In December, Taylor Swift was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, an honour previously bestowed on such luminaries as Mahatma Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King jnr, and Pope John Paul II.

Now you may think: what has Taylor Swift done that could possibly match the achievements of these men? How can a woman who sings about failed relationships with Harry Styles and feuds with Katy Perry have earned a place on a list with such inspirational humans?

The Telegraph London