MIAMI.- The cantante Taylor Swift He turns 34 this December 13th. And the celebration began on Tuesday night, when he met with his best friend in the industry, the singer, actress and businesswoman Selena Gomez, with the actor Miles Teller and his wife Keleigh Sperry.
According to TMZ, The meeting took place at the Zero Bond.
And although Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs player and current boyfriend of the singer, was not present; Fans hope the tight end will surprise her, as Taylor celebrates another year of life in one of the best moments of her personal and professional life.
And during 2023, Swift not only returned to the recording studios for the launch of the reissue of her discos 1989 (Taylor’s Version) y Speak Now (Taylors Version); also sealed his return to the stage with the tour The Eras Tour that has revolutionized the music industry.
Below, DIARIO LAS AMRICAS compiles some of the successes that Taylor has achieved this year.
The queen of Spotify
Although Taylor has been away from the stage in recent years, the artist remained active in music. However, many were still waiting for the singer to take a firm and forceful step in the industry, especially her followers, who are known as swifties.
And with her return to the scene, Taylor’s numbers on Spotify were magnified, managing to surpass Bad Bunny, who remained at the top of the music platform for three consecutive years: 2020, 2021 and 2022.
With more than 26.1 billion listens since January 1, 2023, Taylor became the most listened to artist worldwide, according to data from Spotify Wrapped.
Although the reggaeton artist’s album A summer without you remained number one in the streaming, In that category, Midnights, from Swift, came in second place.
On social networks it went viral how Taylor Swift led the annual summary of Spotify subscribers.
millionaire tour
Taylor Swift’s last tour was in 2018, when the artist took the tour to more than 50 countries. Reputation Stadium Tour. The show, which promoted his sixth studio album, Reputation (2017), then became the most important in its history, managing to bring together more than 2,888,892 attendees and raising a total of 345.7 million dollars (the largest collection in the history of the United States and North America).
However, the announcement of The Eras Tour changed everything.
Swift made her show the first tour to cross the billion-dollar barrier in North America, according to the Pollstar database.
In addition to remaining number one in the world, the collection also exceeded $1.04 billion in the rest of the world, with 4.35 million tickets sold on 60 tour dates.
In that same order of idea, the film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour It managed to raise $250 million in sales, becoming the highest-grossing concert film to date.
Likewise, Pollstar noted that Swift grossed approximately $200 million in merchandise sales.
Billionaire
The undoubted success that he was responsible for reaping during these 12 months not only bore fruit in the hearts of his fans and in the music industry. Taylor also reached a personal and financial milestone by being declared a billionaire by Bloomberg.
An analysis by the media reported that the 34-year-old artist’s assets are $1.1 billion.
“The outlet, which runs the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, said Swift’s total net worth now stands at $1.1 billion, thanks to a tour Eras record that helped boost the US economy this summer. Bloomberg said that Swift is one of the few artists to achieve that status based solely on her music and acting, CNN noted in its account of the news.
Person of the Year
The achievements could not take her anywhere other than to be considered by Time magazine as Person of the Year, one of the most important recognitions in the world.
“Taylor Swift found a way to transcend borders and be a source of light… Swift is a rare person who is both a writer and heroine of her own story. (…) Much of what Swift accomplished in 2023 “is immeasurable. She charted her journey and shared the results with the world: she was committed to validating the dreams, feelings and experiences of people, especially women, who felt ignored and regularly underestimated,” wrote Time’s editor-in-chief, Sam Jacobs.
After the news became public, Taylor was grateful not only to the publication, but also to those who throughout her career, and especially in 2023, have been part of her work.
