“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” single artwork. (PRNewsFoto/Big Machine Records)
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TAYLOR SWIFT HAS DONE IT AGAIN! The music superstar has set a new digital sales record for female artists. She sold over 623,000 U.S. downloads of her new single in a SINGLE WEEK!
Taylor Swift released her lead single “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” from her forthcoming album, Red, last week during a web conference with her fans. Now, she has set the new all-genre record for female digital song sales.
Billboard reports, “It’s official: Taylor Swift has set the record for the biggest digital sales week ever for a song by a woman. ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’ sold 623,000 in the week ending Aug. 19 – according to Nielsen SoundScan — and it thus debuts at No. 1 onBillboard ’s Digital Songs chart. Not only is it the best week ever for a woman, but the second-largest ever overall. Swift also nets the largest debut week among women.”
“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” is also the #1 song on Billboard ’s Hot 100 all-format singles chart. This marks Taylor’s 11th #1 across multiple formats, including Number Ones on the Billboard 200, Digital Songs, Radio Songs, Pop Songs, Country Songs and Country Albums charts, among others.
Worldwide, the single has already reached the #1 position atop the iTunes charts in 32 countries.
Red will be released on October 22 nd on Big Machine Records.
Taylor thanked the fans via Twitter, writing, “I want to thank you guys for giving me my biggest first week ever with ‘We Are Never.’ I can’t stop smiling. You guys are amazing!!”
Better news for her fans: if you want to get Taylor to perform a VH1 Storytellers acoustic concert at your high school or college, here’s your chance. Contest details can be found atwww.taylorswiftoncampus.com.
