Yahoo! Music — NEW YORK (AP) — Drake earned a record-breaking 13 American Music Awards nominations on Monday, shattering Michael Jackson's mark of 11 nominations in a single year from 1984. more info

TMZ — Paris Jackson is right by the side of her mom, Debbie Rowe, as she fights breast cancer. Michael Jackson's 18-year-old daughter reconnected with Debbie after MJ's ex-wife was diagnosed a few months back.   Paris and Debbie got close after… more info

Detroit Free Press — The daughter of Michael Jackson posted pictures on Instagram from her late father’s famous estate Wednesday.             more info

JamBase — Watch Chicago soul-rockers The Main Squeeze cover "Off The Wall" and "Give It Away" to give South Florida music fans a break from hurricane preparations. more info

TMZ — Paris Jackson returned to her old house, and made some new friends. Michael Jackson's daughter went back to Neverland Ranch on Wednesday and toured the grounds she used to call home. She stopped by the petting zoo, where at least one llama and a few�... more info

New York Times — A British keyboardist and songwriter, he was a member of the disco-funk group Heatwave and went on to compose some of Jackson’s biggest hits. more info

MSN Music — LONDON (AP) — Songwriter Rod Temperton has died of cancer in London. He was 66. His music publisher said Wednesday in a statement that the man who wrote Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and other hits had died last week. It did not say exactly when... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Rod Temperton, a British-born musician and songwriter with a singular knack for pop-funk who wrote the Michael Jackson classics 'Thriller,' 'Rock With You' and many other hits, has died of cancer in London at 66. more info

Chorus.fm — Rod Temperton, maybe best known for his role in writing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” but with a long list of song writing classics to his name, has passed away. He was 66 years old. The post Rod Temperton Passes Away appeared first on chorus.... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Rod Temperton, the influential songwriter responsible for harnessing the power of disco grooves in service of precisely measured pop songs, may have been best known for his work with Michael Jackson on albums including “Off the Wall” and ... more info