Taylor

Taylor Swift is that rarest of pop stars: A superstar who was able to fully transition from into mainstream pop culture, becoming an enduring pop culture icon as well as conquering the world in the process. Swift removed herself from the country genre as a third layer, revealing herself as the most sophisticated pop singer and songwriter of the generation she was born into. Swift was able harness the current zeitgeist and turn it into her personal. The skills she displayed were apparent on her earliest hits especially the Neo-tribute Tim McGraw but her second album of 2008's Fearless featured a singer-songwriter finding out who she was while also gaining a mass audience. The album was hugely successful not just in America which is where six singles were declared platinum, on the back of Top Ten hit songs Love Story and you Belong with Me. But it was also a huge hit across all over the world. Speak Now delivered almost two years after that, and it consolidated the popularity and moved Swift up the ranks of superstardom. Swift gained popularity throughout the course of three subsequent albums, Red (2012) as well as 1989 (2014) and Reputation (2017) in addition to Reputation (2017), and she was established as a subgenre she felt was right for her. As she trimmed her catalog back with the stripped-down releases of 2020, folklore as well as Evermore but she was still a king in the pop world. It was a position that was maintained by the release of remastered versions of songs from her prior albums as well as Midnights the top selling synth heavy album scheduled for 2022.