--- title: Billboard Apologized to Taylor Swift description: In a video meant to honor Swift, the music publication used a controversial Kanye West clip that prompted backlash. canonical: https://time.com/7198891/taylor-swift-billboard-video-kanye-west-backlash-apology/ author: Chad de Guzman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-11-28T08:00:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-10T23:12:32.688Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Why Billboard Apologized to Taylor Swift og:description: In a video meant to honor Swift, the music publication used a controversial Kanye West clip that prompted backlash. og:url: https://time.com/7198891/taylor-swift-billboard-video-kanye-west-backlash-apology/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte52245ee10a0a8b3/698b2460db298752af273365/taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Taylor Swift og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Billboard Apologized to Taylor Swift twitter:description: In a video meant to honor Swift, the music publication used a controversial Kanye West clip that prompted backlash. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte52245ee10a0a8b3/698b2460db298752af273365/taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why _Billboard_ Has Apologized to Taylor Swift > Sponsored content. 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That alone—ranking her merely second best—may have already constituted [blasphemy](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-billboard-greatest-pop-star-ranking-b2655099.html) for some of Swift’s fans. But in a since-edited video about the recognition, the music publication used a clip that prompted even greater backlash and an eventual apology to the artist herself. As part of _Billboard_’s countdown of the [25 greatest pop stars of the 21st century](https://www.billboard.com/p/best-pop-stars-21st-century/), it published on Tuesday its [No. 2 selection](https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-greatest-pop-stars-21st-century-1235839222/), billionaire singer-songwriter and [last year’s TIME Person of the Year](https://time.com/6343069/taylor-swift-history-person-of-the-year/) Taylor Swift. _Billboard_ posted on social media a video highlighting her career and legacy, but in it, it [referenced](https://www.instagram.com/taylahschildofficial/p/DC4x7aizPQo/?img%5Findex=2) Kanye West’s controversial 2016 song “Famous,” which featured a naked wax figure of Swift in its music video and the lyric, “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that b-tch famous.” The song and music video, which observers at the time criticized as misogynistic, were originally released amid a [yearslong feud](https://time.com/4411055/kanye-west-taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-feud/) between the two artists. Swifties were incensed by the inclusion of West (who now goes by Ye and was ranked by _Billboard_ as the [seventh greatest pop star of the 21st century](https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/kanye-west-greatest-pop-stars-21st-century-1235810642/)) as well as the offensive footage from his music video in a reel ostensibly designed to pay tribute to Swift. [One fan account](https://x.com/SwiftUpdatesHQ/status/1861845087510208745) called it “beyond nasty” and “an outright slap in the face.” [Another](https://x.com/chartstswift/status/1861840384508531114) said it is “not only unprofessional, it’s extremely problematic.” The hashtags #BillboardIsOverParty and #BillboardApologizeToTaylor began trending. _Billboard_ subsequently took down the video and [reposted it](https://x.com/billboard/status/1861960705081282775) Wednesday with the controversial clip removed. Early Thursday, the publication also issued an apology, saying: “We are deeply sorry to Taylor Swift and all of our readers and viewers that in a video celebrating Swift’s achievements, we included a clip that falsely depicted her. We have removed the clip from our video and sincerely regret the harm we caused with this error.” Swift has not publicly commented on the _Billboard_ list, video, or apology. 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