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.
Taylor Swift's Dad Had No Knowledge Prior to Making $15 Million in Her Music Catalog Sale, Source Says
etonline.comTaylor Swift's music catalog sale is in the spotlight once again. After Music Business Worldwide published a report claiming that Taylor's dad, Scott Swift, made $15 million on the highly-publicized sale of her music catalog to Scooter Braun, a source tells ET that the elder Swift was unaware of the planned action, despite any profit he made from it.
A source close to the negotiations tells ET that the drama began 48 hours before Scooter's purchase of Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Label Group was made public in 2019.
The source notes that since Scott Borchetta controlled 90 percent of the stock, the sale, which reportedly rang in at $300 million, was a forgone conclusion.The source tells ET that Taylor's dad didn't have knowledge of the deal before it happened and intentionally skipped a private, NDA-signed phone call about a potential deal, so that he didn't have to withhold anything from Taylor.Taylor's rep reiterates as much, telling ET, «There was a shareholder phone call that Scott Swift did not participate in due to a very strict NDA that bound all shareholders and prohibited any discussion at all without risk of severe penalty.
Her dad did not join that call because he did not want to be required to withhold any information from his own daughter.»Since news of the deal broke, Taylor has blasted it, claiming that she wasn't told about Scooter's purchase before it became public and was never given a chance to buy her music, an allegation that Scott Borchetta has denied.Taylor has long stuck to her story, though, and now her rep tells ET, «Taylor found out from the news articles when she woke up before seeing any text from Scott Borchetta, and he did not call her in advance.»In the wake of the drama, Taylor announced.
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