Taylor

Taylor Swift is that rarest of pop stars one who was able to fully transition from the country music scene to and become a enduring celebrity and then conquering all over the world at the same time. Swift has thrown off her country roots as if they were second skins, showing herself to be the most savvy pop singer/songwriter within her generation. She is able to harness the current zeitgeist and turn it into her own. The evidence was clear from her first songs, especially with regard to the neo homage to Tim McGraw. On her album Fearless (2008), Swift revealed a singer/songwriter who was beginning to know her. Fearless was a huge success and not just in the US and six of the singles were certified platinum in the wake of Top Ten hit songs Love Story and You Belong with Me. But it also smashed records across all over the world. Speak Now delivered almost two years later and consolidated this success and moved Swift to the heights of superstardom. Swift's popularity grew throughout her three subsequent albums - Red (2012) 1989 (2014) and Reputation (2017). Swift was now firmly established within the genre she was a part of. Even when she scaled back her style with the 2020's stripped-down sibling releases folklore and Evermore she was still atop the pop world a position she kept with the re-recordings of her earlier catalog, as well as Midnights which was her top-charting synthesizer 2022 album.