | The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip | United Kingdom/United States |
| 47 | Dynamite | Asta featuring Allday | Australia |
| 48 | Crushed | Parkway Drive | Australia |
| 49 | Too Much Time Together | San Cisco | Australia |
| 50 | Deception Bay | Boo Seeka | Australia |
| 51 | Clearest Blue | Chvrches | United Kingdom |
| 52 | Cream on Chrome | Ratatat | United States |
| 53 | Monday | Matt Corby | Australia |
| 54 | Working for It | ZHU, Skrillex & THEY. | United States |
| 55 | Multi-Love | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | New Zealand/United States |
| 56 | Alive | Sia | Australia |
| 57 | Foolish | Alpine | Australia |
| 58 | Vice Grip | Parkway Drive | Australia |
| 59 | Run | Alison Wonderland | Australia |
| 60 | Kamikaze | MØ | Denmark |
| 61 | 'Cause I'm a Man | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 62 | Omen | Disclosure featuring Sam Smith | United Kingdom |
| 63 | Walk the Wire | Boy & Bear | Australia |
| 64 | L$D | A$AP Rocky | United States |
| 65 | Don't Wanna Fight | Alabama Shakes | United States |
| 66 | M.O.B. | Tkay Maidza | Australia |
| 67 | Give Me a Try | The Wombats | United Kingdom |
| 68 | Shutdown | Skepta | United Kingdom |
| 69 | Forces | Japanese Wallpaper featuring Airling | Australia |
| 70 | What Kind of Man | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 71 | Flesh Without Blood | Grimes | Canada |
| 72 | Anchor | Birds of Tokyo | Australia |
| 73 | Once | Ngaiire | Papua New Guinea/Australia |
| 74 | Powerful | Major Lazer featuring Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley | United States/United Kingdom/Jamaica |
| 75 | Elevator Operator | Courtney Barnett | Australia |
| 76 | Suddenly | British India | Australia |
| 77 | Lay Down | DMA's | Australia |
| 78 | Weathered | Jack Garratt | United Kingdom |
| 79 | Wolves | The Cat Empire | Australia |
| 80 | Everyday | A$AP Rocky featuring Rod Stewart, Miguel & Mark Ronson | United States/United Kingdom |
| 81 | Big Jet Plane | Tuka | Australia |
| 82 | Depreston | Courtney Barnett | Australia |
| 83 | Down to Earth | Flight Facilities | Australia |
| 84 | Delete | Sticky Fingers | Australia |
| 85 | Heart Attack | Flight Facilities featuring Owl Eyes | Australia |
| 86 | Happy Song | Bring Me the Horizon | United Kingdom |
| 87 | Begin Again | Purity Ring | Canada |
| 88 | Party Machine | The Bennies | Australia |
| 89 | High by the Beach | Lana Del Rey | United States |
| 90 | Gemini | What So Not featuring George Maple | Australia |
| 91 | Be Your Shadow | The Wombats | United Kingdom |
| 92 | No One | Golden Features featuring Thelma Plum | Australia |
| 93 | Indian Summer | Jai Wolf | United States |
| 94 | Ghost | Halsey | United States |
| 95 | Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party | Courtney Barnett | Australia |
| 96 | Rumour Mill | Rudimental featuring Anne-Marie & Will Heard | United Kingdom |
| 97 | Twilight Driving | Methyl Ethel | Australia |
| 98 | Be Together | Major Lazer featuring Wild Belle | United States |
| 99 | True Friends | Bring Me the Horizon | United Kingdom |
| 100 | Hell Boy | Seth Sentry | Australia |
#101–#200 List
On 31 January 2016, Triple J broadcast the second 100 songs of the countdown.| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| 101 | Call Me | Mosquito Coast | Australia |
| 102 | Distant Past | Everything Everything | United Kingdom |
| 103 | Innerbloom | Rüfüs | Australia |
| 104 | Breathe Life | Jack Garratt | United Kingdom |
| 105 | On Fire | Carmada featuring Maribelle | Australia |
| 106 | Pretty Pimpin | Kurt Vile | United States |
| 107 | Like You Want To | Kita Alexander | Australia |
| 108 | So Into You | Childish Gambino | United States |
| 109 | 40oz. on Repeat | Fidlar | United States |
| 110 | The Love Within | Bloc Party | United Kingdom |
| 111 | Dumb | Seth Sentry | Australia |
| 112 | Bend | Chet Faker | Australia |
| 113 | U Dont Know | Alison Wonderland featuring Wayne Coyne | Australia/United States |
| 114 | Dead Fox | Courtney Barnett | Australia |
| 115 | Run | Seth Sentry | Australia |
| 116 | Empty Threat | Chvrches | United Kingdom |
| 117 | What Went Down | Foals | United Kingdom |
| 118 | Through the Roof | Hermitude featuring Young Tapz | Australia/New Zealand |
| 119 | Emoticons | The Wombats | United Kingdom |
| 120 | White Dress | Set Mo featuring Deutsch Duke | Australia |
| 121 | Hallelujah | The Rubens | Australia |
| 122 | The Moment | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 123 | Kingdom Leader | Boo Seeka | Australia |
| 124 | Fool | Boo Seeka | Australia |
| 125 | My Own Way | Kita Alexander | Australia |
| 126 | Should Have Known Better | Sufjan Stevens | United States |
| 127 | Heart Is Full | Miike Snow | Sweden |
| 128 | The Wolf | Mumford & Sons | United Kingdom |
| 129 | Electric Indigo | The Paper Kites | Australia |
| 130 | Dancin John Doe | Drapht | Australia |
| 131 | Two Weeks | #1 Dads | Australia |
| 132 | Damn Baby | Alpine | Australia |
| 133 | House Every Weekend | David Zowie | United Kingdom |
| 134 | Heartburn | Wafia | Australia |
| 135 | Girl | The Internet featuring Kaytranada | United States/Haiti/Canada |
| 136 | Take It to Reality | Alison Wonderland featuring Safia | Australia |
| 137 | Rabbit Run | City Calm Down | Australia |
| 138 | These Walls | Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat | United States |
| 139 | Breakaway | In Hearts Wake | Australia |
| 140 | Searchlight | Hermitude featuring Yeo | Australia |
| 141 | The Night Is on My Side | The Rubens | Australia |
| 142 | Games | Alison Wonderland | Australia |
| 143 | Give Me Something | Jarryd James | Australia |
| 144 | Speak Easy | Mansionair | Australia |
| 145 | Believe | Mumford & Sons | United Kingdom |
| 146 | Go with You Anywhere | Birds of Tokyo | Australia |
| 147 | Crystals | Of Monsters and Men | Iceland |
| 148 | Hold | Vera Blue | Australia |
| 149 | Regardless | Jarryd James featuring Julia Stone | Australia |
| 150 | Tattoo | Tuka | Australia |
| 151 | Paper Trail$ | Joey Bada$$ | United States |
| 152 | Be Right There | Diplo & Sleepy Tom | United States/Canada |
| 153 | Limit of Love | Boy & Bear | Australia |
| 154 | T-Shirt Weather | Circa Waves | United Kingdom |
| 155 | Baby Blue | Action Bronson featuring Chance the Rapper | United States |
| 156 | My Star | Tuka | Australia |
| 157 | West Coast | Fidlar | United States |
| 158 | Bodyache | Purity Ring | Canada |
| 159 | Walk with Me | Cosmo's Midnight featuring Kučka | Australia |
| 160 | Queen of Peace | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 161 | Aerial Love | Daniel Johns | Australia |
| 162 | Love Me Badder | Elliphant | Sweden |
| 163 | The Alley | E^ST | Australia |
| 164 | Skeletons | The Amity Affliction | Australia |
| 165 | Holding On | Disclosure featuring Gregory Porter | United Kingdom/United States |
| 166 | Ghost | Tkay Maidza | Australia |
| 167 | Not Many | One Day | Australia |
| 168 | New Romantics | Hands Like Houses | Australia |
| 169 | Asleep in the Machine | Bootleg Rascal | Australia |
| 170 | Ghost Town | Sticky Fingers | Australia |
| 171 | Cuffed and Collared | Bad//Dreems | Australia |
| 172 | Abrasive | Ratatat | United States |
| 173 | Underflow | Emma Louise | Australia |
| 174 | Love Again | Ta-ku featuring JMSN & Sango | Australia/United States |
| 175 | Psycho | Muse | United Kingdom |
| 176 | In Plain Sight | Dead Letter Circus | Australia |
| 177 | Magic | San Cisco | Australia |
| 178 | Snow | San Cisco | Australia |
| 179 | Losers | The Weeknd featuring Labrinth | Canada/United Kingdom |
| 180 | Ditmas | Mumford & Sons | United Kingdom |
| 181 | Dreams | Beck | United States |
| 182 | The Blacker the Berry | Kendrick Lamar | United States |
| 183 | Automatic | Zhu & AlunaGeorge | United States/United Kingdom |
| 184 | Restraint & Release | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 185 | Get Down | Jess Kent | Australia |
| 186 | All Day | Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney | United States/Trinidad and Tobago/Canada/United Kingdom |
| 187 | Nightlight | Silversun Pickups | United States |
| 188 | Kooky Eyes | The Jungle Giants | Australia |
| 189 | Clip My Wings | Montaigne | Australia |
| 190 | Apollo | Last Dinosaurs | Australia |
| 191 | Radioface | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 192 | Read My Mind | Catfish and the Bottlemen | United Kingdom |
| 193 | Bottom Feeder | Parkway Drive | Australia |
| 194 | Talking to My Diary | Dr. Dre | United States |
| 195 | Hurricane | Halsey | United States |
| 196 | Electrical | Eves the Behavior | Australia |
| 197 | Horses | Porches | Australia |
| 198 | Can't Get Enough of Myself | Santigold featuring B.C. | United States |
| 199 | The Way You'd Love Her | Mac DeMarco | United States |
| 200 | Preach | Daniel Johns | Australia |
Statistics
Records
- The Rubens are the first winning artist since Augie March in 2006 to only feature once in the countdown. Their next closest entry was "Hallelujah" at number 121, which was announced in the "second Hottest 100", revealed on 31 January.
- * The Rubens are also the second Unearthed artist to win the Hottest 100 after Vance Joy in 2013.
- Ngaiire is the first Papua New Guinean to chart in the Hottest 100 countdown.
- The song "Delete" by DMA's charted in the countdown for the second year in a row after a cover by Sticky Fingers featured at number 84. Similarly "Big Jet Plane" by Angus & Julia Stone which won the countdown in 2010 came in at number 81 with a cover by Tuka.
- The 2015 list features 11 different nationalities, breaking the record of 10 from 2013 and 2014.
- With their two entries in this year's list Flight Facilities have now had seven songs from their album Down to Earth in the countdown. This equals the record set by Wolfmother from their debut Wolfmother.
- The song "Cream On Chrome" by Ratatat is the only instrumental song to make the countdown, and is the fifth instrumental song to appear in the Hottest 100 since 1999.
- "Twilight Driving" by Methyl Ethel and "Be Together" by Major Lazer featuring Wild Belle were mistakenly played in the wrong order.
- Illy made his seventh consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, having appeared in every annual countdown since 2009. Similarly, Flight Facilities made their sixth consecutive appearance, having appeared since 2010.
Top 10 Albums of 2015
A poll of Triple J listeners' favourite albums of the year was held in December 2015. Melbourne singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett won the J Award for her album.Bold indicates winner.