celeb news Taylor Swift is TIME Magazine's "Person of the Year"

[Feanor]

 

2023 Person of the Year

Taylor Swift

 

 

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And yet the person whose singular influence was revealed throughout 2023 has held none of these roles—or anything remotely similar. Every year contains light and dark; 2023 was a year with significant shares of darkness. In a divided world, where too many institutions are failing, Taylor Swift found a way to transcend borders and be a source of light. No one else on the planet today can move so many people so well. 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. 

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For building a world of her own that made a place for so many, for spinning her story into a global legend, for bringing joy to a society desperately in need of it, Taylor Swift is TIME’s 2023 Person of the Year.

TIME

 

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Photoshoot & Interview

 

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“I’ve been raised up and down the flagpole of public opinion so many times in the last 20 years,” she says as we tuck into a cozy den off the kitchen to talk, and she kicks off her shoes and curls up onto the sofa. “I’ve been given a tiara, then had it taken away.” She is seemingly unguarded in conversation, reflective about both where she’s been and where she finds herself now. After all, while she’s long been one of the biggest entertainers in the world, this year is different. “It feels like the breakthrough moment of my career, happening at 33,” she says. “And for the first time in my life, I was mentally tough enough to take what comes with that.”

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Swift’s accomplishments as an artist—culturally, critically, and commercially—are so legion that to recount them seems almost beside the point. As a pop star, she sits in rarefied company, alongside Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, and Madonna; as a songwriter, she has been compared to Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, and Joni Mitchell. As a businesswoman, she has built an empire worth, by some estimates, over $1 billion. And as a celebrity […] she has long commanded constant attention and knows how to use it. But this year, something shifted. To discuss her movements felt like discussing politics or the weather—a language spoken so widely it needed no context. She became the main character of the world.

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This was the year she perfected her craft—not just with her music, but in her position as the master storyteller of the modern era. The world, in turn, watched, clicked, cried, danced, sang along, swooned, caravanned to stadiums and movie theaters, let her work soundtrack their lives. For Swift, it’s a peak. “This is the proudest and happiest I’ve ever felt, and the most creatively fulfilled and free I’ve ever been,” Swift tells me. “Ultimately, we can convolute it all we want, or try to overcomplicate it, but there’s only one question.” Here, she adopts a booming voice. “Are you not entertained?”

More at TIME

 

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Achievements

 

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Taylor Swift was named TIME’s 2023 Person of the Year—making her the first woman to appear twice on a Person of the Year cover since the franchise began in 1927.

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She’s the first person to be selected because of her achievement in the arts, and is only the fourth individual selection who was born in the last 50 years. As the first woman to be recognized more than once, Swift joins a small group of repeat designees, alongside several U.S. presidents and world leaders.

TIME

 

 

This also marks the 4th time Taylor Swift has graced the cover the main, weekly issue of TIME, more than any other female artist since the magazine's inception 100 years ago:

 

1. Nov. 24, 2014 - The Power of Taylor Swift

2. Dec. 18, 2017 - Person of the Year: The Silence Breakers

3. Apr. 29/May 6, 2019 - TIME 100: The 100 Most Influential People

4. Dec. 25, 2023 - Person of the Year: Taylor Swift

 

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Edited December 13, 2023 by Feanor

[Gelato]

She's a beautiful woman but they did her dirty with that cover 

 

Congrats regardless 

Edited December 6, 2023 by Gelato

[By the Water]

Of course she is 

[Gwendolyn]

Thought AI would take it; congrats to her!

[NicoleAMatty]

she owned 2023 so it's absolutely deserved

Edited December 6, 2023 by NicoleAMatty

[MidnightsAtPeace]

After having one of the biggest year of an artist in history of music, Taylor was named TIME's Person of the Year.

 

https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1732379813292257322?t=jbl-yNVxucUOfwsRVDGZtw&s=19

 

 

Edited December 6, 2023 by MidnightsAtPeace

[KatyPrismSpirit]

that gay that created chatgpt deserved

[Feetree]

Holy **** this is a massive achievement 

[latingrl2005]

Let the meltdowns begin.....

[KatyPrismSpirit]

that photoshoot is giving reputa tv

[Asscatchem]

she doesnt even acknowledge palestine...?

[Achilles.]

Not Elvis, MJ, or Madonna. Not Katharine, Marilyn, or Marlon. Not Hitchcock, Spielberg, or Scorsese. Not Tolkien, King, or Rowling. Not Dalí, Rockwell, or Warhol. Not even Disney. 
 

Taylor Swift is the first artist or entertainer in history to be individually honored as Time’s Person of the Year.
 

 

[ChapelHooker]

Spoiler

should’ve been the journalists in palestine but

PERIOD ***** THE MUSIC INDUSTRY HERSELF

[Arrows]

I called this MONTHS ago omg

 

This is one of THE biggest achievements of her career

[*.Digambar.*]

Taylor's impact strikes again! 

[BIAATCH]

Fact

[Lyrica]

Just now, Asscatchem said:

she doesnt even acknowledge palestine...?

Why should she? She's not a politician for international policies.

OT: Beautiful if real

[GreenEnvy]

Another massive achievement to add to her legendary career 

[KingWitch]

Just now, Asscatchem said:

she doesnt even acknowledge palestine...?

Okay and what does that have to do with her music career ? 

 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

1 minute ago, Asscatchem said:

she doesnt even acknowledge palestine...?

when did she ever speak up about politics? she has records to sell duh

[RideOrDie]

oh this is going to hurt some of y'all... 

[vuelve88]

Impact 

[OnlyManInTheWorld]

It's over for OTH and ATRL  

[ugo]

So the Numbers align with the "impact" she has 

 

 

[byzantium]

Ok but she hasn’t even single handedly negotiated a treaty between India and Pakistan settling the land disputes in Kashmir.  
 

What is even the point of pop girls if not international diplomacy? 

Edited December 6, 2023 by byzantium