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BBC OS: 2023/12/26 16:06 GMT: Taylor Swift's rise to super-stardom

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Taylor Swift's rise to super-stardom

2023/12/26 16:06 GMT

2023/12/26 16:06 GMT: Taylor Swift's rise to super-stardom

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Taylor Swift's rise to super-stardom

Taylor Swift experts discuss why she's so popular

2023 has been a huge year for Taylor Swift. We speak to experts who discuss her rise to super-stardom.

2023 has been a huge year for Taylor Swift. She's Time Magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year, is the most streamed female artist on Spotify and Apple and last week she achieved a record 90 weeks at number 1 on the US Billboard Artist 100 chart. We speak to experts who discuss her rise to super-stardom.

We hear from Jacob Burns, a project co-ordinator for the charity Medicines Sans Frontiers in Gaza. He's been sending us updates about his daily life from inside a hospital in Gaza.

In Nigeria, armed groups have killed at least 160 people in the central Plateau State, in a series of attacks on villages. We hear from people living there and get the latest from our correspondent.

And Kanye West has posted an apology to the Jewish community on Instagram. It's after he made anti-Semitic remarks in 2022. We find out the latest from our reporter. 

Presenter: Sana Safi

(Photo: File photo dated 12/9/2023 of Taylor Swift. Credit: Doug Peters/ PA Wire)

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