Taylor

Taylor Swift was a rarity in the world of pop music: she was the only celebrity to have crossed from country into the mainstream, and to become a pop icon worldwide. Swift left country music like it was a second layer of herself, proving that she is perhaps the best pop-singer/songwriter in her generation. A person who has the ability to tap into the current zeitgeist and make it personal and also be able to perform at the opposite. It was apparent in her earliest songs especially in her neo homage of Tim McGraw. On her second release Fearless (2008) Swift showcased a writer getting to get acquainted with herself. Fearless became an enormous success not just in the US with its Top Ten singles Love Story as well as You Belong with Me helped it to record six platinum albums however, it also swept the world. It was a huge success across Canada, Australia as well as the U.K. Speak Now delivered almost two years later consolidated that achievement and propelled Swift into the stratosphere of fame. Swift's popularity continued to grow through her subsequent three albums - Red (2012) 1989 (2014) and Reputation (2017) and Reputation in 2017 which saw her move into the realm of pop in which she was already a part. Although she slowed down the production of her folklore album, and Evermore albums in the year 2020, she was in the forefront of pop music.