Top-10 List By Year
| Nr. 1 | Nr. 2 | Nr. 3 | Nr. 4 | Nr. 5 | Nr. 6 | Nr. 7 | Nr. 8 | Nr. 9 | Nr. 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Michael Jordan | Oprah Winfrey | Leonardo DiCaprio | Jerry Seinfeld | Steven Spielberg | Spice Girls* | Harrison Ford | Robin Williams | Celine Dion | The Rolling Stones* |
| 2000 | Julia Roberts | George Lucas | Oprah Winfrey | Tom Hanks | Michael Jordan | The Rolling Stones* | Tiger Woods | Backstreet Boys | Cher | Steven Spielberg |
| 2001 | Tom Cruise | Tiger Woods | The Beatles* | Britney Spears | Bruce Willis | Michael Jordan | Backstreet Boys* | NSYNC* | Oprah Winfrey | Mel Gibson |
| 2002 | Britney Spears | Tiger Woods | Steven Spielberg | Madonna | U2* | NSYNC* | Mariah Carey | Oprah Winfrey | Michael Jordan | Tom Hanks |
| 2003 | Jennifer Aniston | Eminem and Dr. Dre | Tiger Woods | Steven Spielberg | Jennifer Lopez | Paul McCartney | Ben Affleck | Oprah Winfrey | Tom Hanks | The Rolling Stones* |
| 2004 | Mel Gibson | Tiger Woods | Oprah Winfrey | Tom Cruise | The Rolling Stones* | J.K. Rowling | Michael Jordan | Bruce Springsteen | Steven Spielberg | Johnny Depp |
| 2005 | Oprah Winfrey | Tiger Woods | Mel Gibson | George Lucas | Shaquille O'Neal | Steven Spielberg | Johnny Depp | Madonna | Elton John | Tom Cruise |
| 2006 | Tom Cruise | The Rolling Stones* | Oprah Winfrey | U2* | Tiger Woods | Steven Spielberg | Howard Stern | 50 Cent | Cast of The Sopranos* | Dan Brown |
| 2007 | Oprah Winfrey | Tiger Woods | Madonna | The Rolling Stones* | Brad Pitt | Johnny Depp | Elton John | Tom Cruise | Jay-Z | Steven Spielberg |
| 2008 | Oprah Winfrey | Tiger Woods | Angelina Jolie | Beyoncé Knowles | David Beckham | Johnny Depp | Jay-Z | The Police | J.K. Rowling | Brad Pitt |
| 2009 | Angelina Jolie | Oprah Winfrey | Madonna | Beyoncé Knowles | Tiger Woods | Bruce Springsteen | Steven Spilberg | Jennifer Aniston | Brad Pitt | Kobe Bryant |
| 2010 | Oprah Winfrey | Beyoncé Knowles | James Cameron | Lady Gaga | Tiger Woods | Britney Spears | U2* | Sandra Bullock | Johnny Depp | Madonna |
| 2011 | Lady Gaga | Oprah Winfrey | Justin Bieber | U2* | Elton John | Tiger Woods | Taylor Swift | Bon Jovi* | Simon Cowell | LeBron James |
| 2012 | Jennifer Lopez | Oprah Winfrey | Justin Bieber | Rihanna | Lady Gaga | Britney Spears | Kim Kardashian | Katy Perry | Tom Cruise | Steven Spielberg |
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Famous quotes containing the words list and/or year:
“Thirty—the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning brief-case of enthusiasm, thinning hair.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
“Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)