The 2019 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 25 January 2020. It is the 27th countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by listeners of Australian radio station Triple J. A record-breaking number of votes (3.21 million) were cast by listeners choosing their top ten songs of 2019. This was the first Hottest 100 countdown to reach 3 million votes.
American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish was voted into first place with her single "Bad Guy". In doing so, she became the first female solo artist, and the youngest act (at 18 years old) to top a Hottest 100. Eilish also achieved the second most entries in the countdown, at five, second only to Wolfmother who had 6 in 2005. Australian artists G Flip and Lime Cordiale achieved four entires each.
A number of Hottest 100 records were also broken. Denzel Curry's cover of "Bulls on Parade" became the highest ranking Like a Version (and equal highest cover) in any Hottest 100. Slipknot's single "Unsainted" broke the record for the longest absence between countdowns, having last appeared 19 years prior with "Wait and Bleed" in the 2000 countdown.
Background 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. Any song initially released between 1 December 2018 and 30 November 2019 was eligible for 2019's Hottest 100.
Voting opened on 16 December 2019. Many artists and presenters made their votes public—out of 23 Triple J presenters, the artists they voted for most often were Julia Jacklin, Sampa the Great, and Thelma Plum.
Projections Prior to the countdown, three favourites had emerged by a significant margin. Bookmaker Beteasy and social media analysis project 100 Warm Tunas placed "Dance Monkey" by Australian musician Tones and I, "Bad Guy" by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish, and American rapper Denzel Curry's cover of "Bulls on Parade" for Like a Version as the three songs most likely to take out first place.
Full list Note: Australian artists #SongArtistCountry of origin 1 Bad Guy Billie Eilish United States 2 Rushing Back Flume featuring Vera Blue Australia 3 Charlie Mallrat Australia 4 Dance Monkey Tones and I Australia 5 Bulls on Parade (Like a Version) Denzel Curry United States 6 Drink Too Much G Flip Australia 7 Robbery Lime Cordiale Australia 8 Heavy Hearted The Jungle Giants Australia 9 Better in Blak Thelma Plum Australia 10 Exit Sign Hilltop Hoods featuring Illy and Ecca Vandal Australia 11 Circles Post Malone United States 12 By Myself Fidlar United States 13 Inappropriate Behaviour Lime Cordiale Australia 14 Purple Hat Sofi Tukker Germany/United States 15 Never Seen the Rain Tones and I Australia 16 Everything I Wanted Billie Eilish United States 17 I Touch Myself (Like a Version) Lime Cordiale Australia 18 Borderline Tame Impala Australia 19 Glitter Benee New Zealand 20 Silver DMA's Australia 21 Pub Feed The Chats Australia 22 Painkiller Ruel Australia 23 Earfquake Tyler, the Creator United States 24 Infinity Ocean Alley Australia 25 Find an Island Benee New Zealand 26 Johnny Run Away Tones and I Australia 27 Vossi Bop Stormzy United Kingdom 28 Juice Lizzo United States 29 Piece of Your Heart Meduza featuring Goodboys Italy/United Kingdom 30 Friends Flume featuring Reo Cragun Australia/United States 31 Save It for the Weekend Skegss Australia 32 Money Lime Cordiale Australia 33 San Frandisco Dom Dolla Australia 34 Tokyo Drifting Glass Animals featuring Denzel Curry United Kingdom/United States 35 Bury a Friend Billie Eilish United States 36 Solid Gold Pnau, Kira Divine and Marques Toliver Australia/United States 37 Red Light Green Light Duke Dumont featuring Shaun Ross United Kingdom/United States 38 Face to Face Ruel Australia 39 Longshot Catfish and the Bottlemen United Kingdom 40 Graveyard Halsey United States 41 Highest in the Room Travis Scott United States 42 Robbery Juice Wrld United States 43 It Might Be Time Tame Impala Australia 44 Cool as Hell Baker Boy Australia 45 Ricky Denzel Curry United States 46 7 Minutes Dean Lewis Australia 47 Sugar Brockhampton United States 48 Intentions (22) Ziggy Alberts Australia 49 Free Time Ruel Australia 50 Teach Me About Dying Holy Holy Australia 51 Evil Spider Benee New Zealand 52 Patience Tame Impala Australia 53 You Little Beauty Fisher Australia 54 Stained Glass Ocean Alley Australia 55 Talk Khalid United States 56 Middle Child J. Cole United States 57 Jellyfish Slowly Slowly Australia 58 Lover G Flip Australia 59 Nobody's Home Mallrat and Basenji Australia 60 I Missed Out Hockey Dad Australia 61 Maybe You Know Holy Holy Australia 62 Hell n Back Bakar United Kingdom 63 Nightmare Halsey United States 64 Circles George Alice Australia 65 Homecoming Queen Thelma Plum Australia 66 Stupid G Flip Australia 67 Wish You Were Gay Billie Eilish United States 68 Then What Illy Australia 69 Vacation Forever Violent Soho Australia 70 Talk Deep E^ST Australia 71 Blinding Lights The Weeknd Canada 72 Pasta Angie McMahon Australia 73 Party Pill Cub Sport Australia 74 Nowhere to Go Hayden James featuring Naations Australia 75 Paradise Golden Features and The Presets Australia 76 Something Tells Me Meg Mac Australia 77 I Am Not Afraid G Flip Australia 78 Not Angry Anymore Thelma Plum Australia 79 Stay Awake Dean Lewis Australia 80 Good for You Spacey Jane Australia 81 Let You Know Flume featuring London Grammar Australia/United Kingdom 82 Sugar Peking Duk and Jack River Australia 83 Welcome to the Black Parade (Like a Version) Alex Lahey Australia 84 Hey You Dope Lemon Australia 85 Doin' Time Lana Del Rey United States 86 Unsainted Slipknot United States 87 Follow God Kanye West United States 88 Lose Control Meduza, Becky Hill and Goodboys Italy/United Kingdom 89 Final Form Sampa the Great Zambia/Australia 90 Here Comes Your Man (Like a Version) Skegss Australia 91 All the Good Girls Go to Hell Billie Eilish United States 92 The Real Thing Client Liaison Australia 93 Wow Post Malone United States 94 Protection Allday Australia 95 A.O.K. Adrian Eagle Australia 96 Ludens Bring Me the Horizon United Kingdom 97 Skin San Cisco Australia 98 Meditjin Baker Boy featuring JessB Australia/New Zealand 99 C.U.D.I. (Can U Dig It) Cosmo's Midnight Australia 100 No Plans Dune Rats Australia
#101–#200 List On 27 January 2020, Triple J announced the songs placed 101–200th in the countdown. #SongArtistCountry of origin101My Strange AddictionBillie Eilish United States10210/10Rex Orange CountyUnited Kingdom103CrazyDune RatsAustralia104I ThinkTyler, the CreatorUnited States105Live in LifeThe RubensAustralia106DaisyPondAustralia107I Love YouBillie EilishUnited States108Better Than EverFlight Facilities featuring Aloe BlaccAustralia/United States109Harmony HallVampire WeekendUnited States110When I'm Around YouRunning TouchAustralia111BagsClairoUnited States112SanctuaryJojiJapan113No HaloBrockhamptonUnited States114Phone NumbersDominic Fike and Kenny BeatsUnited States115Real ThingMiddle KidsAustralia116RestlessAllday featuring The VeronicasAustralia117Don't Be So Hard On YourselfAlex LaheyAustralia118When the Party's Over (Like a Version)Cub SportAustralia119TroubleRuby FieldsAustralia120SmileWinston SurfshirtAustralia12111 MinutesYungblud and Halsey featuring Travis BarkerUnited Kingdom/United States122Fuck It I Love YouLana Del ReyUnited States123GoodbyesPost Malone featuring Young ThugUnited States1242allCatfish & the BottlemenUnited Kingdom125The Kids Are ComingTones and IAustralia126SupalonelyBenee featuring Gus DappertonNew Zealand/United States127TricksStella DonnellyAustralia128MagnifyNortheast Party HouseAustralia129Bring Me HomeG FlipAustralia130Big Yellow Taxi (Like a Version)Allday and The VeronicasAustralia131I'm Not Coming BackMeg MacAustralia132All My Friends Are DeadThe Amity AfflictionAustralia133DominosNortheast Party HouseAustralia134MasochistPolarisAustralia135RNPYBN Cordae featuring Anderson .PaakUnited States136New HouseRex Orange CountyUnited Kingdom137Don't Let a Good Girl DownThelma PlumAustralia138Does It Make You Feel Good?Confidence ManAustralia139DaydreamingMilky Chance featuring Tash SultanaGermany/Australia140FUWaaxAustralia141Hey, MaBon IverUnited States142So EasyTriple One featuring Matt Corby and KwameAustralia143MedicineBring Me the HorizonUnited Kingdom144FreedomChillinitAustralia145ClimateRuby FieldsAustralia146JuicyDoja Cat and TygaUnited States147Mother TongueBring Me the HorizonUnited Kingdom148Hold Your NerveBoy & BearAustralia149Talk It OutMatt Corby and Tash SultanaAustralia150SwingSofi TukkerUnited States151I Will Follow You into the Dark (Like a Version)Yungblud and HalseyUnited Kingdom/United States152Face to FaceRex Orange CountyUnited Kingdom153ResolutionSafiaAustralia154Daytime TVDear SeattleAustralia155Identity TheftThe ChatsAustralia156Bad Idea!Girl in RedNorway157The GreatestLana Del ReyUnited States158FavoursHayden James and Nat DunnAustralia159XannyBillie EilishUnited States160PeachKevin AbstractUnited States161Typical StoryHobo JohnsonUnited States162Like I Remember YouVera BlueAustralia163Rubber ArmDune RatsAustralia164ParentsYungbludUnited Kingdom165The Special Two (Like a Version)Dear SeattleAustralia166CrownStormzyUnited Kingdom167On the LunaFoalsUnited Kingdom168Babushka BoiASAP RockyUnited States169PeaceAlison WonderlandAustralia170RakaGolden Features and The PresetsAustralia171Self-ImmolateKing Gizzard & the Lizard WizardAustralia172Make a MoveWinston SurfshirtAustralia173LocationDave featuring Burna BoyUnited Kingdom174TempoLizzo featuring Missy ElliottUnited States175Love You for a Long TimeMaggie RogersUnited States176In My RoomFrank OceanUnited States177Hypersonic MissilesSam FenderUnited Kingdom178DegeneratesA Day To RememberUnited States179Between You & IKita AlexanderAustralia180Old ManStella DonnellyAustralia181ButterTriple OneAustralia182I Try (Like a Version)Hockey Dad featuring HatchieAustralia183Wiley FlowStormzyUnited Kingdom184FadoMilky ChanceGermany185Good GriefSpacey JaneAustralia186ReadyMontaigneAustralia187Can't Buy HappinessTash SultanaAustralia188GoneCharli XCX and Christine & the QueensUnited Kingdom/France189Fear InoculumToolUnited States190Hold OnCrooked ColoursAustralia191Tangled; ContentLuca BrasiAustralia192Ask For The AnthemOcean GroveAustralia193ExitsFoalsUnited Kingdom194SeriouslyBugsAustralia195Cheap QueenKing PrincessUnited States196Pluto ProjectorRex Orange CountyUnited Kingdom197Pressure To PartyJulia JacklinAustralia198Hold Of MeDean LewisAustralia199Sell It All, Run AwayHilltop Hoods featuring TimberwolfAustralia200Later FlightJack RiverAustralia
Statistics
Artists with multiple entries #ArtistTracks5Billie Eilish1, 16, 35, 67, 914G Flip6, 58, 66, 77Lime Cordiale7, 13, 17, 323Flume2, 30, 81Tones and I4, 15, 26Denzel Curry5, 34, 45Thelma Plum9, 65, 78Tame Impala18, 43, 52Benee 19, 25, 51Ruel 22, 38, 492Mallrat3, 59Illy10, 68Post Malone11, 93Ocean Alley24, 54Meduza29, 88Goodboys29, 88Skegss31, 90Halsey40, 63Baker Boy44, 98Dean Lewis46, 79Holy Holy50, 61
Countries represented Country#Australia65United States27United Kingdom10New Zealand4Italy2Canada1Germany1Zambia1
Records Billie Eilish became the first artist to land more than four tracks in a countdown since Violent Soho in the 2016 countdown. With "bad guy" voted in at #1, she also became the first solo female artist ever to top a Hottest 100. With his cover of "Bulls on Parade" at #5, Denzel Curry became the artist with the highest ranking Like a Version to enter a Hottest 100, narrowly overtaking DMA's' #6-placed Like a Version in 2016. This is also tied as the highest ranking cover overall in Hottest 100 history. It joins Björk's cover of "It's Oh So Quiet", Spiderbait's cover of "Black Betty" and Boy & Bear's cover of "Fall At Your Feet", which each ranked at #5 in 1995, 2004 and 2010, respectively.