The list of Taylor Swift’s accomplishments as an artist is extremely long.
Highlights include:
- Writing an entire Grammy-nominated album on her own with no co-writers
- Becoming the youngest ever winner of the Grammy for Album of the Year
- Being the first (and only) artist to ever debut four albums with at least one million copies sold in their first week
Whether you’re a fan or not, there is simply no denying that Taylor Swift is an absolute powerhouse in the music business.
But even a woman with as much power as Swift cannot avoid the injustices of such a cut-throat business.
The 29-year-old has penned a Tumblr post after learning that her long-time manager Scott Borchetta, who she parted ways with in 2018 after 12 years, sold his label Big Machine Records to Scooter Braun, the controversial manager of Justin Bieber.
Borchetta owned the rights to her back catalogue, which means Braun now stands to make millions off of Swift’s past music.
And she is pissed. If you’re wondering what’s going on, and why Swift has described it as her “worst nightmare”, we’ve got you covered:
What is going on with Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun?
Scooter Braun is best known as the manager who discovered Justin Bieber, but he also represents other big names including Ariana Grande, Carly Rae Jepson and Demi Lovato.
On Sunday (Monday, AEST), it was announced that Scooter Braun’s company Ithaca Holdings was acquiring Big Machine Label Group, the label that released all of Taylor Swift’s studio albums and owns her masters.
Swift said she learned of the sale as it was announced to the world.
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Taylor Swift - the girl who made being a victim into an art form
Taylor Swift is so exhausting. Whenever she does something wrong she's 'learning' and everyone is bullying her. Whenever someone else does something wrong she's the most hard-done-by person in the world.
She sold the rights, its the risk you take. There are plenty of these cautionary tales in the industry, McCartney worked for years to get the rights to the Beatles songs, MJ made a fortune buying the rights to famous songs, Dolly Parton showed the value of owning your IP when she refused to sell her songs to Elvis, which seemed mad when she was unknown. And Taylor is rich enough to buy anyone out if she really wanted to. She was young when she signed the deal, but she was super successful. She had access to info and legal advice and she made her own choices.