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623,000, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," Taylor Swift, Sept. 1, 2012
Read more at http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/indus...XuscL5v5pWi.99
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UPDATED 6:08pm 8/20/12
TAYLOR MADE: Taylor Swift’s new single, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” will debut with*somewhere around 630k in first-week sales, breaking Ke$ha’s female artist one-week record of 610k for “Tik Tok,” set in Jan., 2010
UPDATED 12pm 8/28/12 (thanks to iamvladd)
HITS Daily Double @HITSDD
The new @taylorswift13 breaks the single week sales record by a female artist, selling between 615-625k its first week pic.twitter.com/OnPZiuCT
TAYLOR MADE: Taylor Swift’s new single, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,”
will debut with between 615-625k in first-week sales, breaking Ke$ha’s female artist one-week record of 610k for “Tik Tok,” set in Jan., 2010. The rest of the Top 5 includes Flo Rida’s “Right Round” (636k, Feb. 2009), Bruno Mars’ “Grenade” (559k, Jan. 2011), Gotye’s “Somebody that I Used to Know” (542k, April, 2012) and Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend” (521k, April, 2012). (8/20p)
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@ScottBorchetta OMG! Taylor has broken Gaga 1st wk record for female single sales. Depending on how today (Sunday) itunes goes TS could have overall record!
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He is the president and CEO of Big Machine Records.
I hope that she can reclaim the record with "ARTPOP"! 
