Jacob Webster
Doja Cat despatched the data tumbling as her trendy traditional “Paint The Town Red” leapt to No. 1 on triple j’s Hottest 100 ballot for 2023.
When her title was referred to as out late Saturday, Jan. 27, the U.S. artist turned the primary feminine rapper and first girl of coloration to guide the countdown, the thirty first version.
“Paint The Town Red” beat out homegrown multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter G Flip with “The Worst Person Alive” and Aussie EDM star Dom Dolla with “Saving Up,” respectively, to take the title.
“When we first heard ‘Paint The Town Red’ back in August, there was little doubt that we’d see it appear at the pointy end of this year’s countdown,” explains triple j music director Nick Findlay.
“Over an iconic sample of Dionne Warwick’s ‘Walk On By’, ‘Paint The Town Red’ shows Doja Cat in her truest form: effortlessly shaking off the haters while flexing her uncanny ability at executing pure pop perfection.”
During its ARIA Chart run final yr, “Paint The Town Red” clocked up 10 weeks at No. 1, and is now licensed double-platinum in these elements.
The Hottest 100 ballot is an establishment Down Under, one which triple j, a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), has, up to now, referred to as the “world’s biggest musical democracy.”
Though it now not coincides with Australia Day, on Jan. 26 — a controversial date within the minds of a rising variety of Australians — 2,355,870 votes have been forged for the countdown, down barely from greater than 2.4 million votes final yr (the all-time document is the three.2 million votes forged for the 2019 version). Also, the annual occasion raised A$500,000 ($330,000) for triple j’s charity companion, headspace.
Though G Flip got here off second-best to Doja Cat’s champ, the Australian artist established a brand new Hottest 100 document with seven titles within the countdown. That shatters the mark beforehand held by rock trio Wolfmother, which scored six entries again in 2005.
A a number of winner on the 2023 ARIA Awards and a pacesetter on the ARIA Albums Chart final yr with Drummer (Future Classic/Universal), G Flip (actual title Georgia Claire Flipo) now vaults to 19 profession Hottest 100 entries, adequate for equal third all-time with Tame Impala and Kanye West. Adelaide hip-hop favorites Hilltop Hoods are the kings, with 24 all-time entries, whereas Powderfinger and Foo Fighters are equal second with 22 every.
Australia’s personal princess of pop Kylie Minogue establishes a brand new mark, together with her U.Ok. high 10 hit “Padam Padam” making the Hottest 100 listing. The final time she did so was in 1997, the 26-year hole between entries a brand new document.
This yr’s pool of two.335 million-plus votes have been predominantly forged by girls (61%) and 45% of all voters hailed from triple j’s target market — 24 years of age, or below.
Also, in keeping with reps for triple j, 52 of these hottest 100 songs have been homegrown.
All instructed, 35 artists made their triple j Hottest 100 debuts over the weekend, together with Troye Sivan, Kita Alexander, Dua Lipa, Budjerah, Old Mervs and Royel Otis.
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