Person of the Year 2023

Breaking Down Taylor Swift's 2023 Impact

By Megan McCluskey

TikTokers Try to Recreate Taylor Swift's POY Cover

By Moises Mendez II

TIME REVEALS 2023 PERSON OF THE YEAR

By Jeannie Kopstein , Anne Most , Diane Tsai , Lisa Nho , Andrew D. Johnson and Brian Bennett

Behind Taylor Swift’s POY Cat Cover

By Cady Lang
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How Taylor Swift’s AMC Deal Came Together

In October, Taylor Swift made movie history when the filmed version of her Eras tour hit theaters. It had the biggest ever opening weekend for a concert film, raking in $92.8 million in North American...

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Taylor Swift's Person of the Year Record

The singer’s Person of the Year designation marks several firsts.

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Taylor Swift Shares Eras Tour Workout

Swift’s Eras Tour requires physical, mental, and emotional fortitude from the artist.

By Megan McCluskey

Taylor Swift on Her Beyoncé Friendship

Swift opens up about their relationship, saying that Beyoncé’s support at her film premiere was ‘everything.’

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Find the Easter Egg in in This Taylor Swift Portrait

Jane Perkins created a portrait of Taylor Swift featuring dozens of Easter eggs. Here’s how she created the image—and a list of the hidden items she included.

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Inside TIME’s Person of the Year Issue

"This issue demonstrates how many shapes influence can take."

By Sam Jacobs

Sam Altman Is TIME's 2023 CEO of the Year

Altman emerged as one of the most powerful executives in the world, the public face and leading prophet of a technological revolution.

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Taylor Swift Is TIME's 2023 Person of the Year

'It feels like the breakthrough moment of my career, happening at 33'

By Sam Lansky

Alex Newell Is TIME's 2023 Breakthrough of the Year

Newell spoke to TIME about what it really felt like to win that Tony, their vision for their career as an artist, and their ideal role

By Laura Zornosa

Lionel Messi Is TIME's 2023 Athlete of the Year

Messi managed to do what once seemed impossible: turning the U.S. into a soccer country.

By Sean Gregory

Why Taylor Swift Is Person of the Year

Swift achieved a kind of nuclear fusion: shooting art and commerce together to release an energy of historic force.

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