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Taylor Swift performs at Wembley Stadium as part of her Eras Tour June 21, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)

Taylor Swift has regained control of her music, buys back first 6 albums

Taylor Swift says she’s has regained control over her entire body of work. In a lengthy note posted to her official website on Friday, Swift announced that all the music she’s ever made now belongs to her.

Members of K-pop band Big Ocean, Jiseok, PJ and Chanyeon, from left to right, participate in an interview with The Associated Press in Seoul, South Korea, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Juwon Park)

Big Ocean breaks new ground as K-pop’s first deaf group

Leon Thomas III poses for a portrait on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton)

Leon Thomas is ‘ready for the moment’ with new album ‘MUTT Deluxe: HEEL’

Isaac Green, 34, poses for a portrait with his copy of "The Sacred Harp" near a natural spring at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in Bremen, Ga., on Sunday, March 32, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Who are the Sacred Harp singers using a more than 180-year-old hymnal today

Isaac Green, 34, flips through his personal copy of "The Sacred Harp," a shape-note hymnal linked to a more than 180-year-old American folk singing tradition, at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in Bremen, Ga., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. The 1991 edition has undergone a multi-year revision process conducted by a nine-member committee and will be released by the Sacred Harp Publishing Company in September. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Takeaways from AP’s report on why pre-Civil War hymnal ‘The Sacred Harp’ is getting an update

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This album cover image released by Jagjaguwar shows "Sable, Fable" by Bon Iver. (Jagjaguwar via AP)

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A soldier plays an accordion during the performance of the "corrido" rhythmic style for the media at a military base in Mexico City, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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Blind duo from Mali, Amadou Bagayoko, right, and Mariam Doumbia, seen, during a concert in Paris, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)

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Adrienne Warren, left, and Nick Jonas appear during a performance of the two-person stage show “The Last Five Years,” in New York on March 17, 2025. (Matthew Murphy via AP)

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A statue of the MTV Moon Man appears on the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

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Then U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau delivers a statement to members of the media at the Benito Juarez International Airport, upon his arrival to Mexico City, Aug. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

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This album cover image released by Interscope Records shows “Who Believes In Angels?” by Elton John and Brandi Carlile. (Interscope Records via AP)

Music Review: Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s collaboration deepens on ‘Who Believes in Angels?’

This image released by Netflix shows Nick Lachey, left, and Vanessa Lachey host of "Love is Blind" in Los Angeles on April 16, 2023. (Adam Rose/Netflix via AP)

Why your favorite reality shows like ‘Love is Blind’ are using songs you actually know

Florencia Cuenca, from left, Justina Machado, and Tatianna Córdoba appear during a rehearsal for the Broadway production of "Real Women Have Curves" on Friday, March 28, 2025, in New York. (Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP)

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The Sex Pistols announce first North American tour in two decades, without Johnny Rotten

Glen Matlock, from left, Frank Carter, Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, pose for portrait photographs, in London, Friday, March 21, 2025. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali/Invision/AP)

The Sex Pistols announce first North American tour in 2 decades

Ella Langley performs during Amazon Music Country Heat at Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, Tenn., on Feb. 28, 2024. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Ella Langley leads 2025 ACM Awards nominations. Beyoncé and Miranda Lambert are shut out

This image released by Focus Features shows Carey Mulligan, left, and Tom Basden in a scene from "The Ballad of Wallis Island." (Focus Features via AP)

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This album cover image released by Island Records shows "Paid in Memories" by Jessica Reyez. (Island Records via AP)

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This cover image released by Glassnote Records shows "Rushmere" by Mumford & Sons. (Glassnote Records via AP)

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Will Smith looks inward for new album

Will Smith poses for a portrait on Monday, March 17, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Will Smith channels his post-slap introspection into music on ‘Based on a True Story’

The crowd dances as they attend a punk festival in Hangzhou, China, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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A protester in a Joker costume takes part in a demonstration demanding the government provide security against the rising violence, in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peru’s Congress votes to oust the interior minister for failing to halt killings

This album cover image released by Interscope Records shows "I Said I Love You First" by Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco. (Interscope via AP)

Music Review: Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s romance ‘I Said I Love You First’ is more than syrup

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