Editing Triple J Hottest 100 (section)

==History==
===1988–1991: The Hot 100===
The idea for the poll came from [[Triple J]] producer Lawrie Zion in late 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/30years/audio/hot100_1989.mp3|title=How Hottest 100 started (mp3)|website=Abc.net.au|access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> During this time, he conceived the idea of running a listener poll to determine their 100 favourite songs of all time.<ref name="ABCJ">{{cite web |title=Hottest 100 Archive |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/default.htm |access-date=18 March 2016 |publisher=ABC}}</ref> The idea was taken from [[Brisbane]] community radio station [[4ZZZ]], which developed the original Hot 100 in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/4zzz-celebrates-40th-birthday-20151208-glia70.html|title = 4ZZZ celebrates 40th birthday|date = 8 December 2015}}</ref>

For the Hot 100, before Triple J had become a national broadcaster, Sydney listeners were required to write their 10 favourite tracks on the back of an envelope.<ref name="ABCJ"/> Some entries were sent into the station written on a variety of items, including paintings, sculptures, and hand-rolled cannabis cigarettes.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} The results of the first poll were counted down on Sunday 5 March 1989, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The station repeated the event the following year when it started broadcasting to other capital cities besides Sydney. In 1991, Triple J was forced to change the poll's name to Hottest 100 to avoid legal action with 4ZZZ.

During the poll's first few years — from 1989 to 1991 — the winner in the first two years was "[[Love Will Tear Us Apart]]" by [[Joy Division]],<ref name="ABCJ"/> while [[Triple J Hottest 100, 1991|1991]]'s favourite song was "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" by [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]],<ref name="ABCJ"/> which had been released that year.

===1992–1995: The Hottest 100===
[[File:Denis Leary 2008.jpg|thumb|right|American comedian [[Denis Leary]] topped the first annual Hottest 100 in [[Triple J Hottest 100, 1993|1993]]|257x257px]]
Realising that the poll's results were unlikely to significantly change from year to year, Triple J rested the Hottest 100 in 1992 and relaunched it as an annual poll the following year. The newly launched poll required listeners to vote for their favourite songs of that year. [[Denis Leary]]'s comedy anthem "[[Asshole (song)|Asshole]]" was voted number one in [[Triple J Hottest 100, 1993|1993]].<ref name="ABCJ"/>

The inaugural Hottest 100 compilation CD, ''Triple J Hottest 100 (The Hottest Of The Hottest)'', was released by [[ABC Music]] in 1994.

=== 1996–2016: Rise in Australian music ===
In [[Triple J Hottest 100, 1996|1996]], [[Spiderbait]] became the first Australian act to reach number one. Since [[Triple J Hottest 100, 1999|1999]], Australian acts have made up the majority of the polls.<ref name="abc.net.au">{{cite web |title=History {{!}} Hottest 100 Archive |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/history/ |website=www.abc.net.au |access-date=23 July 2018 |language=en-AU |date=11 November 2017}}</ref>

The first Hottest 100 DVD, ''Triple J Hottest 100: The Hottest Videos For 2002'', was released in [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2002|2002]]. [[Queens of the Stone Age]]'s "[[No One Knows]]" was voted into the top position in that year, while [[Grinspoon]], [[Motor Ace]], [[Darren Hanlon]], [[Machine Translations]] and [[Ms Dynamite]] were other Hottest 100 artists featured on the release.<ref>{{cite web|title=Various – Triple J Hottest 100 - The Hottest Videos For 2002|url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-Triple-J-Hottest-100-The-Hottest-Videos-For-2002/release/3235437|website=Various on Discogs|publisher=Discogs|access-date=21 January 2015|date=2015}}</ref>

In [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2003|2003]], [[Powderfinger]] became the first act to be featured three times in the top-10 poll, with "[[(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind]]", "[[Sunsets (song)|Sunsets]]" and "[[Love Your Way]]" placing in the fourth, seventh and tenth places, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=hottest 100 2003|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/2003.htm|website=Triple J Hottest 100|publisher=ABC|access-date=26 January 2015|date=2015}}</ref>

After its beginnings as a write-in poll, the Hottest 100 progressed to phone-in voting, which then progressed to [[SMS]] and online voting. In 2003, only web votes through the Triple J website were accepted, with registration required and a limit of 10 votes applied. In [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2004|2004]], the guidelines were expanded so that voters were entitled to 10 internet votes and 10 SMS votes.

In 2014, [[Chet Faker]] repeated Powderfinger's achievement from 2003 by placing three times in the top 10 positions. Faker reached the number one spot with "[[Talk Is Cheap (Chet Faker song)|Talk Is Cheap]]" and the seventh and eighth positions respectively, with "[[Gold (Chet Faker song)|Gold]]" and "[[1998 (Chet Faker song)|1998]]". All three songs came from Faker's 2014 album ''[[Built on Glass]]''. Chet Faker placed a total of four times in the entire poll, with a ''[[Like a Version]]'' cover of [[Sonia Dada]]'s "[[You Don't Treat Me No Good]]" in the 22nd position. The [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2014|2014 Hottest 100]] poll received a record of 2,099,707 million votes, cast by 258,762 voters from 188 countries.<ref name="Chet">{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/chet-fakers-talk-is-cheap-wins-triple-j-hottest-100-20150126-12ykg4.html|title=Chet Faker's Talk Is Cheap wins Triple J Hottest 100|date=26 January 2015|access-date=26 January 2015|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref>

====2015: Taylor Swift controversy====
[[File:Taylor Swift at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards 4.png|thumb|252x252px|[[Taylor Swift]]'s hit 2015 single "[[Shake It Off]]" was notably banned from that year's [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2015|Hottest 100]].]]
Following a 13 January 2015 article on [[BuzzFeed]], the "#Tay4Hottest100" [[hashtag]] campaign began during the voting period for the Hottest 100 poll for 2014 to promote [[Taylor Swift]]'s hit single "[[Shake It Off]]". According to those critical of the campaign, the Hottest 100 is reserved for non-mainstream artists who were "discovered or fostered by Triple J" and provides valuable exposure for artists in the outer circles of the music industry.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Peter Vincent|title=Triple J Hottest 100: Has Taylor Swift been dumped from contention due to KFC ad?|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/triple-j-hottest-100-has-taylor-swift-been-dumped-from-contention-due-to-kfc-ad-20150120-12u1gi.html|access-date=23 January 2015|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=20 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Sarah Smith|title=Flight Facilities weigh in on Taylor Swift Hottest 100 furore|url=http://www.inthemix.com.au/news/59825/Flight_Facilities_weigh_in_on_Taylor_Swift_Hottest_100_furore|website=inthemix|publisher=inthemix Pty Ltd|access-date=23 January 2015|date=20 January 2015}}</ref>

The campaign led to discussion<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/search?search=taylor%20swift%20hottest%20100&any=on|title=NEWS {{!}} radioinfo|website=www.radioinfo.com.au|access-date=2017-12-23}}</ref> about the broader cultural implications of the controversy generated by Swift. The ''[[Guardian Australia|Guardian]]''{{'}}s Elle Hunt wrote: "... the virulent response to #Tay4Hottest100 has revealed the persistence of a dichotomy I'd thought we'd thrown out long ago: that of high art versus low."<ref>{{cite news|author1=Elle Hunt|title=#Tay4Hottest100: Taylor Swift campaign shows it's time for Triple J to shake off cultural elitism|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/19/tay4hottest100-taylor-swift-campaign-shows-its-time-for-triple-j-to-shake-off-cultural-elitism|access-date=21 January 2015|work=The Guardian|date=19 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Mark Di Stefano|title=Why Isn't Everyone Voting For "Shake It Off" In The Hottest 100?|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/tay-4-hottest100#.gmLzd8y1p|website=BuzzFeed|publisher=BuzzFeed, Inc|access-date=21 January 2015|date=13 January 2015}}</ref> Writing for ''[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]]'' on 23 January 2015, [[Charles Darwin University]] academic Gemma Blackwood concluded:

<blockquote>
The cultural and economic meanings attached to the celebrity-sign of "Taylor Swift" seems antithetical to Triple J's self-representation as a place for exciting new music, with a supposed focus on emerging Australian talent. This perhaps explains why Swift is excluded from the playlist when other "mainstream" American artists and chart toppers ... are still played on the station heavily: the alignment and transfer of values of what is considered "cool" and "hip" between the station and its chosen artists ... It raises the question: what responsibility does a national youth broadcaster have in the shaping and the adapting of young musical interests?<ref name="Gem">{{cite news|author1=Gemma Blackwood|title=Taylor Swift, Triple J and what the youth market really wants to hear|url=http://theconversation.com/taylor-swift-triple-j-and-what-the-youth-market-really-wants-to-hear-36643|access-date=1 February 2015|work=The Conversation|date=23 January 2015}}</ref></blockquote>

Station manager Chris Scaddan told the media that the Swift campaign was within the rules of the poll, later instructing Triple J employees not to comment to "media, friends, family" about the campaign, as "it will all become clear when we get to the countdown next Monday." The station said: "we don't comment on voting campaigns whilst Hottest 100 voting is open. It draws attention to them and may influence the results of the poll."<ref>{{cite web|author1=Joe Harris|title=The Guardian Says Triple J Are "Sexist" For Ignoring Taylor Swift, & That's Just Dumb|url=http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/432757/guardian-triple-j-sexist-taylor-swift.htm|website=Tone Deaf|access-date=21 January 2015|date=20 January 2015}}</ref> Marketing website Mumbrella suggested on 20 January that a Facebook post by [[KFC]] incorporating the "#Tay4Hottest100" hashtag was against the Hottest 100 rules and could see Swift disqualified.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Christensen|first1=Nic|title=KFC Facebook post may have disqualified Taylor Swift campaign from Triple J Hottest 100 list|url=http://mumbrella.com.au/abc-coy-taylor-swifts-hottest-100-eligibility-kfc-tries-jump-tay4hottest100-bandwagon-271943|website=Mumbrella|access-date=22 January 2015|date=20 January 2015}}</ref> The ''Guardian'' submitted a freedom of information request to the ABC in regard to the station's response to the campaign.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Elle Hunt|title=Taylor Swift fans have spoken – but will Triple J's Hottest 100 listen?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/20/taylor-swift-fans-have-spoken-but-will-triple-js-hottest-100-listen|access-date=21 January 2015|work=The Guardian|date=20 January 2015}}</ref>

After journalist Peter Vincent reported that the Swift campaign had "swallowed" the Hottest 100 for 2014, citing research from the [[University of Queensland]] that showed that over 7,341 Hottest 100 posts in a 30-day period leading up to the poll results related to Swift, "Shake It Off" was eventually disqualified by the radio station in an announcement on 26 January 2015. The official announcement read: "it became pretty clear, pretty quick that a lot of people just wanted to prod some 'hipsters' for the [[LOL|lulz]]", acknowledging that the station "had a heap of fun" with the campaign, while also acknowledging Swift is "smart", "cool" and "successful". The song would have placed in 12th position if it had been allowed to compete.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-01-26 |title=Triple J bans Taylor Swift from Hottest 100 |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-26/taylor-swift-banned-from-2015-hottest-100/6046156 |access-date=2023-03-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Peter Vincent |date=23 January 2015 |title=Taylor Swift campaign has swallowed Triple J Hottest 100 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/taylor-swift-campaign-has-swallowed-triple-j-hottest-100-20150123-12wfs1.html |access-date=26 January 2015}}</ref>

On the inside cover of the ''Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 22'' CD, bold capital initials spell out "TAYLOR SWIFT BAN".<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Triple J's Hottest 100 Volume 22 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/2929786-Various-Triple-Js-Hottest-100-Volume-22 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-15}}</ref>

=== 2017–present: Announcement of date change ===
{{See also|Triple J Hottest 100, 2017#Announcement date}}[[File:Invasion Day Protest Swanston St Melbourne 2019.jpg|thumb|231x231px|The Hottest 100 was moved from [[Australia Day]] from 2017, in response to [[Australia Day debate|growing controversy]] surrounding its marking of [[History of Australia (1788–1850)|colonisation]].]]
In mid-2016, support grew for a campaign calling on Triple J to change the date of the Hottest 100 due to [[Australia Day debate|ongoing debate]] about the meaning of the date of [[Australia Day]] to [[Indigenous Australians]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 December 2018 |title=Triple J's Hottest 100 to be held on the Sunday after Australia Day again |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-07/triple-j-hottest-100-to-day-after-australia-day/10591168 |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rychter |first=Tacey |date=27 October 2016 |title=Triple J Hottest 100 May Move From Australia Day |url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/national/entertainment/article/triple-j-hottest-100-may-move-australia-day |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=[[Broadsheet (website)|Broadsheet]]}}</ref> Calls were led by Indigenous activists, with [[Australian hip-hop]] duo [[A.B. Original]] and their protest single "[[January 26 (song)|January 26]]" playing a particularly instrumental role in drawing support to the cause. Triple J responded to the campaign in September 2016, announcing a review over whether the date of the Hottest 100 should be changed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harmon |first=Steph |date=13 September 2016 |title=Triple J to hold 2017 Hottest 100 on Australia Day, but 'future years under review' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/13/triple-j-hottest-100-australia-day-future-years-under-review |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=[[Guardian Australia]]}}</ref>

The review of the date continued into 2017, including consultation with [[Reconciliation Australia]], the [[National Congress of Australia's First Peoples]], and the [[National Australia Day Council]], while [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2016|the 2016 Hottest 100]] was held on Australia Day without change. In August 2017, Triple J launched a survey asking for public opinion on whether the date should be changed.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 August 2017 |title=Triple J opens online poll asking if Hottest 100 should be moved off Australia Day |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/02/triple-j-opens-online-poll-asking-if-hottest-100-should-be-moved-off-australia-day |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=Guardian Australia}}</ref> 60% of participants voted in support of moving the date; 39% responded to not change it.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Sargeant |first=Chloe |date=27 November 2017 |title=Triple J is changing the date of its Hottest 100 |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/triple-j-is-changing-the-date-of-its-hottest-100/datfo75hk |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=[[SBS World News]]}}</ref>

In 2017, Triple J announced that they would no longer hold the Hottest 100 on 26 January. Instead, the Hottest 100 would be held on the fourth weekend of January each year, beginning with the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2017|2017 countdown]] on 27 January 2018.<ref name=":1" />

Some organisations offered alternatives to Triple J's Hottest 100 in response to the date change. These include nationwide rock radio station [[Triple M]] broadcasting an ''Ozzest 100'' countdown of only [[Music of Australia|Australian songs]] on 26 January,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/radio/triple-ms-wil-anderson-hits-out-at-ozzest-100/news-story/1b9dd959a758d385e3e86f72607c422d |title=Triple M's Wil Anderson hits out at 'Ozzest 100' |work=news.com.au |last=Graham |first=Ben |date=22 December 2017 |access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref> and Senator [[Cory Bernardi]]'s [[Australian Conservatives]] publishing an ''AC100'' playlist of Australian music on [[Spotify]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/01/18/13/10/cory-bernardi-hottest-100-australia-day-darren-hayes |title=Cory Bernardi creates his own 'alt Hottest 100' playlist for Australia Day |work=Nine News |date=18 January 2018 |access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref>