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In a cruel twist of fate in 2019, she found out via the internet (just as the general public did) that her records were sold to Ithaca Holdings LLC, owned by music manager Scooter Braun (manager of Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and more) without her consent. In 2018 Swift announced her new ‘musical home’ was with Republic Records and Universal Music Group, staking the claim that ‘I’ll own all of my master recordings that I make from now on.’ Shortly after, rumours began to spread around the industry that she wanted to reacquire ownership of her first six albums. Some of these deals allow the label to release the music and earn their money from its distribution and licensing, but the songwriters do keep the copyright to their music which gives them another right to their music.Īfter the release of her sixth studio album reputation, Swift and Big Machine apparently entered brief negotiations, but failed to establish a new deal for more albums of hers to be released through them. Historically, record labels have tended to own the master rights to the recordings in exchange (via a deal) for promotion and support while the artist is recording an album. In case you need a reminder, a master is the offical term for a master recording of an artist’s song, and in most cases, the label owns these recordings and is responsible for maintaining them. Read all the latest features, interviews and columns here. This would mean Big Machine would own the masters to her future music, but she would keep the copyright to her music if she wrote the songs.

At the time, the albums were yet to be produced over the coming years. Words by Chloe Karis We investigate one of the boldest contractual moves in recent music history.īack in a 2005 agreement, 15-year-old Taylor Swift signed a deal which conveyed the ownership rights for the recordings of her first six albums to Big Machine Records, the record label who signed her on.