UPDATE 29/01/17: Here’s the full wrap of the triple J Hottest 200 of 2016

UPDATE: The Hottest 200 countdown has begun. See the live updated list here.

UPDATE: The winner of triple j‘s Hottest 100 of 2016 has been announced.

ORIGINAL STORY: January 26 hath arriveth once again, and while the date leaves an unpleasant taste in the mouths of many, triple j‘s Hottest 100 is nonetheless here to soundtrack the backyard barbies and poolside piss-ups that are going down across the nation.

Sharing some sneaky stats prior to this year’s Hottest 100, triple j revealed it’s been a record-breaking year for Aussie musos, with more punters voting for homegrown artists than ever before.

We’ll be updating the list of this year’s Hottest 100 tracks in real time below, to help you keep track of the rankings as the day progresses, so stay tuned to find out whether experts’ hot predictions like Flume’s ‘Never Be Like You’, Amy Shark’s ‘Adore’ or Tash Sultana’s ‘Jungle’ claim top spot.

Frontrunners Flume and Amy Shark bigged each other up earlier this week, with their respective hits tipped to battle it out for first place.

This could very well be the last time we see the Hottest 100 counted down on Australia Day, with triple j currently considering shifting the countdown to a less offensive date, with a final decision to be made in the “second half of 2017”.

But for now, we’re stuck with it, so we might as well sit back, relax and enjoy some of the sickest tunas that 2016 had to offer.

Happy Hottest 100 day, everyone!

Update: Read our Hottest 100 of 2016 midway report

Hottest 100 of 2016 Milestones

• Flume has charted four times with #95 Lose It (Feat. Vic Mensa), #37 Smoke & Retribution (Feat. Vince Staples & Kučka), #8 Say It and #1 Never Be Like You (Feat. Kai).
• Tash Sultana has charted twice with #32 Notion and #3 Jungle.
• Montaigne has appeared on two charted tracks, firstly with her own single #25 Because I Love You and then with Hilltop Hoods on #4 1955.
• Hilltop Hoods have charted twice with #49 Higher (Feat. James Chatburn) and #4 1955 (Feat. Montaigne & Tom Thum).
• Childish Gambino has charted twice with #88 Me And Your Mama and #5 Redbone.
• DMA’s have charted twice with #39 Step Up The Morphine and also with their Cher cover of #6 Believe (Like A Version).
• Vera Blue has appeared on two charted tracks, firstly with her own single #78 Settle and then with Illy on #7 Papercuts.
• Illy has now charted 10 times on the Hottest 100
• Illy has charted twice with #23 Catch 22 (Feat. Anne-Marie) and #7 Papercuts (Feat. Vera Blue).
• Flume has charted three times with #95 Lose It (Feat. Vic Mensa), #37 Smoke & Retribution (Feat. Vince Staples & Kučka) and #8 Say It (Feat. Tove Lo).
• The Weeknd has charted twice with #41 I Feel It Coming (Feat. Daft Punk) and #10 Starboy (Feat. Daft Punk).
• Violent Soho have charted five times with #92 How To Taste, #73 No Shade, #69 So Sentimental, #53 Blanket and #14 Viceroy.
• A.B. Original chart twice with #45 Dumb Things (Like A Version) and #16 January 26.
• Catfish And The Bottlemen have charted three times with #77 Soundcheck, #57 Twice and #19 7.
• Kanye West has charted twice with #72 Famous and #22 Ultralight Beam.
• SAFIA have charted three times with #89 Over You, #85 My Love Is Gone and #26 Make Them Wheels Roll.
• Unearthed High 2016 winner Gretta Ray places at #27 with her winning song Drive.
• The Avalanches have charted three times with #91 Subways, #75 Because I’m Me and #28 Frankie Sinatra.
• Sticky Fingers have charted three times with #51 Outcast At Last, #36 Sad Songs and #29 Our Town.
• RÜFÜS have charted twice with #55 Say A Prayer For Me and #30 Innerbloom (What So Not Remix).
• Drake has charted twice with #99 Too good and #31 One Dance.
• Dune Rats have charted twice in a row with #34 Scott Green and #33 Bullshit.
• Glass Animals have charted three times with #98 Season 2 Episode 3, #63 Life Itself and #38 Youth.
• Broods have charted twice with #71 Free and #42 Heartlines.
• D.D Dumbo has charted twice with #47 Walrus and #44 Satan.
• 32 tracks in the bottom 50 feature Australian Artists.
• Blink-182 return to the Hottest 100 with #54 Bored To Death. Their last appearance was in 2003 with #53 Feeling This.
• Guy Sebastian makes his Hottest 100 debut with his cover of L D R U’s Keeping Score (with Paces) for Like A Version at #56
• Frank Ocean has charted twice with #84 Pink + White and #59 Solo.
• DOPE LEMON has charted twice with #87 Uptown Folks and #62 Marinade.
• The Amity Affliction have charted three times with #76 This Could Be Heartbreak, #67 I Bring The Weather With Me and #65 All Fucked Up.
• Rihanna has appeared on two tracks so far in the countdown, featuring on #99 Too Good with Drake an #72 Famous with Kanye West.
• Radiohead have kept up their regular appearances in the Hottest 100 – becoming the only band to have appeared the first annual Hottest 100 and the latest Hottest 100 #79 Burn The Witch (thanks to @Patrickavenell).
• The Avalanches now hold the record for the longest gap between Hottest 100 entries; their last appearance was in 2001 with Since I Left You and Radio.
• Rhianna’s appearance on #99 Too Good with Drake makes Barbados the 21st country to be represented on the Hottest 100 (thanks to @Patrickavenell).
• Birds Of Tokyo have made their 11th appearance in the Hottest 100 at #100 with Brace.

Hottest 100 of 2016 Countdown (Updated Live)

1. 1. Flume – Never Be Like You (Feat. Kai)
2. 2. Amy Shark – Adore
3. 3. Tash Sultana – Jungle
4. 4. Hilltop Hoods – 1955 (Feat. Montaigne & Tom Thum)
5. 5. Childish Gambino – Redbone
6. 6. DMA’s – Believe (Like A Version)
7. 7. Illy – Papercuts (Feat. Vera Blue)
8. 8. Flume – Say It (Feat. Tove Lo)
9. 9. Peking Duk – Stranger (Feat. Elliphant)
10. 10. The Weeknd – Starboy (Feat. Daft Punk)

1. 11. PNAU – Chameleon
2. 12. Milky Chance – Cocoon
3. 13. Mura Masa – Love$ick (Feat. A$AP Rocky)
4. 14. Violent Soho – Viceroy
5. 15. Miike Snow – Ghenghis Khan
6. 16. A.B. Original – January 26 (Feat. Dan Sultan)
7. 17. Big Scary – The Opposite Of Us
8. 18. Chance The Rapper – All Night (Feat. Knox Fortune)
9. 19. Catfish And The Bottlemen – 7
10. 20. The xx – On Hold

1. 21. The Smith Street Band – Death To The Lads
2. 22. Kanye West – Ultralight Beam
3. 23. Illy – Catch 22 (Feat. Anne-Marie)
4. 24. Cub Sport – Come On Mess Me Up
5. 25. Montaigne – Because I Love You
6. 26. SAFIA – Make Them Wheels Roll
7. 27. Gretta Ray – Drive
8. 28. The Avalanches – Frankie Sinatra
9. 29. Sticky Fingers – Our Town
10. 30. RÜFÜS – Innerbloom (What So Not Remix)

1. 31. Drake – One Dance (Feat. Kyla & Wizzkid)
2. 32. Tash Sultana – Notion
3. 33. Dune Rats – Bullshit
4. 34. Dune Rats – Scott Green
5. 35. Client Liaison – World Of Our Love
6. 36. Sticky Fingers – Sad Songs
7. 37. Flume – Smoke & Retribution (Feat. Vince Staples & Kučka)
8. 38. Glass Animals – Youth
9. 39. DMA’s – Step Up The Morphine
10. 40. Kid Cudi – Surfin’ (Feat. Pharrell Williams)

1. 41. The Weeknd – I Feel It Coming (Feat. Daft Punk)
2. 42. Broods – Heartlines
3. 43. MØ – Final Song
4. 44. D.D Dumbo – Satan
5. 45. A.B. Original & Paul Kelly – Dumb Things (Feat. Dan Sultan – Like A Version)
6. 46. Mac Miller – Dang! (Feat. Anderson .Paak)
7. 47. D.D Dumbo – Walrus
8. 48. Kingswood – Creepin
9. 49. Hilltop Hoods – Higher (Feat. James Chatburn)
10. 50. Gang Of Youths – Strange Diseases

1. 51. Sticky Fingers – Outcast At Last
2. 52. Halsey – Love Yourself (Like A Version)
3. 53. Violent Soho – Blanket
4. 54. Blink-182 – Bored To Death
5. 55. RÜFÜS – Say A Prayer For Me
6. 56. Paces – Keeping Score (Feat. Guy Sebastian – Like A Version)
7. 57. Catfish And The Bottlemen – Twice
8. 58. Ali Barter – Girlie Bits
9. 59. Frank Ocean – Solo
10. 60. Sofi Tukker – Drinkee

1. 61. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Gamma Knife
2. 62. DOPE LEMON – Marinade
3. 63. Glass Animals – Life Itself
4. 64. Maggie Rogers – Alaska
5. 65. The Amity Affliction – All Fucked Up
6. 66. Beyoncé – Hold Up
7. 67. The Amity Affliction – I Bring The Weather With Me
8. 68. L D R U – Next To You (Feat. Savoi)
9. 69. Violent Soho – So Sentimental
10. 70. Golden Features – Wolfie (Feat. Julia Stone)

1. 71. Broods – Free
2. 72. Kanye West – Famous
3. 73. Violent Soho – No Shade
4. 74. Camp Cope – Lost: Season One
5. 75. The Avalanches – Because I’m Me
6. 76. The Amity Affliction – This Could Be Heartbreak
7. 77. Catfish And The Bottlemen – Soundcheck
8. 78. Vera Blue – Settle
9. 79. Radiohead – Burn The Witch
10. 80. BANKS – Gemini Feed

1. 81. Desiigner – Panda
2. 82. Thundamentals – Think About It (Feat. Peta & The Wolves)
3. 83. Tkay Maidza – Simulation
4. 84. Frank Ocean – Pink + White
5. 85. SAFIA – My Love Is Gone
6. 86. Bliss N Eso – Dopamine (Feat. Thief)
7. 87. DOPE LEMON – Uptown Folks
8. 88. Childish Gambino – Me And Your Mama
9. 89. SAFIA – Over You
10. 90. Luca Brasi – Anything Near Conviction

1. 91. The Avalanches – Subways
2. 92. Violent Soho – How To Taste
3. 93. Empire Of The Sun – High And Low
4. 94. Vallis Alps – Fading
5. 95. Flume – Lose It (Feat. Vic Mensa)
6. 96. Elk Road – Hanging By A Thread (Feat. Natalie Foster)
7. 97. Alex Lahey – You Don’t Think You Like People Like Me
8. 98. Glass Animals – Season 2 Episode 3
9. 99. Drake – Too Good (Feat. Rihanna)
10. 100. Birds Of Tokyo – Brace

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