triple j has released some details about the Hottest 100 countdown that’s now in it’s 21st year. It is on today.

This year 1,492,619 votes were cast by 173,658 music fans in 169 countries around the world, from Argentina to Estonia to our own backyard.

4200 Hottest 100 parties are already registered to be held on Australia Day.

42 songs are from artists appearing in the Hottest 100 countdown for the first time.

The month in which the most Hottest 100 songs were released was May.

Australian artists make up 44% of the the poll.

To find out which songs made it into the Hottest 100 tune into the countdown on Australia Day, as it plays live around the country, from 12 noon AEDT
 
Listen on your radio, tune into ‘triple j’ on your digital radio or digital tv, via the triple j website or the triple j iPhone app and the brand new Android mobile app. You can also follow the Countdown on social media with updates through the day on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, Rdio, Spotify and Deezer.

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