Triple j Hottest 100, 2018
# Triple j Hottest 100, 2018

The 2018 triple j Hottest 100 was announced on 27 January 2019. It is the 26th countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by listeners of Australian radio station triple j. A record-breaking number of voters (2.758 million) participated by choosing their top ten songs of 2018.

Ocean Alley's "Confidence" was voted into first place. Ocean Alley also achieved four tracks in the countdown and became the second artist to be voted into No. 1 and No. 100 during the same countdown, after Powderfinger in 1999.

## 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 that was released for the first time between 1 December 2017 and 30 November 2018 is eligible for 2018's Hottest 100. Voting opened on 10 December 2018, as announced by Liam Stapleton in a crime mockumentary. Several artists and presenters, including Billie Eilish, Tash Sultana, Amy Shark and Anderson .Paak, made their votes public. The artists most often voted for by triple j presenters were The Presets, Kwame, Rüfüs Du Sol, and G Flip.

Once voting closed, triple j announced on 25 January that a total of 2.758 million votes had been cast, breaking the previous year's record by 14%. The station also announced that 95% of voters were from Australia and 60% were under the age of 25.

### Projections

Prior to the countdown, bookmakers Sportsbet, Beteasy, Ladbrokes, and social media measurement site 100 Warm Tunas, placed "Confidence" by Australian band Ocean Alley and "This Is America" by American rapper Childish Gambino as the two songs most likely to be voted into first place. Ocean Alley's highest previous performance was No. 48 with "The Comedown" in 2017, whilst Gambino's highest previous performance was No. 5 with "Redbone" in 2016.

### Announcement date

On 27 November 2017, triple j announced plans to move the Hottest 100 from Australia Day (January 26) to the fourth Saturday of January. This followed a campaign led by Indigenous Australian activists and supporters, calling on triple j to change the date due to opposition to Australia Day's celebratory commemoration of British settlement. Following the announcement, concerns were raised on social media regarding the 2018 Hottest 100 announcement date, as the fourth Saturday of January 2019 coincides with January 26. Station newsreader Avani Dias and content director Ollie Wards stated that the 2019 dates would be reviewed and announced in the future.

On 6 December 2018, triple j announced that they would hold the countdown on 27 January 2019.

## Full list

* Note: Australian artists

| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Confidence | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 2 | Losing It | Fisher | Australia |
| 3 | Sicko Mode | Travis Scott | United States |
| 4 | This Is America | Childish Gambino | United States |
| 5 | I Said Hi | Amy Shark | Australia |
| 6 | Be Alright | Dean Lewis | Australia |
| 7 | Groceries | Mallrat | Australia |
| 8 | When the Party's Over | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 9 | Dinosaurs | Ruby Fields | Australia |
| 10 | Knees | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 11 | Up in the Clouds | Skegss | Australia |
| 12 | Turn | The Wombats | United Kingdom |
| 13 | Praise the Lord (Da Shine) | ASAP Rocky featuring Skepta | United States/United Kingdom |
| 14 | I'm Good | Wafia | Australia |
| 15 | Just Friends | Hayden James featuring Boy Matthews | Australia/United Kingdom |
| 16 | Baby Come Back (Like a Version) | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 17 | Lovely | Billie Eilish and Khalid | United States |
| 18 | Join the Club | Hockey Dad | Australia |
| 19 | Peach | Broods | New Zealand |
| 20 | Waiting | Kian | Australia |
| 21 | Never Ever | The Rubens featuring Sarah | Australia |
| 22 | Underwater | Rüfüs Du Sol | Australia |
| 23 | Treat You Better | Rüfüs Du Sol | Australia |
| 24 | Leave Me Lonely | Hilltop Hoods | Australia |
| 25 | I Miss You | Thundamentals | Australia |
| 26 | All the Pretty Girls | Vera Blue | Australia |
| 27 | Sunflower | Post Malone and Swae Lee | United States |
| 28 | All the Stars | Kendrick Lamar and SZA | United States |
| 29 | Fire | Peking Duk | Australia |
| 30 | Sometimes | Cub Sport | Australia |
| 31 | Church | Alison Wonderland | Australia |
| 32 | God Forgot | The Rubens | Australia |
| 33 | Better Now | Post Malone | United States |
| 34 | 1950 | King Princess | United States |
| 35 | Ladders | Mac Miller | United States |
| 36 | All Loved Up | Amy Shark | Australia |
| 37 | Love Me Now | Ziggy Alberts | Australia |
| 38 | About You | G Flip | Australia |
| 39 | The Perfect Life Does Not Exist | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 40 | Nice for What | Drake | Canada |
| 41 | In the Air | DMA's | Australia |
| 42 | Laps Around the Sun | Ziggy Alberts | Australia |
| 43 | God's Plan | Drake | Canada |
| 44 | Clark Griswold | Hilltop Hoods featuring Adrian Eagle | Australia |
| 45 | Mantra | Bring Me the Horizon | United Kingdom |
| 46 | You Should See Me in a Crown | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 47 | Like People | DZ Deathrays | Australia |
| 48 | When I Dream | San Cisco | Australia |
| 49 | Missing Me | Angie McMahon | Australia |
| 50 | No Place | Rüfüs Du Sol | Australia |
| 51 | Mr La Di Da Di | Baker Boy | Australia |
| 52 | Better | Khalid | United States |
| 53 | We're Going Home | Vance Joy | Australia |
| 54 | Saturday Sun | Vance Joy | Australia |
| 55 | Wasted | Peking Duk | Australia |
| 56 | Without Me | Halsey | United States |
| 57 | Martini | The Presets | Australia |
| 58 | Soaked | Bene | New Zealand |
| 59 | Give Me My Name Back | Meg Mac | Australia |
| 60 | The End | DMA's | Australia |
| 61 | I Wanna Be Everybody | Hockey Dad | Australia |
| 62 | Killing My Time | G Flip | Australia |
| 63 | Boogie | Brockhampton | United States |
| 64 | Mistake | Middle Kids | Australia |
| 65 | Scream Whole | Methyl Ethel | Australia |
| 66 | Need You | Flight Facilities featuring Nïka | Australia/New Zealand |
| 67 | Tints | Anderson .Paak featuring Kendrick Lamar | United States |
| 68 | Eastside | Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid | United States |
| 69 | Cheetah Tongue | The Wombats | United Kingdom |
| 70 | UFO | Mallrat featuring Allday | Australia |
| 71 | Smogged Out | Skegss | Australia |
| 72 | What Can I Do If The Fire Goes Out? (Like a Version) | Nothing But Thieves | United Kingdom |
| 73 | Sweet Release | Hockey Dad | Australia |
| 74 | Pussy Is God | King Princess | United States |
| 75 | Molotov | Kira Puru | Australia |
| 76 | Clarity | Polish Club | Australia |
| 77 | Miracle | Chvrches | United Kingdom |
| 78 | Better Together | Hayden James featuring Running Touch | Australia |
| 79 | Clumsy Love | Thelma Plum | Australia |
| 80 | Nothing Breaks Like a Heart | Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus | United Kingdom/United States |
| 81 | Ballroom | Jack River | Australia |
| 82 | Hunger | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 83 | 1999 Wildfire | Brockhampton | United States |
| 84 | Cigarettes | Tash Sultana | Australia |
| 85 | Bubblin | Anderson .Paak | United States |
| 86 | Dirt Cheap | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 87 | Younger | Ruel | Australia |
| 88 | Labrador | Waax | Australia |
| 89 | Dazed & Confused | Ruel | Australia |
| 90 | Psycho | Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign | United States |
| 91 | Sundress | ASAP Rocky | United States |
| 92 | Everybody But You | Thundamentals | Australia |
| 93 | You Can Count On Me | Trophy Eyes | Australia |
| 94 | Ivy (Doomsday) | The Amity Affliction | Australia |
| 95 | Four Out of Five | Arctic Monkeys | United Kingdom |
| 96 | Take It to the Heart | Odette | Australia |
| 97 | Do I Need You Now? | DMA's | Australia |
| 98 | Ghost Town | Kanye West featuring PartyNextDoor | United States/Canada |
| 99 | Polygraph Eyes | Yungblud | |
| 100 | Happy Sad | Ocean Alley | Australia |

## Artists with multiple entries

### Four entries

* Ocean Alley (1, 10, 16, 100)

### Three entries

* Billie Eilish (twice solo and once with Khalid) (8, 17, 46)
* Khalid (once with Billie Eilish, once solo and once with Benny Blanco and Halsey) (17, 52, 68)
* Hockey Dad (18, 61, 73)
* Rüfüs Du Sol (22, 23, 50)
* Post Malone (27, 33, 90)
* DMA's (41, 60, 97)

### Two entries

* Amy Shark (5, 36)
* Mallrat (7, 70)
* Skegss (11, 71)
* The Wombats (12, 69)
* ASAP Rocky (13, 91)
* Hayden James (15, 78)
* Sarah Aarons (once with The Rubens and once with Peking Duk) (21, 29)
* The Rubens (21, 32)
* Hilltop Hoods (24, 44)
* Thundamentals (25, 92)
* Kendrick Lamar (once with SZA and once with Anderson .Paak) (28, 67)
* Peking Duk (29, 55)
* King Princess (34, 74)
* Ziggy Alberts (37, 42)
* G Flip (38, 62)
* Drake (40, 43)
* Vance Joy (53, 54)
* Halsey (once solo and once with Benny Blanco and Khalid) (56, 68)
* Brockhampton (63, 83)
* Anderson .Paak (67, 85)
* Ruel (87, 89)

## Countries represented

* Australia – 65
* United States – 23
* United Kingdom – 11
* Canada – 4
* New Zealand – 3

## Top 10 Albums of 2018

The annual triple j album poll was held across November and December and was announced on 16 December.

* Note: Australian artists

| # | Artist | Album | Country of origin | Tracks in the Hottest 100 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ball Park Music | Good Mood | Australia | 39, (18 in 2017) |
| 2 | Ocean Alley | Chiaroscuro | Australia | 1, 10, 100, (48 in 2017) |
| 3 | Hockey Dad | Blend Inn | Australia | 18, 61, 73, (54 in 2017) |
| 4 | DMA's | For Now | Australia | 41, 60, 97, (89 in 2017) |
| 5 | Middle Kids | Lost Friends | Australia | 64 |
| 6 | Skegss | My Own Mess | Australia | 11, 71 |
| 7 | Rüfüs Du Sol | Solace | Australia | 22, 23, 50 |
| 8 | The Wombats | Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life | United Kingdom | 12, 69, (22 in 2017) |
| 9 | Jack River | Sugar Mountain | Australia | 81, (64 in 2017) |
| 10 | Arctic Monkeys | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | United Kingdom | 95 |
