Thursday 24 April 2014

Beyoncé beats Obama, Miley and the Pope to land the cover of Time's '100 Most Influential People'

Beyoncé beats Obama, Miley and the Pope to land the cover of Time's '100 Most Influential People'

  • Beyoncé leads annual list of 100 people who have inspired others
  • 'She doesn't just sit at the table - she builds a better one,' Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg wrote in her profile of the singer
  • Hillary Clinton, Vladimir Putin, Amy Adams, General Motors CEO Mary Barra and the NBA's first openly gay player Jason Collins also on list
Beyoncé has landed the cover of Time magazine's annual '100 Most Influential People in the World'.
The pop queen beat other names on the list - from President Obama, Hillary Clinton, Vladimir Putin, Pope Francis and Miley Cyrus - to feature on the coveted cover.
Further covers placed inside the magazine feature actor Robert Redford, the NBA's first openly gay athlete Jason Collins, and General Motors CEO Mary Barra.
Time's 'Most Influential' list names people who have inspired others, regardless of their moral standing. The list also includes a profile by another star, explaining why the person deserves a spot.
'She's the boss,' Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg explained in her profile of Beyonce.
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Pop queen: Time magazine features Beyonce on the cover of its '100 Most Influential People', out Friday
Pop queen: Time magazine features Beyonce on the cover of its '100 Most Influential People', out Friday
'Beyoncé has sold out the Mrs. Carter Show World Tour while being a full-time mother. Beyoncé doesn't just sit at the table. She builds a better one.'
She goes on: 'Her secret: hard work, honesty and authenticity. And her answer to the question, 'What would you do if you weren't afraid? appears to be 'Watch me. I'm about to do it.' Then she adds, 'You can, too.'"
    Sandberg and Beyoncé previously collaborated on a campaign in which they called for a ban on the word 'Bossy' to describe women.
    Beyoncé appears in the 'Titans' section of the list alongside Pharrell Williams, Hillary Clinton and Jeff Bezos, while other sections include Pioneers, Artists, Leaders and Icons.
    Time listed Kerry Washington, Amy Adams, Frozen songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez about the most influential artists of the year.
    Jason Collins
    Redford
    The NBA's first openly gay athlete Jason Collins, left, and actor Robert Redford, right, feature on subsequent inside covers of the magazine. They are among the 100 people who have inspired others
    Spotlight: Mary Barra, the CEO of General Motors, also fell within the 'Leader' category of the list
    Spotlight: Mary Barra, the CEO of General Motors, also fell within the 'Leader' category of the list
    Late Night host Seth Meyers, country musician Carrie Underwood, 'Happy' singer Pharrell Williams, Russian President Vladimir Putin and singer Miley Cyrus also feature in the magazine.
    And interestingly, each person on the list is profiled by another famous figure; Malala Yousafzai wrote about Hillary Clinton in this issue, while Amy Poehler wrote about Seth Meyers, and Dolly Parton wrote about Miley Cyrus.
    Beyoncé, who made wowed critics and fans this year by suddenly releasing a secret album featuring 14 songs and 17 videos, also nabbed a spot on the list last year.
    Director Baz Lurhmann wrote of her: 'When Beyoncé does an album, when Beyoncé sings a song, when Beyoncé does anything, it’s an event, and it’s broadly influential. 
    'Right now, she is the heir-­apparent diva of the USA -- the reigning national voice.'
    The TIME 100 issue hits newsstands on Friday.

    'TITANS' AND 'PIONEERS'

    Hillary Clinton
    Hillary Clinton
    Beyonce
    Pony Ma, founder of Tencent, one of China's biggest internet companies
    Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve chair
    Tony Fadell, engineer, 'father of the iPod'
    Sheika al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Qatar Museums Authority chair
    Pharrell Williams, singer 'Happy'
    Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy, founders of Snapchat app
    Jeff Bezos
    Jeff Bezos
    Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and owner of The Washington Post
    Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man
    Serena Williams, tennis champion
    Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme
    David Koch and Charles Koch, Billionaire activists driving conservative politics
    Hillary Clinton

    PIONEERS
    Angela Merkel
    Angela Merkel
    Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay player
    Natalie Massenet, founder of Net-a-Porter
    Mary Jo White, Chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
    Tom Steyer, hedge fund manager and environmentalist
    Jack Ma, Chinese internet entrepreneur
    Richard Sherman, Seattle Seahawks cornerback
    Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity director
    Megan Ellison, film producer
    Richard Sherman
    Richard Sherman
    Robert Lanza, leading cell scientist
    Megyn Kelly, Fox news reporter
    Arvind Kejriwal, leader of Aam Aadmi Party in India
    Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe, founder of school in Uganda
    John Kovac, Harvard University astrophysicist
    Travis Kalanick, founder of Uber, a car service app, and Red-Swoosh, a file-sharing company
    Jenji Kohan, television writer for 'Weeds' and 'Orange Is the New Black'
    Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer
    Mary Barra
    Mary Barra
    Anat Admati, Stanford economist
    Obadah al-Kaddri, Syrian activist
    David Sinclair, Harvard geneticist
    Kathryn Sullivan, geologist
    José Mujica, president of Uruguay
    Edward Snowden, NSA whistleblower
    Major General Herbert Raymond McMaster, 'the architect of the future U.S. Army'
    Imam Omar Kobine Layama, Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga and The Rev. Nicolas Guérékoyame-Gbangou, 'faith leaders on the front line'
    Serena Williams
    Serena Williams
    Hosain Rahman, designer of wearable technology
    Arunachalam Muruganantham, Indian inventor
    Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist

    'ARTISTS', 'LEADERS' AND 'ICONS'

    Seth Meyers
    Seth Meyers
    Benedict Cumberbatch, actor
    Seth Meyers, late night host and comedian
    Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, songwriters for 'Frozen'
    Kerry Washington, actor
    Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan author
    Amy Adams, actor
    John Green, Author of young adult fiction
    Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave director
    Robin Wright
    Robin Wright
    Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, from Comedy Central's 'Key and Peele'
    Diane Paulus, theater and opera director
    Robin Wright, actor
    Matthew McConaughey, actor
    Miley Cyrus, singer
    Yao Chen, actor
    Barbara Brown Taylor, acclaimed Episcopal preacher and best-selling author


    LEADERS
    Mary Barra, General Motors CEO
    John Kerry, Secretary of State
    Vladimir Putin, Russian president
    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian economist
    Hassan Rouhani, president of Iran
    Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin
    Ory Okolloh, Kenyan activist
    Shinzo Abe, prime minister of Japan
    Hassan Rouhani
    Hassan Rouhani
    Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, Egyptian military commander
    Xi Jinping, Chinese president
    Barack Obama
    Withelma 'T' Ortiz Walker Pettigrew, sex trafficking survivor
    Narendra Modi, Indian politican
    Eric Holder
    Michelle Bachelet, president of Chile
    Andrew Haldane, official at Bank of England
    Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany
    Jerry Brown, governor of California
    Thuli Madonsela, South Africa activist
    Rand Paul, senator, Kentucky
    Kirsten Gillibrand, senator, New York
    Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela
    Abdullah Gul, president of Turkey
    Kim Jong Un, North Korean leader
    Abu Du'a, Iraqi leader

    ICONS
    Cristiano Ronaldo
    Cristiano Ronaldo
    Robert Redford, actor
    Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, Indonesian domestic worker abused by her employers
    Pope Francis
    Malala Yousafzai, activist
    Donna Tartt, author
    Arundhati Roy, author and activist
    Christy Turlington Burns, model
    Carrie Underwood, singer
    Phoebe Philo, designer
    Charlie Rose, talk show host and journalist
    Alice Waters, chef and activist
    Marina Abramovic, performance artist
    Cristiano Ronaldo, soccer player
    Carl Icahn, investor




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