Copyright
1. Who writes the
artists’/bands’ songs?
1989: Taylor Swift co-wrote most of the music on 1989 with
producer songwriters Max Martin and Shellback/Karl Johan Schuster. One Republic
front man Ryan Tedder also helped her write the album's opener "Welcome to
New York" and "I Know Places" and musician-songwriter Jack
Antonoff (of Bleachers, Fun) co-wrote "Out of the Woods" and "I
Wish You Would" together with Taylor
Red: Martin, Shellback and several other songwriters, including Ed
Sheeran who recorded a duet with Taylor on "Everything Has Changed,"
helped her write a few of the songs off her third EP Red but she wrote
many of the songs herself. Songs on the album credited to Taylor Swift alone include
"Red," "I Almost Do," "Stay Stay Stay" and five
others.
Speak Now: Taylor Swift wrote her
entire Speak Now album herself. She wrote "Sparks Fly," one of
the tracks off the album, at 16 years old and re-worked it before it landed on
the 2010 EP.
Fearless: She solo wrote more than half of the tracks on her second EP
Fearless with help from country music songwriter Liz Rose on a few of the songs
including ‘’White Horse’’ and ‘’You belong with me’’
Taylor Swift: She
released her first, self-titles EP when she was 16 years old and wrote three of
the songs herself, including ‘’Our Song,’’ which she wrote for her high school
talent show. Rose helped Taylor on the rest of the tracks including ‘’Teardrops
on my guitar’’ and ‘’Picture to Burn’’
2. Have any of their songs
ever been covered by other artists?
Taylor Swift has been
covered by many artists; here are some she has approved of: ‘Taylor Swift's
Favorite Covers of Her Songs’
·
"Bad Blood" – Ryan
Adams (former member of alternative country band Whiskeytown)
·
"Shake It Off" –
Jesse Will
·
"Sparks Fly" – Landon
Austin
·
"Blank Space" –
Brooklyn Duo
·
"Shake It Off" –
Kelly Clarkson (an American singer, songwriter, author, and occasional actress.
She rose to fame in 2002 after winning the inaugural season of American Idol,
and has since been referred to as the "Original American Idol" and
the "Queen of Covers")
·
"I Knew You Were
Trouble" – Tom Odell (an English singer-songwriter. He released his debut
extended play, Songs from Another Love, in 2012 and won the BRITs Critics'
Choice Award in early 2013)
·
"Out of the Woods" –
Chase Holfelder
·
"Love Story" – Gabe
Bondoc
·
"We Are Never Ever Getting
Back Together" – Hanson
·
"Shake It Off" –
Labrinth (an English singer, songwriter, record producer and
multi-instrumentalist.)
·
"Style" – Travis
Atreo
·
"I Knew You Were
Trouble" – Sophia Grace & Rosie
·
"Blank
Space"/"Style" - Louisa Wendorff with Devin Dawson
·
"Shake It Off" -
Tenor Buds
3. Have any of their songs
ever been leaked on line?
Taylors good friend Kelsea Ballerini
added a clip to Snapchat of a song playing inside a studio, the lyrics in the
clip are ‘’We didn’t know it, thought we could grow it. Beautiful for a moment,
we were roses.’’ Although it does not show that it is Taylor Swift singing the
song, fans clearly identify the voice as 100% hers.
4.Has
the artist ever expressed a view on copyright?
In 2015 Taylor Swift has Trademarked a
number of phrases from her 1989 album so to prevent them appearing on unauthorized
merchandise. The Guardian states
‘’The trademarks won’t just affect the companies
selling This Sick Beat T-shirts
and stickers online. They’ll also
ban the use of the phrases on, among many other things, wind chimes,
non-medicated preparations for the care of skin, scalp, body or hair, and
cookware.’’
It is not the first time that Taylor Swift has trademarked
words. Her name, signature and initials are copyrighted, so are the titles of
her albums Fearless and Speak now.
On the 21 June 2016- many artists including Taylor Swift have
5.
Is their music available on
Spotify ?
Altough Taylor Swifts music is avaialable on
Spotify today, it wasn’t there 4 years ago. The artist argues that ‘Spotify
devalues music’. Still today you cannot find her newest album 1989 on Spotify.
6.
How much does the artist
make off Spotify/ other streaming services?
"Payouts for a top
artist like Taylor Swift (before she pulled her catalog) are on track to exceed
$6 million a year."
Taylor Swifts net worth is
$250 million.
Potential Earnings from her
YouTube VEVO account is $24,677,169
Ownership
Taylor Swift is signed to RCA and Big Machine.
RCA is a partner company of Sony Music Entertainment
artists include:
·
Christina Aguilera
·
Alexandra Bruke
·
Miley Cyrus
·
Snoop Dogg
·
Jamie Foxx
·
Adam Lambert
·
Labyrinth
·
Avril Lavigne
·
Magic!
·
Zayn Malik
·
Nicole Scherzinger
·
P!nk
·
Pitbull
·
Elvis Presly
·
Prince
·
Sia
·
Britney Spears
·
Justin Timberlake
·
Usher
and more… https://www.rcarecords.com/artists/
RCA deals with various genres
Big Machine Records is an independent record label in
partnership with Universal Music group artists include:
·
A Thousand Horses
·
Aaron Lewis
·
Brantley Gilbert
·
Brett Young
·
Cassadee Pope
·
Cheap Thick
·
Drake White
·
Eli Young Band
·
Florida Georgia Line
·
Jennifer Nettles
·
La ‘Parsha Renae
·
Maddie & Tae
·
Martina McBride
·
Nick Fradiani
·
Reba Ronnie Dunn
·
Steve Tyler
·
Taylor Swift
And a few more… http://www.bigmachinelabelgroup.com/artists/
Big
Machine Records deal with country and pop genres.
Collaborations
Taylor Swift collaborates with other artists from
record labels such as Columbia (John Mayer) or Atlantic (Ed Sheeran, B.O.B)
Overall Taylor Swift collaborated more with artists
from the mainstream record label which she is signed to, not the independent
one that is part of Universal.
Touring
Taylor Swift had a wide range of artists and guest
on her 1989 tour.
·
Shawn Mendes
·
Little Mix
·
Nick Jones
·
Mick Jagger
·
The Band Perry
·
Pitbull
·
Charlie XCX
·
Ellen DeGeneres (guest)
·
Imagine Dragons
·
Wiz Khalifa
·
Mariska Hargitay & Cara Delevigne (guest)
·
Selena Gomez
·
Avril Lavigne
·
Leona Lewis
·
Ellie Goulding
Does the artist have a VEVO channel?
Taylor Swift does have a VEVO, currently with 1.1
million likes on the official VEVO website.
Below is an image of data about her YouTube.
Subscribers: 20,343,192
Video Views: 9,870,867,505
Potential Earnings: $24,677,169
Number of Videos: 73
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