TIME, the news magazine based in the United States of America (USA), has named the American singer-songwriter Taylor Alison Swift as its 2023 Person of the Year and became the 1st person to be recognised for her achievements in the arts.
- With this, She became the 1st woman to appear twice on a Person of the Year cover since the nominations began in 1927.
- Previously, She was named TIME’s Person of the Year in 2017.
- She is also the 4th individual selection who was born in the last 50 years.
About Person of the Year Award:
TIME magazine’s “Person of the Year” has been published since 1927 to recognise a person/a group/an idea/an object that has done the most to influence the events of the year.
Until 1999, it was known as “Man of the Year”.
Shortlist of Person of the year 2023:
Hollywood strikers; Xi Jinping, President of China; Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI; Trump Prosecutors; Barbie; Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, King Charles III of the United Kingdom and Jerome Powell, Chairman of Federal Reserve of the United States.
Note: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 2022.
About Taylor Alison Swift:
i.She was born on December 13, 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania (USA), and became the youngest artist signed by Sony/ATV publishing house at the age of 14.
ii.Her 1st lead single “Tim McGraw” was released in June 2006, and her self-titled album was released on October 24, 2006.
iii.Her notable work includes: Shake It Off” (2014); “Blank Space” (2014); “Bad Blood” (2015); “Look What You Made Me Do” (2017); “Willow” (2020); “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” (2021)
Grammy:
i.Recently(February 2023), she won the Grammy for Best Music Video, Short Form for “All Too Well: The Short Film”. She has won a total of 12 Grammy from 52 nominations.
ii.She is the 1st and only woman solo artist to win the Grammy for Album Of The Year thrice for her solo recordings for Fearless (2009); 1989 (2015); and Folklore (2020).
Argentine Footballer Lionel Messi named Time’s Athlete of the Year for 2023
Lionel Andrés Messi, Captain of Argentina’s national football team, has been named Time magazine’s Athlete of the Year for 2023.
In 2023, He has won a Ballon d’Or for a record 8th time and raised awareness of the sport in the USA by joining the Miami International Football Club or Inter Miami CF, an American professional soccer club.
Note: American professional baseball player for the New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge won the award in 2022.
About Lionel Messi:
i.He was born in Rosario, Argentina in 1987 and made his debut for Argentina in 2005.
ii.He began his career with Football Club (FC) Barcelona(Spain) and stayed at the Spanish club until joining Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in 2021.
iii.He is set to join the Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal in 2024.
iv.He led Argentina to win the 2022 FIFA(International Federation of Association Football) World Cup, held in Qatar.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Named Time Magazine’s CEO of the Year 2023
An American entrepreneur Sam Altman, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and co-founder of OpenAI, has been named Time Magazine’s CEO of The Year 2023. He co-founded OpenAI in 2015 with a mission to advance digital intelligence and he became the CEO in 2019.
- He launched the Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT), and toured the world promoting the next-generation technology.
- OpenAI is an Artificial Intelligence research and deployment company founded by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and others. It transitioned into a for-profit organization in 2019.
Alex Newell named 2023 Breakthrough of the Year:
American actor and singer, Alex Eugene Newell, was named TIME’s 2023 Breakthrough of the Year. Newell was recognized for their success as a non-binary actor on stage and screen.
- In 2023, Newell became one of the two first non-binary actors to win The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre (Tony Awards) which recognises the excellence in live Broadway theatre.
Table of Time Magazines Winners:
| Award Category | Name | Country | Profession |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Person of the Year | Taylor Swift | USA | Singer and Song Writer |
| 2023 CEO of the Year | Sam Altman | USA | CEO and CO-founder of OPenAI |
| 2023 Athlete of the Year | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Professional Footballer |
| 2023 Breakthrough of the Year | Alex Newell | USA | Actor and Singer |
Recent related News:
On 21 November 2023, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) released the 11th edition of the list of BBC 100 Women 2023, which includes 4 Indian women viz. Actress Dia Mirza, Cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur, Photographer Arati Kumar-Rao, and Tibetan Buddhist nun Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo.
About Time Magazine:
CEO– Jessica Sibley
Headquarters– New York City, USA
Founded in– 1923
