Triple j Hottest 100, 2020
# Triple j Hottest 100, 2020

The 2020 triple j Hottest 100 was announced on 23 January 2021. It is the 28th countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by listeners of Australian radio station triple j. The countdown was announced on the fourth weekend of January.

English band Glass Animals was voted into first place with their single "Heat Waves", becoming the first British act to top the annual list in 11 years, with the previous case being when Mumford & Sons won the 2009 countdown with "Little Lion Man". Australian band Lime Cordiale achieved the most entries in the countdown, at five.

## 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 2019 and 30 November 2020 was eligible for 2020's Hottest 100.

Voting opened on 8 December 2020. Several artists and presenters made their votes public, including Billie Eilish, Flume, and Glass Animals. The artists most often voted for by these artists were Tkay Maidza, Tame Impala, Spacey Jane, and The Strokes.

### Projections

Prior to the countdown, two favourites had emerged. Various music blogs and bookmakers placed "Heat Waves" by English psych-pop band Glass Animals and "Booster Seat" by Australian indie-rock band Spacey Jane as the two songs most likely to take first place. Glass Animals previously placed 12th in 2014, also ranking in the top 40 in 2016 and 2019; while Spacey Jane debuted at 80th in 2019. Both songs respectively placed in first and second on the countdown.

## Full list

* Note: Australian artists

| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Heat Waves | Glass Animals | United Kingdom |
| 2 | Booster Seat | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 3 | The Difference | Flume and Toro y Moi | Australia/United States |
| 4 | Cherub | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 5 | Lost in Yesterday | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 6 | WAP | Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion | United States |
| 7 | Hyperfine | G Flip | Australia |
| 8 | Sending Me Ur Loving | The Jungle Giants | Australia |
| 9 | I'm Good? | Hilltop Hoods | Australia |
| 10 | Therefore I Am | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 11 | On Our Own | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 12 | Get on the Beers | Mashd N Kutcher featuring Dan Andrews | Australia |
| 13 | Rockstar | Mallrat | Australia |
| 14 | Tombstone | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 15 | Skin | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 16 | Screw Loose | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 17 | Is It True | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 18 | Tangerine | Glass Animals | United Kingdom |
| 19 | You Should Be Sad | Halsey | United States |
| 20 | Addicted to the Sunshine | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 21 | Energy | Stace Cadet and KLP | Australia |
| 22 | Complicated | Eves Karydas | Australia |
| 23 | Good News | Mac Miller | United States |
| 24 | Blue World | Mac Miller | United States |
| 25 | Reality Check Please | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 26 | No Plans to Make Plans | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 27 | Under the Thunder | Skegss | Australia |
| 28 | Straightfaced | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 29 | Dribble | Sycco | Australia |
| 30 | Bagi-la-m Bargan | Birdz featuring Fred Leone | Australia |
| 31 | Reasons | San Cisco | Australia |
| 32 | Criminals | DMA's | Australia |
| 33 | Breathe Deeper | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 34 | Everybody Rise | Amy Shark | Australia |
| 35 | Running Red Lights | The Avalanches featuring Rivers Cuomo and Pink Siifu | Australia/United States |
| 36 | Forget Me Too | Machine Gun Kelly featuring Halsey | United States |
| 37 | So Done | The Kid Laroi | Australia |
| 38 | Parasite Eve | Bring Me the Horizon | United Kingdom |
| 39 | Righteous | Juice Wrld | United States |
| 40 | Come & Go | Juice Wrld and Marshmello | United States |
| 41 | I Still Dream About You | The Smith Street Band | Australia |
| 42 | Whats Poppin | Jack Harlow | United States |
| 43 | Together | Ziggy Alberts | Australia |
| 44 | You & I | G Flip | Australia |
| 45 | As Long as You Care | Ruel | Australia |
| 46 | Pretty Lady | Tash Sultana | Australia |
| 47 | Animals | Architects | United Kingdom |
| 48 | Ain't It Different | Headie One, AJ Tracey and Stormzy | United Kingdom |
| 49 | Wishing Well | Juice Wrld | United States |
| 50 | Nothing to Love About Love | Peking Duk and The Wombats | Australia/United Kingdom |
| 51 | Your Love (Déjà Vu) | Glass Animals | United Kingdom |
| 52 | The Glow | DMA's | Australia |
| 53 | In Your Eyes | The Weeknd | Canada |
| 54 | Blue (Flume Remix) | Eiffel 65 | Italy/Australia |
| 55 | I Think You're Great | Alex the Astronaut | Australia |
| 56 | On the Line | San Cisco | Australia |
| 57 | Sobercoaster | Beddy Rays | Australia |
| 58 | Fly Away | Tones and I | Australia |
| 59 | Gimme Love | Joji | Japan |
| 60 | Go | The Kid Laroi and Juice Wrld | Australia/United States |
| 61 | Pretty Grim | Ruby Fields | Australia |
| 62 | Run | Joji | Japan |
| 63 | Day & Age | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 64 | Soak Me in Bleach | The Amity Affliction | Australia |
| 65 | C'mon | Amy Shark featuring Travis Barker | Australia/United States |
| 66 | Fantasising | Skegss | Australia |
| 67 | Boss Bitch | Doja Cat | United States |
| 68 | Lie to Me | Vera Blue | Australia |
| 69 | Second | Hope D | Australia |
| 70 | Low | Chet Faker | Australia |
| 71 | Obey | Bring Me the Horizon and Yungblud | United Kingdom |
| 72 | Way Down | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 73 | Don't Need You | Genesis Owusu | Ghana/Australia |
| 74 | Scream Drive Faster | Laurel | United Kingdom |
| 75 | Photo ID | Remi Wolf | United States |
| 76 | Baby It's You | London Grammar | United Kingdom |
| 77 | House Arrest | Sofi Tukker and Gorgon City | United States/United Kingdom |
| 78 | Lady Marmalade (Like a Version) | G Flip | Australia |
| 79 | My Future | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 80 | Freaks | Fisher | Australia |
| 81 | Weightless | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 82 | The Clap | The Chats | Australia |
| 83 | Down for You | Cosmo's Midnight and Ruel | Australia |
| 84 | Chicken Tenders | Dominic Fike | United States |
| 85 | Too Tough Terry | Dune Rats | Australia |
| 86 | Laugh Now Cry Later | Drake featuring Lil Durk | Canada/United States |
| 87 | Three Leaf Clover | Teenage Joans | Australia |
| 88 | Heart Attack | Bronson featuring Lau.ra | Australia/United States/United Kingdom |
| 89 | In Her Eyes | The Jungle Giants | Australia |
| 90 | No Time to Die | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 91 | Charlie (Like a Version) | Bugs | Australia |
| 92 | These Days | Thelma Plum | Australia |
| 93 | Lemonade | Internet Money and Gunna featuring Don Toliver and Nav | United States/Canada |
| 94 | Rain | Aitch and AJ Tracey featuring Tay Keith | United Kingdom/United States |
| 95 | Loose Ends | Illy featuring G Flip | Australia |
| 96 | Germaphobe | Hockey Dad | Australia |
| 97 | Audacity | Stormzy featuring Headie One | United Kingdom |
| 98 | Your Man | Joji | Japan |
| 99 | Itch | Hockey Dad | Australia |
| 100 | Kool | Benee | New Zealand |

## Countries represented

* Australia – 66
* United States – 24
* United Kingdom – 14
* Canada – 3
* Japan – 3
* Ghana – 1
* Italy – 1
* New Zealand – 1

## Artists with multiple entries

### Five entries

* Lime Cordiale (11, 16, 20, 25, 26)

### Four entries

* Spacey Jane (2, 15, 28, 81)
* G Flip (three times solo and once with Illy) (7, 44, 78, 95)
* Juice Wrld (twice solo, once as co-lead artist, and once with the Kid Laroi) (39, 40, 49, 60)

### Three entries

* Glass Animals (1, 18, 51)
* Tame Impala (5, 17, 33)
* Billie Eilish (10, 79, 90)
* Joji (59, 62, 98)

### Two entries

* Flume (once as lead artist and once as remixer/producer) (3, 54)
* Ball Park Music (4, 63)
* The Jungle Giants (8, 89)
* Ocean Alley (14, 72)
* Halsey (once solo and once with Machine Gun Kelly) (19, 36)
* Mac Miller (23, 24)
* Skegss (27, 66)
* San Cisco (31, 56)
* DMA's (32, 52)
* Amy Shark (34, 65)
* The Kid Laroi (37, 60)
* Bring Me the Horizon (38, 71)
* Ruel (45, 83)
* AJ Tracey (48, 94)
* Stormzy (48, 97)
* Headie One (once solo/as co-lead artist and once with Stormzy) (48, 97)
* Hockey Dad (96, 99)
