Triple J Hottest 100 2013: The Midway Report

UPDATE: The entire Hottest 100 has been revealed! Winners and details here!

50 down, 50 to go – things are beginning to take shape in the Hottest 100 2013, with Queens Of the Stone Age, Disclosure, Bring Me The Horizon, Cloud Control, Illy, Bliss N Eso and Andy Bull leading the pack, each with two entries in the 100-50 bracket.

Australia has the largest representation of any country so far, with 23 of the 50 songs revealed so far, followed up by the US with 15, UK with 8, Canada 2 then France and Norway with one apiece.

17 artists have broken their Hottest 100 cherry so far, Norwegian singer-songwriter Mikhael Paskalev and Scottish indie trio CHVRCHES amongst them. Haim just missed out a top 100 place last year and now sit just outside the top 50 with If I Could Change Your Mind

Locally, triple j Unearthed 2013 winner Remi takes his first Hottest 100 place, Kingswood just miss out on the top 50 with Ohio and Sydney synth popper Andy Bull has made two appearances on debut.

Meanwhile, the Warmest 100 keeps its decidely warm reputation in tact, with its only correct prediction so far being Disclosure and AlunaGeorge at number 69. 38 of the songs revealed so far ranked in the Warmest 100.

Vance Joy, Chet Faker and Daft Punk have already made appearances but are likely to start stacking numbers in the top end of the list.

Keep track of the full Hottest 100 list on our Live Updates page and check out the top 50 below.

UPDATE: The entire Hottest 100 has been revealed! Winners and details here!

Triple J Hottest 100 2013 – The First 50

51. Fatboy Slim & Riva Starr – Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat

52. Cloud Control – Scar

53. Kingswood – Ohio

54. Arcade Fire – Afterlife

55. Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream

56. HAIM – If I Could Change Your Mind

57. Andy Bull – Keep On Running

58. Daft Punk – Instant Crush (Ft. Julian Casablancas)

59. Kanye West – Bound 2

60. Chvrches – Lies

61. London Grammar – Wasting My Young Years

62. Goldroom – Embrace

63. Disclosure – You & Me (Flume Remix)

64. The National – Graceless

65. Chet Faker – Melt (Ft. Kilo Kish)

66. Illy – Ausmusic Month Medley (Like A Version)

67. Bliss N Eso – Act Your Age

68. Something For Kate – Sweet Nothing (Like A Version)

69. Disclosure – White Noise (Ft. Alunageorge)

70. Sticky Fingers – Australia Street

71. Two Door Cinema Club – Changing Of The Seasons

72. Queens Of The Stone Age – I Sat By The Ocean

73. Busta Rhymes – Thank You (Ft. Q-Tip, Kanye West & Lil Wayne)

74. Major Lazer – Jessica (Ft. Ezra Koenig)

75. Mikhael Paskalev – I Spy

76. SAFIA – Listen To Soul, Listen To Blues

77. Illy – Youngbloods (Ft. Ahren Stringer)

78. MS MR – Fantasy

79. A$AP Rocky – F&%!in’ Problems (Ft. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)

80. Panama – Always

81. Andy Bull* – Baby I Am Nobody Now

82. Cloud Control – Dojo Rising

83. The Jezabels – The End

84. British India – Summer Forgive Me

85. Remi – Sangria

86. Bring Me The Horizon – Sleepwalking

87. John Butler Trio – Only One

88. Josh Pyke – Leeward Side

89. The Cat Empire – Brighter Than Gold

90. Vampire Weekend – Unbelievers

91. RÜFÜS – Tonight

92. Bring Me The Horizon* – Shadow Moses

93. St Lucia – Elevate

94. Bliss N Eso – House Of Dreams

95. Vance Joy – Play With Fire

96. Big Scary – Luck Now

97. Queens Of The Stone Age – My God Is The Sun

98. Horrorshow – Dead Star Shine

99. Dillon Francis – Without You (ft. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs)

100. Karnivool – We Are

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