Time 100 list features Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Grande
LOS ANGELES: Taylor Swift, Celine Dion, Ariana Grande, K-Pop superstars BTS, R&B singer Khalid, reggaeton artiste Ozuna and “Surviving R. Kelly” producer dream Hampton were the prominent music-related artistes featured on the latest “Time 100” list of the “most influential people in the world.”
In the list published in the US on Wednesday morning. Swift is the only musician featured on one of the issue’s six different covers; she and Gaga are featured under the “Icon” category while the others appear under “Artists”.
Swift and Khalid are scheduled to perform at the gala celebrating the cover on Apr 23.
Several musicians wrote blurbs about the honorees: Swift’s was written by her friend Shawn Mendes; Gaga’s by Celine Dion; Khalid’s by labelmate Alicia Keys; Ozuna’s by fellow Puerto Rican artiste Daddy Yankee; and Grande’s by friend and labelmate Troye Sivan; Justin Timberlake about golfer Tiger Woods; BTS by collaborator Halsey.
Perhaps most prominently, Beyonce wrote about Michelle Obama: “I am so grateful that my daughters and my son live in a world where Michelle Obama shines as a beacon of hope who inspires all of us to do better and to be better.”
Time Editor-in-Chief Edward Felsenthal wrote of the list — which includes a record 48 women — “We all have teachers, some we know intimately, others who inspire from the page or the screen. This holds true even for the most accomplished people on earth. Our annual Time 100 issue is filled with tributes from teachers to students; in many cases, the surprise is who is playing which role today.
“In many ways, these connections—forged across and among industries — are the heart of the TIME 100, which now, in its 16th year, is far more than a list. It is a community of hundreds of global leaders, many of whom support and challenge one another. And at a time when so many of our problems require crossdisciplinary solutions, they are also uniquely positioned to effect change.”
I am so grateful that my daughters and my son live in a world where Michelle Obama shines as a beacon of hope who inspires all of us to do better and to be better. Beyonce, singer