Taylor

Taylor Swift, the rarest pop phenomenon is a star who was able to transcend from the country genre to mainstream culture, and has become an iconic figure in the pop culture. Swift also took on all over the world through her music. Swift shed her country roots as if they were just a second skin revealing that she was possibly the most savvy populist singer/songwriter of her generation someone who was able to harness the current zeitgeist and make it personal and also perform the reverse. The skills she displayed were apparent on her first hits, particularly the neo-tribute Tim McGraw but her second album, 2008's Fearless showcased a songwriter discovering her true identity and, in doing so, gaining the mass market. Fearless became a worldwide hit but not only in the United States (where it earned as platinum six times for Top Ten Hits Love Story as well as "You Belong with Me") but in Canada, Australia and the U.K. and many other countries. Swift soared to the top of her game when she released Speak Now. In the following three years, her popularity was growing through the years -- Red (2012), Reputation (2014) in addition to 1989 (2014-2015) -- as she entered a new realm of pop where her talents were already well established. However, even when she reduced her approach with 2020's stripped-down sibling releases folklore and Evermore she continued to be atop of the pop world a position she kept with the re-recordings of her older catalogs as well as Midnights her chart-topping synth-heavy 2022 set.