{"id":2118489,"date":"2023-12-07T11:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ready-for-it-taylor-swift-ruled-pop-culture-in-2023-she-will-dominate-again-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T11:11:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:11:23","slug":"ready-for-it-taylor-swift-ruled-pop-culture-in-2023-she-will-dominate-again-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ready-for-it-taylor-swift-ruled-pop-culture-in-2023-she-will-dominate-again-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ready! Taylor Swift owned pop culture in 2023 and will continue to dominate in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fready-for-it-taylor-swift-ruled-pop-culture-in-2023-she-will-dominate-again-in-2024%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2118489&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 7, 2023 \u2013 7:39 AM PST<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Swift attends the 2023 MTV \u200bVideo Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, \u200cNew Jersey, U.S., September\u2062 12, 2023. REUTERS\/Andrew Kelly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) \u2013 Pop superstar Taylor\u200b Swift rocked concert \u200cstages, \u2062cinemas, local economies \u2013 and even the Earth \u2013 in 2023.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Swift\u2019s Eras Tour sold out stadiums and pumped millions of \u200ddollars \u2062into\u2062 each city it visited. A movie\u200b version of the show lit up theaters, racking up \u200d$250 million in ticket sales.<\/p>\n<p>With 26 billion streams, Swift ranked as Spotify\u2019s most popular artist of the year. In \u2062July, the 33-year-old became the first female artist to have four albums on Billboard\u2019s \u2063top 10 list at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe keeps leveling up,\u201d said Colin\u200c Stutz, news director at \u200cBillboard. He ranked Swift\u2019s achievements alongside\u2062 musical elites such as The\u2063 Beatles, Elvis\u200d Presley and Michael\u200d Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>If Swift were a record label, Stutz said, the \u201cAnti-Hero\u201d singer would stand as\u200d the fourth\u2062 largest in the U.S. by revenue from\u2064 her touring, merchandise, streams\u2063 and other sources.<\/p>\n<p>Time magazine named Swift its 2023 \u201cPerson of the\u200d Year\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the proudest and happiest I\u2019ve ever felt, and the most\u200c creatively fulfilled and free\u2064 I\u2019ve \u200dever been,\u201d Swift\u2063 told the\u200b magazine.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, the singer\u200c released re-recordings of two records \u2013 \u201cSpeak Now\u201d and \u201c1989\u201d \u2013 as part of her effort to take control of her back \u200bcatalog.<\/p>\n<p>A Swift concert in Seattle caused \u200da \u2063small earthquake. Thousands of dancing fans set off a nearby seismometer, registering the equivalent of a magnitude 2.3 quake.<\/p>\n<p>For 2024, the Swift Effect will \u2063spread around the \u200cworld as her tour hits Asia, Australia, Europe and Canada.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WHY \u2063IT MATTERS<\/h2>\n<p>Swift did not just rule the music business. She lifted \u200clocal\u2064 economies, encouraged voter registrations and brought more\u200b viewers\u200b to professional football.<\/p>\n<p>The Eras Tour grossed\u2062 more\u2063 than $900 million in ticket sales, Billboard estimates. The media\u2063 outlet projects that will nearly double by the end\u200d of 2024 and surpass Elton John\u2019s Farewell \u200cYellow Brick\u2064 Road Tour as \u2064the highest-grossing tour in history.<\/p>\n<p>Each stop\u2063 by Swift brought an influx of \u2063Swifties who \u2063spent money on hotels, meals and more. Celebrities and moms and dads also\u200b joined their\u200b superfan children for one of the hottest tickets of \u200cthe year.<\/p>\n<p>While\u200c it is\u2062 hard to reliably estimate \u200dSwift\u2019s economic impact, \u200dit was notable enough for \u200cthe Federal Reserve Bank\u200b of Philadelphia to \u2062cite a three-night Eras run as \u2062a driver of tourist traffic.<\/p>\n<p>One contact\u2063 told Fed researchers that May \u200cwas \u201cthe \u200cstrongest month \u200dfor hotel revenue in \u200bPhiladelphia since the onset of \u2064the \u200dpandemic, in large part due to \u2062an influx of guests for the\u200b Taylor Swift concerts,\u201d a July report said.<\/p>\n<p>Two shows \u200bin Denver injected $140 \u2063million into Colorado, local \u200cauthorities estimate. Six nights near Los Angeles\u200d added $320 million and 3,300 jobs to the area,\u2063 according to the California Center\u2062 for Jobs and the Economy.<\/p>\n<p>Swift\u2019s impact \u2064had local politicians \u2063embracing her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMayor\u200b after mayor would rename their\u2062 city for a day,\u201d said \u200bArizona \u200cState \u2063University Professor Margaretha Bentley. Glendale, Arizona, for example, temporarily became Swift City.<\/p>\n<p>Bentley is teaching a class next\u2062 year called Taylor Swift (Public Policy Version). It \u2063will explore government\u2064 through the lens of Swift, looking at topics such as\u2064 her impact on voter registration. After Swift urged fans to register, Vote.org reported 35,000 signups.\u200c Harvard, Stanford and other colleges also offer courses \u200bon Swift\u2019s songwriting and influence.<\/p>\n<p>In sports,\u2062 Swift\u2019s high-profile romance with \u200dKansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce brought new viewers to football games. Sales of Kelce jerseys jumped 400% in one day, online seller Fanatics\u200b said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WHAT IT MEANS FOR\u2064 2O24<\/h2>\n<p>While Swift was seemingly everywhere in 2023, her Eras\u2062 Tour only spanned the U.S., Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. \u200bIn February, it heads\u2062 to\u200d Tokyo before swinging through Australia, Singapore and Europe. It wraps in Vancouver in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Swift may \u2063be seen at February\u2019s Grammys, where her record \u201cMidnights\u201d will contend for album of\u200b the year.<\/p>\n<p>The superstar also may release another re-recording, or two in the coming\u200d year, Stutz said. A prolific \u200dsongwriter, Swift could debut new material.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo have \u2063this level of popularity sustained, and continue to grow, is pretty remarkable,\u201d\u2064 Stutz said. \u201cIt will be interesting to see\u2063 how\u2062 long she\u2019s able to keep that success and \u200cwhat it \u200blooks like as she\u2062 grows \u200band \u200bmatures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><sup>Reporting by Lisa \u200dRichwine\u200c in Los Angeles; Additional reporting by Dan \u2062Burns in New York; Editing by Lisa Shumaker<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>House Republicans are looking to restrict the intelligence community from spying on\u200d Americans. \u2062 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>UNLV \u2064locks down during a mass shooting, Schumer prefers Ukraine Border Security \u200bto America\u2019s, and Kevin \u200cMcCarthy calls it quits<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Biden\u2019s handling of foreign policy \u200dappears \u200bto be backfiring, not only on our allies, but also here at home. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Former Speaker Of The House Kevin McCarthy\u2063 announces he will be\u200b leaving the\u200b House Of Representatives at the end of this month. One Americas Makenna Blackman has \u2062the \u200dlatest.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Meta Platforms will\u200d add invisible watermarking to its text-to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-to-introduce-watermarking-feature-for-some-ai-products\/\" title=\"Meta is adding a watermarking feature to certain AI products\">-image generation product imagine<\/a> with Meta AI chatbot in the coming weeks to enhance\u200c transparency.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Alphabet\u2062 introduced its most\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-claims-u-k-security-decision-was-unfair\/\" title=\"Prince Harry alleges UK security decision was unjust\">advanced artificial intelligence model\u200c capable<\/a> of crunching different forms of information such as video, audio and text.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users via their apps\u2019 push notifications.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Elon Musk said his company xAI\u2064 was not \u2063raising funds \u201cright now\u201d after \u200cthe startup filed with the U.S. securities regulator to raise up to $  <\/p>\n<h2> What records did Taylor Swift \u200cbreak with her music streams and simultaneous albums on Billboard&#8217;s top \u200d10 list?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  S going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the year 2023 comes to a close, it is undeniable that Taylor Swift\u2063 has left an indelible mark on the \u200dmusic industry and beyond. \u2064From her sold-out Eras Tour to her record-breaking streams on Spotify, \u2064Swift has proven herself to be a force to be reckoned\u200d with.<\/p>\n<p>The Eras Tour, which traveled across the United States, Mexico, Brazil, and\u2063 Argentina, was a monumental\u2062 success. Swift filled stadiums and injected millions \u2064of dollars into local economies along the way. But her impact\u2063 went beyond ticket sales. A movie version of the tour was released, raking in an impressive\u2063 $250 million in ticket sales. Swift&#8217;s ability to captivate audiences and bring her music to life on the big screen is a testament to her artistry \u2063and entertainment prowess.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did \u2064Swift dominate the concert scene, but she also dominated the airwaves. With 26 billion streams, Swift earned the title of Spotify&#8217;s most popular artist of \u2063the year. In a historic feat, she became the first female artist to have four albums simultaneously on Billboard&#8217;s top 10 list. These \u2062accomplishments solidified her status among musical elites \u200dsuch as The Beatles, Elvis Presley,\u2062 and Michael Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>Colin Stutz, news director at \u2063Billboard, remarked on Swift&#8217;s remarkable success, stating, &#8220;She keeps leveling up.&#8221; He compared her achievements \u200dto those of legendary \u200bmusicians, highlighting her impact and influence on\u200d the industry. In\u200d fact, if Swift were \u2062a record label, Stutz believes she would be the fourth-largest in the U.S. in terms of revenue \u2064from touring, merchandise, streams, and other\u2062 sources.<\/p>\n<p>It is not just the music industry that Swift has conquered. She has also made an impact on local economies, voter registrations, and even professional football. The Eras Tour grossed over $900 \u2063million in ticket sales, with projections estimating that it will become \u200bthe highest-grossing tour in history by the end of 2024, surpassing Elton John&#8217;s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. Each stop on Swift&#8217;s tour brought an influx\u200c of fans who spent money on hotels, \u2063meals, and more, boosting local economies. Celebrities and parents also joined\u2064 their superfan children, making it\u2063 one\u2062 of the hottest \u2064tickets of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The economic impact of Swift&#8217;s tour was notable enough for the Federal Reserve Bank\u2064 of Philadelphia\u2064 to take notice. They cited a three-night Eras run as a driver of tourist traffic, with hotel revenue in Philadelphia reaching its highest point since the \u2062onset of \u2064the pandemic.\u200c Similarly,\u2062 cities like\u2064 Denver and Los Angeles experienced a significant economic\u2063 boost from Swift&#8217;s concerts, injecting hundreds of millions of dollars into their local economies and creating thousands of jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Politicians\u2064 also embraced Swift&#8217;s influence. Mayors across the country \u2064renamed their cities for a day in honor of\u200b the \u200csinger, showcasing the\u200c impact she had on local communities. In academia, Swift&#8217;s impact is being explored through various courses and studies. \u2063Taylor Swift-themed courses are being taught at universities such as Harvard and Stanford, delving into her songwriting and influence on society.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond music and economics, Swift&#8217;s \u200binfluence has reached the world\u2063 of sports. Her high-profile romance with Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce \u200cbrought new \u2063viewers to football games. Sales of Kelce \u200cjerseys jumped a staggering 400% in just \u2062one day, highlighting \u2063the power of Swift&#8217;s star power.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to 2024, Swift shows\u2063 no signs of slowing down. The Eras Tour will continue\u200b its journey, making stops in Asia,\u2062 Australia, Europe, and Canada. Swift&#8217;s impact on the \u200bmusic\u2064 industry is poised \u2064to grow even further, with projections estimating that\u200d her tour will surpass Elton John&#8217;s record as the highest-grossing tour in history. In addition, she may \u200brelease more re-recordings and debut new material, showcasing her \u2064prolific songwriting abilities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To have this level \u200dof popularity sustained and continue to grow is pretty remarkable,&#8221; said Colin Stutz. Swift&#8217;s ability\u200c to captivate \u2062audiences, impact local economies, and make a\u200c mark on various aspects of society is a\u2063 testament to her talent, dedication, and widespread appeal. As we look forward to 2024 and beyond, it will be fascinating to see how Swift&#8217;s influence continues to shape the music industry and\u2063 beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift&#8217;s impact in 2023 was immense, as she dazzled at the MTV Video Music Awards and left her mark on stages, cinemas, economies, and the world itself<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1911,"featured_media":2118490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2118489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1911"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2118489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2118490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2118489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2118489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2118489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}