Taylor Swift named Time magazine Person of the Year

Time magazine has named US pop icon Taylor Swift as its Person of the Year, calling her "the hero of her own story".

"Taylor Swift found a way to transcend borders and be a source of light... Swift is the rare person who is both the writer and hero of her own story," Time editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs wrote in a statement.

"Much of what Swift accomplished in 2023 exists beyond measurement. She mapped her journey and shared the results with the world: She committed to validating the dreams, feelings, and experiences of people, especially women, who felt overlooked and regularly underestimated."

The huge $92.8 million ($86m) opening earlier this year of Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour film set the tone for the Cruel Summer singer's 2023.

Advance ticket sales for the movie topped $100 million (€93m) worldwide, theatre operator AMC said, making it the best-selling feature-length concert film in history.

This year, Swift's blossoming romance with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has also brought the NFL a new wave of fans as her hundreds of millions of social media followers checked out her new squeeze.

"For building a world of her own that made a place for so many, for spinning her story into a global legend, for bringing joy to a society desperately in need of it, Taylor Swift is TIME's 2023 Person of the Year," Jacobs said.