There’s just one sleep to go before the annual triple j Hottest 100 is upon us and we’re all sitting around a barbecue, tinnie in hand, ensconced in a pseudo-philosophical debate about the meaning of the Hottest 100 and what the winning song will be.
The voting booths closed on Friday after six weeks, with the annual surge of last-day traffic overwhelming ABC’s servers and crashing the voting site, and while you were double-checking your Australia Day party guest list, triple j were busy tallying votes.
According to Australia’s national youth broadcaster, some 2,094,350 votes were cast by 298,851 voters from 172 countries around the world and 16,000 songs were voted for. The J have even unveiled a few teasers of tomorrow’s countdown to whet listers’ appetites.
First off, 54 percent of the songs in this year’s Hottest 100 are from homegrown artists, so expect plenty of Aussie sounds tomorrow as well as lots of newbies – there will be 26 bands and artists making their debut in the triple j Hottest 100.
We can apparently expect quite a few bangers too. As we previously noted, EDM has been gaining more traction in the Hottest 100 in recent years and the average BPM of the Hottest 100 this year is 123, compared to 121 in 2014 and 116 in 2013.
In their press release, triple j even took a not-so-subtle dig at the infamous #tay4hottest100 campaign that caused controversy during last year’s Hottest 100 countdown, reminding everybody that this year saw zero “successful troll campaigns” and zero disqualified songs.
As we mentioned, voting on the Hottest 100 is now closed, but if you forgot to cast your ballot you can still enjoy all the revelry of the Hottest 100 by hitting up a registered Hottest 100 party like Bowled Over or just tuning into triple j at home.
You can also still donate to this year’s official Hottest 100 charity partner AIME by donning an exclusive AIME x triple j tee or raising money at your own Hottest 100 party. Your donation will help 10,000 Indigenous kids through high-school and into university, training, and employment by 2018.
