Taylor

Taylor Swift, the rarest pop phenomenon is a star who managed to move between the genres of country and mainstream pop culture and become an idol of the pop culture. She also conquered the entire globe in the process. Swift removed her roots in the country as if they were just a second skin, revealing she was perhaps the savviest pop-oriented singer/songwriter of her time, one that could tap into the mood of the moment and personalize it and equally impressively do the reverse. These skills were evident on her first hits, particularly the Neo-Tribute Tim McGraw but her second album 2008's Fearless showed a writer discovering the person she really was, and, in doing so, gaining an audience of mass. The album was a huge success, not just on American soil, with six platinum-certified singles. In fact, the Top Ten songs Love Story & You Belong with Me were the primary reasons behind this. However, it did exceptionally well throughout the world. Swift took off to the peak of her game when she released Speak Now. In the following three years, her popularity increased -three times - Red (2012), Reputation (2014), and 1989 (2014-2015) during which time she moved into a realm of pop with her skills already established. Although she slowed down her work with folklore and Evermore releases in 2020 she was at the forefront of pop music.