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Claim: American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has been named by TIME Magazine their Person of the Year for a second consecutive year in 2024.
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: A viral post from a Facebook fan page named Kansas City Chiefs Victory, featured a supposed TIME Magazine cover of Taylor Swift as the 2024 Person of the Year. The post has gained 87,000 reactions, 5,000 comments, and 3,200 shares as of this writing.
The facts: Taylor Swift is not TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2024. The viral post in question features a fan edit uploaded on X on December 12, 2024. It was shared just an hour after TIME officially announced US President Donald Trump as its Person of the Year that same night.
The post also included a link in its comment section to an article from gamenood.com, an online lifestyle news website, which falsely claimed that Swift had received the honor for a second consecutive year. While the article discusses Swift’s cultural impact and legacy, it only briefly mentions the Person of the Year title without providing any verification.
Swift was officially named TIME’s Person of the Year in 2023, recognized for her record-breaking Eras Tour, which became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time and had significant cultural and economic effects. TIME voted her as the first Person of the Year to be honored solely for achievements in the arts.
She also appeared on the 2017 Person of the Year cover as part of TIME’s “Silence Breakers,” a group that played a crucial role in the #MeToo movement, but not as an individual honoree.
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History of the distinction: Starting in 1927, TIME has given the title of Person of the Year to “the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year.”
In its 97-year history, several world leaders have won the title more than once, but only one — former US president Richard Nixon — received it in back-to-back years (1971 and 1972). He was first recognized for his foreign policy, including diplomacy with China, and then jointly honored with Henry Kissinger for their roles in US foreign relations. – Cyril Bocar/Rappler.com
Efren Cyril Bocar is a student journalist from Llorente, Eastern Samar, enrolled in English Language Studies at the Visayas State University. A managing editor of Amaranth, Cyril is an Aries Rufo Journalism Fellow of Rappler for 2024.
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