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.
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









February 8th, 2010 at 11:54 am
I would love to know which Temper Trap songs you guys distributed, please email me immediately.
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:59 am
Currently traveling between , reading this on my Mobile. Will read it in full when I get back, and I will also post a backlink on my website. Thanks.