Triple J Hottest 100, 2012

The 2012 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on Australia Day 26 January 2013. It was the 20th countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.

Voting commenced on 19 December 2012, and closed at midnight on 20 January 2013.

Over 1.5 million votes were cast in this countdown, beating the record set in the 2011 list.

In the week prior to the countdown, Nick Drewe, a Brisbane statistician and marketer, analysed the votes that had been published on social media and determined the possible top 100, naming it the Warmest 100. The votes that had been published represented approximately 2.7% of the total vote. Ultimately, his list correctly predicted 92 of the songs in the countdown, the songs comprising the top 10, and the top 3 in the correct order. The ABC have announced that it would likely make changes to the voting system to prevent "spoiler attempts" in future countdowns.

Four tracks

 * Flume (three times solo and one remix; 4, 12, 18, 67)

Three tracks

 * alt-J (3, 64, 81)
 * Frank Ocean (8, 56, 80)

Two tracks

 * Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (1, 15)
 * Of Monsters and Men (2, 47)
 * Tame Impala (7, 9)
 * Mumford & Sons (5, 58)
 * The Rubens (10, 66)
 * Florence Welch (once with Florence & the Machine and once with Calvin Harris; 11, 32)
 * Calvin Harris (11, remixed 32)
 * The Black Keys (13, 79)
 * Rudimental featuring John Newman (16, 20)
 * Ball Park Music (23, 27)
 * Seth Sentry (26, 57)
 * Lana Del Rey (34, 86)
 * Two Door Cinema Club (37, 90)
 * Grimes (38, 65)
 * Chance Waters (45, 89)
 * San Cisco (48, 53)
 * The Presets (52, 70)
 * Jack White (60, 97)

Countries represented

 * Australia – 41
 * United States – 29
 * United Kingdom – 23
 * Canada – 4
 * Sweden – 4
 * Iceland – 2
 * New Zealand – 1
 * France – 1
 * Italy – 1
 * Faroe Islands – 1

Top 10 Albums of 2012
A smaller poll of Triple J listeners' favourite albums of the year was held in December 2012. Bold indicates J Award winner.

CD release
The Triple J Hottest 100 CD for 2012 is the twentieth edition of the CD series. It was released on 22 February 2013.