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Andrew Stafford

UK artist pips homegrown musicians to top annual poll

Olivia Dean's Man I Need has topped Triple J's countdown of the Hottest 100 songs of 2025. (Joanna Kordina/AAP PHOTOS)

It's an Australian summer musical tradition that's been starting and stopping barbecues since 1989 - but increasingly, something is missing.

The 2024 Triple J Hottest 100 featured just 27 Australian artists, the lowest level of Australian representation in the annual poll since 1994.

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