It was supposed to be a pop war for the record books. Insiders on Monday predicted Katy Perry and Lady Gaga's new singles could break a digital songs record this week, each surpassing 400,000 by Sunday. But as of Thursday morning, the expectations have changed dramatically.

MTV keeps adding to its VMAs performance lineup, confirming Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Bruno Mars on Friday.

While Drake has made public several of the songs off his forthcoming Nothing Was the Same record, the Toronto MC clearly has plenty of surprises left to reveal.