Triple J’s Hottest 100 of 2009 poll + Musicadium

Yesterday, Hundreds of Thousands of Australians tuned into Triple J to count down the Hottest 100 tracks of 2009.triplej_logo2

news.com.au dissected the countdown and come up with the following interesting facts:

  • 50 of the Hottest 100 artists were from indie labels, 44 from major record labels and 6 were unsigned.
  • Only 27 of the Hottest 100 songs featured in the 2009 ARIA Top 100 singles chart
  • 36 of the songs were from Australian artists, 29 from the UK, 23 from the United States.
  • Mumford & Sons Hottest 100 #1 song, Little Lion Man, featured at just #87 on the 2009 ARIA Top 100 singles chart
  • Not one of the Top 40 songs on the 2009 ARIA Top 100 singles chart featured on Triple J’s list.
  • The first to make the cut was Hilltop Hoods Chase That Feeling, at #3 on the Hottest 100, #42 on the 2009 ARIA Top 100 singles chart
  • Florence and the Machine and Muse charted the most number of times in Triple J’s Hottest 100, with 4 each, Temper Trap and Flight of The Conchords notched up 3
  • Lisa Mitchell was the first Idol artist to ever feature in the Hottest 100 annual poll, charting at #7 with Coin Laundry

Some fun Musicadium-related Facts about the Hottest 100

  • One of the 6 unsigned acts, Musicadium Artist Seth Sentry was one of them!
  • 12 of the tracks in the 100 were by Artists who Musicadium has distributed (though not necessarily the tracks featured in the hottest 100) - Lisa Mitchell, The Temper Trap, Seth Sentry, Sarah Blasko, The Hilltop Hoods, Philadelphia Grand Jury, The Middle East and Washington.
  • Flying in the face of the Hottest 100 of all Time poll, half of those 12 tracks were by female artists or contained female artists on vocals.
  • Seth Sentry was one of a number of artists in the 100 who were Unearthed artists
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3 Responses to “Triple J’s Hottest 100 of 2009 poll + Musicadium”

  1. Mat Rogers Says:

    I would love to know which Temper Trap songs you guys distributed, please email me immediately.

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