Taylor Swift Hottest 100 Campaign In Full Swing

Along with cases of VB, Australia flag bikinis and boxing kangaroo flag, there are few things more synonymous Australia Day Triple J Hottest 100.

But a grassroots movement has begun to shake the foundations of historical countdown radio, every year becomes the soundtrack of the parties throughout the country on January 26.

Despite the name of Taylor Swift even being in the Triple J Hottest page 100 votes, a groundswell of support for the pop icon emerged Tuesday as voters began casting votes "write-in" for their hit song Shake It Off .



"Salmon Viva la Hater!" Adam Spencer and Wil Anderson fictional band rocked once the Triple J Hottest 100. Photo: Quentin Jones

The hashtag # Tay4Hottest100 trend began in big cities during the afternoon, which caused some mirth and mockery of others.



At the time of writing, the song was the fifth in Sportsbet favorite to win the whole countdown - second only to High Peking Duk, Talk Is Cheap by Chet Faker, Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars and Stolen Dance Via Chance - despite being much more juicy disagreement about ealier hours.



Rules require the Hottest 100 songs have a release date between 1 December 2013 and 30 November 2014, voters can only vote for a maximum of 10 tracks once cannot vote for the same song more than once.

All tracks on the album, singles and covers are eligible and voters are eligible to vote for the tracks that are not on the Hottest 100 voting lists, by selecting the "add track" to vote.

Triple J Final Rule states: "Fair play triple j reserves the right to remove from the list of artists who have benefited contests or commercial campaigns that encourage fans to vote for them!".

It is unclear whether the hashtag is considered a "commercial campaign." Triple J has been contacted for comment.

As to arms as some Triple J listeners are about the campaign, which pales in comparison to Adam Spencer and 2002 the triumph of Wil Anderson. Spencer explains how guided Salmon Hater a great performance in the hottest 100 of that year.

"I invented Hater salmon in response to Wil asks me my favorite metal band. I asked my favorite song, I said '6.66 is 1 / 100th the number of the beast" and left it at that.

"A week later, a CD of a band came saying 'we Salmon Hater, thanks for the love of Adam! These guys had created my imaginary band. I was stunned when he finished 26th!"



Swift fans may be out of luck, with music website FasterLouder saying that regardless of the number of votes of the recieves songs, will not be eligible to win, as the Triple J has not played in 2014. The station is yet to confirm if this is the case.

Since the start of the competition in 1989 a female solo singer has never acheived the number one song on the countdown, the closest Julia Stone, who won with his brother Angus in 2010 to Big Jet Plane.

The Cranberries and Spiderbait have also won with members of the girl band, winning in 1994 and 1996 Zombie Buy Me a Pony, respectively.

But even if Swift does in the Hottest 100, which certainly shall not vote for Spencer.

"Taylor Swift is unable to collect guitars smashed Salmon Hater and put them in the trash. Salmon live the enemy!"