Taylor

Taylor Swift was a rarity in pop culture: she was the sole celebrity who moved from the country to mainstream and become a pop icon worldwide. Swift is shedding her country roots as if she was shedding skins for second purposes revealing herself to be the smartest pop singer/songwriter in her generation. Swift is able to tap into the current trend and make it her unique. These skills were evident on her earliest hits especially the Neo-tribute Tim McGraw but her second album, 2008's Fearless featured a singer-songwriter figuring out the person she really was, and in the process, finding the mass market. Fearless wound up having considerable reach not just within the U.S. where it racked up six platinum singles on the strength of the Top Ten hits Love Story and the hit single You Belong with Me but throughout the world, with a particular success within Australia, U.K. Canada and Australia. Swift took off to the peak of her game after the release of Speak Now. The popularity of Swift only grew over her next three albums -- Red (2012) 1989 (2014) and Reputation (2017) and Reputation in 2017 and found her moving assuredly into the realm of pop where she already belonged. She stayed in the forefront of pop even after she changed her own style on her sister albums, folklore and Evermore in 2020.