The 1990
Triple J Hottest 100
The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll presented by the publicly-funded Australian youth radio station Triple J. Members of the public are invited to vote for their favourite Music of Australia, Australian and alternative music of th ...
was announced on 20 May 1990.
It was the second annual poll of the most popular songs, according to listeners of the Australian radio station
Triple J
Triple J is an Australian government-funded national radio station founded in 1975 as a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It aims to appeal to young listeners of alternative music, and plays far more Australian conten ...
. From
1989
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...
to
1991
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
, listeners could vote for songs released in any year.
Full list
Artists with multiple entries
Countries represented
Minor statistics
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The Cure
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's seven entries is a new record for most appearances in a single countdown.
*
Billy Bragg
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is the first artist in Hottest 100 history to have back to back entries in a countdown. His songs "
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" & "
Greetings to the New Brunette" came in at #58 and #59 respectively.
*Five songs maintained their positions from the previous year's countdown.
*
Black Box
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is the first Italian artist to ever make it into the Hottest 100.
*This was the final countdown to be referred to as a "Hot 100" as Triple J was later forced to change the poll's name to 'Hottest 100' to avoid legal action with
4ZZZ
4ZZZ (pronounced "Four Triple Zed" or simply "Triple Zed") is an independent community radio station operating in Brisbane, Australia at the frequency 102.1 FM. As a community radio station, 4ZZZ is a member of the Community Broadcasting Associa ...
.
Songs by Decade
See also
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1990 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.
This year was the peak of Compact Cassette, cassette sales in the United States, with sales declining year on year since then.
Specific locations
*1990 in British mu ...
Notes
References
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1990
Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...
1990 in Australian music
1990 record charts