Taylor Swift named Time’s 2023 Person of the Year
December 06, 2023 11:53 AM
Singer Taylor Swift has been named Time Magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year.
Swift earned the title from the magazine in the middle of a tour that ends next year and following the re-releases of two of her albums and a documentary that became a box office hit. The musician also beat out several other contenders for the title, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, prosecutors against former President Donald Trump, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, among others, according to Time.
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“This is the proudest and happiest I’ve ever felt, and the most creatively fulfilled and free I’ve ever been,” Swift told the magazine. “Ultimately, we can convolute it all we want, or try to overcomplicate it, but there’s only one question: are you not entertained?”
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Two of Swift’s albums, Speak Now and 1989, were re-recorded this year after their original recordings in 2010 and 2014, respectively. Her documentary film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, hit theaters on Oct. 13, opening to over $92 million and grossing over $178 million as of Sunday, according to Box Office Mojo.
Last year’s Time Person of the Year was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was granted the title roughly 10 months after Russia invaded his country.
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Time does not always give its Person of the Year title to a single person, sometimes giving it to an object, such as the personal computer in 1982. The iconic doll Barbie was a contender for the title this year, as the movie based on the doll released this year is currently the highest-grossing film of 2023. Other times, Time gives its title to multiple people instead of just one, such as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in 2020, according to the outlet.
Past winners of the title from previous years include billionaire Elon Musk in 2021, environmental activist Greta Thunberg in 2019, and Trump in 2016.