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