TIME: Taylor Swift crowned Person of the Year
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Taylor Swift has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2023.
The music star, 33, told the publication: "This is the proudest and happiest I've ever felt, and the most creatively fulfilled and free I've ever been.
"Ultimately, we can convolute it all we want, or try to overcomplicate it, but there's only one question: Are you not entertained?"
| Taylor Swift during her Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina in November Pic: AP
The Shake It Off singer beat a range of finalists to take the title, including Barbie, former US President Donald Trump's prosecutors and the King.
It tops off a record-breaking year for Swift, and she has collected several other end-of-year awards.
People Magazine awarded her the title of 2023's Most Intriguing Person of the Year while Forbes named her the world's fifth most powerful woman.
The 12-time Grammy winner became Spotify's most-streamed artist globally, with her songs being streamed more than 26 billion times.
She also recently scored her seventh Grammy nomination for song of the year - overtaking Sir Paul McCartney and Lionel Richie.
Her Eras Tour is set to gross more than $1bn while the film version was the highest grossing concert film ever.
She also re-released new versions of her third and fifth albums Speak Now and 1989, which was sparked by a feud with music executive Scooter Braun over ownership of Swift's masters.
Former Time Person of the Year winners in recent years include Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, Elon Musk and Greta Thunberg.
Time's editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs said on NBC's Today programme: "Picking one person who represents the eight billion people on the planet is no easy task.
"We picked a choice that represents joy. Someone who's bringing light to the world," he said.
"She was like weather, she was everywhere."
Time awards the title to "the individual, group, or concept that has had the most influence on the world throughout the previous 12 months".
Source: news.sky.com
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