Taylor Swift’s best songs ranked: from Love Story to Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift has been at the top of her game for a long time: first, at 16, she arrived as a ready-made country star with records glistening like chrome bumpers on Ford pickup trucks, full of Nashville accents and wailing Telecasters.
Slowly, over the 18 years that have followed, the banjos have been packed away, and she has transformed into one of the world's biggest pop acts. In an era of megastars – of Adele, Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran – she has still somehow managed to break sales records and dominate the news cycle. She has built her empire the old fashioned way, on songs and shows, demonstrated her business knack through canny endorsements and has ended up as one of the highest-earning artists of all time. (The Eras Tour is the highest grossing tour of all time).
On April 19, Swift will release her 15th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department. Ahead of its release (and until we hear our new favourite Swift songs), here we rank our most-listened to tracks.
17. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (2012)
Swift managed her first US number one with We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. The singer’s knack for an earworm is obvious here, with the song one of the simplest but strongest of her career. The rest of Red dabbles with pop but Swift’s country roots are still very visible here. A foot-stomping acoustic guitar riff is right at the heart of the track, which
