An American singer-songwriter with the name of Taylor Alison Swift. Her music spans several genres, and her narrative songwriting—often influenced by her own experiences—has won critical acclaim and attracted extensive media attention. Taylor Swift is a singer-turned-actress. Dramatic sci-fi Meryl Streep, Jeff Bridges, Katie Holmes, and Tay Tay make up The Giver's stellar cast. The Taylor Swift masters controversy, also known as the Taylor Swift masters dispute, is the disagreement between Big Machine Records, the independent record label to which American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was previously signed, and its new owner Scooter Braun regarding the ownership of the master recordings of her first six studio albums.