Taylor

Taylor Swift is that rarest of pop phenomenons: one of the most famous stars who successfully completely cross over from into mainstream pop culture, becoming an iconic pop icon and sweeping the globe while doing it. Swift removed herself from the country genre as a third layer, revealing herself as one of the best pop singers and songwriters of in her time. Swift was able take advantage of the contemporary zeitgeist, and create her individual. 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 the process, finding the mass market. Fearless was able to have significant appeal not just in the U.S. where it racked seven platinum singles on the strength of the Top Ten hits Love Story and Belong with Me Belong with Me but throughout the world. It was particularly successful in the U.K. Canada and Australia. Swift's second album Speak Now, released almost two years after the first one, consolidated this success. Speak Now helped propel Swift into superstardom. It was only after that her popularity grew exponentially over her subsequent three albumsThe Red Album, 1989 (2014) Red (2012) 1989 (2014) as well as Reputation (2017) Reputation (2017) and saw her move confidently into the world of pop, in which she was already a part. In the years after she pared her repertoire back with the stripped-down releases of 2020, folklore and Evermore and Folklore, she still controlled pop. This position was maintained by the release of remastered versions of songs from her prior catalog, as well Midnights the top selling synth heavy album scheduled for 2022.