Taylor

Taylor Swift, the rarest pop phenomenon is a star who has managed to cross over from country music to mainstream culture, and has become a symbol of pop culture around the world. Taylor Swift has also ruled the entire globe in the process. Swift left her country roots in the manner of a second skin and revealed that she was perhaps the savviest contemporary singer/songwriter in her generation one that could tap into the current zeitgeist and make it personal and equally impressively do in the opposite direction. Songs from her early days like the Neotribute of Tim McGraw were a testament to her talent. But, her follow-up album Fearless from 2008 showed the songwriter discovering her voice as well as a wide audience. Fearless ended up having a significant appeal not just in the U.S. where it racked 6 platinum singles off the back of Top Ten hits Love Story and the hit single You Belong with Me but throughout the world performing particularly well within Australia, U.K. Canada and Australia. Swift was able to consolidate her achievements with Speak Now almost two year after. Her popularity only increased over her next three albums -the Red album, released in 1989 and Reputation in 2017 Red (2012) 1989 (2014) as well as Reputation (2017) -- which saw her moving confidently into a pop realm where she already belonged. Although she slowed down her approach with 2020's stripped-down sibling releases folklore and Evermore her name remained at the top of the chart, which she defended with the re-recordings her earlier catalog, as well as Midnights and her chart-topping, synth-heavy 2022 collection.