I don't think anyone envisioned when country darling Taylor Swift released 'RED' in 2012 that she was also placing herself in a situation from going from country sweetheart to world domination.

As the reputation tour wraps ups now, six years later, Taylor Swift is undoubtedly the biggest pop-star on the planet. Her album sales break records, her ticket sales break records, and she's become a powerful voice in both industry and most recently, politics.

RED was the era she started working with hit-making-factory Max Martin and Shellback, laying the groundwork for the pop-explosion that was her next album, 1989, and those with a keen eye were starting to pay attention that there was something more here than pretty much the entire world had given her credit for.

New York Magazine ran this cover dubbing Swift the 'Platinum Underdog' as she wrapped her N-American RED tour following the album release.