The 2016 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 26 January 2017. It is the 24th countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.
2016's countdown broke several Hottest 100 records, including number of votes (over 2.25 million), number of songs by Australian acts both in the whole list (66 out of the 100) and at its top (all of the top four), and longest absence between countdowns (16 years for Paul Kelly). With the first-place win of Australian producer Flume for "Never Be like You", 2016 marks a record-breaking fourth consecutive annual countdown in which the number-one track was by an Australian act, after Vance Joy in 2013, Chet Faker in 2014, and The Rubens in 2015. Flume became the first electronic dance music producer to top the countdown.
Background Triple J's Hottest 100 lets members of the public vote online for their top ten songs of the year, with these votes used to identify the year's 100 most popular songs. Any song that premiered between December 2015 and November 2016 was eligible for 2016's Hottest 100. Triple J published a list of 1,909 eligible songs on their 2016 Voting List. Voting commenced on 12 December 2016, as announced by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki in a nature mockumentary depicting a live music event. The short film featured cameo appearances from many musicians, along with Dr Karl doing a shoey.
Several artists and presenters made their Hottest 100 votes public. The artists most often voted for by Triple J presenters were: D.D Dumbo; Kanye West; Julia Jacklin, who was not ultimately featured in the countdown; and A.B. Original, who are vocal critics of Australia Day (in 2016, Triple J announced a review of the countdown's date in response to criticism from the group and others). On 12 December, bookmakers Sportsbet.com.au and William Hill placed Flume's "Never Be like You" as the song most likely to take out first place by a significant margin, with a Sportsbet representative stating that they have "never seen such a short favourite at this stage".
Voting closed on 23 January 2017. By 25 January, the day before the countdown, bookmakers and media reports identified Flume's "Never Be like You" and Amy Shark's "Adore" as the clear frontrunners for first place.
Full list Note: Australian artists # Song Artist Country of origin 1 Never Be like You Flume featuring Kai Australia/Canada 2 Adore Amy Shark Australia 3 Jungle Tash Sultana Australia 4 1955 Hilltop Hoods featuring Montaigne and Tom Thum Australia 5 Redbone Childish Gambino United States 6 Believe (Like a Version) DMA's Australia 7 Papercuts Illy featuring Vera Blue Australia 8 Say It Flume featuring Tove Lo Australia/Sweden 9 Stranger Peking Duk featuring Elliphant Australia/Sweden 10 Starboy The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk Canada/France 11 Chameleon Pnau Australia 12 Cocoon Milky Chance Germany 13 Lovesick Mura Masa featuring ASAP Rocky United Kingdom/United States 14 Viceroy Violent Soho Australia 15 Genghis Khan Miike Snow Sweden 16 January 26 A.B. Original featuring Dan Sultan Australia 17 The Opposite of Us Big Scary Australia 18 All Night Chance the Rapper featuring Knox Fortune United States 19 7 Catfish & the Bottlemen United Kingdom 20 On Hold The xx United Kingdom 21 Death to the Lads The Smith Street Band Australia 22 Ultralight Beam Kanye West United States 23 Catch 22 Illy featuring Anne-Marie Australia/United Kingdom 24 Come On Mess Me Up Cub Sport Australia 25 Because I Love You Montaigne Australia 26 Make Them Wheels Roll Safia Australia 27 Drive Gretta Ray Australia 28 Frankie Sinatra The Avalanches Australia 29 Our Town Sticky Fingers Australia 30 Innerbloom (What So Not Remix) Rüfüs Australia 31 One Dance Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla Canada/Nigeria/United Kingdom 32 Notion Tash Sultana Australia 33 Bullshit Dune Rats Australia 34 Scott Green Dune Rats Australia 35 World of Our Love Client Liaison Australia 36 Sad Songs Sticky Fingers Australia 37 Smoke & Retribution Flume featuring Vince Staples and Kučka Australia/United States 38 Youth Glass Animals United Kingdom 39 Step Up the Morphine DMA's Australia 40 Surfin' Kid Cudi featuring Pharrell United States 41 I Feel It Coming The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk Canada/France 42 Heartlines Broods New Zealand 43 Final Song MØ Denmark 44 Satan D.D Dumbo Australia 45 Dumb Things (Like a Version) A.B. Original featuring Paul Kelly and Dan Sultan Australia 46 Dang! Mac Miller featuring Anderson .Paak United States 47 Walrus D.D Dumbo Australia 48 Creepin' Kingswood Australia 49 Higher Hilltop Hoods featuring James Chatburn Australia 50 Strange Diseases Gang of Youths Australia 51 Outcast at Last Sticky Fingers Australia 52 Love Yourself (Like a Version) Halsey United States 53 Blanket Violent Soho Australia 54 Bored to Death Blink-182 United States 55 Say a Prayer for Me Rüfüs Australia 56 Keeping Score (Like a Version) Paces featuring Guy Sebastian Australia 57 Twice Catfish & the Bottlemen United Kingdom 58 Girlie Bits Ali Barter Australia 59 Solo Frank Ocean United States 60 Drinkee Sofi Tukker Germany/United States 61 Gamma Knife King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Australia 62 Marinade Dope Lemon Australia 63 Life Itself Glass Animals United Kingdom 64 Alaska Maggie Rogers United States 65 All Fucked Up The Amity Affliction Australia 66 Hold Up Beyoncé United States 67 I Bring the Weather with Me The Amity Affliction Australia 68 Next to You L D R U featuring Savoi Australia 69 So Sentimental Violent Soho Australia 70 Wolfie Golden Features featuring Julia Stone Australia 71 Free Broods New Zealand 72 Famous Kanye West United States 73 No Shade Violent Soho Australia 74 Lost (Season One) Camp Cope Australia 75 Because I'm Me The Avalanches Australia 76 This Could Be Heartbreak The Amity Affliction Australia 77 Soundcheck Catfish & the Bottlemen United Kingdom 78 Settle Vera Blue Australia 79 Burn the Witch Radiohead United Kingdom 80 Gemini Feed Banks United States 81 Panda Desiigner United States 82 Think About It Thundamentals featuring Peta & the Wolves Australia 83 Simulation Tkay Maidza Australia 84 Pink + White Frank Ocean United States 85 My Love Is Gone Safia Australia 86 Dopamine Bliss n Eso featuring Thief Australia 87 Uptown Folks Dope Lemon Australia 88 Me and Your Mama Childish Gambino United States 89 Over You Safia Australia 90 Anything Near Conviction Luca Brasi Australia 91 Subways The Avalanches Australia 92 How to Taste Violent Soho Australia 93 High and Low Empire of the Sun Australia 94 Fading Vallis Alps Australia 95 Lose It Flume featuring Vic Mensa Australia/United States 96 Hanging by a Thread Elk Road featuring Natalie Foster Australia 97 You Don't Think You Like People Like Me Alex Lahey Australia 98 Season 2 Episode 3 Glass Animals United Kingdom 99 Too Good Drake featuring Rihanna Canada/Barbados 100 Brace Birds of Tokyo Australia
#101 – #200 List On 29 January 2017, Triple J broadcast the second 100 songs of the countdown. #SongArtistCountry of origin101ChlorineTrophy EyesAustralia10233 "GOD"Bon IverUnited States103People-VulturesKing Gizzard & the Lizard WizardAustralia104No ProblemChance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne and 2 ChainzUnited States105Don QuixoteDrapht featuring Hilltop HoodsAustralia106SidesAllday featuring NYNEAustralia107Glowed UpKaytranada featuring Anderson .PaakCanada/Haiti/United States108Stop Me (Stop You)Nick MurphyAustralia109One By OneSticky FingersAustralia110Glad That You're GoneThe Hard AchesAustralia111Surprise YourselfJack GarrattUnited Kingdom112The BoysLisa MitchellAustralia113IvyFrank OceanUnited States114Too SoonDMA'sAustralia115Till It Kills MeMontaigneAustralia116Real FriendsKanye WestUnited States117IlluminateEmma LouiseAustralia118Life on Mars (Like a Version)Sarah BlaskoAustralia119You Don't Get Me High AnymorePhantogramUnited States120BullsThe Cat EmpireAustralia121SloMoSan CiscoAustralia122What If I Go?Mura Masa featuring BonzaiUnited Kingdom/Ireland123Welcome to Your LifeGrouploveUnited States124Off White LimousineClient LiaisonAustralia125Just a LoverHayden JamesAustralia126DoneCamp CopeAustralia127How to Make Gravy (Like a Version)Luca BrasiAustralia128KarateBabymetalJapan129Rolling DiceJust a Gent featuring Ella Vos and Joey ChavezAustralia/United States130RASlumberjackAustralia131ManSkeptaUnited Kingdom132Knife EdgeMatt CorbyAustralia133RunTouristUnited Kingdom134BrotherD.D DumboAustralia135UnwindGretta RayAustralia136Quality of LifeHellionsAustralia137Fall TogetherThe Temper TrapAustralia138ParanoiaA Day to RememberUnited States139Blood in the CutK.FlayUnited States140HealingRudimental featuring J AngelUnited Kingdom141Nihilist Party AnthemBall Park MusicAustralia142Crave You/The Less I Know the Better (Like a Version)Elk Road featuring Lisa MitchellAustralia143Whipping BoyBall Park MusicAustralia144HigherThe Naked & FamousNew Zealand145Detroit Rock CiggiesThe BenniesAustralia146Native TongueGang of YouthsAustralia147For YouNortheast Party HouseAustralia148MessiahM-Phazes and Alison WonderlandAustralia149BrighterRüfüsAustralia150Black BeatlesRae Sremmurd featuring Gucci ManeUnited States151FreedomBeyoncé featuring Kendrick LamarUnited States152Ultralight Beam (Like a Version)Cub SportAustralia153ThresherHellionsAustralia154Someone That Loves YouHonne and Izzy BizuUnited Kingdom155Blood on My LeatherDZ DeathraysAustralia156LeefBall Park MusicAustralia157I RememberAlunaGeorgeUnited Kingdom158Come DownAnderson .PaakUnited States159LoneWhat So Not and Ganz featuring JoyAustralia/Netherlands160Thick as ThievesThe Temper TrapAustralia161Chains (Like a Version)Matt CorbyAustralia162Numb & Getting ColderFlume featuring KučkaAustralia163ShelterPorter Robinson and MadeonUnited States/France164ColourblindHands Like HousesAustralia165Standing in the RainAction Bronson, Mark Ronson and Dan AuerbachUnited States/United Kingdom166LazarusDavid BowieUnited Kingdom167WaitingRL Grime, What So Not and SkrillexAustralia/United States168Never Say NeverThundamentalsAustralia169Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel BeamsCamp CopeAustralia170Spring Has SprungSkegssAustralia171Be With YouRüfüsAustralia1722 Black 2 StrongA.B. OriginalAustralia173Dog YearsMaggie RogersUnited States174RefugeNorthlane and In Hearts WakeAustralia175Sooth Lady WineMatt CorbyAustralia176Fake LoveDrakeCanada177AngelSticky FingersAustralia178Stranger Things ThemeLuke MillionAustralia179Breathe Life (Like a Version)Vera BlueAustralia180Flight 101Sticky FingersAustralia181WestwaySticky FingersAustralia182DVPPUPCanada183Something StrangeSticky Fingers featuring RemiAustralia184A Night out WithHockey DadAustralia185Mob RuleBad DreemsAustralia186For GoodRemi featuring Sampa the GreatAustralia/Zambia187Devil's CallingParkway DriveAustralia188GoosebumpsTravis Scott featuring Kendrick LamarUnited States189SorryBeyoncéUnited States190I Need a Forest FireJames Blake featuring Bon IverUnited Kingdom/United States191BossDisclosureUnited Kingdom192ConquerorAuroraNorway193Take a ChanceFlume featuring Little DragonAustralia/Sweden194I Thought We Knew Each OtherBritish IndiaAustralia195AlarmAnne-MarieUnited Kingdom196What You Mean to MeMontaigneAustralia197Couldn't BelieveBroodsNew Zealand198Same DrugsChance the RapperUnited States199EasierMansionairAustralia200AubreyRunning Touch featuring Ira HoraceAustralia
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Artists with multiple entries #ArtistTracks5Violent Soho14, 53, 69, 73, 924Flume 1, 8, 37, 953Catfish and the Bottlemen19, 57, 77Safia 26, 85, 89The Avalanches28, 75, 91Sticky Fingers29, 36, 51Glass Animals38, 63, 98The Amity Affliction65, 67, 762Tash Sultana3, 32Hilltop Hoods4, 49Montaigne4, 25Childish Gambino5, 88DMA's 6, 39Illy 7, 23Vera Blue7, 78The Weeknd 10, 41Daft Punk10, 41Nick Littlemore11, 93A.B. Original16, 45Dan Sultan16, 45Kanye West22, 72Rüfüs 30, 55Drake 31, 99Dune Rats33, 34Pharrell40, 84Broods 42, 71D.D Dumbo44, 47Frank Ocean 59, 84Dope Lemon62, 87Beyoncé66, 84
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