The 2013 Billboard Music Awards pump big sales gains on the charts this week, thanks to blockbuster performances from the likes of Bruno Mars, Jennifer Lopez and Ed Sheeran.
Vancouver's pop-rock band Marianas Trench leads the 2013 MuchMusic Video Awards with six nominations, followed by Toronto-born rapper Drake with five and Nova Scotia rapper Classified with four.
Three days before One Direction's debut 3D feature film, "This Is Us," hit theaters on Aug. 30, the best-selling boy band will release a new book that also captures its ascent to stardom.
After performing their breakthrough Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 "Thrift Shop" on the Billboard Music Awards Sunday night (May 19), Macklemore & Ryan Lewis spend a third week atop the survey with "Can't Hold Us," featuring Ray Dalton.