# Triple J Hottest 100, 2021

The 2021 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 22 January 2022. It was the 29th annual countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as voted for by listeners of Australian radio station triple j.
Australian children's music group the Wiggles was voted into first place with their Like a Version cover of Tame Impala's "Elephant", making it the first Like a Version to place first in a Hottest 100. Olivia Rodrigo and Doja Cat achieved the most entries in the countdown, with both scoring five.
On 18 March 2022, triple j confirmed that a compilation album would no longer be released in conjunction with the annual countdown.

## Background

The triple j Hottest 100 allows members of the public to vote online for their top ten songs of the year, which are then used to calculate the year's 100 most popular songs. Any song initially released between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021 was eligible for the 2021 triple j Hottest 100.
Voting opened on 14 December 2021.

### Projections

Prior to the countdown, four favourites emerged. Various music blogs and bookmakers placed "Stay" by Australian rapper the Kid Laroi and Canadian musician Justin Bieber; "Good 4 U" by American singer Olivia Rodrigo; "The Angel of 8th Ave." by Australian rock band Gang of Youths; and Australian children's music group the Wiggles' Like a Version cover of "Elephant" by Tame Impala as the songs most likely to take first place.

## Full list

* Note: Australian artists
| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| 1 | Elephant (Like a Version) | The Wiggles | Australia |
| 2 | Stay | The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber | Australia/Canada |
| 3 | Lots of Nothing | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 4 | Good 4 U | Olivia Rodrigo | United States |
| 5 | Happier Than Ever | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 6 | The Angel of 8th Ave. | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 7 | Kiss Me More | Doja Cat featuring SZA | United States |
| 8 | Industry Baby | Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow | United States |
| 9 | On My Knees | Rüfüs Du Sol | Australia |
| 10 | Montero (Call Me by Your Name) | Lil Nas X | United States |
| 11 | H.Y.C.Y.BH | Tom Cardy | Australia |
| 12 | Lunchtime | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 13 | Drivers License | Olivia Rodrigo | United States |
| 14 | Apple Crumble | Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba | Australia/United Kingdom |
| 15 | Missing Piece | Vance Joy | Australia |
| 16 | Seventeen Going Under | Sam Fender | United Kingdom |
| 17 | Mixed Messages | Tom Cardy | Australia |
| 18 | Love Signs | The Jungle Giants | Australia |
| 19 | Alive | Rüfüs Du Sol | Australia |
| 20 | Touch Back Down | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 21 | Sunscreen | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 22 | Good Days | SZA | United States |
| 23 | I Don't Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance) | Glass Animals | United Kingdom |
| 24 | Edamame | bbno$ featuring Rich Brian | Canada/Indonesia |
| 25 | Next to Me | Rüfüs Du Sol | Australia |
| 26 | Solar Power | Lorde | New Zealand |
| 27 | Rose Pink Cadillac | Dope Lemon | Australia |
| 28 | Hertz | Amyl and the Sniffers | Australia |
| 29 | Thats What I Want | Lil Nas X | United States |
| 30 | Here Comes the Sun (Like a Version) | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 31 | Need to Know | Doja Cat | United States |
| 32 | If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming with You | The Wombats | United Kingdom |
| 33 | Deja Vu | Olivia Rodrigo | United States |
| 34 | Get Into It (Yuh) | Doja Cat | United States |
| 35 | Josh | Peach PRC | Australia |
| 36 | Transparent Soul | Willow featuring Travis Barker | United States |
| 37 | Woman | Doja Cat | United States |
| 38 | Masterpiece | The Rubens | Australia |
| 39 | Stacking Chairs | Middle Kids | Australia |
| 40 | Serotonin | Girl in Red | Norway |
| 41 | What's Not to Like | Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba | Australia/United Kingdom |
| 42 | Chemicals | Peking Duk | Australia |
| 43 | Die4U | Bring Me the Horizon | United Kingdom |
| 44 | Hurricane | Kanye West | United States |
| 45 | Chaise Longue | Wet Leg | United Kingdom |
| 46 | Get Me Out | King Stingray | Australia |
| 47 | Leave the Door Open | Silk Sonic | United States |
| 48 | Do It to It | Acraze featuring Cherish | United States |
| 49 | Up | Dune Rats | Australia |
| 50 | Jail | Kanye West | United States |
| 51 | Night Light | The Rions | Australia |
| 52 | Up | Cardi B | United States |
| 53 | Take My Breath | The Weeknd | Canada |
| 54 | Breathe / Comfortably Numb / Money (Like a Version) | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 55 | Valhalla | Skegss | Australia |
| 56 | Milkumana | King Stingray | Australia |
| 57 | The Man Himself | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 58 | Kitchen | Ruby Fields | Australia |
| 59 | Love Race | Machine Gun Kelly featuring Kellin Quinn | United States |
| 60 | Brutal | Olivia Rodrigo | United States |
| 61 | Pump the Brakes | Dom Dolla | Australia |
| 62 | Mood Ring | Lorde | New Zealand |
| 63 | Chemtrails over the Country Club | Lana Del Rey | United States |
| 64 | Queen | G Flip featuring Mxmtoon | Australia/United States |
| 65 | Down Under | Luude featuring Colin Hay | Australia |
| 66 | A Girl Like You (Like a Version) | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 67 | Traitor | Olivia Rodrigo | United States |
| 68 | Treat You Right | The Jungle Giants | Australia |
| 69 | Clarkson | Sly Withers | Australia |
| 70 | Like Love | The Amity Affliction | Australia |
| 71 | I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God | Halsey | United States |
| 72 | Temper | Vera Blue | Australia |
| 73 | Rumors | Lizzo featuring Cardi B | United States |
| 74 | Cloudy Day | Tones and I | Australia |
| 75 | Gold Chains | Genesis Owusu | Ghana/Australia |
| 76 | Our Paradise | The Terrys | Australia |
| 77 | WusYaName | Tyler, the Creator featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Ty Dolla Sign | United States |
| 78 | I Hate U | SZA | United States |
| 79 | Clash | Dave featuring Stormzy | United Kingdom |
| 80 | Your Power | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 81 | Stoned at the Nail Salon | Lorde | New Zealand |
| 82 | Praise God | Kanye West | United States |
| 83 | You Right | Doja Cat and the Weeknd | United States/Canada |
| 84 | Wine | Teenage Joans | Australia |
| 85 | Lie to Me Again | The Buoys | Australia |
| 86 | Just Feels Tight | Fisher | Australia |
| 87 | The Aftergone | Holy Holy featuring Clews | Australia |
| 88 | My Mind | Baker Boy featuring G Flip | Australia |
| 89 | Keep Moving | Jungle | United Kingdom |
| 90 | Waiting for Nothing | Hayden James featuring Yaeger | Australia/Sweden |
| 91 | Bones | Telenova | Australia |
| 92 | Blueprint | Slowly Slowly | Australia |
| 93 | Family Ties | Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar | United States |
| 94 | Sunday Suit | Tyne-James Organ | Australia |
| 95 | U&Me | alt-J | United Kingdom |
| 96 | House of Holy | Client Liaison | Australia |
| 97 | Moon | Kanye West | United States |
| 98 | Sweetness | Adam Newling | Australia |
| 99 | Little Things | Ziggy Ramo featuring Paul Kelly | Australia |
| 100 | How You Been | Holy Holy | Australia |

### #101-200 List

On 21 January, Triple J announced the songs that made the #101-200 positions.
| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| 101 | Time I Love To Waste | May-a | Australia |
| 102 | Henny & Reefer | Chillinit | Australia |
| 103 | Holiday | Confidence Man | Australia |
| 104 | Time After Time (Like a Version) | Triple One | Australia |
| 105 | Pride Is the Devil | J. Cole & Lil Baby | United States |
| 106 | Too Many Feelings | Ruel | Australia |
| 107 | Thot Shit | Megan Thee Stallion | United States |
| 108 | Easy Love | Pacific Avenue | Australia |
| 109 | River | Pnau & Ladyhawke | Australia/New Zealand |
| 110 | Week On Repeat | Beddy Rays | Australia |
| 111 | Rather Be With You | Hayden James featuring Crooked Colours | Australia |
| 112 | Tend the Garden | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 113 | Neon Cheap | Methyl Ethel | Australia |
| 114 | Off the Grid | Kanye West | United States |
| 115 | Love Tonight (David Guetta remix) | Shouse | Australia/France |
| 116 | We Are Midnight | DMA's | Australia |
| 117 | Ahhhh! | Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers | Australia |
| 118 | Wet Dream | Wet Leg | United Kingdom |
| 119 | Acting Like That | Yungblud featuring Machine Gun Kelly | United Kingdom/United States |
| 120 | Method to the Madness | The Wombats | United Kingdom |
| 121 | R U High | The Knocks featuring Mallrat | Australia |
| 122 | Life Goes On | Oliver Tree | United States |
| 123 | The Walls Are Way Too Thin | Holly Humberstone | United Kingdom |
| 124 | Stop For a Minute | Polish Club | Australia |
| 125 | Stranger Love | Pnau featuring Budjerah | Australia |
| 126 | Wake Up | Skegss | Australia |
| 127 | Deathwish | Stand Atlantic featuring Nothing,Nowhere | Australia/United States |
| 128 | Letting Go | Ziggy Alberts | Australia |
| 129 | Feels Good Now | The Vanns | Australia |
| 130 | Stolen Cars | Allday | Australia |
| 131 | Lumberjack | Tyler, the Creator | United States |
| 132 | Dead Butterflies | Architects | United Kingdom |
| 133 | One Right Now | Post Malone & The Weeknd | United States/Canada |
| 134 | Bush TV | Skegss | Australia |
| 135 | That Funny Feeling | Phoebe Bridgers | United States |
| 136 | Questions | Middle Kids | Australia |
| 137 | You Stupid Bitch | Girl in Red | Norway |
| 138 | Doesn't Matter | Benee | New Zealand |
| 139 | My Life | J. Cole, 21 Savage & Morray | United States |
| 140 | Good Ones | Charli XCX | United Kingdom |
| 141 | He Said She Said | Chvrches | United Kingdom |
| 142 | Knife Talk | Drake featuring 21 Savage & Project Pat | Canada/United States |
| 143 | Wait a While | Beddy Rays | Australia |
| 144 | Fair Trade | Drake featuring Travis Scott | Canada/United States |
| 145 | Heavy | Flight Facilities featuring Your Smith | Australia/United States |
| 146 | Sweet / I Thought You Wanted to Dance | Tyler, the Creator featuring Brent Faiyaz & Fana Hues | United States |
| 147 | Cherish | Gretta Ray | Australia |
| 148 | Lost Cause | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 149 | Scream | G Flip featuring Upsahl | Australia/United States |
| 150 | Colorado | Milky Chance | Germany |
| 151 | Believe What I Say | Kanye West | United States |
| 152 | NDA | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 153 | Security | Amyl and the Sniffers | Australia |
| 154 | Sexy Villain | Remi Wolf | United States |
| 155 | Move | Flight Facilities featuring Drama | Australia/United States |
| 156 | Amoeba | Clairo | United States |
| 157 | Papercuts | Machine Gun Kelly | United States |
| 158 | Moth to a Flame | Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd | Sweden/Canada |
| 159 | Love Song | Angus & Julia Stone | Australia |
| 160 | Ride | Baker Boy featuring Yirrmal | Australia |
| 161 | Worst Day of My Life | Amy Shark | Australia |
| 162 | I Know You Do Ketamine | Candy Moore & Abbie Chatfield | Australia |
| 163 | Get You Down | Sam Fender | United Kingdom |
| 164 | Girls Want Girls | Drake featuring Lil Baby | Canada/United States |
| 165 | Breakfast | Sly Withers | Australia |
| 166 | Way 2 Sexy | Drake featuring Future & Young Thug | Canada/United States |
| 167 | Red Light | The Vanns | Australia |
| 168 | Marea (We've Lost Dancing) | Fred Again & The Blessed Madonna | United Kingdom/United States |
| 169 | Scarlett | Holly Humberstone | United Kingdom |
| 170 | It Ain't Over 'til It's Over (Like a Version) | Ruel | Australia |
| 171 | Muddy Evil Pain | The Rubens | Australia |
| 172 | Lights Up | Flight Facilities featuring Channel Tres | Australia/United States |
| 173 | Quiet On Set | Remi Wolf | United States |
| 174 | Happier | Olivia Rodrigo | United States |
| 175 | Futureproof | Nothing but Thieves | United Kingdom |
| 176 | I Don't Wanna Leave | Rüfüs Du Sol | Australia |
| 177 | King Brown | Barkaa | Australia |
| 178 | Most Hated Girl | Waax | Australia |
| 179 | The Divine Chord | The Avalanches featuring MGMT & Johnny Marr | Australia/United States/United Kingdom |
| 180 | Cure for Me | Aurora | Norway |
| 181 | Somethinggreater | Parcels | Australia |
| 182 | Foolproof | Hayden James, Gorgon City & Nat Dunn | Australia/United Kingdom |
| 183 | Symptomatic | Peach PRC | Australia |
| 184 | Waiting Game | G Flip featuring Renforshort | Australia/Canada |
| 185 | Stranded | Sumner | Australia |
| 186 | Addicted | Jorja Smith | United Kingdom |
| 187 | Typhoons | Royal Blood | United Kingdom |
| 188 | Changes (Like a Version) | JK-47 | Australia |
| 189 | Don't You (Forget About Me) (Like a Version) | Boy & Bear | Australia |
| 190 | Better in Blak (Like a Version) | Beddy Rays | Australia |
| 191 | Clockwork | Northlane | Australia |
| 192 | Get High | Chet Faker | Australia |
| 193 | Say It | Choomba featuring LP Giobbi & Blush'ko | Australia/United States |
| 194 | Charmander | Aminé | United States |
| 195 | Addict | Hope D | Australia |
| 196 | Juno | Running Touch | Australia |
| 197 | My Ways | Sycco | Australia |
| 198 | Backseat | Fergus James | Australia |
| 199 | Unison | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 200 | Good Girls | Chvrches | United Kingdom |

## Countries represented

| Country | # |
| Australia | 55 |
| United States | 32 |
| United Kingdom | 10 |
| Canada | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Ghana | 1 |
| Norway | 1 |
| Indonesia | 1 |

## Artists with multiple entries

| # | Artist | Tracks |
| 5 | Olivia Rodrigo | 4, 13, 33, 60, 67 |
| 5 | Doja Cat | 7, 31, 34, 37, 83 |
| 4 | Kanye West | 44, 50, 82, 97 |
| 3 | Spacey Jane | 3, 12, 30 |
| 3 | SZA | 7, 22, 78 |
| 3 | Lil Nas X | 8, 10, 29 |
| 3 | Rüfüs Du Sol | 9, 19, 25 |
| 3 | Lorde | 26, 62, 81 |
| 2 | Billie Eilish | 5, 80 |
| 2 | Gang of Youths | 6, 57 |
| 2 | Tom Cardy | 11, 17 |
| 2 | Lime Cordiale | 14, 41 |
| 2 | Idris Elba | 14, 41 |
| 2 | The Jungle Giants | 18, 68 |
| 2 | Ocean Alley | 20, 54 |
| 2 | King Stingray | 46, 56 |
| 2 | Cardi B | 52, 73 |
| 2 | The Weeknd | 53, 83 |
| 2 | G Flip | 64, 88 |
| 2 | Holy Holy | 87, 100 |

## Minor statistics

* The Wiggles' cover of "Elephant" became the first Like a Version, and the first cover version of any kind, to reach number 1.
** It also marked the first debut appearance at number 1 since Denis Leary's "Asshole" in 1993, as The Wiggles had not appeared in any previous countdowns.
** Original Wiggle Jeff Fatt became the oldest person (at the age of 68 during the countdown), and the first of Asian descent, to appear on a number-one track.
** The Wiggles are also the first winning artist since The Rubens in 2015 to only feature once in the countdown.
* By reaching number 2 with "Stay", The Kid Laroi became the highest ranking artist of Indigenous Australian descent in Hottest 100 history, overtaking Thelma Plum's number 9 placing from 2019.
** The track also marked the first ever appearance of pop star Justin Bieber in the Hottest 100, following triple j's threat to disqualify him from being eligible in 2015.
* Peking Duk made their eighth consecutive appearance, with at least one track featured in every annual countdown since 2014.
* Billie Eilish became the first artist to feature in the top 10 of an annual countdown for four years in a row (2018-2021). The previous record was three consecutive years, held by Powderfinger (1998–2000), The White Stripes (2003–2005), and Chet Faker (2013–2015).
* 32 tracks by artists from the United States featured, the highest since 2006.
* The only artist to appear in both the 2022 countdown and the original 1993 list is Paul Kelly.
* A record six previous winners of the Hottest 100 appeared in this years countdown – Vance Joy (2013), The Rubens (2015), Kendrick Lamar (2017), Ocean Alley (2018), Billie Eilish (2019) & Glass Animals (2020). Beating the record of five set in the 2017 countdown.

## Top 10 albums of 2021

The annual triple j album poll was held across November and December and was announced on 12 December 2021.
* Note: Australian artists
| # | Artist | Album | Country of origin | Tracks in the Hottest 100 |
| 1 | Rüfüs Du Sol | Surrender | Australia | 9, 19, 25 |
| 2 | Genesis Owusu | Smiling with No Teeth | Australia | 75, (73 in 2020) |
| 3 | Holy Holy | Hello My Beautiful World | Australia | 87, 100 |
| 4 | The Jungle Giants | Love Signs | Australia | 18, 68, (8 in 2019, 8, 89 in 2020) |
| 5 | Sly Withers | Gardens | Australia | 69 |
| 6 | Middle Kids | Today We're the Greatest | Australia | 39 |
| 7 | Olivia Rodrigo | Sour | United States | 4, 13, 33, 60, 67 |
| 8 | Lorde | Solar Power | New Zealand | 26, 62, 81 |
| 9 | Billie Eilish | Happier Than Ever | United States | 5, 80, (10, 79 in 2020) |
| 10 | Ruby Fields | Been Doin' It for a Bit | Australia | 58, (61 in 2020) |