Taylor

Taylor Swift is that rarest of pop stars A superstar who managed to completely cross over from the country music scene to and become a enduring pop culture icon and conquering all over the world at the same time. Swift shed country like it was a second layer of herself, proving that she is perhaps the most intelligent pop singer/songwriter of her time. One who can harness the zeitgeist to make it personal as well as sing in the other direction. Swift's early hits, especially the neo tribute to Tim McGraw, showed off her talents. But her 2008 album Fearless revealed a songwriter who was re-discovering herself and gaining a huge following. Fearless ended up being an enormous success not just in the US where it's Top Ten singles Love Story and Belong with Me helped it to achieve six platinum records but also around the world. It performed particularly well across Canada, Australia and the U.K. Speak Now delivered almost two years later and consolidated this success and moved Swift to the heights of superstardom. In the following three years, her fame grew with the release of three albums -three times - Red (2012), Reputation (2014), and 1989 (2014-2015) in 2014-2015 as Swift entered the arena of pop in which her talent was already well-established. While she reduced her work with folklore and Evermore albums in the year 2020, she was nevertheless at the forefront of pop music.