Taylor Swift named as Time Magazine’s person of the year; pips King Charles
Time magazine has named Taylor Swift its person of the year, a week after Spotify announced she was the most-played artist on the streaming platform.
US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performs during the Eras Tour, at MetLife Stadium in New Rutherford, New Jersey, EPA/SARAH YENESEL
Swift was picked from a group of nine finalists that included Barbie, King Charles and OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, among others.
“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,” Time said about her selection.
Her year included the wildly popular Eras Tour and concert movie, the release of her re-imagined album named 1989 and her closely watched relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
She is even the subject of college courses.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was Time’s 2022 person of the year.
