Triple J Hottest 100: Ocean Alley Wins Australia's Largest Poll of Songs | The music

Ocean Alley of Sydney has won the Triple J Hottest 100 Confidence Award in 2018, one of four songs in the group to feature in this year's countdown – the largest song poll in Australia.

Confidence is the first single from Chiaroscuro, the second album of six tracks from Northern Beaches. Nick Findlay, musical director of Australian national youth broadcaster Triple J, described the song as "dripping from a soul soaked by the sun straight out of a 70s surf movie," and the song "The Rainbow". praised as "a well deserved jam take out the # 1 spot".

Ocean Alley also came in 100th with Happy Sad; at number 16 with their cover of Player's Baby Come Back; and at No. 10 with the knees. The countdown has attracted more than 2.75 million votes in total.

Australian producer Fisher was voted 2nd for his favorite title in the electro-house club Losing It, who named him for a Grammy and Aria; and two American hip-hop artists entered No. 3 and No. 4: Travis Scott for Sicko Mode (with Drake) and Childish Gambino for This Is America, respectively.

Widely hailed as one of the most important titles and clips of the year, This Is America has been named a favorite in this year's countdown, as have I Said Hi, of American Amy Shark, who reached fifth place.

This is the second year in a row that the Top 100 did not take place on Australia Day, when it was replaced in 2004. Considered a day of mourning by many Australians, dozens Thousands of people participated in the parades on Saturday, January 26, calling for the abolition of the holiday – which marks the anniversary of the landing of the first fleet in 1788 – or to change the date.

Triple J has decided to postpone the issue to a less questionable date in 2017, following an internal review and a national survey in which 60% of the 65,000 respondents voted in favor change.

According to Triple J figures, votes for the 2018 countdown have increased by almost 15% compared to last year's survey. Five percent of the votes came from abroad; most voters (29%) came from NSW; and 80% of voters were under 30 years old.

Among voters, the voting age was 18 and 65 Australian artists figured in the countdown.

The gender imbalance is a common criticism of the Hottest 100 and Triple J playlist, as well as the Australian music industry in general. The broadcaster badyzed the numbers last year and found that women were more likely to vote for female artists in the survey. This year, like last year, more women (53%) voted than men – and it was a good performance for solo female artists in the top 20 in 2018.

Billie Eilish, a 17-year-old American singer-songwriter, was voted 8th for When The Party's Over, becoming the youngest person to rank in the top 10 (Eilish also had songs at numbers 46 and 17). ). Ruby Fields is ranked 9th with the dinosaurs; Mallrat reached 7th place with the grocery store; and Wafia, an Iraqi-Syrian Australian, finished 14th with I'm good.

"Thank you for fulfilling the dreams of this brunette girl," she said during the show.

According to Triple J statistics, 67 of the 100 hottest songs in 2018 were from male and 22 female; eight songs were acts including male and female artists; and three came from artists who identified themselves as non-binary or genderqueer.

Baker Boy Di Di Di is the only non-English song to have succeeded in counting down this year. The Aboriginal artist, a young Australian Laureate of the year, raps in English and in her hometown, Yolngu Matha.

During the show, Triple J raised more than $ 600,000 for the Lifeline crisis hotline – the first year of partnership with this charity after three years of fundraising for the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience.