It is Taylor Swift‘s new era, and fans speculate how much the pop sensation really paid for her masters. The Grammy-winning artist has recently shared that she bought back the ownership of her six masters from Shamrock Capital.
The price that Swift spent to purchase the ownership of her music has not been revealed to the public. However, experts have come up with an estimated amount that Swift likely paid to gain back the rights.
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Pop legend Taylor Swift has spent a hefty price to buy her masters from the investment firm Shamrock Capital. According to sources, Swift has spent around $360 million to gain the ownership of her first six albums (via Billboard).
The “deal” between the “Lover” crooner and Shamrock Capital not only includes her first six albums. In a letter, Tay Tay noted that all of her “unreleased songs,” concert videos, and everything else “finally” belong to her now.
She wrote to her fans, “All of the music I’ve ever made… now belongs… to me. And all my music videos. All the concert films. The album art and photography. The unreleased songs. The memories. The magic. The madness. Every single era.”
For the ones who missed it, Taylor Swift’s master recordings dispute began in June 2019 when Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings gained control of Swift’s first six albums for $300 million.
Swift publicly opposed the sale and launched a strategic response in 2019, beginning the process of re-recording her Big Machine albums to reclaim commercial control over her music. The re-recording campaign represents Swift’s effort to own the master rights to her early work and reduce dependence on the original recordings.
In a quest to reclaim the legacy of her own catalog, Swift released four “Taylor’s Versions” of albums that were taken away from her. She first released Fearless (Taylor’s Version) in April 2021. Six months later, the “Reputation” maker surprised fans by dropping Red (Taylor’s Version).
After a two-year gap, she released both Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) in 2023. According to the schedule, fans expected that the “Cruel Summer” hitmaker would unveil the re-recorded versions of Reputation and her debut album in 2025.
However, Swift’s letter disclosed that she has not worked on the Taylor’s Version of Reputation. But the singer teased that the “vault tracks” of the album might get released in the future at the “right” time.
Originally reported by Arpita Adhya on ComingSoon.
