Triple J Hottest 100
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Template:TripleJ The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual text message or internet based poll of the listeners of the Australian youth radio station Triple J, to determine their favourite song of the year. Voting begins on the new year for the previous year's songs. The 100 most popular songs are then counted down on Australia Day weekend - usually Australia Day itself, January 26.
The poll had been conducted by 2JJJ in Sydney starting in the 1980s, before Triple J became a national broadcaster. It was originally called the Hot 100 and ran on New Years Day. The Brisbane independent radio Station 4ZZZ had run the survey under the same name and on the same day since 1977 and owned the rights to the name Hot 100. Triple J was legally required to change the name of its annual survey.
The poll regularly attracts in excess of 200,000 voters - 340,000 in 2003, and over 450,000 in 2004. It began as a write-in poll; it then progressed to phone in, then they started listing the songs for the year so it could be done automatically via SMS and web voting. In 2003, it was only possible to vote on the Triple J web site; registration was required and limited to 10 votes. In 2004 this was expanded to 10 internet votes, and 10 SMS votes.
A compilation CD featuring about 35 of the songs in the countdown is released a few months after the count - it is massively popular and a huge moneyspinner for the station. To give some idea of their popularity, the first CD is still available a decade after its release in 1993.
Popular tracks from previous Hottest 100s - there have been twelve to date, 1993-2004 - are listed below:
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External links
- Hottest 100 section of the Triple J website (http://triplej.abc.net.au/hottest100)
- Triple J Hottest 100 history (http://www.geocities.com/triplej_hottest_100/index.html)