Taylor Swift has been named TIME’s Person of the Year for 2023

TIME magazine has selected Taylor Swift the 2023 Person of the Year, beating out a slew of contenders who dominated politics, entertainment, and other fields in the previous year.

Swift earned the title after a year of big achievements. The pop star’s «Eras Tour» became a cornerstone of the summer’s pop cultural zeitgeist, with the Federal Reserve even saying at one point that the concert boosted tourism and travel to such an extent that it likely helped to revitalize the economy.

Swift’s concert film centering on the popular global tour has since shattered box office records, with its distributor AMC Theaters calling it the highest-grossing concert movie in history. The «Eras Tour» film pulled more than $90 million at the box office in the United States and more than $30 million internationally over its opening weekend alone.

Swift earned billionaire status in 2023 as a result of her successful concert tours and ticket sales during her Eras Tour. The pop queen re-released a recording of her album «1989» in late October, following the publication of her performance video, which propelled her above the billion-dollar mark, Bloomberg reported at the time.