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Country-pop singer Taylor Swift has shot to the top of iTunes in 25 countries and regions with her new single "We Are Never Ever Get­ting Back Together," and is poised for a record digital sales debut on next week's Billboard chart.

 

Billboard said on Wednes­day that the infectiously catchy song was already among the 40 most-played tunes on US radio just two days after being released.

The song went to the top of iTunes in the US just an hour after it was released on 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 Swift surpasses the 448,000 download mark set by Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" single in February 2011.

Swift, 22, has sold 17.8 million albums in the US since bursting onto the country scene as a teenager in 2006. She went on to earn six Grammys, 10 American Mu­sic Awards and more than 13 other country music trophies.

Swift is known for penning songs about past boyfriends. The new single has sparked fevered specu­lation over whom Swift is referring to.

The singer's past musical targets have included actor Taylor Lautner, and musi­cians Joe Jonas and John Mayer. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" has few obvious hints, but specu­lation has fallen on actor Jake Gyllenhaal, whom Swift briefly dated in 2011, and folk-pop singer Mayer.