Taylor

Taylor Swift has become a rare pop phenomenon: A star who strayed completely from traditional music into pop culture, becoming a pop icon that will last forever and conquering everywhere. Swift removed her roots in the country like they were a second skin revealing that she was arguably the smartest popular singer/songwriter in her generation one that could tap into the current zeitgeist and make it personal and equally impressively do the reverse. This was evident from her first songs, especially on the neo tribute to Tim McGraw. On her 2nd album, Fearless (2008) Swift revealed a singer/songwriter who was beginning to understand her. Fearless ended up being hugely popular not only in the United States with it's Top Ten singles Love Story and Belong with Me helped it to record six platinum albums but also around the world. It performed particularly well across Canada, Australia as well as the U.K. Speak Now delivered almost two years later and consolidated this popularity and pushed Swift into the stratosphere of superstardom. Swift's popularity continued to grow over her next three albums - Red (2012) 1989 (2014), and Reputation (2017) -- which saw her move into a pop realm where she already belonged. She stayed in the forefront of pop even when she dropped her signature style in her twin albums folklore & Evermore in the year 2020.