Country pop singer Taylor Swift has shot to the top of iTunes in 25 countries with her new single We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, and is poised for a record digital sales debut on the Billboard chart.
Billboard said the song was already among the 40 most-played tunes on U.S. radio just two days after being released.
The song went to the top of iTunes in the United States an hour after it was released Monday, and has since reached No. 1 in Australia, Canada, Brazil, Finland and 20 other nations.
Citing music industry sources, Billboard said the track - the first single off Swift's fourth album, Red, due in October - could sell 450,000 to 500,000 downloads by the end of the week.
That could make We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together the biggest debut for a digital song by a female artist if it surpasses the 448,000 download mark set by Lady Gaga's Born This Way in February 2011.
