Taylor

Taylor Swift, the rarest popular star who managed to move between the genres of country and mainstream pop culture and become an icon of the pop world. Swift also swept all over the world in the process. Swift shed her roots in country music like a second layer, showing herself to be the most sophisticated pop singer and songwriter of the generation she was born into. Swift was able to make use of current trends and make it her personal. This was evident in her earliest hits especially the neo-tribute Tim McGraw but her second album, 2008's Fearless was a showcase of a songwriter discovering her true identity and, in doing so, gaining a mass audience. Fearless ended up having a significant reach not just in the U.S. where it racked the record with six platinum singles, on the basis of Top Ten hits Love Story and I Belong with Me but throughout the world. It was particularly successful within The U.K. Canada and Australia. Speak Now delivered almost two years later, which consolidated the success and helped propel Swift into the stratosphere of stardom. The next three years, Swift's fame was growing with the release of three albums -- Red (2012), Reputation (2014) and 1989 (2014-2015) in 2014-2015 as Swift entered the realm of pop in which her talents were already established. When she scaled her music back, with her stripped-down album of 2020, folklore as well as Evermore, she still ruled the pop world. That position was further maintained with the re-recordings she had made from her earlier catalog as well as Midnights her most popular synth-heavy release released for 2022.