Taylor Swift Named Time’s Person of the Year 2023

Taylor Swift has been named 2023 Person of the Year by TIME magazine on Wednesday.

The superstar singer-songwriter has beaten out a host of finalists who over the last 12 months dominated politics, entertainment and more.

Time noted that she has had more No. 1 albums than any woman in history.

 

“The selections over the years have tended to follow certain patterns. The person chosen has typically been a ruler over traditional domains of power. He-and yes, usually it has been a ‘he’-is very often a politician or a titan of industry. Fourteen U.S. presidents, five leaders of Russia or the Soviet Union and three Popes have all been recognized,” the magazine’s editor Sam Jacobs wrote about naming Swift.

“And yet the person whose singular influence was revealed throughout 2023 has held none of these roles-or anything remotely similar,” it added.

“Every year contains light and dark; 2023 was a year with significant darkness shares. 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.”

 

“This is the proudest and happiest I’ve ever felt, and the most creatively fulfilled and free I’ve ever been,” Taylor Swift says following the nomination.