Taylor Swift announces that she now owns her entire catalogue of music
Taylor Swift is now the proud owner of her entire catalogue of music, roughly six years after she protested the sale of her master recordings by her former record label.
Swift announced the news in a letter posted to her website Friday, writing that 'all of the music I've ever made… now belongs… to me.'
The Grammy-winner specified that she owns all her music videos, concert films, album art and photography, along with unreleased songs. She purchased her music 'outright with no strings attached, no partnership, full autonomy,' from Shamrock Capital, a private equity company that had acquired her master recordings.
'To say this is my greatest dream com true is actually being pretty reserved about it,' Swift wrote, adding that she was able to 'buy back' her music from Shamrock following the success of the Eras Tour.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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