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RTRFM’s 100 Most Played Tracks of 2021

Whether it be spontaneous lockdowns, an AFL Grand Final or just the sheer craziness of our day-to-day lives, 2021 has been a year packed full of uncertainty. Yet, throughout the carnage that was 2021, RTRFM  has provided a point of stability for all music lovers. And so now that the year has finally come to a close, we’ve crunched the numbers and spun together RTRFM’s most played tracks of 2021!

Approximately 81,000 tracks were played on RTRFM in 2021 and, as always, local artists prevailed with 67 percent of the top 100 played tracks arising from WA. With a total 85 percent of tracks from the top 100 coming from Australian-based artists.

17 out of the top 20 tracks came from WA-based artists, whilst Hiatus Kaiyote and Amyl & The Sniffers also featured in the top 20 as interstate acts.

Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen’s Like I Used To was the highest placing track from an international artist coming in at #19.

Female or gender non-confirming artists were once again dominant, with seven out of the top 10 tracks coming from female/female-fronted acts, whilst 63 per cent of all tracks came from female and gender non-conforming/diverse fronted artists.

Once again a massive thank you to Daniel Midgley for his statistical wizardry in compiling the list from a whole year of playlist data.

Check the full list below!

THE TOP 100 MOST PLAYED TRACKS OF 2021 AT RTRFM

1. Smol Fish – Sad Girl Summer 

2. Hiatus Kaiyote – Get Sun (feat. Arthur Verocai) 

3. Ghost Care – Kevin Garnett 

4. Your Girl Pho – Co Star 

5. Grace Sanders – CALLING MY MOTHER 

6. Smol Fish – Like A Lemon 

7. Gap Year – So Sad To See 

8. Web Rumours – Human Commodity (We Like It) 

9. Yawn Vibes – Stadium 

10. Web Rumours – Moving On 

11. Amyl & The Sniffers – Guided By Angels 

12. Julia Wallace – Place In Mind 

13. Myriad Sun – Hazard Waste 

14. Cruz Patterson – Big Tings 

15. Mt Mountain – Peregrination 

16. Gap Year – We All Know 

17. Ken Paolo and The Space Cadets – $4 Pizza 

18. Claudie Joy & The Joy Boys – Honey 

19. Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen – Like I Used To 

20. Anesu – Black Girl 

21. Joan AS Police Woman, Tony Allen, Dave Okumu – Take Me To Your Leader 

22. Methyl Ethel – Neon Cheap 

23. Noname – Rainforest 

24. Web Rumours – New Wave Heartache 

25. Grace Sanders – Scrolling 

26. Gia Como – Madeleine 

27. Man Sandal – Can’t Mean Much 

28. King Stingray – Get Me Out  

29. Princess Khanya – Summer 

30. King Stingray – Milkumana  

31. Arlo Parks – Too Good 

32. No Nomad – Ghost 

33. Mal De Mer – Gone Fishing 

34. BOAT SHOW – Cheap Red 

35. Drea – Sonder 

36. Pond – Pink Lunettes 

37. Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Out The Door  

38. Tanya Ransom – Cyclone 

39. Tkay Maidza – Where Is My Mind 

40. Gap Year – Bon Soir 

41. Sugar Wife – Born To Lose 

42. Supathick – July (feat. Keely Britain & Adrian Dzvuke) 

43. Yomi Ship – Ice Drake 

44. Tanaya Harper – Bad Faith 

45. Grace Sanders – Dissipate 

46. June Jones – Motorcycle 

47. Amyl & The Sniffers – Security 

48. Aldous Harding – Old Peel 

49. Nervous – Talk 

50. Girl From Mars – Do What You Like 

51. Pond – America’s Cup 

52. Ruby May – Absentee feat. Hyclass 

53. Dianas – Bliss 

54. Ursula – Hot n Bothered 

55. No Nomad – I Get Scared 

56. BADBADNOTGOOD feat Karriem Riggins & Arthur Verocai – Beside April 

57. Noah Dillon – Losing Touch 

58. Little Simz – I Love You I Hate You 

59. Shy Time – Akira 

60. 30/70 – Tastes Like Freedom 

61. Jaala – Workhorse 

62. Courtney Barnett – Rae Street 

63. People Taking Pictures – The Ultimate Nothing (feat. Cruz Patterson) 

64. Greentea Peng – Nah It Ain’t The Same 

65. HAIRCARE – Choir Boy 

66. Jess Jocelyn – Something Good  

67. Mod Con – Ammo 

68. Cruz Patterson – Ground Up  

69. Dennis Commetti – WAXIT  

70. Hiatus Kaiyote – Red Room 

71. Ausecuma Beats – Sallier 

72. The Little Lord Street Band – High Beams 

73. New Talk – Frida 

74. Kamasi Washington – Sun Kissed Child 

75. Goon Sax – In The Stone 

76. Dolce Blue – Dream Catcher 

77. Parnell March – Therapy 

78. Lonesome Dove – Dreams 

79. Racoo – Tower 

80. Mei Saraswati – Comfort Shower 

81. Park Hye Jin – Let’s Sing Let’s Dance 

82. Siobhan Cotchin – The Fair-Weather Friend Blues 

83. Durand Jones and The Indicators – Love Will Work It Out 

84. Tirzah – Send Me 

85. Little Simz feat. Cleo Sol – Woman 

86. Nika Mo – The Devil’s Sooty Brother 

87. Odlaw – We Love Playing In The City 

88. Genesis Owusu – Gold Chains 

89. Erika De Casier – Polite 

90. King Ibis – I’m Not Your Mum 

91. Jewel Owusu – Blue 

92. FRITZ – Die Happily 

93. Nerve Quakes – Dive Wreck 

94. Miraud – Lavenda 

95. Priscilla –  Dance Through The Night 

96. Anesu – Crown 

97. Jacob Diamond – Bay Of Fleas 

98. Little Simz – Introvert 

99. Ngaiire – Closer 

100. The Mackerels – Side Of The Road 

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