Detroit Free Press — “Famous,” Beyoncé’s “Formation” and Adele’s “Hello” will battle Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” and Drake’s “Hotline Bling” for the top prize when the VMAs air live Aug. 28 from New York’s Madison Square Garden. The nominations... more info

PopSugar UK — MTV's 2016 VMA nominations are in! As you may have imagined, it's going to be a tight race between Adele and Beyoncé in a number of categories. That's what happens when two icons drop albums in the same time frame! Also making the list: Justin Bie... more info

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MTV.co.uk News — Plus Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Drake, Calvin Harris, ZAYN, Fifth Harmony and more are in the running for a Moonman this year... more info

Rock Sound — Didn't see that one coming. Into Drake and metal? This is your lucky day! Brian and Andrew from YouTube channel Massive Metal Covers have created a metal cover of 'One Dance' by Drake featuring Kyla and Wizkid. Here's what is ... more info

Mjsbigblog — Today’s thread is brought to you by the numbers 9 and 15.8M. I was wrong. Drake was toppled off the top of the Hot 100 this week. We have a new champ in Sia’s “Cheap Thrills” f. Sean Paul. This is actually Sia’s first time topping the chart... more info

AllHipHop — DRAKE IS HEADLINING IHEART MUSIC FEST! more info

Chorus.fm — Drake again tops the Billboard 200 this week while NeedToBreathe’s HardLove comes in at number two: Speaking of album sales, the top-selling album of the week is NeedToBreathe’s HardLove, which debuts at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart and at ... more info

Stereogum — Drake’s “One Dance” has probably become the de facto song of the summer due to there being no other viable options, but the song just got bumped from the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 after 10 weeks. Sia’s “Cheap Thrills,” which fea... more info

Idolator — Rihanna passed on the song, but it turned out well for Sia, regardless. more info