Taylor

Taylor Swift is that rarest of pop phenomenons one who was able to completely cross over from country to the mainstream and become a enduring popular icon, and sweeping the world in the process. Swift left her heritage in the country genre like a second skin and showed she had the finest pop sensibility of the time. Swift was the only musician/singer to be a part of the trending zeitgeist and take it out on the road. The evidence was clear in her early songs, particularly with regard to the neo pay homage of Tim McGraw. On her 2nd album, Fearless (2008) Swift showcased a writer getting to understand herself. Fearless was a huge success worldwide and not just in the United States (where it received as platinum six times for Top Ten Hits Love Story as well as "You Belong with Me") however, in Canada, Australia as well as the U.K. as well as other nations. Swift's new album, Speak Now, released nearly two years following the previous one, built on the success of this album. The album propelled Swift to superstardom. Swift's popularity grew over the course of her three subsequent albums - Red (2012), 1989 (2014) and Reputation (2017). Swift had now established herself in a genre where she belonged. Even when she scaled back her strategy with 2020's stripped down sibling releases folklore and Evermore she was still atop the pop world a position she maintained with re-recordings of her older catalogs as well as Midnights her chart-topping synth-heavy 2022 set.