The Hottest 100 Australian managers of 2021!

Yesterday the results of triple j’s Hottest 100 for 2021 were announced. As always, the winning artists are being inundated with positive messages and social media comments, congratulating them on their achievements.

However, as almost any artist will tell you, their managers work tireless hours behind the scenes to help ensure success, but very rarely do these managers get well-deserved recognition for their hard work.

In light of this, like previous years, we’ve decided to take a closer look at all the managers behind the charting Aussie acts from yesterday, and rank them in terms of how well their artists performed.

To do this, we’ve decided to give each manager a number based on how well their artists charted in the countdown. For example, a #2 position gave The Kid LAROI’s manager a score of 99, #3 gave Spacey Jane’s a score of 98, and so on.

Collating this data, we’ve put together an in-depth list that helps to celebrate the often unsung heroes of the Aussie music scene; the managers.

1. Kieran Lama (Anybody Management) – 258 (3 songs with Spacey Jane)

2. Danny Robson (Leisurely) – 250 (3 songs with RÜFÜS DU SOL)

3. Tom Cardy (Independent) – 174 (2 songs with Tom Cardy)

4. Andrew Stone (Chugg Music) – 147 (2 songs with Lime Cordiale)

5. Kurt Bailey (Mirror Music Group) – 139 (2 songs with Gang Of Youths)

6. Dan Nascimento (UNIFIED Music Group) – 128 (2 songs with Ocean Alley)

7. Stu McCullough (Amplifire Music) – 116 (2 songs with The Jungle Giants)

8. Stu Kellaway – 100 (1 song with King Stingray)

8. The Wiggles Group – 100 (1 with The Wiggles)

10. Adam Leber (Rebel Management) – 99 (1 song with The Kid LAROI)

11. Aaron Girgis (Space 44) – 92 (3 songs – 1 song each with Adam Newling, Ruby Fields, and Skegss)

12. Jaddan Comerford/Rachael Tulloch (UNIFIED Music Group) – 86 (1 song with Vance Joy)

13. Bill Cullen (One Louder Entertainment) & Andy Bryan (Stop Start) – 80 (1 song with Ball Park

Music)

14. Tim Manton (TaP Mgmt) – 74 (1 song with DOPE LEMON)

15. Simone Ubaldi & Andrew Parisi (Sundowner) – 73 (1 song with Amyl And The Sniffers)

16. Paul Paoliello & Adam Wilkinson (Top Dog Group) – 66 (1 song with Peach PRC)

17. Greg Carey (Grow Yourself Up) – 63 (1 song with The Rubens)

18. Katie Besgrove (Look Out Kid) – 62 (1 song with Middle Kids)

19. Ben Dennis (Myriad Management) – 59 (1 song with Peking Duk)

20. Matty Woo (Macro Music) – 52 (1 song with Dune Rats)

21. Steve De Wilde (UNIFIED Music Group) – 50 (1 song with The Rions)

22. James Fava (Intergalactic Fantastic) – 40 (1 song with Dom Dolla)

23. Dan Zilber (Future Classic) – 37 (1 song with G Flip)

24. Gabe Bravo (Cloak Entertainment) – 36 (1 song with Luude)

25. Jodie Regan (Spinning Top Music) – 35 (1 song with Tame Impala)

26. Skinny O’Leary (SIDEQUEST) – 32 (1 song with Sly Withers)

27. Caleb Williams (UNIFIED Music Group) – 31 (1 with The Amity Affliction)

28. Michael Parisi (Michael Parisi Management) – 29 (1 song with Vera Blue)

29. Regan Lethbridge, David Morgan (Lemon Tree Music) & Jackson Walkden-Brown (Artists Only) – 27 (1 song with Tones And I)

30. Andrew Klippel (Ourness) – 26 (1 song with Genesis Owusu)

31. Hugh Cruickshank (More To Come) – 25 (1 song with The Terrys)

32. Rachel Whitford (27 Music) – 17 (1 song with Teenage Joans)

33. Nat Day (Arcadia Music Co) – 16 (1 song with The Buoys)

34. Jess Beston (Tiny Monster) – 15 (2 songs with Holy Holy)

35. Brett Fischer (AYITA) – 15 (1 song with FISHER)

36. Dion Brownfield (Lunatic Entertainment) – 13 (1 song with Baker Boy)

37. Steve Satterthwaite & Luke Allen (Red Light Management) – 11 (1 song with Hayden James)

38. Telenova (Independent) – 10 (1 song with Telenova)

39. Sarah McMillan (UNIFIED Music Group) – 9 (1 song with Slowly Slowly)

40. Jim McKinnon (teamtrick) – 7 (1 song with Tyne-James Organ)

41. Ashleigh Hills (UNIFIED Music Group) – 5 (1 song with Client Liaison)

42. Ben Cooper (Space 44) – 3 (1 song with Adam Newling)

43. Ziggy Ramo (Independent) – 2 (1 song with Ziggy Ramo)

This article originally appeared on The Industry Observer, which is now part of The Music Network.