The man behind the social network has been crowned TIME’s Person of the Year “for connecting more than half a billion people and mapping the social relations among them, for creating a new system of exchanging information and for changing how we live our lives.” Click here to read the 10-page cover article. Zuck beat out the trapped Chilean Miners, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Afghanistan’s president Hamid Karzai, and The Tea Party.
The zine also named the top ten albums and songs of the year. Here’s what they had to say about the #1 album, Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: “Kanye West can seem like an attention-hungry young child who constantly tugs on his mother’s pant leg, saying, “Watch this! Watch this!” But once Kanye got our attention, instead of a simple somersault, he delivered the musical equivalent of a one-handed back handspring.” Cee Lo Green’s “F**k You” is Time’s #1 song. Look after the break to see the full listing of TIME’s top ten albums and songs.
Other TIME Top 10 things worth noting: in the Top 10 TV Series category they included Parks and Rec, Party Down, and Boardwalk Empire; in the Top 10 TV episodes they included Community‘s “Modern Warfare”, Lost‘s “The End”, and Fringe‘s “Peter” (!). Really digging the selection here. The Social Network and Toy Story 3 are listed in the Top 10 Movies category, Angry Birds is a top video game, and Merton on Chatroulette, Bed Intruder, and Double Rainbow are favorite viral videos. Again, look after the break to see the full listings from all of these categories to see if your favorites made the cut. Or you can opt to head over to TIME to view many other Top 10 categories ranging from popular toys to scientific discoveries.
Top 10 Albums
- Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
- LCD Soundsystem, This Is Happening
- The National, High Violet
- Drake, Thank Me Later
- Sufjan Stevens, Age of Adz
- The Black Keys, Brothers
- Yeasayer, Odd Blood
- Big Boi, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
- Beach House, Teen Dream
Top 10 Songs
- Cee Lo Green, “F___ You”
- Janelle Monáe, “Tightrope”
- Kanye West, “Power”
- Arcade Fire, “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)”
- Eminem featuring Rihanna, “Love the Way You Lie”
- Yeasayer, “Ambling Alp”
- Jónsi, “Animal Arithmetic”
- Drake, “Find Your Love”
- Elizabeth Cook, “All the Time”
- Sleigh Bells, “Rill Rill”
Top 10 TV Series
- Breaking Bad
- Mad Men
- Parks and Recreation
- Louie
- Boardwalk Empire
- Party Down
- The Pacific
- The Good Wife
- Rubicon
- Terriers
Top 10 TV Episodes
- Friday Night Lights, “The Son”
- Mad Men, “The Suitcase”
- Community, “Modern Warfare”
- Breaking Bad, “One Minute”
- Fringe, “Peter”
- Louie, “Bully”
- Lost, “The End”
- Treme, “Do You Know What It Means” (Pilot)
- The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, Final Episode
- Justified, “Fire in the Hole” (Pilot)
Top 10 Movies
- Toy Story 3
- Inside Job
- Never Let Me Go
- Life During Wartime
- The Social Network
- Rabbit Hole
- Wild Grass
- Green Zone
- Waiting for ‘Superman’
- Four Lions
Top 10 Video Games
- Alan Wake
- Angry Birds
- Red Dead Redemption
- Halo: Reach
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Limbo
- Super Meat Boy
- Super Street Fighter IV
- Starcraft II
- Mass Effect 2
Top 10 Viral Videos
- Double Rainbow
- Merton on Chatroulette
- Bed Intruder
- OK Go, “This Too Shall Pass”
- Old Spice, “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like”
- General Larry Platt, “Pants on the Ground”
- Insane Clown Posse, “Miracles”
- Next Media Animation
- “Trololo” Guy
- Phil Davison