Editing Triple J Hottest 100 (section)

=== 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:

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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>