Taylor

Taylor Swift is that rarest of pop phenomenons A superstar who managed to completely cross over from the country music scene to becoming an enduring popular icon, and sweeping the globe in the process. Swift let go of the influences from her country music as if they were an additional layer of skin and revealed she was among the best singers/songwriters of her time. Swift could make the event personal and use it for her benefit. The first songs she released, such as the neotribute for Tim McGraw were a testament to her talents. But, her follow-up album Fearless of 2008 proved to be a songwriter finding her voice and a wider fan base. Fearless became a worldwide hit, not only in the United States (where it received as platinum six times for Top Ten Hits Love Story and "You Belong with Me") as well as in Canada Australia as well as the U.K. and many other countries. Swift took off to the peak of stardom when she released Speak Now. Over the next three years, her fame was growing -three times - Red (2012), Reputation (2014), and 1989 (2014-2015) -- as she moved into a realm of pop with her skills already well established. In the end, when she refocused her music with the stripped-down releases of 2020, folklore and Evermore but she was still in the top spot. It was a position that was confirmed through re-recordings of her previous catalog as well as Midnights, her synth-heavy chart-topping 2022 album.