More in AUX news News Top 5 Pop Tracks: August Each month, tons of new music from many taste-spanning genres is released into a fast-consuming, unforgiving market; it can be tough to get a handle on what's new before it's on to the next. In an attempt to highlight the standout releases, at the end of each month, AUX staff re-cap the month in Punk , Metal , Indie/Pop/Rock , Hip Hop , Electronic , and Pop with the top five releases in each. Consider it your cheat sheet for year-end lists. Top 5 Pop Tracks: August Taylor Swift -- "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" To get her first number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, all Taylor Swift needed to do was lean a little bit more towards pop than country. On "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," her signature acoustic guitar strums are tweaked by veteran pop architect Max Martin (Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson), and a massive electronic beat replaces the organic instrumentation that is typical of a Taylor Swift single. The end result is a break-up anthem that wouldn't be out of place on either a Kelly Clarkson or a Katy Perry album. The choice to skew pop paid off for Swift almost immediately, as she conquered the iTunes charts and soared to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the single's second week. Taylor has always insisted her music is 100% autobiographical, so there's a lot of speculation as