It's not like Gaga was gonna hold the record forever. Taylor had more time but it's still impressive, mostly because of how random it is. The song doesn't seem all too special and it just came out of nowhere slaying lol
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)