Yeah - she seems to be like many big names in the music business who have been screwed over by agents, managers and record companies, and now assert more control.
That alone is hardly enough to rise to person of the year other than being one of the largest players, and being a solo (relatively young) female who took control.
Two arguments are her ‘crossing over’ into prime time NFL and bringing millions of her fans with her, and encouraging younger folks to register to vote (and how that has triggered some of the right-wing Twitterverse).
And yes, The Federalist is writing articles headlined like this: