Taylor Swift is rounding up the year with yet another honor: she was voted Time magazine’s 2023 “Person of the Year,” beating out Barbie and King Charles III.
“While her popularity has grown across the decades, this is the year that Swift, 33, achieved a kind of nuclear fusion: shooting art and commerce together to release an energy of historic force,” according to the magazine.
Time chose Swift because she found a way to give people all over the world hope in the midst of some extremely trying circumstances.
“No one else on the planet today can move so many people so well,” according to Time’s profile. “Achieving this feat is something we often chalk up to the alignments of planets and fates, but giving too much credit to the stars ignores her skill and her power.”
Taylor Swift Named Time’s ‘Person Of The Year’
The magazine also interviewed Swift: “This is the proudest and happiest I’ve ever felt, and the most creatively fulfilled and free I’ve ever been.”
And, yes, she spoke publicly for the first Time about her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce. The couple began hanging out after Kelce donned a friendship bracelet on his podcast, which Swift described as “metal as hell.”
“I’m just there to support Travis,” she said of her attendance at NFL games, which have helped some of them gain viewers. “I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and pissing off a few dads, Brads, and Chads.”
Swift’s “Eras Tour,” which grossed over $2.2 billion in North American ticket sales alone, was a highlight of her incredible year, according to research firm QuestionPro. StubHub also issued its 2023 “Year in Live Experiences” report on Wednesday, stating that the “Eras Tour” was the website’s largest tour.
Swift has not only crushed Super Bowl-sized arenas, but also neighborhood cinema theaters.
According to AMC, the pop singer’s “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” concert film grossed roughly $96 million in its debut weekend in the United States and Canada, making it the highest-grossing concert film domestically for an opening weekend.
Among all of this, Swift broke her own Spotify record by being the most-streamed artist in the streamer’s history in a single day, while “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day this year.
Taylor Swift is a renowned singer-songwriter and actress known for her narrative songwriting and autobiographical lyrics.
Taylor Swift Named Time’s ‘Person Of The Year’
She has achieved widespread commercial success and critical acclaim for her music, which spans various genres including pop, country, and rock.
Taylor has won numerous awards, including multiple Grammy Awards, and has established herself as one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
In addition to her music career, she has also appeared in films and television shows, further cementing her status as a multifaceted entertainer.
SOURCE – CNN
