Taylor

Taylor Swift may be the most rare of all pop stars. She was an artist capable of successfully cross the divide between pop and country and conquer the world. Swift removed her roots in the country as though they were part of her skin, revealing she was possibly the most savvy populist singer/songwriter of her generation one who could harness the mood of the moment and personalize it and just as impressively perform the reverse. Swift's early tracks, such as the neotribute in tribute to Tim McGraw were a testament to her talent. However, her second album Fearless from 2008 showed the songwriter finding her voice, and also a larger fan base. Fearless was an enormous success not just in the US with its Top Ten singles Love Story as well as You Belong with Me helped it to record six platinum albums but also around the world. It was a huge success across Canada, Australia and the U.K. Speak Now delivered almost two years later and consolidated this popularity and pushed Swift into the stratosphere of stardom. Swift's popularity continued to grow over her next three albums - Red (2012) 1989 (2014) as well as Reputation (2017) -- and found her moving assuredly into a pop realm in which she was already a part. Her popularity grew even after she reformulated her approach by releasing 2020's streamlined the folk singer (and Evermore) and stayed atop of the pop world.