Taylor

Taylor Swift may be the most unusual of pop artists: one who could successfully cross the divide between pop and country, conquering the globe. Swift left her heritage in country music like a second-skin and proved that she had the best pop sensibility in her time. Swift was the only artist/singer who could take the popular zeitgeist out on the road. The skills she displayed were apparent on her earliest hits especially the neo-tribute Tim McGraw but her second album in 2008's Fearless showed a writer discovering who she was and in the process finding an audience of mass. The album was able to have significant reach not just on the U.S. where it racked seven platinum singles thanks to Top Ten hits Love Story and You Belong with Me but throughout the globe, performing especially well in the U.K. Canada and Australia. Speak Now delivered almost two years later consolidated that success and moved Swift towards the top of stardom. Swift's popularity grew throughout her three subsequent albums - Red (2012) 1989 (2014) and Reputation (2017). Swift became a household name within an industry she felt was hers to be. As she cut her style with the stripped-down releases of 2020, Folklore, and Evermore but she was still on top. This position was maintained through re-recordings of her previous catalog as along with Midnights, her synth-heavy chart-topping 2022 album.