Taylor

Taylor Swift is that rarest of pop phenomena: a superstar who managed to completely cross over from the country music scene to and become a enduring celebrity and then conquering the world in the process. Swift shed the country influences in the sense that they had been added as an extra layer of skin, revealing she was one of the finest singers/songwriters from her generation. Swift could make the event personal and use it to her advantage. These skills were evident on her early hits including the Neo-tribute Tim McGraw but her second album, 2008's Fearless showcased a songwriter discovering who she was and in the process, finding a mass audience. Fearless became a worldwide hit, not only in the United States (where it was certified with six platinum awards for Top Ten Hits Love Story as well as "You Belong with Me") as well as in Canada Australia, the U.K. as well as other nations. Swift's next album Speak Now, released almost two years after the previous one, built on this momentum. The album propelled Swift to superstardom. The singer's popularity increased throughout the three albums that followed - Red (2012), 1989 (2014) and Reputation (2017). Swift was now firmly established within the genre she was a part of. The popularity of her music grew after she changed her strategy by releasing 2020's streamlined the folk singer (and Evermore) and stayed atop of the pop world.