Swift lost control of the masters when Braun snapped them up from the pop diva’s former label. She made her dissatisfaction with the deal known publicly; Braun sold the recordings to Shamrock for roughly $300 million, but Swift complained Braun would still benefit from her work.

Taylor Swift's long, public and very personal battle to own the rights to her first six albums has come to a happy ending. Here's a concise history.