Taylor Swift

Although hotly-tipped for success from a young age, having moved to the iconic music city of Nashville, Tennessee, at just 14 to pursue her career in country music, it's probably fair to say that no one predicted the meteoric rise of Taylor Swift over the last decade and a half.

Now one of the world's biggest stars and most instantly recognisable figures, the teenage country star turned pop monolith has broken all manner of records, won countless awards, and seen her records sell in the hundreds of millions – putting her alongside the likes of Queen, The Rolling Stones, Whitney Houston and Eminem on the all-time list.

From a self-titled debut that was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the USA, to second album Fearless making her the youngest ever winner of the Grammy for 'Album of the Year', to latest record Lover being her critically best-received album to date, Taylor Swift's career has seen her hit heights that few others have achieved. And she shows no sign of stopping.