India, May 30 -- Taylor Swift on Friday announced that she has successfully acquired the master recordings of her first six albums-Taylor Swift (2006), Fearless (2008), Speak Now (2010), Red (2012), 1989 (2014), and Reputation (2017)-from Shamrock Capital. In an emotional handwritten letter posted on her website, the Grammy winner said: "All of the music I've ever made now belongs to me."

This ends a high-profile ownership dispute between Swift and Scooter Braun and Shamrock Capital. The 'Love Story' singer had been fighting to regain control of her music after Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings purchased Big Machine Label Group (BMLG) for $330 million in 2019, and subsequently sold the masters to Shamrock Capital for $405 million in Novemb...