Taylor Swift finally recovers all the rights of his songs, clips, concert images and artistic visuals – Liberation

« All the music i’ve Eve made … now Belongs … to me. » There American superstar Taylor Swift announced this Friday, May 30 On its official website Having bought the rights of his first six albums, thus putting an end to 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 Unpublished songs.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 ”wrote the singer on her site by evoking her « The biggest dream that becomes reality ».

Taylor Swift was opposed to the scooter Braun music industry magnate, which had acquired the former singer’s label in 2019, Big Machine, for $ 300 million, according to the press, putting hands on most of the SWIFT tubes recordings. The owner of the « Masters », 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 of artists who have the rights.

Scooter Braun then sold the rights of the first six albums of Taylor Swift to investment company Shamrock. This agreement had deeply affected Taylor Swift who considered herself « Stopped » of his work. 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). « Everything I always wanted was to have the opportunity to work enough for one day to be able to buy the rights of my music, without constraint, without partnership, independently »added the singer to her site, without revealing the amount of the transaction.

Taylor Swift wrote or co-written most of his musical catalog, which would allow him to re-record his songs without having the recordings. As a teenager, she signed, in 2005, with Big Machine before leaving this label 13 years later.

With a record turnover of $ 29.6 billion, 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, stressed last March the International Phonographic Industry Federation (IFPI).

Thanks to an increased number of paid subscriptions, streaming represents more than two -thirds (69%) of world revenues in the sector, according to this federation which still placed Taylor Swift at the top of its list of the most listened to artists in 2024. « The Eras Tour », The last world tour of the American singer, which was spread in 2023 and 2024, reported about two billion dollars according to the specialized magazine Polstar. This makes it the most lucrative tour in the history of music.