Kendrick Lamar has had a good week. The hip-hop artist led the music industry in nominations for its most important awards, the Grammys. The Recording Academy honored him with 11 nominations, including album of the year for "To Pimp a Butterfly." His song "Alright" was also nominated for song of the year.
肯德里克·拉马尔（Kendrick Lamar）度过了美好的一周。这位嘻哈歌手在音乐行业最重要奖项格莱美奖提名中处于领先地位。美国唱片学院授予了他11项提名，其中《To Pimp a Butterfly》获得年度专辑提名，而他演唱的《Alright》则获得年度歌曲提名。

Taylor Swift had a good week, too. She is up for seven 2016 Grammys. Her album "1989" will compete against Lamar's for album of the year. Her hit "Blank Space" was nominated for song of the year.
泰勒·斯威夫特（Taylor Swift）也度过了美好的一周。她的专辑《1989》将同拉马尔竞争年度最佳专辑。她的单曲《Blank Space》被提名年度歌曲。

Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar are also nominated together for two Grammys. The musicians collaborated on the song "Bad Blood." For that effort they could share Grammys for best pop group/duo performance and best music video.
泰勒·斯威夫特和肯德里克·拉马尔还一同获得了两项格莱美奖提名。这两人合作了《Bad Blood》这首歌曲。他们可能凭借此曲共同获得格莱美奖的最佳流行组合以及最佳音乐录音带奖。

R&B star The Weeknd also received seven Grammy nominations. His "Beauty Behind the Madness" is up for album of the year. The other nominees are "Sound and Color" by the rock band Alabama Shakes and country singer Chris Stapleton's "Traveller."
R&B明星The Weeknd也获得了7项格莱美奖提名。他的专辑《Beauty Behind the Madness》入选年度最佳专辑提名。其它提名专辑包括摇滚乐队Alabama Shakes的《Sound and Color》以及乡村歌手克里斯·斯特普尔顿（Chris Stapleton）的《Traveller》。

Five nominees are up for the much-sought Grammy for best new artist. They are Tori Kelly, Sam Hunt, Courtney Barnett, James Bay and Meghan Trainor.
5位提名人角逐备受追捧的格莱美最佳新人奖。他们分别是托里·凯利、萨姆·亨特、考特尼·巴尼特、詹姆斯·贝和梅根·特雷纳。

The Recording Academy will present the awards at a ceremony in Los Angeles, California on February 15.
美国唱片学院将于明年2月15日在加州洛杉矶市举行颁奖仪式。

I'm Caty Weaver.
我是卡蒂·韦弗。(51VOA.COM对本文翻译保留全部权利，未经授权请勿转载，违者必究！)

Kendrick Lamar has had a good week. The hip-hop artist led the music industry in nominations for its most important awards, the Grammys. The Recording Academy honored him with 11 nominations, including album of the year for "To Pimp a Butterfly." His song "Alright" was also nominated for song of the year.

Taylor Swift had a good week, too. She is up for seven 2016 Grammys. Her album "1989" will compete against Lamar's for album of the year. Her hit "Blank Space" was nominated for song of the year.

Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar are also nominated together for two Grammys. The musicians collaborated on the song "Bad Blood." For that effort they could share Grammys for best pop group/duo performance and best music video.

Kendrick Lamar performs on stage at Power 106's 'Cali Christmas' 2015 held at The Forum on Friday, Dec., 4, 2015, in Inglewood, Calif.

R&B star The Weeknd also received seven Grammy nominations. His "Beauty Behind the Madness" is up for album of the year. The other nominees are "Sound and Color" by the rock band Alabama Shakes and country singer Chris Stapleton's "Traveller."

Five nominees are up for the much-sought Grammy for best new artist. They are Tori Kelly, Sam Hunt, Courtney Barnett, James Bay and Meghan Trainor.

The Recording Academy will present the awards at a ceremony in Los Angeles, California on February 15.

I'm Caty Weaver.

Caty Weaver wrote this story for Learning English. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­Ashley Thompson was the editor.

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Words in This Story

pimp - v. to get customers for prostitutes

blank - adj. without any writing, marks, or pictures

collaborate - v. to work with another person or group in order to achieve or do something