Taylor Swift : Elle récupère ses 6 premiers albums

Taylor Swift announced, Friday, May 30, that he had achieved his “Bigger dream” By acquiring the rights of his first six albums, which ends a long battle on the property of his work.

“All the music I have made belongs to me now. All my videoclips. All the films of my concerts. The design and photos of the albums. Unpublished songs. Memory, magic, madness. Each era. The whole work of my life ”writes the singer on her site.

The Princess of Pop opposed to the MAGNAT of the Musical Industry Scooter Braun, which had acquired in 2019 the Big Machine label for $ 300 million, according to the press, thus handing over the majority of Taylor Swift recordings, which “Stopped” of his work.

The owner of the masters, the original recordings used to make vinyls, CDs and other digital copies, decides how the songs are reproduced or sold. These coveted recordings are one of the main sources of income for artists who have the rights.

Scooter Braun then sold the rights of the first six albums of Taylor Swift to investment company Shamrock. To try to regain control of her work, the American singer had even re -recorded four of her first albums by adding to these titles « Taylor’s Version » (“the version of Taylor”).

“Autonomy”

“All I have always wanted was to have the opportunity to work hard enough to, one day, be able to buy the rights of my music and, without constraint, without partnership, in all autonomy”added the singer, thanking Shamrock Capital for having offered her the possibility of buying the rights of her first albums, of which Fearless et 1989. The amount of the transaction was not specified.

Taylor Swift has written or co -written most of his repertoire, which allowed him to re -record songs without having the recordings. As a teenager, she signed, in 2005, with Big Machine before leaving this thirteen year old label later.

With a record turnover of 29.6 billion dollars, the world market for recorded music had a tenth consecutive year of growth in 2024, carried by subscriptions to streaming platforms and the success of stars like Taylor Swift, undermined the international federation of the phonographic industry last March.

Thanks to an increased number of paid subscriptions, streaming represents 69 % of world revenues in the sector, according to the organization, which still placed Taylor Swift at the top of his list of the most listened to artists in 2024.

“The Eras Tour”, the last world tour of the American singer, which stood in 2023 and 2024, reported about $ 2 billion, according to the specialized magazine Pollstar. This makes it the most lucrative tour in the history of music.