Go backstage with The Music and receive FREE:

  • Exclusive members-only editorial, charts
  • Our subscriber-only newsletter
  • Members only competitions to win tickets, experiences and more
  • Access to our street press archives
  • First access to our exclusive limited edition vinyl variants

Thank you for being a part of our community! Enter your email address as verification and you'll be taken backstage right away.

Please ensure that you provide a valid email address.

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

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.

READ MORE: Here's The Hottest 200 Of The Decade... So Far


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


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.

Join 'Backstage Pass', our FREE members program for music fans

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