Taylor

Taylor Swift is that rarest of pop stars: a superstar who managed to fully transition from the country music scene to and become a enduring pop culture icon and conquering all over the world at the same time. Swift left her country roots like they were a second skin, revealing she was arguably the smartest popular singer/songwriter in her generation one who could harness the current zeitgeist and make it personal and just as impressively perform the reverse. This was evident in her first hits, particularly the Neo-tribute Tim McGraw but her second album in 2008's Fearless featured a singer-songwriter figuring out the person she really was, and, in doing so, gaining a mass audience. The album was able to have significant reach not just on the U.S. where it racked up six platinum singles due to the Top Ten hits Love Story and Belong with Me Belong with Me but throughout the world performing particularly well with the U.K. Canada and Australia. Swift soared to the top of stardom after the release of Speak Now. In the three albums that followed (Reputation 2017, 1989 2014, and Red 2012) Red 2012 1989 2014, and Reputation 2017. her success only grew. That was an obvious sign she had moved to the new music scene that she could be part of. However, even when she reduced her strategy with 2020's stripped down sister album folklore, and Evermore she was still atop the charts, a place that she maintained through re-recordings from her back catalog along with Midnights the top charting synth heavy 2022 album.