American singer Taylor Swift on Monday has confirmed
that the rights of her first six albums have been sold off to a private equity firm
without her knowledge refraining her from assuming the control of the songs back.
“This was the second time my music
has been sold without my knowledge when I received a letter a few weeks ago
from private equity company, Shamrock Holdings announcing that they had brought
100% of my music, videos and album art from Scooter Braun.” the 30 year old
singer wrote in a twitter piece.
The statements comes in backdrop of a
long ongoing dispute with her former record company, Big Machine Group, and with
music executive Scooter Braun over the rights to some of her biggest hits.
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The feud aggravated last year when Taylor began sparring publicly with music mogul Scooter Braun, who also manages rival
pop stars Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande.
At a point, the singer even said that
Big Machine had barred her from performing her songs on television or releasing
a Netflix documentary while Braun’s company denied such claims.
According to AFP, Swift in her Twitter
post stated that she had been actively trying to regain control of her master
tapes for the last year, in response to a report by entertainment magazine
Variety that Braun had sold the assets for $300 million.
She further added that despite the
attempts of negotiations with Braun, the rights were sold to Shamrock Holdings who claim that they had purchased
her music, videos and album art.
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Scooter Braun, however, has not
responded to Taylor’s claims so far.
Swift, who had vowed last year to resume
command of her sold recordings by making new tapes, had reportedly begun
re-recording her early songs.
A 10-time Grammy Award winner, Swift has
become one of the most noted musicians in the world after more than a decade of hits, including ‘Shake It Off’ and ‘I Knew You Were
Trouble’.
