In the lead up to the day of days for “the world’s largest music democracy,” Triple J have released clues as to which acts would likely populate this year’s hottest 1 hunj:
. 42 songs are from artists appearing in the Hottest 100 for the first time
. The month in which the most Hottest 100 songs were released, above any other month, was May.
. Australian artists made up 44% of the poll.
‘This year a massive 1,492,619 votes were cast by 173,658 music fans in 169 countries around the world, from Argentina to Estonia to our own back yard. Add to that the 4200 Hottest 100 parties already registered to be held on Australia Day and you have the world’s biggest musical democracy.’
As with anything that encourages speculation and has an outcome that can be bet on, there are always those who seek to learn the results in advance out of curiosity/the desire not to lose too many $$$. And so, in the spirit of that, and by using our powers of deduction and ability to riddle you this, we have surmised that Daft Punk, Disclosure, Jinja Safari and The National have a pretty good chance of dominating this year. Sure, ‘no doy’, says you but if you’re interested in the rigorous science behind the prediction: all four acts released albums in the month of May and have a high number of singles in the voting list. Yep.
Other albums released in May and whose songs will probably turn up on the day:
Settle – Disclosure
Obsidian – Baths
Mount Kimbie – Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
Monomania – Deerhunter
Rounds – Four Tet
Modern Vampires Of The City – Vampire Weekend
Trouble Will Find Me – The National
Once I Was An Eagle – Laura Marling
Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Jinja Safari – Jinja Safari
…Like Clockwork – Queens Of The Stone Age
Silence Yourself – Savages
Heart of Nowhere – Noah and The Whale
MCII – Mikal Cronin
Nocturnes – Little Boots
Empty Estate – Wild Nothing
Kids in LA – Kisses
Secondhand Rapture – MS MR
Hanging Gardens – Classix
Still Awake – Ryan Hemsworth
Cave Rave – Crystal Fighters
Monkey Been to Burntown – Animal Collective
She Beats – Beaches
To put an end to all of this fruitless speculation and put your butt rightfully back on the centre of your seat, you’re going to have to tune in to Triple J on Sunday 26th January Midday AEDT:
12pm – NSW, ACT, VIC + TAS
11:30am – SA
11am – QLD
10.30am – NT
9:00am – WA
On Monday the 27th of January at 10am they’ll be counting down the Hottest #200-101 songs of 2013, which just missed out on the Hottest 100.
