By any measure Taylor Swift had an incredible year. Her “Eras” concert tour sold out stadiums around the country. She released several albums (including some of the Taylor’s version re-recordings), she dominated Spotify with four albums that each have over 7 billion streams. And of course she was named Person of the Year by Time Magazine. Here’s a bit of what they said about her.
Swift’s accomplishments as an artist—culturally, critically, and commercially—are so legion that to recount them seems almost beside the point. As a pop star, she sits in rarefied company, alongside Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, and Madonna; as a songwriter, she has been compared to Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, and Joni Mitchell. As a businesswoman, she has built an empire worth, by some estimates, over $1 billion. And as a celebrity—who by dint of being a woman is scrutinized for…
