Turns Out This Year Is The Most Popular Of The Decade For The Hottest 100

12 March 2020 | 10:19 am | Staff Writer

You're gonna hear a lot of songs from this year...

Now just a little over 48 hours before the Hottest 100 Of The Decade kicks off, triple j has revealed what the most popular year for the countdown has been.

2012 - the year saw Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' Thrift Shop take out the #1 spot -  has proved to be the most popular with 1.8 plus million voters, which means songs from that year will appear on this Saturday's countdown.


If you needed a reminder, here's what the top ten of the Hottest 2012 looked like...

  1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz - Thrift Shop
  2. Of Monsters & Men - Little Talks
  3. alt-J - Breezeblocks
  4. Flume - Holdin On
  5. Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
  6. Major Lazer featuring Amber Coffman - Get Free
  7. Tame Impala - Elephant
  8. Frank Ocean - Lost
  9. Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
  10. The Rubens - My Gun


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Triple J has also confirmed today that 49 songs in this weekend's countdown come from Australian acts, while a massive 79.1% of voters came from people aged 30 and under.

The Music took a deep dive into the stats from the past decade and found that - statistically - Flume should dominate Saturday's countdown. Click here to find out why.

The Hottest 100 Of The Decade kicks off from midday this Saturday; click here for more details.