Taylor Swift signs a record deal with Republic Records and UMG

Mitzi Santos

November 20, 2018

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  Photo credit: The Source

  American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has announced that she has signed to a new record deal with Republic Records and Universal Music Group according to Rolling Stone.

  This is her first label change since she signed with Big Machine Records when she was 15. Her deal with the Nashville-based Universal Music Group-distributed independent label expired this month.

  Swift announced it in an Instagram post featuring a photo of her with the UMG Chairman/CEO Sir Lucian Grainge and Monte Lipman. She wrote, “Over the years, Sir Lucian Grainge and Monte Lipman have been such incredible partners. It’s so thrilling to me that they, and the UMG team, will be my label family moving forward.”

  She also unveiled two important elements of the new deal: first will be the ownership of her masters going forward and  “I asked that any sale of their Spotify shares result in a distribution of money to their artist, non-recoupable,.They have generously agreed to this, at what they believe will be much better terms than paid out previously by other major labels.”

  This month marked the first time in 13 years that Swift has been a free agent.

  
  

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  My new home ?

  Isang post na ibinahagi ni Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) noong Nov 19, 2018 nang 7:37am PST

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