1. Forbes World’s Richest People List
This list comprises the 500 richest magnates and tycoons in the world, sorted by continent and nation, as well as lists like: ‘the world’s billionaires’, ‘comebacks,’ and ‘newcomers.’ Some names that frequent the apex of this elitist list are investor Warren Buffett, Mexican telephone tycoon Carlos Slim Helu, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
It is every prospective business person’s desire to see his or her name adorning the pages of this edition. This issue draws those who ordinarily don’t subscribe to Forbes but are attracted by the bizarre power of seeing people that have incomes higher than the GDP of Zimbabwe. In the future, Forbes magazine could have to make the issue a few pages longer to integrate the hundreds of zeroes it takes to explain the incomes of these affluent and wealthy people.
2. NY Times Bestseller List bestseller-display
The New York Times Bestseller List is the list of the best selling books in the United States and is published weekly by the New York Times. The list has been established since 1942 and continues to be the most significant source for classifying and rating book sales.
Bestseller novels will frequently display stamps declaring that their narrative is actually a New York Times bestseller. This gimmick generally draws the attention of customers and may massively improve sales if the book enters the NYT list. The books are grouped into eight genres: Fiction, Paperback Fiction, Nonfiction, Sunday Book Review, Paperback Nonfiction, Business Best Sellers, Children’s Books and Advice.
At one time in the history of the bestselling list, writers started protesting about J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series and asked it’s removal because of its unconquerable grasp on the top ranks of the bestseller list.
3. Time Magazine’s Most Influential People
Time Magazine’s ‘Most Influential People’ are determined by none other than the entire population. Anyone can cast a vote to elect who they think is changing the world with their skill, power, notoriety, or otherwise equally important adjective. The list, originally published in 1999 is a fledgling among the more long standing lists in popular culture but has swiftly grown to be one of the most anticipated.
Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Steve Jobs have all been included five times since the issue’s debut. The entire list journals the altering worldview of a civilization, one individual at a time. The personalities included in the pages of its yearly edition frequently symbolise a daring, world altering notion. Some prominent ones: the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, Bill Gates. All have changed the world with their ideas. The individual listed the most times? Oprah Winfrey.
4. Rolling Stone’s Best Songs and Albums of the Year
Rolling Stone’s yearly issue highlights the best albums and songs of the year. Rolling Stone has long been one of the main periodicals discussing music and media. Rolling Stone has experienced quite a transformation from the Hunter S. Thompson days of the 1970s when Rolling Stone was largely a political and current affairs magazine. But they have never lost their touch with their fervently dedicated hippie-turned-real-estate-agent fan base.
Their annual rankings of songs and albums gives an often highly controversial but definitive look at all types of music, not just mainstream sludge spewed out on lifelessly redundant pop stations. Many mainstream types have read the list and shouted “Bah! This is rubbish! Where is Rihanna!” while emphatically throwing it into a trashcan filled with Nickelback ticket stubs. No matter who Rolling Stone chooses on its list, it is guaranteed to get people talking year after year. (Note: Video is for their ‘Top 25 Albums of All Time’ list - unable to locate image/video for 2009’s Best Albums of the Year.)