Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
The Investment Fund That Bought Taylor Swift's Master Recordings Just Released a Statement
justjared.comShamrock Capital Content Fund, the investment fund that purchased Taylor Swift‘s master recordings from Scooter Braun, has released a statement after news of the purchase went public.
The fund reportedly paid north of $300 million to purchase Taylor‘s masters from her days at Big Machine Label Group.
In a letter that she wrote to fans, Taylor said that she attempted to buy the masters from Scooter and then she even considered partnering with Shamrock, until she found out that Scooter would still profit from her music under the deal with Shamrock.
Now, Shamrock has provided this statement to JustJared.com: “Taylor Swift is a transcendent artist with a timeless catalog.
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