Triple J Hottest 100, 2016

Background

Full list

#101 – #200 List

Statistics

Records

• The four highest-ranked tracks in the 2016 Hottest 100 were all by Australian artists, which marks the longest continuous streak of Australians at the countdown's top, and the first time that the top four songs were by artists from the same country.
• * This countdown also marks the first time the top three tracks have featured female vocalists. The top three artists in the countdown were all Unearthed artists.
• Kai is the first Canadian artist to feature in the #1 song of a Hottest 100.
• The 2016 list includes four covers recorded for Triple J's Like a Version: the DMA's cover of Cher; the A.B. Original cover of Paul Kelly; the Halsey cover of Justin Bieber; and the Paces cover of L D R U. This breaks the record of three Like a Version covers set in 2014 by Chet Faker, Chvrches, and Meg Mac.
• * The song "Keeping Score" by L D R U made the countdown for the second consecutive year with a cover by Paces and Guy Sebastian.
• Nine songs in a row were by Australian artists in 2016, between positions #97 and #89, breaking the longest run of eight consecutive Australian songs set in 1999, 2012, and 2014.
• Paul Kelly's feature on the A.B. Original cover of "Dumb Things" set the record for the longest absence between countdowns; Kelly last appeared in the 2000 countdown.
• * Earlier in the same countdown, The Avalanches' "Subways" broke the prior record of 13 years for the longest absence between countdowns; they last appeared in 2001.
• The 2016 list features 11 different nationalities, equaling the record set in 1994 and 2015.
• * Wizkid's feature on "One Dance" made him Nigeria's first artist to appear in a Hottest 100, and the Hottest 100's first artist representing an African nation since Angélique Kidjo in 1996.
• * Rihanna's appearance on "Too Good" allowed for the first ever appearance of the established pop star, and of an artist from Barbados, in a Hottest 100.
• Five of Violent Soho's tracks feature in the countdown, making them the first artist with over four tracks in one countdown since Hilltop Hoods in 2006.
• Gretta Ray's entry in the countdown with her song "Drive" at #27 marks the best Hottest 100 performance by an Unearthed High winner.
• For the first time since 2011 no previous Hottest 100 winners featured in the countdown.
• Both members of Angus & Julia Stone got a respective track in the list as solo artists; Angus Stone with Dope Lemon and Julia Stone who featured on a Golden Features song.
• Illy made his eighth consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, having appeared in every annual countdown since 2009.

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