Taylor Swift is TIME’s Person of the Year 2023

How the pop superstar and record-breaking artist became the person who defined the year 2023, for better or worse.

• Taylor Swift is named TIME’s Person of the Year for 2023, following a year of unprecedented success, activism, and influence in the music industry and beyond.

• Swift joins a prestigious and controversial list of winners, who have most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year.

• Swift’s selection sparks …