'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together': Will Taylor Swift finally get her No. 1 single?

The oft-brokenhearted songstress released the first single off her forthcoming album, Red, and it's already earworming its way up the charts

Taylor Swift's single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" shot to the top of the iTunes Songs chart in just under an hour of its release.
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The song: Taylor Swift is back in the news, and this time it's not for romancing a Kennedy. The pop-country crooner dropped the first single from her forthcoming album, Red, on Tuesday during a web chat with fans and, within 50 minutes, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," a breakup anthem, shot straight to the top of the iTunes Top Songs chart, breaking an iTunes record previously held by Lady Gaga's "Born This Way." Still, Swift has never actually clinched the top spot on Billboard's Hot 100. Will "Together" be her ticket to the top?

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Samantha Rollins
Samantha Rollins

Samantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's news editor. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

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