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Taylor Swift Shocker: Singer Buys Back and Will Reissue First Six Albums — Even as ‘Reputation (Taylor’s Version)’ ‘Can Still Have Moment to Reemerge’ Later
Taylor Swift has bought her catalog back from Shamrock and will reissue her original albums, while 'Reputation (Taylor's Version)' will still come out.
In her lengthy statement, Swift makes it clear that she has nothing but joyful feelings over how the events of the last six years turned out, since the sale of the masters that embittered her led to the “Taylor’s Version” re-recordings, which directly prompted the concept for the Eras Tour… the record-breaking grosses for which allowed her to buy back her earlier life’s work, as she’d hoped. The long and convoluted saga began nearly six years ago, in the early hours of June 30, 2019, when Braun announced that his Ithaca Holdings had agreed to acquire Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Label Group — and the recorded-music rights to Swift’s first six albums — for around $300 million. While the two continued to trade barbs over the ensuing years, Swift’s re-recordings, combined with the five new albums she has released since leaving Big Machine, have played a huge role in amplifying her already-world-dominating popularity and leading her to billionaire status.
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