Taylor

Taylor Swift is that rarest of pop sensations, an artist who could fully transition from into mainstream pop culture, becoming an icon of pop culture for the long haul as well as conquering the world while doing it. Swift left behind the country roots that she had cultivated as though it was second nature and showed that she's the greatest pop-singer/songwriter her generation. Swift could make the experience personal, while also recording the atmosphere. These skills were evident on her earliest hits especially the Neo-tribute Tim McGraw but her second album of 2008's Fearless showed a writer discovering her true identity and in the process, finding a mass audience. Fearless was able to have significant reach not just in the U.S. where it racked up six platinum singles on the basis of Top Ten hits Love Story and Belong with Me Belong with Me but throughout the world, with a particular success in Canada, the U.K. Canada and Australia. Swift managed to build upon her success with Speak Now almost two year later. Swift's popularity grew over the course of her three albums following, Red (2012), 1989 (2014) and Reputation (2017), and was firmly established within a subgenre she felt was right for her. Although she slowed down her ideas with 2020's stripped-down siblings' folklore and Evermore her name remained at the top of the world of pop, a position that she maintained through re-recordings of her back catalog along with Midnights the top charting synth heavy 2022 set.