Chappell Roan has nicely and really made her presence felt in Australia, together with her sleeper hit “Good Luck, Babe!” effortlessly topping triple j’s Hottest 100 ballot for 2024.
When Roan was introduced because the successful tune on the night of Saturday, Jan. 25, the 26-year-old turned solely the third solo feminine artist to prime the countdown (after Billie Eilish in 2019 and Doja Cat in 2023), and achieved the feat with most votes ever forged for a tune within the No. 1 spot.
The result’s hardly shocking, after all. It’s grow to be a large hit for Roan on a worldwide scale, incomes her six nominations at this yr’s Grammy Awards, together with Greatest Pop Solo Efficiency, File of the 12 months, and Music of the 12 months for the monitor, alongside the coveted Greatest New Artist trophy. In the meantime, it peaked atop Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart, and reached No. 4 on the Sizzling 100. In Australia, it matched that feat, and presently sits at No. 12 – one inserting increased than its look on ARIA’s 2024 Finish of 12 months chart.
Roan’s spectacular end result was adopted by Australia’s personal Royel Otis, who achieved the silver medal place due to their cowl of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Homicide on the Dancefloor”, carried out as a part of triple j’s personal Like a Model cowl sequence. The efficiency has really helped put the Sydney duo on the map, with the monitor reaching No. 35 in Australia, and topping Billboard’s Different Airplay chart – the primary Like a Model cowl to take action.
Billie Eilish completed in third place with “Birds of a Feather”, taking out a brand new file within the course of. Eilish, together with fellow pop icon Charli XCX, each managed a record-breaking eight appearances within the countdown, together with their very own collaboration as a part of Charli XCX’s “Guess” remix at No. 6. This spectacular achievement comes just one yr after Australia’s G Flip broke the earlier file, with their seven songs overtaking an 18-year file set by Wolfmother in 2005 and matched by Spacey Jane in 2022.
Eilish’s sturdy exhibiting additionally sees her grow to be the artist with probably the most historic appearances within the annual ballot, with 25 songs since her debut in 2017. She steals the crown from Adelaide hip-hop favorites Hilltop Hoods, whose 24 all-time entries have been achieved between 2003 and 2023.
The highest 5 was rounded out by Lola Younger’s “Messy” at No. 4, and Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True” at No. 5. In the meantime, Billie Eilish and Charli XCX’s “Guess” at No. 6, whereas Dom Dolla’s “Women”, Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us”, G Flip’s Like a Model cowl of Taylor Swift’s “Merciless Summer season”, and Fred once more.. and Child Keem’s “leavemealone” capped off this yr’s prime ten.
Regardless of her ubiquitous look inside the world of common music, the perennial Swift additionally made her personal debut look within the countdown this yr, exhibiting up as a featured artist on Abrams’ “Us.” at No. 71. Famously, Swift had been barred from the countdown in 2014 after a BuzzFeed-led marketing campaign to get “Shake it Off” within the ballot was supported by KFC, with triple j saying it was “not legit for different media to attempt to troll the ballot”. The station later stated “Shake it Off” would have reached No. 12 had it not been dropped, finally resulting in unconfirmed rumors Swift had been banned from ever showing within the countdown.
The 2024 version of triple j’s Hottest 100 additionally left a bitter style within the mouth of Australian music-lovers, with the complete countdown that includes the bottom variety of homegrown artists in nearly three many years. With solely 29 Australian artists showing throughout the complete checklist of songs, it’s the worst exhibiting for Aussies for the reason that 1996 checklist. Solely the debut ballot in 1993 and its 1994 follow-up are worse, with 24 and 26 Australian artists, respectively.
This yr’s countdown was the results of nearly 2.5 million votes forged by the listeners of the station, making it a rise on final yr’s 2.335 million exhibiting, however far lower than 2019’s file of three.21 million responses.
All instructed, 26 artists made their triple j Hottest 100 debuts over the weekend, together with Abrams, Shaboozey, Doechii, BABYMETAL, and Tommy Richman.
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