The 1996

Triple J Hottest 100 The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music listener poll hosted by the publicly-funded, national Australian youth radio station, Triple J. Members of the public are invited to vote for their favourite Australian and alternative music of the ...

, counted down in January 1997, was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station

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. A CD featuring 31 of the songs was released. A countdown of the videos of most of the songs was also shown on the ABC music series ''

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''. The 1996 chart marked the first time an Australian band had topped the chart, with Spiderbait taking out top honours.

Full list

29 of the 100 songs were by Australian artists (marked with a green background).

Artists with multiple entries

Three entries * Bush (5, 19, 38) *

Powderfinger Powderfinger were an Australian rock band formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins and drum ...

(6, 18, 32) *

The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins (also referred to as simply Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band from Chicago. Formed in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, bassist D'arcy Wretzky, guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chambe ...

(13, 28, 55) *

Pearl Jam Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. The band's lineup consists of founding members Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready (lead guitar), and Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, ...

(47, 90, 94) Two entries * The Prodigy (7, 17) * Regurgitator (15, 23) * The Fauves (20, 30) *

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(22, 85) * Everclear (24, 58) *

Beck Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical colla ...

(29, 43) *

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(39, 56) *

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(40, 51) *

Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instru ...

(52, 62) *

You Am I You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by its lead singer-songwriter and guitarist, Tim Rogers. They formed in December 1989 and are the first Australian band to have released three successive albums that have each debuted ...

(80, 84)

CD release

Note: "Milk" is actually the Shirley and Tricky single edit instead of the Shirley single edit listed on the track listing. A later release omits "Stinkfist", "Down", "Just a Girl", "The Distance", and "Devils Haircut", while including " Disco 2000" by Pulp, "Self Abuser" by The Fauves, and "A Punch in the Face" by

Frenzal Rhomb Frenzal Rhomb are an Australian punk rock band that formed in 1992 in Sydney. Three of the group's albums have entered the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart: ''A Man's Not a Camel'' (1999), ''Hi-Vis High Tea'' (2017) and '' Smoko at the P ...

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References

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Full list

Artists with multiple entries

CD release

Certifications

See also

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