Taylor Swift recovers the rights of his first albums: why wasn’t she ownership of her most famous songs?
Taylor SwiftFinally, he has achieved what for years seemed unattainable to recover the rights of his First six albums Study, marking a historical moment in his career and in the music industry.
The American artist announced Friday, through a LETTER PUBLISHED on your website, which acquired the masters Originals of his early work, ending a six -year struggle for the control of his music.
Taylor Swift Recover the rights of their Songs
“Everything I have done now belongs to me,” wrote Swiftvisibly excited. “I’ve been crying with joy … since I knew this is really happening.”
The agreement includes not only albums Taylor Swift (2006), Fearless (2008), Speak Now (2010), Red (2012), 1989 (2014) and Reputation (2017), but also video clips, filmed concerts, graphic art and songs unpublished. With this, the singer takes up the Total domain of the First stage of his career, which earned him multiple awards and a Fans base world.
Why tAylor Swift had lost the rights?
The dispute began in 2019, when the musical manager Scooter Braun acquired the record label Big Machine Recordsdoing automatically with the rights of the first six albums of Swift. The artist assured that she was not previously informed of the agreement and described the situation as a “nightmare”.
In past statements, the interpreter of Shake it off rE said that he tried for a decade to buy his Mastersbut the opportunity was denied. Big Machine He offered a treatment that involved winning an album for each new album that he gave to the seal, a proposal that rejected for considering it abusive.
The situation worsened when Braunwhom Swift He has accused of harassment and manipulation, sold the musical catalog to the investment firm in 2020 Shamrock capital for approximately 300 million dollars. However, the treatment kept Braun With economic benefits on the material, which caused the singer to also distant from that company.
A fair and conditions without conditions
The story took a turn this year, when Shamrock capital He offered Swift what she always wanted a direct sale, no strings attached nor intermediaries. “
Although official figures were not revealed, Swift denied the rumors that spoke of a sale between 600 and 1,000 million dollars. According to Variety, the artist described the agreement as a “fair and reasonable price.”
