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Taylor Swift Reclaims First Six Albums with $360 Million Buyback

Her Eras Tour earnings enabled her to purchase the masters she has been re-recording to reclaim artistic ownership.

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Overview

  • Swift purchased the rights to her first six studio albums from Shamrock Capital for approximately $360 million.
  • The deal covers master recordings, music videos, concert films, unreleased songs and original album artwork.
  • Those masters were first sold without her consent in 2019 to Scooter Braun’s company and moved to Shamrock Capital in 2020.
  • She has already released Taylor’s Versions of Fearless, Red, 1989 and Speak Now and finished re-recording her debut album, while Reputation remains under 25 percent complete.
  • Swift financed the buyback with revenue from her record-breaking Eras Tour and is inspiring other artists to seek ownership of their masters.