Triple J Hottest 100, 2011
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The 2011 Triple J Hottest 100 will be announced on Australia Day 26 January, 2012. It is the nineteenth countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.
Voting commenced on 14 December 2011, and closed on 16 January, 2012.[1] Gotye and Kimbra's Somebody That I Used to Know is the favourite to be voted as the most popular song.[2]
A separate poll for the most popular album of the year was held in late November and early December 2011, with Making Mirrors by Gotye being voted the most popular album of the year.
Full List
| Note: Australian artists |
Artists with multiple entries
Four
- Foster the People (2, 14, 15, 40)
- The Wombats (18, 24, 26, 94)
Three
- Gotye (1, 34, 87)
- Grouplove (16, 43, 95)
- Kimbra (25, 52, 93)
- Bon Iver (53, 66, 69)
- Skrillex (21, 39, 73)
Two
- Seeker Lover Keeper (17, 86)
- Example (27, 75)
- Owl Eyes (28, 64)
- Drapht (29, 74)
- Ball Park Music (31, 38)
- Jay-Z & Kanye West (33, 97)
- Florence and the Machine (36 ,42)
- 360 (37, 84)
- The Strokes (41, 96)
- Sparkadia (47, 56)
- Boy & Bear (49, 50)
- Foo Fighters (63, 97)
- Little Dragon (79, 82)
Countries represented
Australia - 36
United Kingdom - 23
United States - 22
New Zealand - 3
Sweden - 3
Canada - 1
Italy - 1
Norway - 1
Notes
- The original version by Arcade Fire of the #100 song, The Suburbs, was the #58 song in last years Hottest 100
- Washington places #59 for the second year in a row
Top 20 Albums of 2011
| Note: Australian artists |
This edition was hosted by Triple J presenter Caroline Tran, instead of regular presenter Richard Kingsmill. It was broadcast on the 11th of December, the final show of "2011" for 2011. It was announced that Making Mirrors won by a unprecedented margin.
Voting was held from the 25 November right until the day before the countdown (the 10th December).
Italics indicates winner of the 2011 J Award.
Notes
- For the second year in a row the ARIA album of the year comes 3rd in the Triple J Album Poll.
- Gotye is the first J Award winner since Wolfmother in 2005 to win the Triple J Album Poll. He is also the first artist to win the Triple J Album Poll twice.
References
- ^ "Triple J Voting". ABC. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Adams, Cameron (26 January 2012). "Gotye primed for global success". Herald Sun. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ Kingsmill, Richard (11 December 2011). "2011 - The Albums of the Year!". Triple J. Archived from the original on 12 December 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.