In historic depend, US rapper edges out G Flip’s The Worst Person Alive to develop into the primary girl of color to win
Sat 27 Jan 2024 11.15 CET
Doja Cat has taken out the highest spot in Triple J’s Hottest 100 of 2023 along with her single Paint The Town Red.
The US rapper, whose tune samples Dionne Warwick’s Walk On By, made historical past on Saturday as the primary girl of color to high the countdown, ending forward of G Flip in No 2 with The Worst Person Alive.
G Flip made historical past too, setting a brand new document for essentially the most songs within the countdown for an artist in a single yr. It was clear by about 5pm that the Melbourne singer and drummer was going to at the very least match the earlier document of six songs held collectively by Wolfmother and Spacey Jane, earlier than set a brand new bar with a seventh monitor.
“I can’t thank you enough for getting round me,” G Flip stated, audibly holding again tears on the telephone from London with Triple J hosts Bryce Mills and Concetta Caristo.
G Flip’s seven entries account for greater than half the songs on their second studio album, Drummer. G Flip, whose worldwide profile has skyrocketed during the last two years, additionally claimed the document for many songs within the depend by a solo artist, passing Billie Eilish who had 5 songs in 2019.
It was additionally a giant day for the Australian producer and DJ Dom Dolla, whose monitor Saving Up got here in at No 3 instantly adopted by Rhyme Dust, a collaboration with MK, at No 4.
Others who made a robust displaying by way of the variety of songs featured included Olivia Rodrigo and Fred Again with 4 tracks every within the countdown, whereas Dom Dolla, SZA, the Rions, Teenage Dads, Lana Del Rey and Peach PRC all had three.
Another document totally damaged was the longest time between Hottest 100 entries, as Kylie Minogue returned to the depend after 26 years. Her international hit Padam Padam got here in at No 48, the primary time Minogue has appeared since Did It Again in 1997, beating a document beforehand held by the metallic act Slipknot who had a 19-year absence. Another inimitable pop icon would have taken the document had Kylie fallen quick: Madonna final appeared within the ballot in 2000 with Music however sneaked into the 2023 depend with a characteristic on The Weeknd’s monitor Popular.
And the Perth duo Old Mervs, whose monitor Sweetheart got here in at No 47, could have set a document for the variety of F-bombs dropped in an on-air interview through the countdown, clocking 4 in a matter of seconds whereas chatting with hosts Lucy Smith and Dave Woodhead.
The affect of TikTok was seen within the ballot however not dominant. The UK act PinkPantheress was the second-most performed artist on Triple J in 2023, however her Ice Spice collaboration Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2 – which was inescapable on the platform for a number of months – didn’t crack the highest 30, coming in at #36.
The Australian pop singer and creator Peach PRC, who has greater than 2 million followers on TikTok, had three of her 2023 singles within the countdown. London’s Kenya Grace, who first grew her profile on the app, made it to No 46 along with her UK chart-topping hit Strangers, whereas fellow platform-conquering Britons the Last Dinner Party snuck in at No 86. But the American rapper Jack Harlow cracked the highest 10 with the viral hit Lovin On Me coming in at No 9.
A closing quantity value nothing: the annual charity drive, with T-shirt gross sales and donations elevating greater than $502,000 for the youth psychological well being basis Headspace (it’s unclear how a lot of this quantity was pushed particularly by hosts Mills and Caristo who threatened to “just say the word ‘vibes’ over and over again” till the $500,000 milestone was reached).
The high 10 was stuffed out by the towering dance banger Prada by Cassö, D-Block Europe, and Raye at No 5; Fred Again’s hit Adore You (with Obongjayar, who turned the primary Nigerian act to characteristic within the countdown); Melbourne-based star Troye Sivan’s Rush at No6; Eilish at No 7 along with her wistful contribution to the Barbie soundtrack, What Was I Made For; and Post Malone at No 10 with Chemical.
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