Taylor Swift - Person of the Year

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Deal :slight_smile:

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Year, 1927-Present

Good for her and she has some illustrious company.

1938 and 2016 are a particular good years among others.

1 2019 Person of the Year Greta Thunberg Sweden 2003 Society Climate change, ecology, environmental movements
2 2018 Persons of the Year The Guardians and the War on Truth Society Fake news, Murder of Jamal Kashoggi, Attacks on news reporter
3 2017 Persons of the Year The Silence Breakers Society MeToo movement, Weinstein Affair
4 2016 Person of the Year Donald Trump United States 1946 President of the United States Politics Presidential Election
5 2015 Person of the Year Angela Merkel Germany 1954 Chancellor of Germany Politics Debt Crisis, Refugee Crisis, Paris Terrorist Attacks
6 2014 Person of the Year The Ebola Fighters Science Ebola Epidemic
7 2013 Person of the Year Pope Francis Vatican City 1936 Pope of the Roman Catholic Church Religion Papal Conclave
8 2012 Person of the Year Barack Obama United States 1961 President of the United States Politics Presidential Election
9 2011 Person of the Year The Protester Revolution Arab Spring
10 2010 Person of the Year Mark Zuckerberg United States 1984 Founder and CEO of Facebook Technology
11 2009 Person of the Year Ben Bernanke United States 1953 Chairman of the Federal Reserve Economics Financial Crisis
12 2008 Person of the Year Barack Obama United States 1961 President of the United States Politics Presidential Election
13 2007 Person of the Year Vladimir Putin Russia 1952 President of the Russian Federation Politics
14 2006 Person of the Year You Technology World Wide Web
15 2005 Persons of the Year The Good Samaritans (Bill Gates) United States 1955 Founder of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Philanthropy
16 2005 Persons of the Year The Good Samaritans (Melinda Gates) United States 1964 Founder of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Philanthropy
17 2005 Persons of the Year The Good Samaritans (Bono) Ireland 1960 Lead Singer of U2 Philanthropy Charity Concerts
18 2004 Person of the Year George W. Bush United States 1946 President of the United States Politics Presidential Election
19 2003 Person of the Year The American Soldier United States War Iraq War
20 2002 Persons of the Year The Whistleblowers (Coleen Rowley) United States 1954 FBI Special Agent Politics 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
21 2002 Persons of the Year The Whistleblowers (Cynthia Cooper) United States Vice President of Internal Audit at WorldCom Economics Corporate Fraud
22 2002 Persons of the Year The Whistleblowers (Sherron Watkins) United States 1959 Vice President of Corporate Development at Enron Economics Corporate Fraud
23 2001 Person of the Year Rudy Giuliani United States 1944 Mayor of New York City War 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
24 2000 Person of the Year George W. Bush United States 1946 President of the United States Politics Presidential Election
25 1999 Person of the Century Albert Einstein United States Science
26 1999 Person of the Year Jeff Bezos United States 1964 Founder and CEO of Amazon Technology
27 1998 Men of the Year Bill Clinton United States 1946 President of the United States Politics Presidential Impeachment
28 1998 Men of the Year Ken Starr United States 1946 Office of the Independent Counsel Politics Presidential Impeachment
29 1997 Man of the Year Andrew Grove United States 1936 2016 CEO of Intel Technology
30 1996 Man of the Year David Ho United States 1952 Director of AIDS Research Center Science AIDS Research
31 1995 Man of the Year Newt Gingrich United States 1943 Speaker of the House Politics Congressional Elections
32 1994 Man of the Year Pope John Paul II Vatican City 1920 2005 Pope of the Roman Catholic Church Religion
33 1993 Men of the Year The Peacemakers (Yasser Arafat) Palestine 1929 2004 President of the Palestinian National Authority Diplomacy Oslo Accord
34 1993 Men of the Year The Peacemakers (Nelson Mandela) South Africa 1918 2013 President of South Africa Politics End of Apartheid
35 1993 Men of the Year The Peacemakers (F. W. de Klerk) South Africa 1936 State President of South Africa Politics End of Apartheid
36 1993 Men of the Year The Peacemakers (Yitzhak Rabin) Israel 1922 1995 Prime Minister of Israel Diplomacy Oslo Accord
37 1992 Man of the Year Bill Clinton United States 1946 President of the United States Politics Presidential Election
38 1991 Man of the Year Ted Turner United States 1938 Founder of CNN Media
39 1990 Man of the Year George H. W. Bush United States 1924 President of the United States War Gulf War
40 1989 Man of the Decade Mikhail Gorbachev Soviet Union 1931 President of the Soviet Union Politics Democratic Elections
41 1988 Planet of the Year The Endangered Earth Environment
42 1987 Man of the Year Mikhail Gorbachev Soviet Union 1931 General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Politics Political Reforms
43 1986 Woman of the Year Corazon Aquino Philippines 1933 2009 President of the Philippines Revolution Philippine Revolution
44 1985 Man of the Year Deng Xiaoping China 1904 1997 Paramount Leader of the People’s Republic of China Politics Economic Reforms
45 1984 Man of the Year Peter Ueberroth United States 1937 President of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games Organizing Committee Politics Olympic Games
46 1983 Men of the Year Yuri Andropov Soviet Union 1914 1984 General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union War Strategic Defense Initiative, Cold War
47 1983 Men of the Year Ronald Reagan United States 1911 2004 President of the United States War Strategic Defense Initiative, Cold War
48 1982 Machine of the Year The Computer Technology
49 1981 Man of the Year Lech Wałęsa Poland 1943 Chairperson of Solidarity (Polish Trade Union) Politics Gdańsk Agreement
50 1980 Man of the Year Ronald Reagan United States 1911 2004 President of the United States Politics Presidential Election
51 1979 Man of the Year Ayatollah Khomeini Iran 1902 1989 Supreme Leader of Iran Revolution Iranian Revolution
52 1978 Man of the Year Deng Xiaoping China 1904 1997 Paramount Leader of the People’s Republic of China Politics
53 1977 Man of the Year Anwar Sadat Egypt 1918 1981 President of Egypt Diplomacy Egypt/Israel
54 1976 Man of the Year Jimmy Carter United States 1924 President of the United States Politics Presidential Election
55 1975 Women of the Year American Women United States Politics Feminist Movement
56 1974 Man of the Year King Faisal Saudi Arabia 1906 1975 King of Saudi Arabia Economics Oil Crisis
57 1973 Man of the Year John Sirica United States 1904 1992 Chief Judge of the United States District Court (District of Columbia) Politics Presidential Impeachment
58 1972 Men of the Year Richard Nixon United States 1913 1994 President of the United States Politics Presidential Election
59 1972 Men of the Year Henry Kissinger United States National Security Advisor Diplomacy United States/China
60 1971 Man of the Year Richard Nixon United States 1913 1994 President of the United States Politics
61 1970 Man of the Year Willy Brandt West Germany 1913 1992 Chancellor of West Germany Politics
62 1969 Man and Woman of the Year The Middle Americans United States Politics
63 1968 Men of the Year The Apollo 8 Astronauts (Frank Borman) United States 1928 NASA Astronaut Space Apollo 8
64 1968 Men of the Year The Apollo 8 Astronauts (William Anders) United States 1933 NASA Astronaut Space Apollo 8
65 1968 Men of the Year The Apollo 8 Astronauts (Jim Lovell) United States 1928 NASA Astronaut Space Apollo 8
66 1967 Man of the Year Lyndon B. Johnson United States 1908 1973 President of the United States Politics
67 1966 Man of the Year The Inheritor United States Politics Baby Boom Generation
68 1965 Man of the Year William Westmoreland United States 1914 2005 Army General War Vietnam War
69 1964 Man of the Year Lyndon B. Johnson United States 1908 1973 President of the United States Politics Presidential Election
70 1963 Man of the Year Martin Luther King Jr. United States 1929 1968 President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Politics March on Washington
71 1962 Man of the Year Pope John XXIII Vatican City 1881 1963 Pope of the Roman Catholic Church Religion Vatican Council
72 1961 Man of the Year John F. Kennedy United States 1917 1963 President of the United States Politics Presidential Election
73 1960 Men of the Year American Scientists United States Science
74 1959 Man of the Year Dwight D. Eisenhower United States 1890 1969 President of the United States Politics
75 1958 Man of the Year Charles de Gaulle France 1890 1970 President of France Politics Fifth Republic
76 1957 Man of the Year Nikita Khrushchev Soviet Union 1894 1971 General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Space Sputnik 1
77 1956 Man of the Year The Hungarian Freedom Fighter Hungary Revolution Hungarian Revolution
78 1955 Man of the Year Harlow Curtice United States 1893 1962 President of General Motors (GM) Economics
79 1954 Man of the Year John Foster Dulles United States 1888 1959 Secretary of State War Manila Pact, Cold War
80 1953 Man of the Year Konrad Adenauer West Germany 1876 1967 Chancellor of West Germany Politics
81 1952 Woman of the Year Elizabeth II United Kingdom 1926 Queen of England Politics Royal Coronation
82 1951 Man of the Year Mohammad Mossadegh Iran 1882 1967 Prime Minister of Iran Economics Abadan Crisis
83 1950 Man of the Year The American Soldier United States War Korean War
84 1949 Man of the Half-Century Winston Churchill United Kingdom 1874 1965 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom War World War II
85 1948 Man of the Year Harry S. Truman United States 1884 1972 President of the United States Politics Presidential Election
86 1947 Man of the Year George Marshall United States 1880 1959 Secretary of State Diplomacy Marshall Plan
87 1946 Man of the Year James F. Byrnes United States 1879 1972 Secretary of State Diplomacy Iran Crisis
88 1945 Man of the Year Harry S. Truman United States 1884 1972 President of the United States War Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki, World War II
89 1944 Man of the Year Dwight D. Eisenhower United States 1890 1969 Supreme Allied Commander in Europe War Battle of Normandy, World War II
90 1943 Man of the Year George Marshall United States 1880 1959 Army Chief of Staff War World War II
91 1942 Man of the Year Joseph Stalin Soviet Union 1878 1953 Premier of the Soviet Union War Battle of Stalingrad, World War II
92 1941 Man of the Year Franklin D. Roosevelt United States 1882 1945 President of the United States War Pearl Harbor Attack, World War II
93 1940 Man of the Year Winston Churchill United Kingdom 1874 1965 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom War Battle of Britain, World War II
94 1939 Man of the Year Joseph Stalin Soviet Union 1878 1953 General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union War World War II
95 1938 Man of the Year Adolf Hitler Germany 1889 1945 Chancellor of Germany War World War II
96 1937 Man and Wife of the Year Chiang Kai-shek China 1887 1975 Premier of the Republic of China War World War II
97 1937 Man and Wife of the Year Soong Mei-ling China 1898 2003 First Lady of the Republic of China War World War II
98 1936 Woman of the Year Wallis Simpson United States 1896 1986 Duchess of Windsor Politics Edward VIII Abdication Crisis
99 1935 Man of the Year Haile Selassie Ethiopia 1892 1975 Emperor of Ethiopia War Colonial War
100 1934 Man of the Year Franklin D. Roosevelt United States 1882 1945 President of the United States Politics
101 1933 Man of the Year Hugh S. Johnson United States 1882 1942 Director of the National Recovery Administration Politics New Deal
102 1932 Man of the Year Franklin D. Roosevelt United States 1882 1945 President of the United States Politics Presidential Election
103 1931 Man of the Year Pierre Laval France 1883 1945 Prime Minister of France Politics
104 1930 Man of the Year Mahatma Gandhi India 1869 1948 Revolution Salt March
105 1929 Man of the Year Owen D. Young United States 1874 1962 Member of the German Reparations International Commission Diplomacy Young Plan
106 1928 Man of the Year Walter Chrysler United States 1875 1940 Founder of Chrysler Economics Chrysler/Dodge Merger
107 1927 Man of the Year Charles Lindbergh
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They obviously don’t get it right all the time and tbh it really doesn’t matter to the average punter. There’s lots of “person of the year” in communities all round the world doing great work that never get a mention.

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So true, Pete. They seem to have a particular penchant for dictators on their year honours list.

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Yes I wonder what their criteria is it’s certainly not the same as mine

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Maybe depends on the year.
I don’t think anyone would want to be the person of the year 2020.
We could vote for ourselves who should fill the gaps perhaps.

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Great idea start a thread “you’re person of the year”.

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Yeah nah.

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Are you an Aussies. :rofl::rofl:

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Yeah nah. Nah nah yeah ? You know what I mean yeah nah ?

Should be the person of the year. Maybe next year.

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Despite having a preconceived opinion I kept an open mind and went through her entire discography desperately searching for something to add to my music repertoire. As much as I tried I came up completely empty handed. Just for the record I have 4 Justin Bieber tracks in my 20,000 track collection.
I also streamed the Eras Tour movie for my neighbor’s 9 year old daughter who we were minding. While she seemed to enjoy it, my girlfriend and I couldn’t wait for it to end. Halfway through I cracked and convinced my tiny guest to wear the headphones instead of blasting it through the speakers. Yes the production values were top notch but, to me, the music was an empty shell. Buy hey, to each his/her own.

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Try “folklore”. Unless you did already, I’m surprised you didn’t connect with it.

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I can understand why many would like it but it’s just a tad too ‘‘middle of the road’’ for my tastes.

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so true Tony, especially in 2008 and 2012
but Time got it right with a superb person in 2016 for once

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My daughter took over my Spotify account this year and played Taylor Swift music all day, every day. It isn’t all to my taste, but there are a few good tracks in her repertoire.

Like it matters what I think!!!

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Yeah right.

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And I thought the Justin Bieber comment was peak nonsense in the thread. Wow, someone lost at life.

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I don’t own, or listen to, any of Taylor Swifts music, but that doesn’t prevent me from knowing that she is an incredibly brilliant and insightful, singer/songwriter/performer/business manager. And to do what she has done in a male dominated industry, or any industry for that matter, tells me she’s extremely talented.
Talent that some here must be jealous of … well that’s the only explanation I can think of.
Give credit where credit is due, FFS …

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:+1:

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I started listening to Taylor Swift this year, after hearing Exile with Bon Iver (Folklore album) - much to the amusement of my sons…
I think its a great track… The rest of the album is growing on me… One thing for sure, she’s a very talented lady…

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