Swift released her debut album in 2006 and has stayed on top of the game ever since.
“Midnights” also broke the modern-day record for single-week vinyl sales with 575,000 units sold.
She has written or co-written everything with her name on it.
Swift signed away ownership of her work to BMR in her first record deal at 15.
However, the BMR contract stipulated that Swiftcouldstart re-recording her old music starting in November 2020.
In that case, Swift would get paid royalties determined by the label.
But with the re-recorded versions, Swift gets creative control over licensing and a bigger portion of the royalties.
Additionally, her re-recorded versions devalue the ones she doesn’t own.
Swift can block their licensing and significantly reduce streaming royalties by getting fans to exclusively stream the re-recorded versions.
I do want it to be in movies, I do want it to be in commercials.
But I only want that if I own it."
Artists should never have to part with their work."
By the end of 2023, she’ll have at least three re-recorded albums out.
