Taylor Swift now owns ALL her music
After a long running legal battle, Taylor Swift is now the owner of ALL of her music.In 2019, the master recordings for Taylor's first six albums were sold in a big music deal worth millions. That meant that although they were her songs, she did not own the rights to them and wasn't in charge of her own music.In response to the deal she started to re-record her albums, renaming them 'Taylor's Version'.But she has now bought back the ownership of those albums.
In a letter to her fans last night, she said she's been "bursting into tears of joy"."To say this is my greatest dream come true is actually being pretty reserved about it," she added, thanking fans for their support as the drama played out."I can't thank you enough for helping to reunite me with this art that I have dedicated my life to, but have never owned until now."I almost stopped thinking it could ever happen, after 20 years of having the carrot dangled and then yanked away," she wrote."But that's all in the past now."
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