In 2019 Scooter Braun purchases Taylor's library, her first six albums owned by her old record label. How much does it cost to buy the rights to Taylor Swift's first six albums, including 1989? About a reported 300 million dollars. And how much of that does Taylor Swift get? Zero.
One of the biggest pop stars in the world is rerecording her first six albums at the artistic peak of her career. The Atlantic’s Shirley Li explains Swift’s gambit to reclaim her catalog.
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