On May 30, Taylor Swift announced one of the most anticipated news by his followers. The artist has officially recovered the masters of his first six studio albumsas well as the rights over Videoclips, concert movies and other unpublished content.
Since he announced that he has recovered his masters, his fans have promoted a notable Increase in sales and reproductions of their original discsreturning it to the top positions of the lists. In the first week after the purchase, Swift sold a total of 54,000 copies only in the United States. The best -selling album was ‘Reputation’ (2017), with 15,000 unitsfollowed by your debut album ‘Taylor Swift’. Interestingly, these are the only two albums of the six originals that have not yet re -recorded.
Back to the top of the lists
With this achievement, Taylor Swift has returned strongly to Billboard lists. ‘Reputation’ has reached the position number 4 in the best -selling album rankingwhile your first album, ‘Taylor Swift’it is located in the number 6 on the list. The latter too has returned to Billboard 200reaching the Post 64its best position since 2010.
In addition to the success of albums, several individual songs have registered impressive figures. ‘Cruel Summer’ It was the most listened song of the week with 5.4 million views in the US ‘Reputation’ how ‘… read it?’ and ‘Delicate’.
Six years without your music
For six years, Swift was without the control of his own music, after the producer in 2019 Scooter Braun acquired Big Machine Recordsthe record label that possessed the rights of its first works, in an operation carried out without consent nor knowledge of the singer. In response, Taylor He started his project ‘Taylor’s version’re -recording to date four of those six albums with the aim of recovering artistic and economic property about his work.
The cost, according to American media, would have closed by a figure close to 360 million dollarsalthough economic details have not been officially confirmed. A price similar to that Shamrock initially paid at the end of 2020, about 360 million dollars.
Upon entering your Official websitefans can read a letter written by the singer herself, in which she is honest and enthusiastic with her followers: “Total transparency: I have not even recorded a quarter”he says. It also promises novelties: “There will be a moment (if you like the idea) so that the unpublished tracks of the Vault of that album hatch”in reference to the songs never previously published that it usually includes in their re -regions. Has also confessed: “All the music I have made … Now it belongs to me. I have been crying with joy since I knew that this is really happening.”
‘Taylor´s version’
Although the original albums recorded the highest percentage growth, In absolute terms, the versions re -recorded by Taylor continue to lead in sales and reproductions. For example, ‘1989 (Taylor’s version)’ exceeded 2,000 consumption units in two days, while the original version barely exceeded 1,000. Something similar happened with ‘Speak Now’, where the difference was only 10 units in favor of re -record.
