Taylor

Taylor Swift is that rarest of pop phenomenons: a superstar who managed to fully transition from the country music scene to and become a enduring pop culture icon and conquering the world in the process. Swift left her country roots like they were a second skin revealing that she was arguably the smartest popular singer/songwriter in her generation someone who was able to harness the current zeitgeist and make it personal and equally impressively do the reverse. The skills she displayed were apparent 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 the process finding a mass audience. Fearless went on to become a global hit, not only in the United States (where it was certified six times platinum for the Top Ten Hits Love Story as well as "You Belong with Me") but in Canada, Australia as well as the U.K. and many other countries. The Swift's Speak Now album released two years ago consolidated her previous successes, propelling Swift into the spotlight. The three albums following -- Red 2012, 1989 2014 and Reputation 2017 -- her popularity only increased. That was an obvious indication that she was in a new pop world which she was able to fit into. In the end, when she refocused her music with the stripped-down releases of 2020, Folklore, and Evermore, she still remained on top. It was a position that was confirmed through re-recordings of her previous catalog, as along with Midnights the synth-based chart-topper 2022 album.