Hottest 100

The vote is going to be a thriller and it's possible some long-standing records could be broken during this year's countdown.

If Eilish appears anywhere in Saturday's countdown, she'll also strengthen her lead as the woman with the most Hottest 100 appearances — she's currently on 14, ahead of Lorde on 13 (counting her guest spot on Disclosure's Magnets in 2015) and Stephanie Ashworth from Something For Kate on 13 (Ashworth wasn't in Something For Kate for their first Hottest 100 entry in 1997). When it comes to entries, Hilltop Hoods have the potential to join Powderfinger and Foo Fighters at the top of the leaderboard on 22, or even eclipse them (they have two songs in the voting guide). With two songs in the voting guide (TV and The 30th), could Eilish go top 10 again and stretch her record to five? With his 14 official entries and four remixes, plus seven songs in this year's voting guide, Flume could leapfrog everyone after Saturday's countdown and top the table for most appearances (but not most entries). As for appearances as a named act, Hilltop Hoods have the opportunity to become outright leaders, but Sydney producer Flume also has a chance to move to the front of the class in this category. "The fundamental principle guiding the way I [record them] is that I want to be as inclusive as possible and I want it to be consistent, so instead of looking for reasons to not count it, I'm looking for reasons to count it. "Sam Smith has appeared twice [as a featured artist] on Disclosure tracks — I think it's good that Sam Smith's been in the Hottest 100, I think it's good Rihanna's been in the Hottest 100. He says the delineation between whether a track says "featured" or "and" between artists' names, or that doesn't count towards the remixer, is "a distinction without a difference". "You have the situation of Somebody That I Used To Know (#1 in 2011), which is listed as Gotye featuring Kimbra, but that only counts for Gotye." For example, collaborations such as the track Otis (#33 in 2011) by Kanye West & Jay-Z featuring Otis Redding counts towards Kanye West's and Jay-Z's individual tallies as the artists who released the song, but not the late great Redding who is only listed as "featuring". Hilltop Hoods, with 21 entries overall, are a good chance to equal or even break the record, with two songs listed in this year's voting guide. It's also going to be a thriller — voting in the annual poll closed on Monday, and it's been a tight race,