Taylor Swift made history again and this May 30, 2025, The pop superstar confirmed that he recovered the copyright of his first six albums, a long -awaited victory by her and her fans. The news marks the closure of a dispute that put the discussion about who is the true owner of the music that artists create.
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Why Taylor Swift had lost the rights of his albums
It all started at the beginning of his career, When Swift signed a contract with the independent seal Big Machine Records. Under that agreement, the record was the property of the masters (original recordings) of its first six albums: Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989 and reputation.
When his contract ended in 2018, The singer tried to buy her recordings, but the founder of the label, Scott Borchetta, imposed a condition: For every new album he recorded with Big Machine, he could recover a previous album. Swift refused, and shortly after, Borchetta sold the company – and its catalog – to the manager Scooter Braun, with whom the artist had a conflictive public relationship.
The conflict with Scooter Braun and the re -regions
The sale to Braun in 2019 unleashed a media storm and Swift accused him of harassment and preventing him from accessing his own work. In response, he launched an unprecedented plan: he began to re -record all his previous albums under the seal “Taylor’s version”, To recover artistic and legal control over his music.
Since then, he published the new versions of Fearless, Red, Speak Now and 1989with great success in sales and streaming. But two were still missing: Debut and reputation. In parallel, Braun sold the original masters to Shamrock Capital, an investment fund, without Swift’s consent.
Taylor Swift recovers his rights: a before and after
After years of negotiations, Taylor Swift officially announced on May 30, 2025 that bought the rights of its first six albums. The operation includes not only the original recordings, but also the images, covers, unpublished videos and songs associated with that stage.
“Now all the music I have made belongs to me”the artist wrote in a statement. He thanked the support of his fans and revealed that this purchase was possible thanks to the success of The Eras Tour and its re -regions, that financed the agreement with Shamrock Capital.
What will happen to the missing albums
Swift explained that debut (Taylor’s version) He is already completely recorded and ready to launch when the moment is the indicated. As for reputation, he acknowledged that it is the only album that still costs him to re -record: “It is so specific to a moment in my life that I continue to find blockages.”
