American Artists Doja Cat and Olivia Rodrigo likely to come first and second in triple J’s Hottest 100 Countdown

LA born and raised rapper Doja Cat, and the multi-talented Olivia Rodrigo, are set to battle it out at the pointy end of the Australian youths’ favorite music countdown, the triple J Hottest 100. 

According to Aussie bookmaker comparison site (My Betting Sites), all the online bookmaker’s down under offering triple J Hottest 100 Odds, have both the solo American female acts with odds to win the countdown at 3.00 or under, with no clear favorite. The next closest artist according to the odds is Australian Producer Dom Dolla, who’s lowest odds are 3.60.

This will be the second time ever, and the first time in 15 years, that two US artists have taken out the first and second place in the normally Australian dominated countdown. The last and only time being back in 2008, when Kings of Leon took out the top spot with “Sex on Fire”, followed by second placed MGMT, with their hit “Electric Feel”. 

The last time a US artist won the countdown was back in 2019, which was Billie Eilish with her most commercially successful song to date, Bad Guy.

Since the countdown began doing singular year countdowns back in 1993, only seven US artists have managed to come first in the triple J Hottest 100 countdown, which are:

1993: Denis Leary – Asshole 

1998: The Offspring – Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) 

2002: Queens of the Stone Age – No One Knows 

2008: Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire

2012: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Ft. Wanz – Thrift Shop

2017: Kendrick Lamar – Humble

2019: Billie Eilish – Bad Guy

So if Olivia Rodrigo or Doja Cat take out the top prize – they will be in good company. Check out the wholesome interview between triple J and an 18 year old Billie Eilish reacting to winning triple J’s Hottest 100.