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== Latar Belakang ==
Pada saat berusia 14 tahun, TSTaylor Swift menandatangani kontrak penerbitan musik bersama Sony/ATV Tree Publishing untuk menjadi seorang penulis lagu<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hiatt|first=Brian|date=2012-10-25|title=Taylor Swift in Wonderland|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-in-wonderland-180107/|website=Rolling Stone|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> dan menandatangani kontrak perekaman dengan label rekaman independen yang berbasis di Nashville, Big Machine Records, satu tahun setelahnya untuk menjadi seorang penyanyi musik country.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Spencer|first=Liv|date=2010|title=Taylor Swift: Every Day Is a Fairytale – The Unofficial Story|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1550229318|pages=27|url-status=live}}</ref> Album perdananya, Taylor Swift (2006), merupakan lagu yang masuk ke tangga lagu Billboard 200 terlama sepanjang dasawarsa 2000-an. Album tersebut juga menaikdaunkan nama TSTaylor.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Boardman|first=Madeline|date=2016-10-24|title=Flashback to Taylor Swift's First Album Drop|url=https://ew.com/gallery/taylor-swift-first-album-photos/|work=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=2009-10-29|title=Chart Beat Thursday: Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw Linked Again|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/chart-beat-thursday-taylor-swift-tim-mcgraw-linked-again/|website=Billboard|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> Album studio keduanya, Fearless, dirilis pada 11 Nov. 2008.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Spencer|first=Liv|date=2010-08-01|url=https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Swift-Every-Fairytale-Unofficial/dp/1550229311|title=Taylor Swift: Every Day Is a Fairytale – The Unofficial Story|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1550229318|pages=51|url-status=live}}</ref> Sebagai sebuah album country pop, Fearless mengikuti gaya country pendahulunya<ref>{{Cite news|last=Graff|first=Gary|date=2010-03-26|title=Living 'Fearless' Taylor Swift talks about her whirlwind rise to the top|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716215636/http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2010/03/26/entertainment/doc4baba3395e3ef490410773.txt?viewmode=default|work=The Oakland Press|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> [6] sekaligus mencampurkan unsur pop dan pop rock.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|date=2009-03-06|title=Taylor Swift: Fearless|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/06/taylor-swift-fearless-album-review|work=Guardian|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|date=2012-06-10|title=Taylor Swift – Fearless Album Review|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fearless-mw0000813082#userReviews|website=AllMusic|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> Album tersebut menduduki tangga lagu Billboard 200 selama 11 minggu dan, berkat hit radio pop Love Story dan You Belong with Me,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bernstein|first=Jonathan|date=2021-02-11|title=Taylor Swift’s ‘Fearless’: How She Made Her Pop Breakthrough|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-fearless-album-making-1126978/|website=Rolling Stone|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> nama Swift melambung menjadi salah satu penyanyi arus utama (mainstream) yang menonjol bahkan hingga ke luar kancah musik country.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-04-09|title=The Significance of Taylor Swift’s Fearless in 2008—and How Taylor’s Version Stacks Up|url=https://time.com/5953619/fearless-taylors-version-reactions-taylor-swift/|work=Time|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Coscarelli|first=Joe|date=2021-02-11|title=Taylor Swift’s Rerecorded Album Releases Begin With ‘Fearless’ in April|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/arts/music/taylor-swift-rerecord-fearless.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> Para kritikus memuji penggambaran perasaan remaja yang jujur pada kepenulisan lagu TSTaylor. Musikolog James E. Perone berkomentar bahwa Fearless mengubah statusnya dari seorang anak berbakat menjadi seorang "penyanyi sekaligus penulis lagu superstar".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Perone|first=James E.|date=2017-07-14|title=The Words and Music of Taylor Swift.|publisher=ABC-Clio|isbn=978-1-4408-5294-7|pages=21|url-status=live}}</ref> Sebagai sebuah album yang paling banyak mendapat anugerah penghargaan dalam sejarah, Fearless memenangi AOTY pada Academy of Country Music Awards, Country Music Association Awards, dan Grammy Awards.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-02-16|title=Grammy Album of the Year winners 1959 – 2015|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321174426/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/grammy-album-of-the-year-winners-through-the-years/2010-taylor-swift-fearless-taylor-swifts-sophomore-album-fearles0/|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Titus|first=Christa|date=2010-04-17|url=https://books.google.co.id/books?id=rOA5W_BoYGIC&pg=RA2-PA58&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Backbeat|pages=58|url-status=live}}</ref>
Big Machine merilis empat album studio TSTaylor: dari Speak Now (2010) hingga Reputation (2017) sebagai bagian dari kontrak dengan TSTaylor.<ref>{{Cite [15]web|last=Sager|first=Jessica|date=2021-11-12|title=Everything We Know About Taylor Swift Re-Recording Her Old Albums|url=https://parade.com/1192648/jessicasager/why-is-taylor-swift-rerecording-rereleasing-old-albums-taylors-version/|website=Parade|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> Setelah kontraknya berakhir pada 2018, TSTaylor memutuskan untuk meninggalkan label tersebut dan menandatangani kontrak baru dengan Republic Records, label perekaman di bawah Universal Music Group.<ref>{{Cite [16]web|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=2018-08-27|title=Taylor Swift Stands to Make Music Business History as a Free Agent|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/taylor-swift-stands-to-make-music-business-history-as-a-free-agent-1202918336/|website=Variety|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> Pada 2018, manajer bakat Scooter Braun dan perusahaannya, Ithaca Holdings, mengakuisisi Big Machine Records dan memindahkan master dari seluruh album TSTaylor yang dirilis Big Machine, termasuk Fearless, ke Braun yang menyebabkan timbulnya sengketa publik antara Taylor Swift dan Braun.<ref>{{Cite [17]web|last=Christman|first=Ed|date=2019-06-30|title=Scooter Braun Acquires Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Label Group, Taylor Swift Catalog For Over $300 Million|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/scooter-braun-acquires-big-machine-label-group-scott-borchetta/|website=Billboard|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> Taylor Swift mengecam pembelian master tersebut dan memulai perekaman keenam album studio pertamanya, termasuk Fearless, pada November 2020.<ref>{{Cite [18]news|last=Melas|first=Chloe|date=2020-11-17|title=Taylor Swift speaks out about sale of her masters|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/16/entertainment/taylor-swift-masters/index.html|work=CNN Entertainment|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> Dengan merekam ulang keenam album tersebut, TSTaylor memiliki kepemilikan utuh atas master keenam album studio pertamanya yang memungkinkan dirinya untuk mengontrol lisensi keseluruh lagunya untuk penggunaan komersial sekaligus mengganti master lagu-lagu yang dimiliki BMR.<ref>{{Cite [19]news|last=Shah|first=Neil|date=2021-04-09|title=Taylor PadaSwift 11Releases FebruariNew 2021‘Fearless’ Album, TSReclaiming mengumumkanHer diBack GoodCatalog|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/taylor-swift-releases-new-fearless-album-reclaiming-her-back-catalog-11617945524|work=The MorningWall AmericaStreet bahwaJournal|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> Pada 11 Februari 2021, Taylor mengumumkan perekaman ulang album Fearless, yang diberi subjudul "Taylor's Version", adalahmenjadi album pertama dari seri perekaman ulangkeenam album-albumnya di Good Morning America.<ref>{{Cite [20]web|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|date=2021-02-11|title=Taylor Swift Announces Re-Recorded ‘Fearless’ Album, ‘Love Story’ Single Drop|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-fearless-rerecorded-love-story-release-9524797/|website=Billboard|access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref>
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