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Taylor Swift is ending her year with another accolade: The pop superstar was named Time magazine’s 2023 “Person of the Year,” beating out Barbie and King Charles III.

“While her popularity has grown across the decades, this is the year that Swift, 33, achieved a kind of nuclear fusion: shooting art and commerce together to release an energy of historic force,” the magazine said.

Taylor Swift looks at the crowd at a concert in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on May 26. Kevin Mazur/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs during the "Folklore" set in Chicago on June 2. Natasha Moustache/TAS23/Getty Images Fans sing along in Las Vegas on March 24. Ethan Miller/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs "Lover" with her band, backup singers and dancers in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 5. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs in Glendale, Arizona, during the opening weekend of "The Eras Tour" on March 18. Glendale was temporarily re-named Swift City in honor of the concert. John Shearer/Getty Images Swift performs her last show in Los Angeles on August 9. She was announcing the upcoming release of the album "1989 (Taylor's Version)." Kevin Winter/TAS23/Getty Images Glow bracelets light up Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on June 16. Benjamin B. Braun/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/AP Swift performs "22" in Glendale on March 18. John Shearer/Getty Images Fans in East Rutherford trade friendship bracelets in the parking lot of MetLife Stadium on May 26. Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times/Redux Phoebe Bridgers joins Swift to perform "Nothing New" in Nashville on May 6. Bridgers was also one of the opening acts. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Fans wait in line to buy tour merchandise outside Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on April 12. Zack Wittman/The New York Times/Redux Swift gives her hat to a fan in Mexico City on August 24. Each night of the tour, Swift selects one lucky fan to receive a signed hat at the end of her song "22." Hector Vivas/TAS23/Getty Images Swift watches the music video premiere of "I Can See You" in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 7. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Fans react outside Lincoln Financial Field as Swift begins her set in Philadelphia on May 13. Rachel Wisniewski/The Washington Post/Getty Images Swift dances during the "Reputation" set in Atlanta on April 28. Terence Rushin/TAS23/Getty Images Fans show the Ticketmaster queue from the parking lot outside Swift's show in Philadelphia on May 13. Ticketmaster apologized to Swift and her fans after a ticketing debacle in November made it difficult to buy tickets when they went on sale. Rachel Wisniewski/The Washington Post/Getty Images Swift smiles at a crowd in Nashville as it gives her a standing ovation for "Champagne Problems" on May 5. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift opens the "Midnights" set with "Lavender Haze" during a show in Glendale on March 17. John Shearer/Getty Images Swift sings "Look What You Made Me Do" while dancers in Glendale wear outfits from Swift's previous eras on March 17. John Shearer/Getty Images Swift performs with the band Haim in Santa Clara, California, on July 28. Jeff Kravitz/TAS23/Getty Images Swift dances across the stage while singing "August" in Atlanta on April 28. Terence Rushin/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs the "Folklore" set in the rain in Nashville on May 7. The show was delayed several hours due to storms in the area. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Fans apply jewels on their way to Swift's show in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on May 19. Erin Clark/The Boston Globe/Getty Images Swift performs "Evermore" in Cincinnati on June 30. Each night, Swift chooses two surprise songs from her discography to play acoustically — one on guitar and one on piano. Taylor Hill/TAS23/Getty Images Fans cheer in East Rutherford on May 26. Sarah Yenesel/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Swift makes a heart with her hands while performing "Fearless" in Glendale on March 18. John Shearer/Getty Images Swift performs "The 1" in Chicago on June 2. Natasha Moustache/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs in Houston on April 21. Bob Levey/TAS23/Getty Images Swift and her backup dancers watch the premiere of the "Karma" music video while in East Rutherford on May 26. Kevin Mazur/TAS23/Getty Images Swift opens a show in Las Vegas on March 24. Christopher Polk/Penske Media/Getty Images Swift wraps her arms around her backup singers, known as The Starlights, during the "Fearless" set in Las Vegas on March 24. Ethan Miller/TAS23/Getty Images Swift announces the release of "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)," a rerecording of her 2010 album, during her show in Nashville on May 5. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images "Swifties" arrive at a metro station temporarily renamed "Speak Now/Taylor's Station" in Inglewood, California, on August 3. Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Swift performs the 10-minute version of "All Too Well" in Nashville on May 6. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift leaves the stage after the "Speak Now" set in Nashville on May 6. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Backup dancers join Swift during the "Reputation" set in Cincinnati on June 30. Taylor Hill/TAS23/Getty Images Confetti falls as Swift closes a Nashville show with "Karma" on May 6. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images
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Time said Swift was selected because she found a way to give people around the world hope in some seriously dark times.

“No one else on the planet today can move so many people so well,” Time said in its profile. “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.”

The magazine also interviewed Swift, with the artist revealing that “this is the proudest and happiest I’ve ever felt, and the most creatively fulfilled and free I’ve ever been.”

And yes, she even talked about her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce for the first time publicly. The pair started hanging out after Kelce wore a friendship bracelet on his podcast, which Swift said was “metal as hell” and started to hang out after.

Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) is TIME's 2023 Person of the Year https://t.co/oyjR55azCZ pic.twitter.com/m2qbIbd5TX

— TIME (@TIME) December 6, 2023

“I’m just there to support Travis,” she said about her appearances at NFL games that have given some of them a ratings boost. “I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and pissing off a few dads, Brads, and Chads.”

Part of Swift’s stunning year was her “Eras Tour,” which grossed about $2.2 billion in North American ticket sales alone, according to research firm QuestionPro. Also on Wednesday, StubHub released its 2023 “Year in Live Experiences” report revealing that the “Eras Tour” was StubHub’s biggest tour in the website’s history.

Swift has dominated not only Super Bowl-sized arenas, but local movie theaters as well.

In its opening weekend, the pop singer’s concert film, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” raked in about $96 million in the box office in the United States and Canada, making it the highest-grossing concert film domestically for an opening weekend, according to AMC.

Among all of that, Swift broke her own Spotify record by becoming the most-streamed artist in a single day in the streamer’s history, while “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day this year.

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