“Time” has named Taylor Swift the “Person of the Year.” This is the first occasion that it had occurred since 1927, when the renowned American magazine started selecting a pure entertainer to be the recipient of the year-end cover tribute to the person who best represented the globe. Consider that the well-known American singer-songwriter and actress, who turns 34 on December 13, has eclipsed several public figures, including Donald Trump, King Charles III, and Vladimir Putin. Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, received recognition in 2022. This is the happiest and proudest moment she has ever experienced, the 33-year-old pop artist stated in a brief social media message, revealing the privacy that has always been her own and is part of her success.
Taylor Swift was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on December 13, 1989. She had a “canonical” start to her music career, gaining fame for her popularity and success through her albums. Her discography since 2005 consists of sixty singles, four live albums, four extended plays, and ten studio albums (plus four re-recorded). She is the only artist in history—alongside the Beatles—to have simultaneously placed 11 songs on the American Billboard Top 200 chart, with over 200 million copies sold.
However, as time went on, it became more and more obvious that the blonde singer of “Cruel Summer,” “Shake it off,” and “Anti-hero” had a certain something extra and that she had the kind of charisma that could sway the public and build an empire. She is the record queen, starting at 13 years old. She was the youngest singer to be signed by Sony/ATV, her concert film was a huge box-office hit, and she became the first female artist to reach 100 million monthly streams on Spotify. Her Eras tour brought in a billion and a half dollars worldwide.
Above all, though, Taylor Swift is a powerful businesswoman and public personality who can inspire her devoted following with progressive political ideas. As an entrepreneur, she has amassed a fortune of over $1 billion and could influence the US GDP with about $5 billion in additional revenue from the business surrounding the 53 shows of her “Erase Tour.”
Swift has publicly declared her support for the Democratic Party in the USA and openly allied herself with progressive politics and the protection of LGBTQ+ community rights for several years. No one else on the planet today can affect so many people so well, said Time’s editor Sam Jacobs, adding that Taylor Swift has discovered a way to transcend boundaries and be a source of light in a divided world where too many institutions are crumbling. And not just stir them up emotionally but also successfully mobilise them, particularly with the upcoming US elections.
