Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift (born 1989) is an American musician. Though she has been writing, recording and performing music since the age of ten, she first rose to national prominence at 17 in 2006 with the release of her debut country single "Tim McGraw". This was followed by 2006's self-titled debut and the crossover hit "Teardrops on my Guitar". Swift released the sophomore follow-up Fearless in late 2008 featuring the hit single "Love Story". Swift has achieved incredible success as both a country and pop artist, selling the most records of any act in 008 and receiving consistent success with her single releases. Swift sets herself apart from most of her country and pop contemporaries (and influences), as she writes or co-writes all of her material. Despite her popularity on Sputnikmusic she is generally considered not to be Sputcore due to her massive social media presence and celebrity status.

Legacy on Sputnikmusic
On July 25th, 2020, staff member mynameischan published his review of Taylor Swift - Folklore. Chan gave the album a "3.2" or a good, rather low compared to the hype surrounding the album as many expected the staff review to be a 4 or higher. This would lead to a freak out on twitter by Taylor Swift stans. Swifties would bombard Sputnik to protest this rating, as it would result in Swift's average rating across all major music review platforms to drop from a 92 to an 89 (as a 3.2 is equivalent to a 64 out of 100)