50% Australian music, half of that from Sydney. That’s FBi Radio’s promise. In 2018 we kept that promise and then some.

This year, 66 of our top 100 artists are from Australia; 43 are from Sydney. Six of the top ten acts are from Sydney and 5 of the top ten are led by a woman. Make sure to check out our top 100 songs too. Where did you’re faves land this year?

1. Unknown Mortal Orchestra (int)
   

2. Odette (syd)
   

3. Wallace (syd)
   

4. Camp Cope (aus)
   

5. Slim Set (syd)
   

6. B Wise (syd)
   

7. Retiree (syd)
   

8. Courtney Barnett (aus)
   

9. Big White (syd)
   

10. Mahalia (int)
    

11. Kali Uchis (int)
    

12. Mildlife (aus)
    

13. No Mono (aus)
    

14. Bored Shorts (syd)
    

15. Mike Akox (syd)
    

16. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (aus)
    

17. Tropical Fuck Storm (aus)
    

18. Empress Of (int)
    

19. Soccer Mommy (int)
    

20. Car Seat Headrest (int)
    

21. Rainbow Chan (syd)
    

22. Jaala (aus)
    

23. Null (aus)
    

24. Oneohtrix Point Never (int)
    

25. SOPHIE (int)
    

26. S4U (int)
    

27. Blood Orange (int)
    

28. Channel Tres (int)
    

29. MGMT (int)
    

30. Low Flung (syd)
    

31. Straight Arrows (syd)
    

32. Moaning Lisa (aus)
    

33. Beach House (int)
    

34. Bachelor Pad (syd)
    

35. Laura Jean (aus)
    

36. The Internet (int)
    

37. DEN (syd)
    

38. Jarrow (aus)
    

39. Milan Ring (syd)
    

40. Baby Beef (syd)
    

41. Jack River (syd)
    

42. Jon Hopkins (int)
    

43. Cosmo’s Midnight (syd)
    

44. Connan Mockasin (int)
    

45. Mick Jenkins (int)
    

46. Body Type (syd)
    

47. Buzz Kull (syd)
    

48. Dro Carey (syd)
    

49. Fake (syd)
    

50. The Harpoons (aus)
    

51. Waak Waak Djungi (aus)
    

52. Middle Kids (syd)
    

53. Yaeji (int)
    

54. Donny Benet (syd)
    

55. Kaiit (aus)
    

56. Okenyo (syd)
    

57. Rydeen (syd)
    

58. Manu Crook$ (syd)
    

59. Parquet Courts (int)
    

60. Robyn (int)
    

61. Montero (aus)
    

62. Snail Mail (int)
    

63. Miss Blanks (aus)
    

64. Nardean (syd)
    

65. Cassius Select (syd)
    

66. Tiny Little Houses (aus)
    

67. Cat Heaven (syd)
    

68. Kurt Vile (int)
    

69. Kwame (syd)
    

70. Amber Mark (int)
    

71. Sampa The Great (syd)
    

72. Bloods (syd)
    

73. Rebel Yell (aus)
    

74. Shame (int)
    

75. Phantastic Ferniture (syd)
    

76. Vince Staples (int)
    

77. Adrianne Lenker (int)
    

78. Flowertruck (syd)
    

79. Tirzah (int)
    

80. Smerz (int)
    

81. Tasman Keith (syd)
    

82. Rabbit Island (aus)
    

83. Behind You (syd)
    

84. DIN (syd)
    

85. The Buoys (syd)
    

86. Noname (int)
    

87. Oscar Key Sung (aus)
    

88. Buddy (int)
    

89. Kelela (int)
    

90. Shoeb Ahmad (aus)
    

91. Tesse (syd)
    

92. Candy (aus)
    

93. Georgia Mulligan (syd)
    

94. Peter Bibby (aus)
    

95. Hockey Dad (syd)
    

96. Young Fathers (int)
    

97. Objekt (int)
    

98. Tangents (syd)
    

99. Amnesia Scanner (int)
    

100. Holiday Sidewinder (syd)

Special thanks to AMRAP (the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project) for the live playlist system that we use online. They support us every day in our effort to bring you great Australian music.