Taylor Swift, the mega-pop star singer, actress, was chosen by Time magazine on Wednesday (December 6) as “Person of the Year,” another honor she has received this year. After the Eras Tour concert became a concert tour that broke many world records. She was recently announced as the most listened to music artist in the world.
Swift became “Person of the Year” in a year in which the fame and influence accumulated over nearly two decades peaked. Time magazine said in its announcement of this year’s results: Noting this, she has become the first person from the world of arts to receive this honor for her achievements as an artist.
The 33-year-old spent most of 2023 traveling the world on her Eras Tour, a showcase of music from throughout her career as a singer-songwriter. Breaking old records in terms of ticket sales, in addition to increasing and stimulating everyone’s economy. The city she visited
The Eras Tour, which will run through 2024 in Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States, is on track to become the highest-grossing concert tour in world history. This is according to projections from experts like Billboard who report that in 2023 alone the Eras Tour will gross nearly $900 million, which equates to generating nearly $14 million per show.
Demand for this concert tour, which took place in a stadium in the United States, was so high that the price of resold tickets rose to more than $28,000 each, resulting in a lawsuit and the US federal government investigating whether online ticket sales It was done correctly. The tour spawned the film “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and a comic book dedicated to Swift’s story.
Time magazine previously selected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “Person of the Year” for 2022, while other previous winners include CEO Elon Musk, Tesla, teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, former President Donald Trump, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Just this week Forbes magazine recently ranked Swift as the fifth most powerful woman in the world, behind politicians like European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. And US Vice President Kamala Harris. The magazine also recently reported that the IRAS round made Swift a billionaire, as his assets exceeded one billion dollars last October.
Off stage at her live shows Swift was also the world’s most streamed artist in 2023, according to Spotify. Her music was streamed more than 26,100 times between January 1 and November 29.
(Source: Reuters)