Person of the Year 2020

The Words That Defined 2020

By Cady Lang

Assa Traoré and France's Fight for Racial Justice

By Vivienne Walt / Paris

Kamala Harris on Restoring the Soul of the Nation

By Madeleine Carlisle

Joe Biden on Vaccines, Pardons and Uniting America: The 2020 TIME Person of the Year Interview

By Madeleine Carlisle
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The Story Behind TIME's 2020 Person of the Year Covers

To illustrate the broad range of people featured on the 2020 Person of the Year covers, we commissioned artists and photographers with a variety of backgrounds and styles—from digital art to oil painting; portraitists to...

By D.W. Pine December 10, 2020

TIME’s History of President-Elects as Person of the Year

TIME’s 2020 Person of the Year choice of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris keeps with tradition—and breaks new ground. The selection of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris marks the first time a...

By Olivia B. Waxman December 10, 2020

Behind the Scenes of TIME's 2020 Person of the Year Issue

In the fall of any normal year, we pack a conference room at TIME’s headquarters in New York City with reporters, producers and editors to debate who should be selected as Person of the Year,...

By Edward Felsenthal December 10, 2020

BTS Performs 'Dynamite' in TIME's POY Special

BTS was named TIME's 2020 Entertainer of the Year

By Raisa Bruner December 10, 2020

Who Will Be TIME's Person of the Year for 2020?

The shortlist of candidates for TIME's 2020 Person of the Year was announced Thursday morning during NBC's Today show. Four candidates are being considered by TIME editors for this year's selection of the person who...

By TIME Staff December 10, 2020

2020 TIME Person of the Year Debates

Join us for a live debate on who should be TIME's 2020 Person of the Year.

By TIME Staff December 7, 2020

Here's Who Won TIME's 2020 Person of the Year Reader Poll

Essential workers—the nurses, doctors, delivery people, grocery-store employees and many others who continue to risk their lives on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic—have won TIME’s 2020 Person of the Year reader poll. These...

By TIME Staff December 7, 2020
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