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

PUBLISHED: 16:51, 24 April 2014 | UPDATED: 19:30, 24 April 2014

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

'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.

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

Time Magazine publishes annual Time 100 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

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, 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

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

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

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

Hosain Rahman, designer of wearable technology

Arunachalam Muruganantham, Indian inventor

Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist

'ARTISTS', 'LEADERS' AND 'ICONS'

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

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

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

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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