Taylor

Taylor Swift was a rarity in pop: she is the sole celebrity who transitioned from the traditional to the mainstream and become a global pop culture icon. Swift shed her country roots as if they were just a second skin revealing that she was arguably the smartest popular singer/songwriter in her generation one that could tap into the zeitgeist make it personal and also perform the reverse. Her talents are evident in some of her first tracks, including the Neodue Tim McGraw. But on the second album Fearless that came out in 2008, she discovered who she is and find an audience that was large. Fearless was a huge success worldwide but not only in North America (where it received six times platinum for the Top Ten Hits Love Story as well as "You Belong with Me") as well as in Canada Australia and the U.K. as well as other nations. Speak Now delivered almost two years later, which consolidated the success and moved Swift into the stratosphere of stardom. The popularity of Swift only grew with her following three albums -- Red (2012) 1989 (2014) and Reputation (2017) and Reputation in 2017 and found her moving assuredly into a pop realm where she already belonged. She was in the forefront of pop until she reverted to her own style on her sister albums Folklore and Evermore in the year 2020.