August 26
on this day, year by year
Here is the most recent August 26, and then every August 26 back to 1958: the song at #1 that week, the album everyone was playing, and the movie leading the box office.
the most recent one
Right behind “Golden”: “Ordinary” (Alex Warren) and “What I Want” (Morgan Wallen Featuring Tate McRae).
Don't Tap the Glass is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2025
- Most read on Wikipedia
Google, American multinational technology company
Your August 26
On August 26, 2025, “Golden” was #1.
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- Dear Diary
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every other August 26, back to 1958
Right behind “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”: “I Had Some Help” (Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen) and “Die With A Smile” (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars).
F-1 Trillion is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2024
- Most read on Wikipedia
Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager (1948–2024)died August 26
Right behind “Rich Men North Of Richmond”: “Fast Car” (Luke Combs) and “Last Night” (Morgan Wallen).
Utopia is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2023
- Most read on Wikipedia
Bob Barker, American media personality (1923–2023)died August 26
Right behind “Super Freaky Girl”: “As It Was” (Harry Styles) and “About Damn Time” (Lizzo).
Beautiful Mind is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2022
- Most read on Wikipedia
Biagio da Cesena, Italian religious official (1463–1544)
Right behind “Stay”: “Bad Habits” (Ed Sheeran) and “Good 4 U” (Olivia Rodrigo).
Happier Than Ever is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2021
- New games
- Spelunky · Townscaper · Super Animal Royale
Right behind “WAP”: “Laugh Now Cry Later” (Drake Featuring Lil Durk) and “Rockstar” (DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch).
Folklore is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2020
Right behind “Senorita”: “Bad Guy” (Billie Eilish) and “Truth Hurts” (Lizzo).
Right behind “In My Feelings”: “Girls Like You” (Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B) and “I Like It” (Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin).
Sweetener is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2018
- Most read on Wikipedia
John McCain, American politician and naval officer (1936–2018)died August 25
Right behind “Despacito”: “Wild Thoughts” (DJ Khaled Featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller) and “Unforgettable” (French Montana Featuring Swae Lee).
Damn is also on Spotify, YouTube.
more from 2017
- Most read on Wikipedia
Conor McGregor, Irish mixed martial artist (born 1988)Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor
the 2010s
Right behind “Cheap Thrills”: “Cold Water” (Major Lazer Featuring Justin Bieber & MO) and “This Is What You Came For” (Calvin Harris Featuring Rihanna).
Suicide Squad: The Album is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2016
- New games
- Attack on Titan · Mystic Messenger
Right behind “Cheerleader”: “Can't Feel My Face” (The Weeknd) and “Watch Me” (Silento).
Kill the Lights is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2015
- Most read on Wikipedia
Galapagos shark, Species of shark- New games
- Fallout · Until Dawn
2014
Right behind “Rude”: “All About That Bass” (Meghan Trainor) and “Stay With Me” (Sam Smith).
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2014
- New games
- The Evil Within
Right behind “Blurred Lines”: “Roar” (Katy Perry) and “We Can't Stop” (Miley Cyrus).
Crash My Party is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2013
- New games
- Lost Planet 3
Right behind “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”: “Whistle” (Flo Rida) and “Lights” (Ellie Goulding).
Based on a T.R.U. Story is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”: “Party Rock Anthem” (LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock) and “Moves Like Jagger” (Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera).
Watch the Throne is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2011
- New games
- Tropico 4
Right behind “Love The Way You Lie”: “Dynamite” (Taio Cruz) and “California Gurls” (Katy Perry Featuring Snoop Dogg).
Recovery is also on Spotify, YouTube.
more from 2010
- New games
- Worms Reloaded · Ace Combat: Joint Assault
the 2000s
Right behind “I Gotta Feeling”: “Party In The U.S.A.” (Miley Cyrus) and “Run This Town” (Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West).
Right behind “Disturbia”: “Crush” (David Archuleta) and “Forever” (Chris Brown).
A Little Bit Longer is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2008
Right behind “Beautiful Girls”: “Big Girls Don't Cry” (Fergie) and “The Way I Are” (Timbaland Featuring Keri Hilson).
High School Musical 2 is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “London Bridge”: “Crazy” (Gnarls Barkley) and “Promiscuous” (Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland).
Right behind “We Belong Together”: “Don't Cha” (The Pussycat Dolls Featuring Busta Rhymes) and “Pon de Replay” (Rihanna).
Right behind “Lean Back”: “Sunshine” (Lil' Flip Featuring Lea) and “Goodies” (Ciara Featuring Petey Pablo).
Autobiography is also on Spotify, YouTube.
more from 2004
- New games
- Mario Pinball Land
Right behind “Crazy In Love”: “Right Thurr” (Chingy) and “Shake Ya Tailfeather” (Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee).
Greatest Hits Volume II and Some Other Stuff is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “Dilemma”: “Hot In Herre” (Nelly) and “Complicated” (Avril Lavigne).
Nellyville is also on Spotify, YouTube.
more from 2002
- New games
- Super Mario Sunshine · Turok: Evolution
Right behind “Fallin'”: “I'm Real” (Jennifer Lopez Featuring Ja Rule) and “Someone To Call My Lover” (Janet).
Now That's What I Call Music! 7 is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “Doesn't Really Matter”: “Incomplete” (Sisqo) and “Bent” (matchbox twenty).
Country Grammar is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 2000
- New games
- Dragon Quest VII
the 1990s
1999
Right behind “Genie In A Bottle”: “Bailamos” (Enrique Iglesias) and “Summer Girls” (LFO).
Millennium is also on Spotify, YouTube.
more from 1999
- New games
- Galerians
Right behind “The Boy Is Mine”: “My Way” (Usher) and “The First Night” (Monica).
Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “Mo Money Mo Problems”: “I'll Be Missing You” (Puff Daddy & Faith Evans Featuring 112) and “Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)” (Backstreet Boys).
Right behind “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)”: “I Love You Always Forever” (Donna Lewis) and “Hit Me Off” (New Edition).
Right behind “Kiss From A Rose”: “Waterfalls” (TLC) and “Boombastic/In The Summertime” (Shaggy).
Right behind “I'll Make Love To You”: “Stay (I Missed You) (From "Reality Bites")” (Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories) and “Fantastic Voyage” (Coolio).
The Lion King is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 1994
- New games
- Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures · Langrisser II · Aero Fighters 2
Right behind “Can't Help Falling In Love (From "Sliver")”: “Whoomp! (There It Is)” (Tag Team) and “Dreamlover” (Mariah Carey).
River of Dreams is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 1993
- New games
- Jurassic Park
Right behind “End Of The Road (From "Boomerang")”: “Baby-Baby-Baby” (TLC) and “November Rain” (Guns N' Roses).
Right behind “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”: “Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave)” (Roxette) and “It Ain't Over 'til It's Over” (Lenny Kravitz).
Right behind “If Wishes Came True”: “Blaze Of Glory (From "Young Guns II")” (Jon Bon Jovi) and “Unskinny Bop” (Poison).
the 1980s
Right behind “Right Here Waiting”: “Cold Hearted” (Paula Abdul) and “Hangin' Tough” (New Kids On The Block).
1988
Right behind “Monkey”: “I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That” (Elton John) and “I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love” (Chicago).
Tracy Chapman is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 1988
- New games
- Ys I
Right behind “La Bamba”: “Who's That Girl” (Madonna) and “Don't Mean Nothing” (Richard Marx).
Right behind “Higher Love”: “Venus” (Bananarama) and “Papa Don't Preach” (Madonna).
1985
Right behind “The Power Of Love”: “St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)” (John Parr) and “Freeway Of Love” (Aretha Franklin).
Right behind “What's Love Got To Do With It”: “Missing You” (John Waite) and “Stuck On You” (Lionel Richie).
Right behind “Every Breath You Take”: “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” (Eurythmics) and “Maniac” (Michael Sembello).
1982
Right behind “Eye Of The Tiger”: “Hurts So Good” (John Cougar) and “Abracadabra” (The Steve Miller Band).
1981
Right behind “Endless Love”: “Slow Hand” (The Pointer Sisters) and “Theme From "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not)” (Joey Scarbury).
1980
Right behind “Sailing”: “Upside Down” (Diana Ross) and “Magic” (Olivia Newton-John).
the 1970s
Right behind “My Sharona”: “Good Times” (Chic) and “The Main Event/Fight” (Barbra Streisand).
Right behind “Grease”: “Three Times A Lady” (Commodores) and “Miss You” (The Rolling Stones).
Right behind “Best Of My Love”: “I Just Want To Be Your Everything” (Andy Gibb) and “(your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher” (Rita Coolidge).
1976
Right behind “Don't Go Breaking My Heart”: “You Should Be Dancing” (Bee Gees) and “Let 'em In” (Wings).
1975
Right behind “Get Down Tonight”: “Fallin' In Love” (Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds) and “Rhinestone Cowboy” (Glen Campbell).
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is also on Spotify, YouTube.
1974
Right behind “(You're) Having My Baby”: “I Shot The Sheriff” (Eric Clapton) and “Tell Me Something Good” (Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan).
Right behind “Brother Louie”: “Let's Get It On” (Marvin Gaye) and “Delta Dawn” (Helen Reddy).
Right behind “Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)”: “Alone Again (Naturally)” (Gilbert O'Sullivan) and “Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)” (The Hollies).
Chicago V is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 1972
- In sports
- 1972 Summer Olympics
Right behind “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart”: “Take Me Home, Country Roads” (John Denver) and “Signs” (Five Man Electrical Band).
Tapestry is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
more from 1971
- Launched
- WorldCat
Right behind “War”: “Make It With You” (Bread) and “(They Long To Be) Close To You” (Carpenters).
the 1960s
Right behind “Honky Tonk Women”: “A Boy Named Sue” (Johnny Cash) and “Sugar, Sugar” (The Archies).
Johnny Cash at San Quentin is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “People Got To Be Free”: “Born To Be Wild” (Steppenwolf) and “Light My Fire” (Jose Feliciano).
1967
Right behind “Ode To Billie Joe”: “All You Need Is Love” (The Beatles) and “Pleasant Valley Sunday” (The Monkees).
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is also on Spotify, YouTube, Wikipedia.
Right behind “Summer In The City”: “Sunny” (Bobby Hebb) and “See You In September” (The Happenings).
Right behind “I Got You Babe”: “Help!” (The Beatles) and “California Girls” (The Beach Boys).
Right behind “Where Did Our Love Go”: “House Of The Rising Sun” (The Animals) and “Everybody Loves Somebody” (Dean Martin).
Right behind “My Boyfriend's Back”: “Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp)” (Allan Sherman) and “Fingertips - Pt 2” (Little Stevie Wonder).
1962
Right behind “Sheila”: “The Loco-Motion” (Little Eva) and “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” (Neil Sedaka).
1961
Right behind “Wooden Heart”: “Tossin' And Turnin'” (Bobby Lewis) and “Michael” (The Highwaymen).
Right behind “It's Now Or Never”: “Walk -- Don't Run” (The Ventures) and “The Twist” (Chubby Checker).
the late 1950s
1959
Right behind “The Three Bells”: “Sea Of Love” (Phil Phillips With The Twilights) and “Sleep Walk” (Santo & Johnny).
1958
Right behind “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volaré)”: “Little Star” (The Elegants) and “Bird Dog” (The Everly Brothers).
Sources
Songs and albums are the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 for the week; films are the weekend box office leader; shows are Netflix’s weekly Top 10; “most read” is the page everyone turned to on Wikipedia that day. Song links search YouTube; films and shows link to IMDb.
- Weekly charts: the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, as archived in Wikipedia’s number-one lists.
- Weekend box office: Box Office Mojo, via Wikipedia’s number-one film lists.
- Streaming: the official Netflix Top 10.
- News stories: the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
- Game release dates: Wikidata.
- Album artwork and album links: Apple Music.
- News photos: freely licensed images from Wikimedia Commons; each links to its file page and credits.
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