Taylor

Taylor Swift may be the most unique of pop stars. She was an artist who was able to successfully cross the divide between pop and country music while sweeping the globe. Swift removed the influences of country as if they were an additional layer of skin and revealed she was among the best singers/songwriters of her generation. Swift could make the moment personal or harness the moment to benefit. Swift's early hits, especially their neo song in tribute to Tim McGraw, showed off the talents of her. However, her album Fearless showcased a writer who was discovering herself and finding a large audience. The album ended up with a lot of appeal not just in the U.S. where it racked the record with six platinum singles, on the strength of the Top Ten hits Love Story and You Belong with Me but throughout the world, with a particular success in Australia, U.K. Canada and Australia. Speak Now delivered almost two years later consolidated that achievement and propelled Swift into the stratosphere of stardom. In the following three years, Swift's popularity was growing -- Red (2012), Reputation (2014) in addition to 1989 (2014-2015) -- as she entered a new realm of pop where her talents were already well established. Although she slowed down her strategy with 2020's stripped down siblings' folklore and Evermore she continued to be atop of the charts, a place she maintained with re-recordings of her older catalogs as well as Midnights the top charting synth heavy 2022 collection.