The 2022

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 ...

was announced on 28 January 2023. It was the 30th annual countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as voted for by listeners of

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radio station

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. The day before, the Hottest 200 played, counting down songs 200–101. Merchandise sales from the event supported the

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. Australian musician

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's song " Say Nothing" featuring

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was voted into first place. Australian band

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had the most entries, with six, including three in the top 10. Over 2.4 million votes were submitted, and 57 entries in the countdown originated from Australian artists.

Background

Any song initially released between 1 December 2021 and 30 November 2022 is eligible for the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2022. The Triple J Hottest 100 allows members of the public to vote online for their top ten songs of the year, which are then used to calculate the year's 100 most popular songs. Voting opened on 13 December 2022, and closed on 23 January 2023. The 2021 Triple J Hottest 100 culminated with

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' ''

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'' cover of

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's "

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" reaching number one. Over $1.2 million was raised for crisis support organisation Lifeline, the countdown's partner.

Projections

On 10 January 2023, Triple J announced there were fewer than 125 votes separating the top two songs. Online database 100 Warm Tunas, "the internet's most accurate prediction" of Hottest 100 results, was favouring "

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" by Australian alternative rock band

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to take the top spot, followed by "

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" by

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-based rock band

and "Stars in My Eyes" by

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-based pop rock band

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. The former two bands also had major wins in the Triple J Album Poll and the

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respectively. On the day of the countdown,

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had English DJs

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and Interplanetary Criminal's " B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)" and Australian producer

's " Say Nothing" as the most likely to win outright.

Full list

Countries represented

* Australia – 57 * United States – 28 * United Kingdom – 25 * Canada – 3 * Ghana – 2 * Netherlands – 2 * Japan – 1 * Sweden – 1 * New Zealand – 1 * Germany – 1 * Italy – 1

Artists with multiple entries

Six entries

(3, 5, 6, 25, 40, 75)

Four entries

– three as primary artist and once as a featured artist (1, 30, 46, 50) *

Fred Again Fred John Philip Gibson, (born 19 July 1993) known professionally as Fred Again (stylised as Fred again..) or simply Fred (stylised as FRED), is a British record producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and DJ. Early life and educa ...

(14, 18, 26, 100) *

Lime Cordiale Lime Cordiale are an Australian pop rock group from Sydney, New South Wales, formed in 2009. The band consists of brothers Oli and Louis Leimbach, with additional members James Jennings, Felix Bornholt and Nicholas Polovineo. They released their ...

(15, 34, 60, 93) *

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(27, 35, 43, 94)

Three entries

Ocean Alley Ocean Alley is an Australian alternative psychedelic rock band from the Northern Beaches. The band is made up of Baden Donegal (vocals, guitar), Angus Goodwin (lead guitar), Lach Galbraith (keyboard, vocals), Mitch Galbraith (guitar), Nic Blom ...

(56, 59, 62)

Two entries

* Steve Lacy (4, 72) *

Lizzo Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), known professionally as Lizzo, is an American singer, rapper, and flutist. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she moved to Houston, Houston, Texas with her family when she was 10 years old. After col ...

(7, 36) *

G Flip Georgia Claire Flipo, known professionally as G Flip, is an Australian singer, songwriter, producer, drummer, and musician from Melbourne, Victoria. They released their debut studio album, '' About Us'', on 30 August 2019. Early life and educ ...

(11, 96) *

– once solo and once as a featured artist (13, 73) *

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(16, 65) *

Genesis Owusu Kofi Owusu-Ansah (born 1998 Ghana), known by his stage name Genesis Owusu, is a Ghanaian-Australian singer from Canberra. He is the younger brother of fellow hip hop rapper, Kojo Owusu-Ansah Citizen Kay. Owusu's debut studio album, ''Smili ...

(17, 87) *

Thelma Plum Thelma Amelina Plumbe (born 21 December 1994), known professionally as Thelma Plum, is an Aboriginal Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist and musician from Delungra, New South Wales. Her father is renowned lore-man Paul Winanga-li Gii Spear ...

(21, 66) *

Doja Cat Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini (born October 21, 1995), known professionally as Doja Cat ( ), is an American rapper and singer. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began making and releasing music on SoundCloud as a teenager. Her song ...

– once solo and once as a featured artist (22, 51) *

Beyoncé Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé's boundary-pushing artistry and vocals have made her the most influential female musician of the 21st century, according to ...

(24, 42) *

Billie Eilish Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell ( ; born December 18, 2001) is an American singer-songwriter. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single " Ocean Eyes", written and produced by her brother Finneas O'Connell, with whom ...

(32, 84) *

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– once solo and once as a featured artist (38, 69) *

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(44, 76) *

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– once as a co-lead artist and once as a featured artist (44, 76) *

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(48, 68) *

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(54, 71) *

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(58, 88) *

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(77, 79)

Notes

* With

being voted into the countdown twice, this marks their 22nd and 23rd appearances in a Hottest 100, overtaking

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and

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' 22 appearances each to become the most featured artist in Hottest 100 history. * With

having six tracks voted into the countdown, they match an annual record set by

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in the 2005 poll. With three songs in the top 10 – a feat only achieved three other times (most recently,

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) – the band also became the eighth artist in the countdown's history to have two songs poll in the top 5.

Top 10 albums of 2022

The Triple J Album Poll was held across November and December and was announced on 11 December 2022.

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band Spacey Jane topped the poll for the second time, following their win with debut album ''

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'' in 2020. '' Weirder & Weirder'' at second place and ''

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'' at ninth mark both

's and

' seventh appearances each in the annual poll, with every prior studio album from both bands making an appearance in past polls.

References

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