Taylor

Taylor Swift is that rarest of pop stars A superstar who managed to completely cross over from the traditional to making her an iconic celebrity and then conquering all over the world at the same time. Swift shed country like it was another layer and proved that she's possibly the best pop-singer/songwriter in her generation. Someone who is able to harness the current zeitgeist and make it personal as well as perform in the opposite. Her early songs including the neotribute to Tim McGraw were a testament of her ability. The second album Fearless from 2008 showed an songwriter discovering her voice and a wider fan base. Fearless went on to become a global hit but not only 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 and the U.K. and other countries. Swift's Speak Now album released two years ago, consolidated her prior success, and catapulted Swift into the spotlight. In the following three years, Swift's popularity was growing -- Red (2012), Reputation (2014), and 1989 (2014-2015) during which time she entered a new world of pop music with her skills already well established. Although she slowed down her approach with 2020's stripped-down siblings' folklore and Evermore she continued to be atop of the charts, a place she maintained with re-recordings of her older catalogs as well as Midnights her chart-topping synth-heavy 2022 set.