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Women Break Records at 2021 Grammy Awards
Female performers including Beyoncé and Taylor Swift had a record-making night at the 2021 Grammy Awards Sunday night in Los Angeles.
Beyoncé received her 28th Grammy, breaking the record for most Grammys won by a female. The position had been held for many years by country music star Allison Krauss. The British musician Georg Solti, who died in 1997, remains the top Grammy winner of all time, with 31 awards.
The top four 2021 Grammys all went to female musicians, including Swift. She won album of the year for Folklore, becoming the first female to win the award three times. She shares the record for most album of the year wins with Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra and Paul Simon.
The artist H.E.R. won song of the year for I Can't Breathe. The song explores police killings of Black Americans. It was written in honor of George Floyd, who was killed during an arrest by police last year. The event led to massive demonstrations around the country to protest abuse by police.
The record of the year honor went to Billie Eilish for Everything I Wanted. The musician accepted the award Sunday night but told the crowd that the honor should have gone to artist Megan Thee Stallion.
"You deserve this," Eilish said, addressing Megan Thee Stallion. "You had a year that I think is untoppable. You are a queen. I want to cry thinking about how much I love you."
Megan Thee Stallion still did quite well at the awards ceremony. She won three honors, including best new artist. She also won best rap song for Savage, becoming the first female to be honored in that category.
Although women have won all top four awards before, Sunday night was the first time four separate and solo women won the top four honors.
"I feel like there's ... a lot of female empowerment and lots of women winning awards tonight. And so it's been absolutely amazing to just be alongside all that, to feel that energy," Dua Lipa, who won best pop vocal album, said at the event.
Beyoncé picked up four honors, including best R&B performance for Black Parade, as well sharing best rap performance and best rap song with Megan Thee Stallion.
"As an artist I believe it's my job, and all of our jobs, to reflect time and it's been such a difficult time," Beyoncé said as she accepted the award for Black Parade, which was released on June 19th to mark the holiday Juneteenth.
She went on to say she created the song to honor the "beautiful Black kings and queens" in the world.
She added: "This is such a magical night."
Beyoncé now ties producer and artist Quincy Jones for second place among all Grammy winners.
The Grammys featured pre-recorded performances that helped the nearly four-hour show run smoothly. Host Trevor Noah told jokes about the COVID-19 crisis and the year that was 2020. The show was live from Los Angeles with attendees wearing masks and sitting, socially distanced, at small round tables.
Country singer Mickey Guyton – the first Black woman nominated for best country solo performance – performed her song Black Like Me.
Black Parade was among several songs honoring the Black experience that won Grammys Sunday, including H.E.R.'s I Can't Breathe and Anderson Paak's Lockdown, which was also released on Juneteenth.
I'm Caty Weaver.
重点解析
1.musician n.音乐家
He was a brilliant musician.
他曾是一位出色的音乐家。
2.attendee n.出席者
This attendee has tentatively accepted the meeting.
这名与会者已暂时接受了会议要求。
3.magical adj.有魔力的；神奇的
Her words had a magical effect on us.
她的话对我们有一种魔力般的作用。
4.performance n.表演
Her performance was mesmerizing.
她的表演让人入迷。
5.Beyoncé picked up four honors, including best R&B performance for Black Parade.
pick up 捡起；获得
The government will continue to pick up college fees for some students.
政府将继续替一些学生缴纳学费。
The company will pick up the tab for your hotel room.
公司将为你付旅馆住宿费。
6.It was written in honor of George Floyd, who was killed during an arrest by police last year.
in honor of 向...致敬；纪念
They erected a memorial in honor of the martyrs.
他们为烈士建了纪念碑。
They hold many kinds of activities in honor of old people, wishing them good health and a long life.
他们举办各种各样的敬老活动,祝老人身体健康、长寿。
参考译文
女艺人包揽2021年格莱美四大奖项
周日晚上，在洛杉矶举行的2021年格莱美颁奖典礼上，碧昂斯和泰勒·斯威夫特等女艺人创下了新记录。
碧昂斯获得了她的第28座格莱美奖，打破了女性获得格莱美奖的最高记录。这一殊荣曾被乡村歌星艾莉森·克劳斯霸榜多年。1997年去世的英国音乐家乔治·索尔蒂仍然是至今获得格莱美奖次数最多的得主，他获得了31座格莱美奖。
2021年格莱美四大奖项全部由包括斯威夫特在内的女艺人包揽。斯威夫特凭借《Folklore》斩获年度专辑奖，成为首位三度获得该奖项的女性。她与史提夫·汪达、弗兰克·西纳特拉以及保罗·西蒙共同获得年度专辑奖次数最多的记录。
歌手H.E.R凭借《I Can't Breathe》获得年度歌曲奖。这首歌探究了警察杀害美国黑人的事件。这首歌曲是为了纪念去年被警方拘捕时遇害的乔治·弗洛伊德。该事件导致美国各地引发了大规模示威游行，以抗议警察滥用职权的行为。
年度制作奖颁给了比莉·艾利什的《Everything I Wanted》。这位音乐人周日晚上接受了这一奖项，但是她告诉观众，这一荣誉应该属于艺人梅根·西·斯塔莉安。
艾利什在向斯塔莉安致意时表示：“这个奖是你应得的。你经历了我认为无法超越的一年。你才是女王。一想到对你的爱意，我就忍不住想流泪。”
斯塔莉安在这届颁奖典礼上的表现仍然瞩目。她获得了包括最佳新人奖在内的3项荣誉。她还凭借《Savage》获得了最佳说唱歌曲奖，成为该类别中首位获此奖项的女性。
虽然女性此前也包揽过四大奖项，但周日晚上是首次由4名独立和独唱的女性获得这四大奖项。
“我觉得今晚有很多女性表现亮眼，很多女性都赢得了奖项。有幸与这些优秀的艺人同座，感受到这种能量真是太让人惊喜了，”获得最佳流行专辑奖的杜阿·利帕在典礼上说道。
碧昂斯获得了四项荣誉，包括凭借《Black Parade》获得最佳R&B表演奖，以及同斯塔莉安共同获得最佳说唱表演奖和最佳说唱歌曲奖。
碧昂斯在接受凭借《Black Parade》获得的奖项时表示：“作为艺人，我认为这是我的职责，也是我们艺人的职责，那就是要反应时代，这是一段非常艰难的时期。”这首单曲于去年6月19日发行，以纪念六月解放日。
她还表示，创作这首歌曲是为了纪念世界上最美丽的黑人国王和王后。
她还说：“今晚真的是神奇的一晚。”
碧昂斯现在跟制片人及艺人昆西·琼斯在所有格莱美得主中（获奖次数）并列第二。
格莱美颁奖礼预先录制的表演让接近4个小时的颁奖礼得以顺利进行。主持人特雷弗·诺亚讲了关于新冠肺炎危机以及2020年的笑话。该节目是在洛杉矶现场直播的，与会者都戴着口罩并保持社交距离在小圆桌旁就坐。
乡村歌手米奇·盖顿是首位获得最佳乡村独奏提名的黑人女性，她演唱了她的歌曲《Black Like Me》。
《Black Parade》是周日获得格莱美奖项的几首纪念黑人经历的歌曲之一，其它歌曲还包括H.E.R.演唱的《I Can't Breathe》以及安德森·帕克的《Lockdown》，这首歌曲也于去年的六月解放日发行。
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