Taylor

Taylor Swift is that rarest of pop phenomena: an artist who could fully transition from country to the mainstream becoming an icon of pop culture for the long haul and sweeping the globe through the process. Swift has shed her country roots as though they were part of her skin revealing that she could be the most popular singer and songwriter of her age person who could take advantage of the zeitgeist make it personal and equally impressively do opposite. Swift's first hits, particularly the neo tribute to Tim McGraw, showed off her skills. But the album she released in 2008 Fearless showcased a writer that was growing and finding a large audience. The album was hugely popular, not just within the U.S., with six platinum-certified singles thanks to Top Ten songs Love Story and I Belong with Me. It also did well internationally in regions like Canada, the U.K. Canada & Australia. Swift had the chance to further consolidate her achievements with Speak Now almost two year years later. The next three years, her popularity rose through the years -- Red (2012), Reputation (2014) and 1989 (2014-2015) (2014-2015) -- as Swift entered the realm of pop, where her abilities were already established. Even when she scaled back her ideas with 2020's stripped-down twins release folklore and Evermore she was still atop the world of pop, a position that she maintained by rerecordings from her older catalogs as well as Midnights the top charting synth heavy 2022 collection.