Taylor

Taylor Swift, the rarest pop sensation, is one who managed to move between the genres of country and mainstream pop culture, becoming an icon of the world of pop. She also conquered every continent during the course of her journey. Swift has shed her country roots as if it were a second-skin showing herself to be the most savvy pop singer/songwriter of her time. She has the ability to tap into the current trend and turn it into her own. The skills she displayed were apparent in some of her first tracks, including the Neodue Tim McGraw. But on the second album Fearless which came out in 2008, Swift was able to discover who she is and find an audience that was large. Fearless wound up having considerable appeal not just in the U.S. where it racked up six platinum singles due to the Top Ten hits Love Story and the hit single You Belong with Me but throughout the world, with a particular success within the U.K. Canada and Australia. Swift could build on her success by releasing Speak Now almost two year later. The popularity of Swift only grew over her next three albums - Red (2012) 1989 (2014) as well as Reputation (2017) -- and found her moving assuredly into a realm of pop music in which she was already a part. As she cut her style with the stripped-down releases of 2020, Folklore, and Evermore, she still remained at the top. It was a position that was confirmed with the re-recordings she had made from her earlier catalog as well as Midnights the synth-based chart-topper 2022 album.