Time magazine featured Taylor on their prestigious 2017 Person of the Year cover, named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the world and was one of only eight candidates for the 2014 Person of the Year. Rolling Stone listed Taylor as one of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. She is the youngest person in history to win the music industry’s highest honor, The Grammy Award for Album of the Year and she is the first female solo artist to win this prestigious award twice. Taylor is a ten-time Grammy winner, a singer, songwriter, musician and producer. Her current single “Delicate” was the latest song off reputationto top the Pop, Hot AC and AC charts. With over 10 million streams, it was the most-streamed song in a one-day, the lyric video for “Look What You Made Me Do” broke the standing record with over 19 million views, while the music video shattered the original most viewed video (28 million) record with 43.2 million views in 24 hours. Taylor’s chart-topping first single, “Look What You Made Me Do,” broke multiple records within hours of its release. With almost 1.3 million albums sold in a seven-day period, Taylor is the only artist in history to have four consecutive albums sell over one million copies in their week of release (2010’s Speak Now, 2012’s RED, 2014’s 1989and 2017’s reputation).
1 in over 111 countries on iTunes’ sales charts upon release. Taylor Swift’s critically-adored new album, reputation, was the biggest selling album of 2017 and No.
I’m beyond thrilled to create an alliance with Republic Records and the incomparable Taylor Swift.” I can only imagine what Taylor is capable of achieving in the years to come, both culturally and creatively. Her commitment to songwriting and performing has earned her the respect of her peers and millions of adoring fans around the world. Monte Lipman, founder and CEO, of Republic Records said, “Taylor has not only captured the imagination of an entire generation, but has also redefined the paradigm of the modern music industry. With these shared beliefs, there is so much we can accomplish together, and all of us at UMG are enormously proud to be embarking on the next chapter of her career alongside her.” Because of her commitment to her fellow artists, not only did she want to partner with a company that understood her creative vision and had the resources and expertise to execute globally on her behalf, she also sought a partner whose approach to artists was aligned with hers. I have such enormous respect for Taylor, in particular for her use of her hard-earned influence to promote positive change. She is so multi-talented, she can achieve anything. In making the announcement, Sir Lucian Grainge, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group, said, “Few artists in history approach Taylor Swift’s combination of massive global hits and creative brilliance. A ten-time Grammy winner distinguished as the youngest-ever recipient of the Grammy for Album of the Year-and the first female solo artist to win the award twice-is the only artist in history with four albums with sales of more than one million copies in their first week of release (2010’s Speak Now, 2012’s RED, 2014’s 1989 and2017’s reputation), respectively. The multi-album agreement, effective immediately, deepens the relationship between Swift and UMG and builds upon the enormous success she achieved with Big Machine Records-the label whose long-term strategic alliance with Republic Records first brought Swift into the UMG family. Under the multi-year agreement, UMG will serve as the exclusive worldwide recorded music partner for Swift and UMG’s Republic Records will serve as her label partner in the U.S. SANTA MONICA, November 19, 2018-Taylor Swift, one of the music industry’s most creatively and commercially successful artists in history, signed a global recording agreement with Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment. Republic Records to Serve as Swift’s U.S. TAYLOR SWIFT SIGNS EXCLUSIVE GLOBAL RECORDING AGREEMENT WITH UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP TAYLOR SWIFT SIGNS EXCLUSIVE GLOBAL RECORDING AGREEMENT WITH UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP.