The most sizzling of music weekends was upon us this Sunday 27 January as triple j's 2018 Hottest 100 took over our radios, Bluetooth speakers, BBQs and pool parties. And good news for Aussie music, for the second year in a row we had way more Aussie acts featured in the countdown than international artists.
65 songs in the countdown were from Aussie artists (obviously including winners Ocean Alley with Confidence at #1), while 35 songs were from international acts. It's tied with last year's countdown with 65 Aussie songs too, but 2016 holds the record for most Aussie acts at 66.
Ocean Alley set a few records too - they had the most songs in the countdown this year (four songs with #100 Bones, #16 Baby Come Back (Like A Version) and #10 Happy Sad. They're also the first artist this century to score both the #100 spot and the #1 spot on the countdown - the last was Powderfinger in 1999.
22 female artists featured this year, 30 if you include acts with male and female artists, including tunes like Thelma Plum's Clumsy Love (#79), Kira Puru's Molotov (#75), Halsey's Without Me (#56), Billie Eilish three times with When The Party's Over, Lovely and You Should See Me In A Crown (#8, #17 and #46), among heaps of others. The highest female song was Amy Shark with I Said Hi at #5.
Skegss had the shortest song in the countdown this year with Up In The Clouds at #11, while RUFUS DU SOL had the longest with Underwater at #22. Miley Cyrus and Mark Ronson's Nothing Breaks Like A Heart snuck into the eligibility period on 30 November, while The Wombats' Turn was the earliest song in the eligibility period on 6 December.
The top 10 if you missed it were:
1. Ocean Alley - Confidence
2. Fisher - Losing It
3. Travis Scott - SICKO MODE
4. Childish Gambino - This Is America
5. Amy Shark - I Said Hi
6. Dean Lewis - Be Alright
7. Mallrat - Groceries
8. Billie Eilish - When The Party's Over
9. Ruby Fields - Dinosaurs
10. Ocean Alley - Knees
triple j have loads more stats up online for all of you data nerds, so check them out here. They also revealed an in-depth study that showed how the Hottest 100 has changed over the years in terms of genres, sounds, tempo and more.
