Issue No. 1 · August 2026
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    The monthly record of fame.

    Chart history

    Michael Jackson

    USUnited States·Singer • Songwriter • Dancer • Philanthropist

    Born August 29, 1958 · Died June 25, 2009

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    The 100, August 2026
    No. 3
    Best ever
    No. 3
    Months on The 100
    2

    Month by month

    Standing on The 100 and on the Alive list for every recorded month. Positions are not compared across methodology versions.

    MonthThe 100AliveScore
    August 20263—42.2
    July 20265—37.0

    Lists held, August 2026

    Every country, origin, region and sector list this name appears on in the current issue

    In the journal

    The month in fame

    The month in fame, August 2026

    The first issue of the record opens with a name that has held the world's attention for two thousand years, a footballer who holds it now, and a list on which the living and the dead are measured on one scale.

    iFAMOUS Editorial Desk · September 5, 2026

    Dispatch

    Around the world, August 2026

    Sixty-two country lists, fifty-five named No. 1s, twenty-four of them politicians, seven of them the same man. A tour of the first issue's map.

    iFAMOUS Editorial Desk · September 5, 2026