Here Are Triple J’s 50 Most Played Songs & Artists For 2018 (So Far)

The numbers have been crunched and the results are in — we’ve been delivered the list of triple j‘s most-flogged songs of 2018 (so far).

If you’re an avid tuner-innerer to the station, then the list of its highest rotated songs of the year should come as little surprise.

According to the bean-counters over at JPlay, The Vaccines’ single ‘I Can’t Quit’ off their fourth studio album Combat Sports has claimed the mantle of most played song on the J-waves so far this year, clocking in at 159 plays thus far.

However, The Vaccies are only the station’s 50th most-played artist of the year, with Hockey Dad, Ocean Alley and The Wombats scoring gold, silver and bronze medals in that department.

Cop the list of triple j‘s 50 most played tunes (and most played artists) so far in 2018 below, and let’s see how much these rotation stats end up impacting the results of next year’s Hottest 100.

Triple J’s 50 Most Played Songs Of 2018 (So Far):

1. I Can’t Quit – The Vaccines – 159

2. raingurl – Yaeji – 156

3. Stir Fry – Migos – 142

4. Ballroom – Jack River – 139

5. How To Socialise & Make Friends – Camp Cope – 137

6. Polygraph Eyes – Yungblud – 135

7. Missing Me – Angie McMahon – 133

8. About You – G Flip – 132

9. Disappear (feat. Lynn Gunn) – Tonight Alive – 131

10. UFO (feat. Allday) – Mallrat – 130

11. Fake ID – Riton & Kah-Lo – 125

12. Chasing Stars (feat. Bertie Blackman) – Alice Ivy – 125

13. Need You (feat. NÏKA) – Flight Facilities – 124

14. Church – Alison Wonderland – 124

15. Mainland – Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – 123

16. Confidence – Ocean Alley – 123

17. All The Stars (feat. SZA) – Kendrick Lamar – 123

18. Dominos – Last Dinosaurs – 122

19. Loving Is Easy (feat. Benny Sings) – Rex Orange County – 121

20. Hear This – Jarami – 121

21. I Wanna Be Everybody – Hockey Dad – 121

22. Wasted – Peking Duk – 121

23. We’re Going Home – Vance Joy – 121

24. Stuck In Orbit (feat. BUOY) – What So Not – 120

25. Join The Club – Hockey Dad – 120

26. In The City – Nyxen – 120

27. Further Than The Planes Fly – Eves Karydas – 120

28. Hey Heartbreaker – Dream Wife – 118

29. Ritalin – Ruby Fields – 117

30. Get Out – Chvrches – 117

31. Symphony (feat. Teddy Jackson) – Towkio – 116

32. Mistake – Middle Kids – 116

33. God’s Plan – Drake – 114

34. Get To Know (feat. Winston Surfshirt) – Cosmo’s Midnight – 113

35. Changed My Mind – Tove Styrke – 113

36. Panic Room – Au Ra & Camelphat – 113

37. Nameless, Faceless – Courtney Barnett – 113

38. Sweet Dreams – BØRNS – 113

39. 1950 – King Princess – 112

40. Falling Out – Golden Features – 112

41. Cheetah Tongue – The Wombats – 112

42. Pineapple Skies – Miguel – 110

43. After The Storm (feat. Tyler, The Creator & Bootsy Collins) – Kali Uchis – 110

44. WOW – Kwame – 110

45. Don’t You Know I’m In A Band – Confidence Man – 109

46. Trigger Bang (feat. Giggs) – Lily Allen – 109

47. Short Hair – Tiny Little Houses – 109

48. 14U+14ME – The Presets – 109

49. White Flag – Bishop Briggs – 108

50. Carrie (I Want A Girl) – Moaning Lisa – 108

Triple J’s 50 Most Played Artists Of 2018 (So Far):

1. Hockey Dad

2. Ocean Alley

3. The Wombats

4. Camp Cope

5. Middle Kids

6. DMA’s

7. Superorganism

8. Vance Joy

9. Alison Wonderland

10. Chvrches

11. Ball Park Music

12. Courtney Barnett

13. Gang of Youths

14. Drake

15. Wolf Alice

16. Confidence Man

17. Tonight Alive

18. BØRNS

19. The Presets

20. Peking Duk

21. Tired Lion

22. What So Not

23. Flight Facilities

24. City Calm Down

25. Tiny Little Houses

26. DZ Deathrays

27. BROCKHAMPTON

28. Lorde

29. Jack River

30. Angus And Julia Stone

31. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

32. Kali Uchis

33. Kendrick Lamar

34. Anderson .Paak

35. Pnau

36. Fisher

37. Post Malone

38. Gengahr

39. Angie McMahon

40. Hatchie

41. Odette

42. Alex Lahey

43. G Flip

44. Yungblud

45. West Thebarton

46. The Rubens

47. Blessed

48. Mallrat

49. Parkway Drive

50. The Vaccines

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