BILLBOARD REPORTS: “‘NEVER, EVER’ CLAIMS THE LONGEST RULE ATOP THE HOT 100 FOR A COUNTRY SONG IN ALMOST 32 YEARS”

Nashville, TN – September 13, 2012 – “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” the lead single from 6-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift’s forthcoming album, Red, this week spends its third week at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 all-format singles chart, which factors in both sales and radio airplay. The single has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Since its release on August 13th, "Never Ever" has sold in excess of 1.4 million downloads in the U.S., and made more than 385 million all-format audience impressions at radio. The song’s debut sales of 623,000 downloads was the biggest opening-week for a song by a woman in SoundScan history, and the second-biggest debut ever. Worldwide, the single has already reached the #1 position atop the iTunes charts in 32 countries. The song is also #1 for the fourth consecutive week on Billboard’s all-genre Hot Digital Songs chart.

MTV is kicking off the week lead-up to the biggest night in music - the “2012 MTV Video Music Awards” – on Thursday, August 30, 2012 with previously announced VMA performer and six-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift taking to the airwaves LIVE at 7:49 p.m. ET on MTV and CMT to premiere the highly anticipated music video for “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” on “MTV First: Taylor Swift.” Then one week later, Taylor will perform live on the “2012 MTV Video Music Awards” on Thursday, September 6 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, CA.

On “MTV First: Taylor Swift,” Taylor will personally introduce her new music video for “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” which with sales of more than 623,000 song downloads in its first week shattered the previously held singles sales record by a female artist and became the second-largest download ever, overall. The song is currently in the #1 position atop Billboard’s all-genre Hot 100 Songs chart and has reached #1 at iTunes in 32 countries. “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” is the lead single from Taylor’s forthcoming album, Red, scheduled for release on...

Taylor Swift, who released her lead single “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” from her forthcoming album, Red, just last week, 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 on Billboard'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.”


In addition, in only one full week of release, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” has claimed the #1 position atop Billboard’s Hot 100 all-format singles chart, which factors in both sales and radio airplay. The single debuted in the Top 20 on several of Billboard’s radio airplay charts: the Pop Songs, Adult Pop Songs, Country Songs and Adult Contemporary Charts. This marks Taylor’s 11th #1 across multiple formats, including Number Ones on the Billboard 200, Digital Songs,...