After years of struggle, speculation and re -regulations, Taylor Swift officially announced that he has recovered the rights of his first six studio albums, thus obtaining the complete control of his entire musical catalog.
The news It was confirmed by the artist herself this Friday through her social networks And an emotional letter published on its website, in which it deeply appreciates the support of its followers and expresses the joy that this achievement has caused.
“All the music I have made now belongs to me … to me.”
This acquisition marks the end of one of the most commented disputes of the recent music industry.
In 2019, Swift lost the rights of his first albums after the sale of the Big Machine label, where he started his career, to businessman Scooter Braun.
This transaction, which included the masters of its albums from Taylor Swift (2006) until Reputation (2017), was done without the artist being given the opportunity to buy them. The situation became even more painful when Braun resold that catalog to Shamrock Capital in 2020, also without consulting it.
In your message, The singer emphasizes that it was precisely with Shamrock with whom she could finally reach a fair agreementrecognizing its transparency and respect throughout the process.
“They saw it as a business, but they also understood that for me they were memories, effort, writing and decades of dreams,” he wrote.
The announcement It also serves to clear recent rumors about possible advances in their pending re -regions. Swift clarified that his version of Reputation (Taylor’s version) It is not yet ready, since it is an album loaded with difficult emotions to recreate.
Instead, Your debut album is practically finished and you could see the light soonalthough it emphasizes that its publication will be, for the first time, from a place of celebration and not pain.
In recent years, Swift has embarked on an ambitious campaign to recover his workre -recording Fearless, Grid, Speak Now and 1989 under the seal of Taylor’s versionan unpublished strategy that turned out to be a commercial and cultural phenomenon.
These releases, added to the overwhelming success of your world tour The Eras Tour –The most lucrative in history, with more than 2 billion dollars collected-, they strengthened their artistic and financial position, allowing him to specify the repurchase of his catalog.
This achievement not only symbolizes A personal victory for Taylor Swift, but also represents a key moment in the music industryby making visible the injustices faced by many artists regarding the control of their work.
The singer, today in full mastery of her legacy, has shown that creative independence is possible and that the public’s support can change the rules of the game. As she said in her letter: “The best things that have been mine … finally are really.”
