The 2021 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 22 January 2022. It was the 29th annual countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as voted for by listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.
Australian children's music group the Wiggles was voted into first place with their Like a Version cover of Tame Impala's "Elephant", making it the first Like a Version to place first in a Hottest 100. Olivia Rodrigo and Doja Cat achieved the most entries in the countdown, with both scoring five.triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2021: Live Updates. Rolling Stone Australia, Rolling Stone Australia, 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
On 18 March 2022, Triple J confirmed that a compilation album would no longer be released in conjunction with the annual 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 2020 and 30 November 2021 was eligible for the 2021 Triple J Hottest 100.
Voting opened on 14 December 2021.
Projections Prior to the countdown, four favourites emerged. Various music blogs and bookmakers placed "Stay" by Australian rapper the Kid Laroi and Canadian musician Justin Bieber; "Good 4 U" by American singer Olivia Rodrigo; "The Angel of 8th Ave." by Australian rock band Gang of Youths; and Australian children's music group the Wiggles' Like a Version cover of "Elephant" by Tame Impala as the songs most likely to take first place.
Full list Note: Australian artists # Song Artist Country of origin 1 Elephant (Like a Version) The Wiggles Australia 2 Stay The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber Australia/Canada 3 Lots of Nothing Spacey Jane Australia 4 Good 4 U Olivia Rodrigo United States 5 Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish United States 6 The Angel of 8th Ave Gang of Youths Australia 7 Kiss Me More Doja Cat featuring SZA United States 8 Industry Baby Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow United States 9 On My Knees Rüfüs Du Sol Australia 10 Montero (Call Me by Your Name) Lil Nas X United States 11 H.Y.C.Y.BH Tom Cardy Australia 12 Lunchtime Spacey Jane Australia 13 Drivers License Olivia Rodrigo United States 14 Apple Crumble Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba Australia/United Kingdom 15 Missing Piece Vance Joy Australia 16 Seventeen Going Under Sam Fender United Kingdom 17 Mixed Messages Tom Cardy Australia 18 Love Signs The Jungle Giants Australia 19 Alive Rüfüs Du Sol Australia 20 Touch Back Down Ocean Alley Australia 21 Sunscreen Ball Park Music Australia 22 Good Days SZA United States 23 I Don't Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance) Glass Animals United Kingdom 24 Edamame Bbno$ featuring Rich Brian Canada/Indonesia 25 Next to Me Rüfüs Du Sol Australia 26 Solar Power Lorde New Zealand 27 Rose Pink Cadillac Dope Lemon Australia 28 Hertz Amyl & the Sniffers Australia 29 Thats What I Want Lil Nas X United States 30 Here Comes the Sun (Like a Version) Spacey Jane Australia 31 Need to Know Doja Cat United States 32 If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming with You The Wombats United Kingdom 33 Deja Vu Olivia Rodrigo United States 34 Get Into It (Yuh) Doja Cat United States 35 Josh Peach PRC Australia 36 Transparent Soul Willow featuring Travis Barker United States 37 Woman Doja Cat United States 38 Masterpiece The Rubens Australia 39 Stacking Chairs Middle Kids Australia 40 Serotonin Girl in Red Norway 41 What's Not to Like Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba Australia/United Kingdom 42 Chemicals Peking Duk Australia 43 Die4U Bring Me the Horizon United Kingdom 44 Hurricane Kanye West United States 45 Chaise Longue Wet Leg United Kingdom 46 Get Me Out King Stingray Australia 47 Leave the Door Open Silk Sonic United States 48 Do It to It Acraze featuring Cherish United States 49 Up Dune Rats Australia 50 Jail Kanye West United States 51 Night Light The Rions Australia 52 Up Cardi B United States 53 Take My Breath The Weeknd Canada 54 Breathe / Comfortably Numb / Money (Like a Version) Ocean Alley Australia 55 Valhalla Skegss Australia 56 Milkumana King Stingray Australia 57 The Man Himself Gang of Youths Australia 58 Kitchen Ruby Fields Australia 59 Love Race Machine Gun Kelly featuring Kellin Quinn United States 60 Brutal Olivia Rodrigo United States 61 Pump the Brakes Dom Dolla Australia 62 Mood Ring Lorde New Zealand 63 Chemtrails over the Country Club Lana Del Rey United States 64 Queen G Flip featuring Mxmtoon Australia/United States 65 Down Under Luude featuring Colin Hay Australia 66 A Girl Like You (Like a Version) Tame Impala Australia 67 Traitor Olivia Rodrigo United States 68 Treat You Right The Jungle Giants Australia 69 Clarkson Sly Withers Australia 70 Like Love The Amity Affliction Australia 71 I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God Halsey United States 72 Temper Vera Blue Australia 73 Rumors Lizzo featuring Cardi B United States 74 Cloudy Day Tones and I Australia 75 Gold Chains Genesis Owusu Ghana/Australia 76 Our Paradise The Terrys Australia 77 WusYaName Tyler, the Creator featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Ty Dolla Sign United States 78 I Hate U SZA United States 79 Clash Dave featuring Stormzy United Kingdom 80 Your Power Billie Eilish United States 81 Stoned at the Nail Salon Lorde New Zealand 82 Praise God Kanye West United States 83 You Right Doja Cat and The Weeknd United States/Canada 84 Wine Teenage Joans Australia 85 Lie to Me Again The Buoys Australia 86 Just Feels Tight Fisher Australia 87 The Aftergone Holy Holy featuring Clews Australia 88 My Mind Baker Boy featuring G Flip Australia 89 Keep Moving Jungle United Kingdom 90 Waiting for Nothing Hayden James featuring Yaeger Australia/Sweden 91 Bones Telenova Australia 92 Blueprint Slowly Slowly Australia 93 Family Ties Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar United States 94 Sunday Suit Tyne-James Organ Australia 95 U&Me alt-J United Kingdom 96 House of Holy Client Liaison Australia 97 Moon Kanye West United States 98 Sweetness Adam Newling Australia 99 Little Things Ziggy Ramo featuring Paul Kelly Australia 100 How You Been Holy Holy Australia
#101-200 List On 21 January, Triple J announced the songs that made the #101-200 positions.https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/21/101-200 # Song Artist Country of origin101Time I Love To WasteMay-aAustralia102Henny & ReeferChillinitAustralia103HolidayConfidence ManAustralia104Time After Time (Like a Version)Triple OneAustralia105Pride Is the DevilJ. Cole and Lil BabyUnited States106Too Many FeelingsRuelAustralia107Thot ShitMegan Thee StallionUnited States108Easy LovePacific AvenueAustralia109RiverPnau and LadyhawkeAustralia/New Zealand110Week On RepeatBeddy RaysAustralia111Rather Be With YouHayden James featuring Crooked ColoursAustralia112Tend the GardenGang of YouthsAustralia113Neon CheapMethyl EthelAustralia114Off the GridKanye WestUnited States115Love Tonight (David Guetta remix)ShouseAustralia/France116We Are MidnightDMA'sAustralia117Ahhhh!Teen Jesus and the Jean TeasersAustralia118Wet DreamWet LegUnited Kingdom119Acting Like ThatYungblud featuring Machine Gun KellyUnited Kingdom/United States120Method to the MadnessThe WombatsUnited Kingdom121R U HighThe Knocks featuring MallratAustralia122Life Goes OnOliver TreeUnited States123The Walls Are Way Too ThinHolly HumberstoneUnited Kingdom124Stop For a MinutePolish ClubAustralia125Stranger LovePnau and BudjerahAustralia126Wake UpSkegssAustralia127DeathwishStand Atlantic featuring Nothing,NowhereAustralia/United States128Letting GoZiggy AlbertsAustralia129Feels Good NowThe VannsAustralia130Stolen CarsAlldayAustralia131LumberjackTyler, the CreatorUnited States132Dead ButterfliesArchitectsUnited Kingdom133One Right NowPost Malone and The WeekndUnited States/Canada134Bush TVSkegssAustralia135That Funny FeelingPhoebe BridgersUnited States136QuestionsMiddle KidsAustralia137You Stupid BitchGirl in RedNorway138Doesn't MatterBeneeNew Zealand139My LifeJ. Cole, 21 Savage and MorrayUnited States140Good OnesCharli XCXUnited Kingdom141He Said She SaidChvrchesUnited Kingdom142Knife TalkDrake and 21 Savage featuring Project PatCanada/United States143Wait a WhileBeddy RaysAustralia144Fair TradeDrake and Travis ScottCanada/United States145HeavyFlight Facilities featuring Your SmithAustralia/United States146Sweet / I Thought You Wanted to DanceTyler, the Creator featuring Brent Faiyaz and Fana HuesUnited States147CherishGretta RayAustralia148Lost CauseBillie EilishUnited States149ScreamG Flip featuring UpsahlAustralia/United States150ColoradoMilky ChanceGermany151Believe What I SayKanye WestUnited States152NDABillie EilishUnited States153SecurityAmyl and the SniffersAustralia154Sexy VillainRemi WolfUnited States155MoveFlight Facilities and DramaAustralia/United States156AmoebaClairoUnited States157PapercutsMachine Gun KellyUnited States158Moth to a FlameSwedish House Mafia and The WeekndSweden/Canada159Love SongAngus & Julia StoneAustralia160RideBaker Boy featuring YirrmalAustralia161Worst Day of My LifeAmy SharkAustralia162I Know You Do KetamineCandy Moore and Abbie ChatfieldAustralia163Get You DownSam FenderUnited Kingdom164Girls Want GirlsDrake and Lil BabyCanada/United States165BreakfastSly WithersAustralia166Way 2 SexyDrake, Future and Young ThugCanada/United States167Red LightThe VannsAustralia168Marea (We've Lost Dancing)Fred Again and The Blessed MadonnaUnited Kingdom/United States169ScarlettHolly HumberstoneUnited Kingdom170It Ain't Over 'til It's Over (Like a Version)RuelAustralia171Muddy Evil PainThe RubensAustralia172Lights UpFlight Facilities and Channel TresAustralia/United States173Quiet On SetRemi WolfUnited States174HappierOlivia RodrigoUnited States175FutureproofNothing But ThievesUnited Kingdom176I Don't Wanna LeaveRüfüs Du SolAustralia177King BrownBarkaaAustralia178Most Hated GirlWaaxAustralia179The Divine ChordThe Avalanches featuring MGMT and Johnny MarrAustralia/United States/United Kingdom180Cure for MeAuroraNorway181SomethinggreaterParcelsAustralia182FoolproofHayden James, Gorgon City and Nat DunnAustralia/United Kingdom183SymptomaticPeach PRCAustralia184Waiting GameG Flip featuring RenforshortAustralia/Canada185StrandedSumnerAustralia186AddictedJorja SmithUnited Kingdom187TyphoonsRoyal BloodUnited Kingdom188Changes (Like a Version)JK-47 featuring Bronte EveAustralia189Don't You (Forget About Me) (Like a Version)Boy & Bear featuring Annie HamiltonAustralia190Better in Blak (Like a Version)Beddy RaysAustralia191ClockworkNorthlaneAustralia192Get HighChet FakerAustralia193Say ItChoomba featuring LP Giobbi & Blush'koAustralia/United States194CharmanderAminéUnited States195AddictHope DAustralia196JunoRunning TouchAustralia197My WaysSyccoAustralia198BackseatFergus JamesAustralia199UnisonGang of YouthsAustralia200Good GirlsChvrchesUnited Kingdom
Statistics
Artists with multiple entries #ArtistTracks5Olivia Rodrigo4, 13, 33, 60, 67Doja Cat7, 31, 34, 37, 834Kanye West44, 50, 82, 973Spacey Jane3, 12, 30SZA7, 22, 78Lil Nas X8, 10, 29Rüfüs Du Sol 9, 19, 25Lorde26, 62, 812Billie Eilish 5, 80Gang of Youths6, 57Tom Cardy11, 17Lime Cordiale14, 41Idris Elba14, 41The Jungle Giants 18, 68Ocean Alley20, 54King Stingray46, 56Cardi B52, 73The Weeknd53, 83G Flip64, 88Holy Holy87, 100
Countries represented Country#Australia55United States32United Kingdom10Canada4New Zealand3Sweden1Ghana1Norway1Indonesia1
Records The Wiggles' cover of "Elephant" became the first Like a Version, and the first cover version of any kind, to reach number 1. It also marked the first debut appearance at number 1 since Denis Leary's "Asshole" in 1993, as The Wiggles had not appeared in any previous countdowns. Original Wiggle Jeff Fatt became the oldest person (at the age of 68 during the countdown), and the first of Asian descent, to appear on a number-one track. The Wiggles are also the first winning artist since The Rubens in 2015 to only feature once in the countdown.