Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift will never, ever, ever get tired of breaking records and making history, it seems.

Time magazine named the “Karma” singer its 2023 Person of the Year on Wednesday, revealing that she is also the first woman to appear twice on its annual honorary cover since the series began in 1927. Swift, 33, made her Person of the Year cover debut in 2017 as part of the “Silence Breakers,” a group of women who helped spark a cultural reckoning around sexual harassment and assault. She appeared alongside California lobbyist Adama Iwu, actor Ashley Judd, a strawberry picker identified as Isabel Pascual and software engineer Susan Fowler.

“This is the proudest and happiest I’ve ever felt, and the most creatively fulfilled and free I’ve ever been,” Swift said in Wednesday’s cover story.

In 2023, Swift’s impact was undeniable — and seemingly inescapable. In March, the 12-time Grammy winner launched her highly lucrative Eras tour, which catered to multiple generations of her devoted fans known as Swifties. Concertgoers came braced with friendship bracelets, brought their mothers to experience the singer’s hits and even set off earthquake-like activity in Seattle.

Swift continued to expand her empire this year with the release of “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” concert movie. In early October, “Eras” earned $96 million in its first four days at the domestic box office, marking the highest opening for a concert film.

In late October, a Bloomberg News analysis reported that the singer had joined the billionaire’s club thanks to her ongoing blockbuster tour. According to the report, Swift reportedly touts a net worth of $1.1 billion and her tour “added $4.3 billion to the country’s gross domestic product.”

“No one else on the planet today can move so many people so well. Achieving this feat is something we often chalk up to the alignments of planets and fates, but giving too much credit to the stars ignores her skill and her power,” Time editor in chief Sam Jacobs explained.