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Kendrick Lamar has had a good week. 肯德里克.拉马尔本周可谓是“春风得意”。 The hip-hop artist led the music industry in nominations for its most important awards, the Grammys. 这位知名的说唱歌手此次在音乐界最重要的奖项——格莱美奖中独占鳌头。 The Recording Academy honored him with 11 nominations, including album of the year for To Pimp a Butterfly. 肯德里克.拉马尔凭借年度专辑《To Pimp A Butterfly》 His song Alright was also nominated for song of the year. 以及年度单曲Alright等一举拿下了11项提名。 Taylor Swift had a good week, too. 人气天后泰勒.斯威夫特此行也收获颇丰。 She is up for seven 2016 Grammys. 据悉，在2016年格莱美大奖中泰勒斩获7项提名。 Her album 1989 will compete against Lamars for album of the year. 泰勒.斯威夫特的专辑《1989》将与拉马尔共同角逐2016年度最佳专辑奖。 Her hit Blank Space was nominated for song of the year. 其单曲《Blank Space》也入围年度最佳单曲提名。 Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar are also nominated together for two Grammys. 此外，由泰勒.斯威夫特与肯德里克.拉马尔两位巨星联合制作的单曲“Bad Blood”， The musicians collaborated on the song Bad Blood. 荣获格莱美音乐奖两项提名。 For that effort they could share Grammys for best pop group/duo performance and best music video. 两人凭借此单曲入围本年度“最佳流行组合”以及“年度最佳音乐录影带奖”。 RB star The Weeknd also received seven Grammy nominations. RB歌手The Weeknd在此次格莱美音乐盛典中也获得7项大奖提名，成功比肩泰勒.斯威夫特。 His Beauty Behind the Madness is up for album of the year. 其专辑《Beauty Behind the Madness》入围年度最佳专辑奖。 The other nominees are Sound and Color by the rock band Alabama Shakes and country singer Chris Stapletons Traveller. 此外，入围年度最佳专辑奖的还包括美国根源摇滚乐团Alabama Shakes的必威体育精装版录音室唱片《SoundColor》和乡村音乐歌手Chris Stapleton的专辑《Traveller》。 Five nominees are up for the much-sought Grammy for best new artist. 5名歌手入围年度最佳新人奖。 They are Tori Kelly, Sam Hunt, Courtney Barnett, James Bay and Meghan Trainor. 他们分别是托里.凯莉, 山姆.亨特, 柯特妮.芭奈特, 詹姆斯.贝以及梅根.特瑞娜。 The Recording Academy will present the awards at a ceremony in Los Angeles, California on February 15. 第58届格莱美颁奖礼将于2016年美国时间2月15日在洛杉矶斯台普斯中心(Staples Center)举行。 Im Caty Weaver. 我是卡蒂.韦弗。 The head of the United States central bank says she expects the U.S. job market to continue to improve. 美国央行行长表示，预计美国就业市场会继续改善。 Janet Yel