Since its inception, the group acts who have been featured the most in the annual countdown are Powderfinger, with 22 songs between the 1996 and 2009 countdowns, the Foo Fighters, who charted 22 times between 1995 and 2014, (in 2011, it was incorrectly stated that Foo Fighters had the most appearances) and Hilltop Hoods, who have appeared 22 times between 2003 and 2020 (including a feature with Thundamentals in 2017). Powderfinger's frontman, Bernard Fanning, has taken the top spot on three occasions, twice with Powderfinger in 1999 and 2000 and once as a solo artist in 2005; no other artists have topped an annual countdown more than once. Dave Grohl, frontman of the Foo Fighters, has appeared in annual countdowns 32 times, including five times with Queens of the Stone Age in 2002, four times with Nirvana, and once with Them Crooked Vultures.