Midnights was released on Friday, October 21
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Category archives: Taylor Swift
Why The Beatles, 56 years ago, were prototyping the kind of pop artist that 2020 demands
There’s no doubt 2020 was an innovative year for music and artists – but, says Dave Roberts, it owes a clear debt to 1964
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After seeing her masters sold twice in 18 months, Taylor Swift previews re-recorded version of Love Story in Match.com ad
Swift announced the tie up via Twitter yesterday
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Confirmed: Taylor Swift masters sold by Scooter Braun to Shamrock Capital – but she’s re-recording them anyway
Back in July, MBW reported that Shamrock Capital had raised $400m in a new fund – and that it intended to spend this money on entertainment IP, including music copyrights. Looks like it just spent the majority of it on Taylor Swift’s back catalog…
Scooter Braun sells Taylor Swift masters for $300m+ to investment fund (report)
Sale follows nearly 18 months of bad blood between Braun and Swift over Ithaca’s acquisition of six albums
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Taylor Swift’s Folklore just made history on Spotify… and blew away the launch of her last album, Lover
Folklore streamed over 50m times more on Spotify worldwide in its first three days than Lover
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Global recorded music industry revenues topped $20bn last year – but streaming growth slowed
The global recorded music industry generated $20.2bn in wholesale revenues – that’s the money making its way back to labels and artists – in 2019. This figure was up 8.2% on the prior year ($18.7bn), according to official industry data revealed i…
Taylor Swift: Scooter Braun paying $330m for Big Machine ‘wasn’t exactly a wise choice’
“Just another case of shameless greed in the time of Coronavirus. So tasteless, but very transparent.”
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Taylor Swift signs exclusive global publishing deal with UMPG
Universal Music Group already serves as Swift’s exclusive worldwide recorded music partner
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Tencent’s Move to Buy 10% of Universal Music Group Shows the Global Music Business Is In Excellent Health
Nue Agency founder Jesse Kirshbaum on the biggest music biz deal of the year
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