Taylor Swift and the Economics of Celebrity

Not only is Taylor Swift the biggest music artist of our generation by nearly every metric (it’s not even close!), with the re-recording of her original albums she’s in the process of reshaping the entire music industry in a way no band or artist ever has before. And oh yeah — she’s still only thirty-two. We dive into the incredible business story behind perhaps the new "last great American dynasty"... the TSwift empire.

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Links:

• Taylor Swift The Brightest Star:  https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Swift-Loves-Global-Sensation/dp/1912587556/
• All You Need to Know About the Music Business:  https://www.amazon.com/Need-Know-About-Music-Business/dp/1501122185/
• Switched On Pop:  https://switchedonpop.com/episodes/deja-vu-olivia-rodrigo-copyright-decoder-good-4-u-paramore
• Joni (Blue) vs. Taylor (Red) Album Art:  https://gaylorlyrics.tumblr.com/post/624477640229863424/we-3-some-joni-mitchell-parallels
• Kelly Clarkson’s suggestion to re-record Taylor’s Big Machine albums:  https://twitter.com/kellyclarkson/status/1150168164853882880?s=20
• Episode sources:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YKvfZuBrMB_BawZzt5c6ap8b2KdNg7n5Ko2tqF5AkCE/edit?usp=sharing

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