August 21, 201212 yr I heard this the other day and I've just heard it again. I think it needs more time to grow on me and I was quite fond of her more country-esque music. It feels like Carly Rae Jepsen is leading a revolution with her music, as this reminds me a lot of something she'd release!
August 22, 201212 yr This settled on 623k in the US, 13k short of the overall record held by 'Right Round'.
August 22, 201212 yr This settled on 623k in the US, 13k short of the overall record held by 'Right Round'. Wow thats amazing! go tay :dance:
August 22, 201212 yr Wow, fantastic! Bit annoying she was so close yet so far to the overall record, but obviously that doesn't really matter. She's still smashing god knows how many other records, it's just amazing how she is SUCH a force in the US :o
August 22, 201212 yr Officially #1 :) "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" grants the star her first Hot 100 topper, while Maroon 5 and Justin Bieber also make notable chart surges One of the only elusive honors in Taylor Swift's enviable career is a reality at last, as the country/pop superstar scores her first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, as "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" blasts from No. 72 to the summit in its second week. Swift had claimed accolades including Billboard's Woman of the Year (2011) and No. 1s on the Billboard 200, Digital Songs, Radio Songs, Pop Songs, Country Songs and Country Albums charts, among others. She's sold 17.8 million albums in the U.S. and 50 million downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan, since arriving with her self-titled debut album and introductory single, "Tim McGraw," six years ago. Now, Swift has her first No. 1 on the Hot 100 (the 1,018th leader in the chart's 54-year history), where she had previously reached No. 2 twice, with "You Belong With Me" (2009) and "Today Was a Fairytale" (2010). Her multi-format smashes "Mine" (2010) and "Love Story" (2008) reached Nos. 3 and 4, respectively. "Never," the lead single from Swift's fourth studio album, "Red," due Oct. 22 on Big Machine Records, soars to No. 1 on the Hot 100 fueled by a record 623,000 downloads sold in its first week, according to SoundScan. The sum marks the highest one-week digital sales total by a female artist and is second among all acts only to Flo Rida's "Right Round," which sold 636,000 the week of Feb. 28, 2009, also its debut frame. "Never" instantly becomes Swift's fourth No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart. After the song was released late Monday (Aug. 13), the first two days of radio airplay for "Never" (aided by promotional play on more than 300 Clear Channel Media and Entertainment-owned stations) enabled the song's No. 25 start on Radio Songs last week (40 million all-format audience impressions, according to Nielsen BDS). Following is first full week of radio availability, "Never" jumps 25-14 (52 million, up 29%) on Radio Songs. As previously reported, the song enters a host of genre airplay charts this week, including Country Songs, where its No. 13 launch is the highest by a woman in the 22 years that BDS data has powered the survey. While "Never" has not yet been made available to streaming services that also contribute to the Hot 100's data pool, the song outranks the No. 2 song on the chart, and last week's No. 1, Flo Rida's "Whistle," by an almost two-to-one chart points ratio. "Whistle" slips 1-2 on the Hot 100 despite rising 12-8 on Radio Songs (74 million, up 12%). It likewise falls 1-2 on Digital Songs (199,000, down 8%), while gaining on On-Demand Songs (773,000 on-demand streams, up 3%, according to BDS), where it holds at No. 3. Read more at http://www.billboard.com/news/taylor-swift...wXXS5vzKYzwR.99
August 23, 201212 yr Obviously predictable but I'm immensly happy for her, with a fantastic song as well :wub:
August 23, 201212 yr I was unsure whether I actually liked this or thought it was slightly awful but I have decided I do actually think its rather good. I totally get the 'Gives You Hell' comparisons as well.
August 25, 201212 yr Author I hear the video is coming Thursday, 7:30PM US time. Ooh! That would be perfect timing for here in the UK too as I imagine it would be falling towards #9/#10 by then! I always love Taylor's videos (You Belong With Me, Mine, The Story Of Us being my faves from first thought), so hopefully this will be as good! :D
August 25, 201212 yr It might stay in the Top 5 next week as only a couple of songs will make impact.
August 29, 201212 yr Author Here's the preview for the video being released tomorrow!! :cheer: Cj4N0tuOtiE
August 29, 201212 yr Hmm, not what I imagined at all and I don't know if that suits the song but Taylor knows how to make fun videos - maybe it will feel a lot different in full.
August 30, 201212 yr Author Found this on Popjustice forums. The two pictures on the left are from 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' video! http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9j4s05puU1qepnhso1_500.png
August 31, 201212 yr Author Taylor tweeted this: Fun facts about the "We Are Never" music video: it's all in one take, shot with one camera, 5 costume changes, and woodland creatures. That's very interesting and the video has just premiered! A very LQ version of the video has appeared on YouTube and I'll change it for the VEVO version when it comes online, but you can tell what the video is like and I really like the simple concept of it! It's fun, not serious and really suits the song! Great job Taylor! :cheer: WA4iX5D9Z64 Edited to VEVO version. Edited September 1, 201212 yr by Ryan741
