Taylor

Taylor Swift, the rarest pop sensation, is one who has managed to cross from the country genre to mainstream pop culture, becoming an icon of the pop world. She also conquered all over the world through her music. Swift shed country like it was a second layer of herself, proving that she is perhaps the smartest pop-singer/songwriter her generation. One who can harness the mood of times to make her music personal as well as sing in the other direction. These skills were evident on her earliest hits especially the Neo-Tribute Tim McGraw but her second album, 2008's Fearless showcased a songwriter discovering the person she really was, and, in doing so, gaining an audience of mass. Fearless ended up being an enormous success not just in America with it's Top Ten singles Love Story, and You Belong with Me helped it to achieve six platinum records however, it also swept the world. It was a huge success in Canada, Australia in Australia and Canada. U.K. Swift managed to build upon her success by releasing Speak Now almost two year after. Over the next three years, her fame grew through the years -- Red (2012), Reputation (2014), and 1989 (2014-2015) -- as Swift entered the world of pop music in which her talent was already well established. Although she slowed down her work with folklore and Evermore releases in 2020 she was at the forefront of pop music.