The 2015 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on January 26, 2016. It is the 23rd countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.
Voting commenced on 9 December 2015, and closed on 22 January 2016. Voters nominated ten songs that were released between December 2014 and November 2015 and submitted them through the Triple J website. Over 2 million votes were again cast, this year from 172 countries. 54 songs in the 2015 Hottest 100 are by Australian artists, with 26 artists of any nationality making their debut.
Despite a betting agency's campaign aimed at getting Justin Bieber featured in the list, similar to 2014's #Tay4Hottest100, Triple J announced that no songs have been disqualified from the 2015 list.
Full list Note: Australian artists # Song Artist Country of origin 1 Hoops The Rubens Australia 2 King Kunta Kendrick Lamar United States 3 Lean On Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ United States/France/Denmark 4 The Less I Know the Better Tame Impala Australia 5 Let It Happen Tame Impala Australia 6 The Trouble with Us Marcus Marr and Chet Faker United Kingdom/Australia 7 Do You Remember Jarryd James Australia 8 The Buzz Hermitude featuring Mataya and Young Tapz Australia/New Zealand 9 Can't Feel My Face The Weeknd Canada 10 Magnets Disclosure featuring Lorde United Kingdom/New Zealand 11 Never Be Meg Mac Australia 12 You Were Right Rüfüs Australia 13 Ocean Drive Duke Dumont United Kingdom 14 Hotline Bling Drake Canada 15 Like Soda Violent Soho Australia 16 Fire and the Flood Vance Joy Australia 17 Middle DJ Snake featuring Bipolar Sunshine France/United Kingdom 18 Downtown Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz United States 19 The Hills The Weeknd Canada 20 Mountain at My Gates Foals United Kingdom 21 Magnolia Gang of Youths Australia 22 Keeping ScoreL D R U featuring Paige IV Australia 23 Embracing Me Safia Australia 24 Some Minds Flume featuring Andrew Wyatt Australia/United States 25 Shine On The Amity Affliction Australia 26 I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) Jamie xx featuring Young Thug and Popcaan United Kingdom/United States/Jamaica 27 Young Vallis Alps Australia/United States 28 Like an Animal Rüfüs Australia 29 Greek Tragedy The Wombats United Kingdom 30 Say My Name Peking Duk featuring Benjamin Joseph Australia 31 Loud Places Jamie xx featuring Romy United Kingdom 32 Leave a Trace Chvrches United Kingdom 33 Long Loud Hours Urthboy featuring Bertie Blackman Australia 34 Eventually Tame Impala Australia 35 Counting Sheep Safia Australia 36 All My Friends Snakehips featuring Tinashe and Chance the Rapper United Kingdom/United States 37 Alright Kendrick Lamar United States 38 Delilah Florence & the Machine United Kingdom 39 Swear Jar Illy Australia 40 Ship to Wreck Florence & the Machine United Kingdom 41 Puppet Theatre Claptone featuring Peter Bjorn & John Germany/Sweden 42 Hold Me Down Halsey United States 43 Pedestrian at Best Courtney Barnett Australia 44 Something About You Hayden James Australia 45 Throne Bring Me the Horizon United Kingdom 46 Go The Chemical Brothers United Kingdom 47 Dynamite Asta featuring Allday Australia 48 Crushed Parkway Drive Australia 49 Too Much Time Together San Cisco Australia 50 Deception Bay Boo Seeka Australia 51 Clearest Blue Chvrches United Kingdom 52 Cream on Chrome Ratatat United States 53 Monday Matt Corby Australia 54 Working for It Zhu, Skrillex and They United States 55 Multi-Love Unknown Mortal Orchestra New Zealand/United States 56 Alive Sia Australia 57 Foolish Alpine Australia 58 Vice Grip Parkway Drive Australia 59 Run Alison Wonderland Australia 60 Kamikaze MØ Denmark 61 'Cause I'm a Man Tame Impala Australia 62 Omen Disclosure featuring Sam Smith United Kingdom 63 Walk the Wire Boy & Bear Australia 64 LSD ASAP Rocky United States 65 Don't Wanna Fight Alabama Shakes United States 66 M.O.B. Tkay Maidza Australia 67 Give Me a Try The Wombats United Kingdom 68 Shutdown Skepta United Kingdom 69 Forces Japanese Wallpaper featuring Airling Australia 70 What Kind of Man Florence & the Machine United Kingdom 71 Flesh Without Blood Grimes Canada 72 Anchor Birds of Tokyo Australia 73 Once Ngaiire Papua New Guinea/Australia 74 Powerful Major Lazer featuring Ellie Goulding and Tarrus Riley United States/United Kingdom/Jamaica 75 Elevator Operator Courtney Barnett Australia 76 Suddenly British India Australia 77 Lay Down DMA's Australia 78 Weathered Jack Garratt United Kingdom 79 Wolves The Cat Empire Australia 80 Everyday ASAP Rocky featuring Rod Stewart, Miguel and Mark Ronson United States/United Kingdom 81 Big Jet Plane (Like a Version) Tuka Australia 82 Depreston Courtney Barnett Australia 83 Down to Earth Flight Facilities Australia 84 Delete (Like a Version) Sticky Fingers Australia 85 Heart Attack Flight Facilities featuring Owl Eyes Australia 86 Happy Song Bring Me the Horizon United Kingdom 87 Begin Again Purity Ring Canada 88 Party Machine The Bennies Australia 89 High by the Beach Lana Del Rey United States 90 Gemini What So Not featuring George Maple Australia 91 Be Your Shadow The Wombats United Kingdom 92 No One Golden Features featuring Thelma Plum Australia 93 Indian Summer Jai Wolf United States 94 Ghost Halsey United States 95 Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party Courtney Barnett Australia 96 Rumour Mill Rudimental featuring Anne-Marie and Will Heard United Kingdom 97 Twilight Driving Methyl Ethel Australia 98 Be Together Major Lazer featuring Wild Belle United States 99 True Friends Bring Me the Horizon United Kingdom 100 Hell Boy Seth Sentry Australia
#101–#200 List On 31 January 2016, Triple J broadcast the second 100 songs of the countdown. #SongArtistCountry of origin101Call My NameMosquito CoastAustralia102Distant PastEverything EverythingUnited Kingdom103InnerbloomRüfüs Australia104Breathe LifeJack GarrattUnited Kingdom105On FireCarmada featuring MaribelleAustralia106Pretty PimpinKurt VileUnited States107Like You Want ToKita AlexanderAustralia108So Into You (Like a Version)Childish GambinoUnited States10940oz. on RepeatFidlarUnited States110The Love WithinBloc PartyUnited Kingdom111DumbSeth SentryAustralia112BendChet FakerAustralia113U Dont KnowAlison Wonderland featuring Wayne CoyneAustralia/United States114Dead FoxCourtney BarnettAustralia115RunSeth SentryAustralia116Empty ThreatChvrchesUnited Kingdom117What Went DownFoalsUnited Kingdom118Through the RoofHermitude featuring Young TapzAustralia/New Zealand119EmoticonsThe WombatsUnited Kingdom120White DressSet Mo featuring Deutsch DukeAustralia121HallelujahThe RubensAustralia122The MomentTame ImpalaAustralia123Kingdom LeaderBoo SeekaAustralia124FoolBoo SeekaAustralia125My Own WayKita AlexanderAustralia126Should Have Known BetterSufjan StevensUnited States127Heart Is FullMiike SnowSweden128The WolfMumford & SonsUnited Kingdom129Electric IndigoThe Paper KitesAustralia130Dancin John DoeDraphtAustralia131Two Weeks (Like a Version)#1 Dads featuring Tom SnowdonAustralia132Damn BabyAlpineAustralia133House Every WeekendDavid ZowieUnited Kingdom134HeartburnWafiaAustralia135GirlThe Internet featuring KaytranadaUnited States/Haiti/Canada136Take It to RealityAlison Wonderland featuring SafiaAustralia137Rabbit RunCity Calm DownAustralia138These WallsKendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise and ThundercatUnited States139BreakawayIn Hearts WakeAustralia140SearchlightHermitude featuring YeoAustralia141The Night Is on My SideThe RubensAustralia142GamesAlison WonderlandAustralia143Give Me SomethingJarryd JamesAustralia144Speak EasyMansionairAustralia145BelieveMumford & SonsUnited Kingdom146I'd Go with You AnywhereBirds of TokyoAustralia147CrystalsOf Monsters & MenIceland148HoldVera BlueAustralia149RegardlessJarryd James featuring Julia StoneAustralia150TattooTukaAustralia151Paper TrailsJoey BadassUnited States152Be Right ThereDiplo and Sleepy TomUnited States/Canada153Limit of LoveBoy & BearAustralia154T-Shirt WeatherCirca WavesUnited Kingdom155Baby BlueAction Bronson featuring Chance the RapperUnited States156My StarTukaAustralia157West CoastFidlarUnited States158BodyachePurity RingCanada159Walk with MeCosmo's Midnight featuring KučkaAustralia160Queen of PeaceFlorence & the MachineUnited Kingdom161Aerial LoveDaniel JohnsAustralia162Love Me BadderElliphantSweden163The AlleyE^STAustralia164SkeletonsThe Amity AfflictionAustralia165Holding OnDisclosure featuring Gregory PorterUnited Kingdom/United States166GhostTkay MaidzaAustralia167Not Many (Like a Version)One DayAustralia168New RomanticsHands Like HousesAustralia169Asleep in the MachineBootleg RascalAustralia170Ghost TownSticky FingersAustralia171Cuffed and CollaredBad DreemsAustralia172AbrasiveRatatatUnited States173UnderflowEmma LouiseAustralia174Love AgainTa-ku featuring JMSN and SangoAustralia/United States175PsychoMuseUnited Kingdom176In Plain SightDead Letter CircusAustralia177MagicSan CiscoAustralia178SnowSan CiscoAustralia179LosersThe Weeknd featuring LabrinthCanada/United Kingdom180DitmasMumford & SonsUnited Kingdom181DreamsBeckUnited States182The Blacker the BerryKendrick LamarUnited States183AutomaticZhu and AlunaGeorgeUnited States/United Kingdom184Restraint & ReleaseGang of YouthsAustralia185Get DownJess KentAustralia186All DayKanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartneyUnited States/Canada/United Kingdom187NightlightSilversun PickupsUnited States188Kooky EyesThe Jungle GiantsAustralia189Clip My WingsMontaigneAustralia190ApolloLast DinosaursAustralia191RadiofaceGang of YouthsAustralia192Read My Mind (Like a Version)Catfish & the BottlemenUnited Kingdom193Bottom FeederParkway DriveAustralia194Talking to My DiaryDr. DreUnited States195HurricaneHalseyUnited States196ElectricalEves the BehaviorAustralia197HorsesPorschesAustralia198Can't Get Enough of MyselfSantigold featuring B.C.United States199The Way You'd Love HerMac DeMarcoUnited States200PreachDaniel JohnsAustralia
Statistics
Artists with multiple entries #ArtistTracks4Tame Impala4, 5, 34, 61Courtney Barnett43, 75, 82, 953Major Lazer3, 74, 98The Wombats29, 67, 91Florence and the Machine38, 40, 70Bring Me the Horizon45, 86, 992Kendrick Lamar2, 37DJ Snake3, 17MØ3, 60The Weeknd9, 19Disclosure10, 62RÜFÜS 12, 28SAFIA 23, 35Flume24, 90Jamie xx26, 31Chvrches 32, 51Halsey 42, 94Parkway Drive48, 58A$AP Rocky64, 80Thelma Plum81, 92Flight Facilities83, 85
Countries represented CountryTotalAustralia54United Kingdom26United States20Canada5New Zealand3Jamaica2Denmark2France2Germany1Papua New Guinea1Sweden1
Records The Rubens are the first winning artist since Augie March in 2006 to only feature once in the countdown. Their next closest entry was "Hallelujah" at number 121, which was announced in the "second Hottest 100" (places 200 to 101), revealed on 31 January. The Rubens are also the second Unearthed artist to win the Hottest 100 after Vance Joy in 2013. Ngaiire is the first Papua New Guinean to chart in the Hottest 100 countdown. The song "Delete" by DMA's charted in the countdown for the second year in a row after a cover by Sticky Fingers featured at number 84. Similarly "Big Jet Plane" by Angus & Julia Stone which won the countdown in 2010 came in at number 81 with a cover by Tuka. The 2015 list features 11 different nationalities, breaking the record of 10 from 2013 and 2014. With their two entries in this year's list Flight Facilities have now had seven songs from their album Down to Earth in the countdown. This equals the record set by Wolfmother from their debut Wolfmother. The song "Cream On Chrome" by Ratatat is the only instrumental song to make the countdown, and is the fifth instrumental song to appear in the Hottest 100 since 1999. "Twilight Driving" by Methyl Ethel (#97) and "Be Together" by Major Lazer featuring Wild Belle (#98) were mistakenly played in the wrong order.