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Start your voting: Triple J's Hottest 100 has just been announced, and the results of the 2015 poll will be announced on Australia Day.
Rules governing this year's vote have also been set in stone following last year's fiasco over Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off'. The American singer's number one tune became the centre of a campaign spearheaded by Buzzed Australia and aided by thousands of Swifties voted the song to the top in last year's poll.
Although 'Shake It off' wasn't included in Triple J's 2000-strong set list of songs they aired in 2014, Buzzed implored fans to cast their votes on Twitter with the hashtag #TayforHottest100.
Watch Triple J's Hottest 100 List trailer below
Last year, the rules set by Triple J specified that songs which benefited from any commercial support could be disqualified: “Triple J reserves the right to remove artists from the list who have benefited from competitions or commercial campaigns that incentivise fans to vote for them.”
Although there was speculation over whether Triple J directed tis at Buzzfeed's article, KFC also endorsed 'Shake It Off' on a Facebook page, and on Australia Day Triple J launched a parody website directly firing shots at Buzzfeed.
This Year, Triple J's "eligibility check list" state that people can choose 10 songs from the list provides, for those entered by voters. All songs, including live recordings, covers and remixes which were officially released from 1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015 are eligible for votes, and only those eligible votes will be counted.
In order to persuade voters to "play fair", Triple J's page states: "Don’t troll the poll. Votes made as part of a competition that promotes a song or artist, or a campaign that undermines the Hottest 100 may be disqualified or ignored." "We want genuine votes, from genuine listeners. If we feel something’s preventing that from happening, we’ll look into it for you and take appropriate action."
The poll, which has been seen as a staple of Australia Day for over 25 years, has also recently been criticised for the misrepresentation of women, as only four of the 22 winning songs included female artists (in a band on as a solo artist) since its inception in 1989.
