Taylor

Taylor Swift, the rarest pop phenomenon is a star who managed to move from the country genre to mainstream culture, and has become an icon of the pop culture. Swift also took on every continent during the course of her journey. Swift is shedding her roots in the country as if it were a second-skin revealing herself to be the most savvy pop singer/songwriter of her time. Swift is able to harness the current zeitgeist and make it her own. Swift's talents were apparent in some of her first tracks, including the Neodue Tim McGraw. But on the second album Fearless that came out in 2008, she could identify who she is and find an audience that was large. The album was hugely successful and not just in the US with six singles have been declared platinum, on top of Top Ten hit songs Love Story and You Belong with Me. But it also performed well around all over the world. Speak Now delivered almost two years later, which consolidated the popularity and pushed Swift to the heights of fame. Her popularity only increased through her subsequent three albums -- Red (2012) 1989 (2014), and Reputation (2017) Reputation (2017) and found her moving assuredly into the realm of pop in which she was already a part. It was not long before she reformulated her approach in 2020's more streamlined siblings Folklore (and Evermore) and stayed at the top of the charts.