Triple J Hottest 100: who will win Australia’s biggest music poll this year?

After last year’s countdown was topped by a band for children, Saturday’s countdown is anyone’s guess – but we do have a few hunches

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Last year was an odd one for Australia’s biggest music poll – believed to be the largest music poll in the world.

A children’s group who formed more than 30 years ago topped Triple J’s chart with a cover of a decade-old song, while Olivia Rodrigo and Doja Cat made up 10% of the total list between them – despite neither being the fare we would expect from the alternative youth station.

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