Triple J Hottest 100, 2014
The 2014 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on Australia Day, 26 January 2015. It was the 22nd countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J. It was won by "Talk Is Cheap", one of three songs that Chet Faker had in the top 10 (the others being "1998" and "Gold").[1]
Voting commenced in mid-December 2014, and closed on 18 January 2015. Voters nominated ten songs that were released between December 2013 and November 2014 and submitted them through the Triple J website.[2] In total, over 2 million votes were cast, a record for the Hottest 100.[1] The year's countdown was notable for having seven Australian artists in the top ten and the top three positions being awarded to Australians, the first year for both to have occurred.
A social media campaign to vote for Taylor Swift's song "Shake It Off" was started on BuzzFeed and continued on Twitter with the hashtag #Tay4Hottest100. The campaign originated as a protest against Triple J's exclusion of the song from their shortlist of songs.[3] The rules and voting system allowed any song released in 2014 to be manually added, despite the track not being played on Triple J during 2014. The song became one of the favourites according to betting agencies.[4] The song was eventually disqualified from the countdown; however, according to Triple J, "Shake It Off" would have made it to No. 12 on the countdown.[5]
Full list
| Note: Australian artists |
Artists with multiple entries
Four tracks
- Chet Faker (1, 7, 8, 21)
Three tracks
- Hilltop Hoods (3, 36, 57)
- Vance Joy (13, 50, 93)
- alt-J (14, 16, 26)
- Ball Park Music (19, 58, 99)
- Sticky Fingers (20, 86, 94)
- The Amity Affliction (22, 64, 71)
- Meg Mac (24, 46, 91)
- Thundamentals (30, 78, 90)
Two tracks
- Peking Duk (2, 5)
- Milky Chance (4, 44)
- SAFIA (5, 96)
- Scarlett Stevens (17, 33)
- Lorde (18, 47)
- Childish Gambino (31, 60)
- Allday (35, 65)
- Flight Facilities (39, 52)
- Chvrches (54, 85)
- Kingswood (56, 76)
- Röyksopp and Robyn (59, 73)
- Solo (of Horrorshow) (90, 92)
Countries represented
Australia – 60
United States – 18
United Kingdom – 15
New Zealand – 3
Sweden – 3
Norway – 3
Germany – 2
Canada – 1
France – 1
Iceland – 1
Notes
- There were eight songs in a row by Australian artists between positions #97 and #90. This equals the longest run of Australian songs in a single countdown set in 1999 (#45–#38) and repeated in 2012 (#55–#48).
- This year's Hottest 100 marks only the third time all Top 3 songs have been from Australian artists, following the countdowns for 1999 and 2006.
- At 59 tracks, this Hottest 100 holds the records for the greatest number of Australian songs in a countdown.
- 78 unique musical acts appeared on this countdown, 15 of which featured additional artists collaborating.
- This year's Hottest 100 gathered over 2 million votes, the first to break the 2 million vote mark and the holds the record for the highest number of votes in a single countdown.
- Chet Faker is the first artist to win the Hottest 100, Triple J Album Poll, the J Award and achieve the most tracks in a countdown in a single year.
- Chet Faker joins Dennis Leary (1993), Alex Lloyd (2001), Bernard Fanning (2005) and Vance Joy (2013) as the only outright solo countdown winners.
- A week after the Hottest 100 was announced, the songs placed 101–200th in the poll were announced, with "Tell Me" by Golden Features featuring Nicole Millar taking 101st position.[6]
- Royal Blood became the fourth band after Doves in 2000, Bloc Party in 2008 and Cut Copy in 2011 to make the albums poll but not feature in the Hottest 100. It was later revealed by Triple J that the band had come 102nd, 105th and 117th.
CD release
The Triple J Hottest 100 CD for 2014 is the twenty second edition of the series. The track list was revealed on Triple J's Facebook page on 2 February 2015;[7] the double-CD was released on 27 February 2015.[8]
CD 1
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CD 2
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(The number in brackets is the song position in the Hottest 100.)
Top 10 Albums of 2014
A smaller poll of Triple J listeners' favourite albums of the year was held in December 2014.[9]
| Note: Australian artists |
| # | Artist | Album | Country of origin | Ranks in the Hottest 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chet Faker | Built on Glass | Australia | 1, 7, 8, (65 in 2013) |
| 2 | Ball Park Music | Puddinghead | Australia | 19, 58, 99 |
| 3 | alt-J | This Is All Yours | United Kingdom | 14, 16, 26 |
| 4 | Hilltop Hoods | Walking Under Stars | Australia | 3, 36, 57 |
| 5 | Sticky Fingers | Land of Pleasure | Australia | 20, 86, 94 |
| 6 | Flight Facilities | Down to Earth | Australia | 39, 52, (19 in 2010), (17 in 2012), (48 in 2013), (83, 85 in 2015) |
| 7 | Royal Blood | Royal Blood | United Kingdom | DNC (102, 105, 117 in Hottest 200 - 101) |
| 8 | Vance Joy | Dream Your Life Away | Australia | 13, 50, 93, (1 in 2013), (16 in 2015) |
| 9 | Thundamentals | So We Can Remember | Australia | 30, 78, 90, (32 in 2013) |
| 10 | The Preatures | Blue Planet Eyes | Australia | 29, (9 in 2013) |
References
- 1 2 Willis, Charlotte (27 January 2015). "Chet Faker takes out Triple J Hottest 100 2014".
- ↑ "triple j kick off voting for Hottest 100". Radio Today. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ Di Stefano, Mark (13 January 2015). "Why Isn't Everyone Voting For "Shake It Off" In The Hottest 100?".
- ↑ Koziol, Michael (16 January 2015). "Taylor Swift for Triple J Hottest 100: Counter campaign emerges".
- ↑ "Taylor Swift disqualified from Hottest 100". www.news.com.au. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ "These songs just missed out on a Hottest 100 placing". 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "timeline Photos – Triple J Hottest 100". Facebook. ABC. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ↑ "triple j's Hottest 100 – Volume 22 (Deluxe)". ABC Shop. ABC. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ↑ "Aussies dominate triple j listeners' Top 10 Albums of 2014". 8 December 2014.