Taylor Swift has just been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year.
It is the singer’s accomplishments as an artist—culturally, critically, and commercially— that has brought her to the prestigious title.
As a pop star, the publication reported, the 33-year-old musician has been sitting 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.