The Hottest 100 Australian managers of 2019!

Another year, another Hottest 100 in the bag!

While music fans and avid countdown-lovers bask in the afterglow of the huge day that was yesterday, we’re throwing the spotlight back onto the people who helped get those artists to place they are today: managers.

A whopping 65 songs out of this year’s 100 belonged to Australian artists, continuing the trend of the Hottest 100 in 2018 and 2017. Here, we look at the managers behind those artists, ranked in order of how well their artists performed.

As with last year’s countdown, our ranking system follows pretty simple lines. For example, Flume coming in at #2 this year would give his manager a score of 99. #3, the spot belonging to Mallrat this year, gives her manager a score of 98.

Take a look at this year’s list below; some new entrants have made it this year, while others have moved up multiple spots too. Congratulations to everyone involved in being part of what was an incredible year of Australian music!

The Hottest 100 Australian Managers of 2019

1. Andrew Stone (Chugg) – 335 (4 songs with Lime Cordiale)

2. Regan Lethbridge, David Morgan (Lemon Tree Music)  & Jackson Walkden-Brown (Artists Only) – 258 (3 songs with Tones And I)

3. Dan Zilber (Future Classic) – 197 (4 songs with G Flip)

4. Nathan McLay (Future Classic) – 190 (3 songs with Flume)

5. Jodie Regan (Spinning Top Music) – 190 (3 songs with Tame Impala)

6. Nate Flagrant (Flagrant Artists) – 190 (3 songs with Ruel)

7. Jim McKinnon (teamtrick) – 147 (2 songs with Mallrat, 1 song with Allday)

8. Heath Bradby & Tank (Fidelity Corp) – 128 (3 songs with Thelma Plum)

9. Dan Nascimento (UNIFIED Music Group) – 124 (2 songs with Ocean Alley)

10. Stu McCullough (Amplifire Music) – 93 (1 song with The Jungle Giants)

11. Dylan Liddy (Blue Max Music) – 91 (1 song with Hilltop Hoods)

12. Jess Beston (Tiny Monster) – 91 (2 songs with Holy Holy)

13. Leon Rogovoy (Falcona) – 81 (1 song with DMA’s)

14. Aaron Girgis (Space 44) – 81 (2 songs with SKEGSS)

15. Al O’Neill (TBC Management) – 80 (1 song with THE CHATS)

16. James Fava (Intergalactic Fantastic) – 68 (1 song with Dom Dolla)

17. Nick Yates (UNIFIED Music Group) – 65 (1 song with Illy, 1 song with Violent Soho)

18. Dion Brownfield (Lunatic Entertainment) – 63 (2 songs with Baker Boy)

19. Anneka Alberts – 53 (1 song with Ziggy Alberts)

20. Brett Fischer (AYITA) – 48 (1 song with FISHER)

21. Sarah McMillan (UNIFIED Music Group) – 44 (1 song with Slowly Slowly)

22. Daniel Radburn  (Farmer and The Owl) – 41 (1 song with Hockey Dad)

23. Lauren Mikkor (Post Modern Collective) – 37 (1 song with George Alice)

24. Amy Goldsmith (Goldie Management) – 31 (1 song with E^ST)

25. Charlotte Abroms (Hear Hear Group) – 29 (1 song with Angie McMahon)

26. Cub Sport (Self-Managed) – 28

27. Steve Satterthwaite & Luke Allen – 27 (1 song with Hayden James & NAATIONS)

28. Sasha Skalrud & John Watson (Skalrud Management/John Watson Management & Eleven Music) – 26 (1 song with Golden Features & The Presets)

29. Pete Carroll & Tony Quinn (Like What Management) – 25 (1 song with Meg Mac)

30. Kieran Lama – 21 (1 song with Spacey Jane)

31. Ben Dennis & Rachael Sardelich (Myriad Management/The Hopeless Utopian) – 20 (1 song with Peking Duk & Jack River)

32. Leigh Treweek (Handshake Management) – 18 (1 song with Alex Lahey)

33. Tim Manton (TaP Mgmt) – 17 (1 song with DOPE LEMON)

34. Carl Pires – 12 (1 song with Sampa The Great)

35. Ashleigh Hills (UNIFIED Music Group) – 9 (1 song with Client Liaison)

36. Nate Farrell & Adam Booth (Calibre Artist Management) – 6 (1 song with Adrian Eagle)

37. Philip Stevens (Jarrah Records) – 4 (1 song with San Cisco)

38. Tom Huggett (Astral People) – 2 (1 song with Cosmo’s Midnight)

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

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