【外刊英语精读】格莱美女性力量 | Female power in Grammy

Grammy awards 2021: women rule as Taylor Swift and Beyoncé break records

女性力量闪耀2021年格莱美

The Covid-restrained Grammys were a mostly female-fronted affair, with wins for Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift

虽受疫情限制，第63届格莱美颁奖典礼仍如期召开，女性艺人打头阵，比莉·艾利什、梅根·西·斯塔莉安、杜阿·利帕、碧昂丝以及泰勒·斯威夫特纷纷获奖。

It was a historic, triumphant night for women in music at the 2021 Grammys, as a range of female artists took home the top awards.

2021年格莱美可以说是女性音乐人历史性的胜利之夜，众多女性艺人将大奖抱回家。

HER took home song of the year for the Black Lives Matter anthem I Can’t Breathe, Taylor Swift became the first woman to win album of the year three times, and the rapper Megan Thee Stallion won both best new artist and best rap performance for her Savage remix with Beyoncé, now the most awarded singer (male or female) and female artist of all time.

H.E.R凭借其“黑人命也是命”运动圣歌《我无法呼吸》夺得年度歌曲。泰勒·斯威夫特成为首位三次获封年度专辑的女性艺人，说唱歌手梅根·西·斯塔莉安凭借其与碧昂丝合作的《野人（混音版）》赢得最佳新人奖以及最佳说唱表演奖，而碧昂丝也成为格莱美史上获奖最多的歌手以及女性艺人。

The cascade of performances and success for black female artists glossed over a growing wave of criticism over the Grammys’ opaque nomination process, alleged conflicts of interest and years of appearing to snub black artistry.

当晚格莱美众星云集、黑人女性艺人成为佼佼者，然而格莱美奖本身却因为其不透明的提名程序、被指出的利益冲突以及多年来对黑人艺术的冷落而成为众矢之的。

The Canadian artist known as The Weeknd led an anti-Grammys chorus after his album After Hours, a critical and commercial smash containing the year’s biggest song, Blinding Lights, was surprisingly shut out of nominations.

加拿大艺人威肯引领了一众明星对格莱美奖的抵制行动。此前，尽管其新专辑《黑潮时刻》业内口碑和商业成绩亮眼，而且专辑里《盲光》一歌成为年度大热单，然而却出乎意料地没有被提名。

In a statement to the New York Times last week, the Weeknd said he would boycott the awards from now on and direct his record label not to submit his music for future contention, citing the anonymous committees with final say on nominations.

在上周于《纽约时报》发表的声明中，威肯表示将从此抵制格莱美奖，而且将让其唱片公司不再报名参加后续的格莱美奖角逐，认为匿名评审对提名有最终决定权。

The evening mostly belonged to not one superstar but several women, particularly black women celebrating black pride, from Megan Thee Stallion’s show-opening win for best new artist, to her jubilant (and heavily censored) performance with Cardi B, to the Grammy’s final note, a tribute to Beyoncé’s Juneteenth anthem Black Parade.

颁奖典礼的最大焦点是几位女性艺人尤其是黑人女性艺人。从梅根·西·斯塔莉赢得年度艺人的典礼开场，到其与卡迪·B动感火辣的合作舞台，再到向碧昂丝六月节圣歌《黑人游行》致敬的典礼落幕，整场格莱美洋溢着对黑人身份的骄傲。

HER won song of the year for I Can’t Breathe, a song written in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

H.E.R凭借《我无法呼吸》赢得年度歌曲大奖，该歌曲写于警察杀害乔治•弗洛伊德布伦娜·泰勒之后。

Taylor Swift won her third album of the year trophy for Folklore, while Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia won for best pop vocal album. Billie Eilish took home record of the year for Everything I Wanted but dedicated her speech, the night’s final, to Megan Thee Stallion. “You deserve the world, I think about you constantly, I root for you always,” she said. “Can we just cheer for Megan Thee Stallion, please?”

泰勒·斯威夫特凭借《民间故事》三封年度专辑，杜阿·利帕凭借《流行先锋》获得最佳流行演唱专辑奖。比莉·艾利什凭借《我想要的一切》获得年度制作奖，然而却将其获奖感言致以梅根·西·斯塔莉。“你是全世界最棒的，我一直在想你，我永远支持你，我们可以为梅根·西·斯塔莉欢呼吗？”她说。

Beyoncé herself spoke while accepting her 28th Grammy for Black Parade. “I wanted to uplift, encourage and celebrate all the beautiful black kings and queens who have inspired me and the whole world,” she said.

碧昂丝凭借《黑人游行》赢得其第28座格莱美奖杯，在致辞环节表示“我想振奋、激励祝贺我的黑人同胞们，他们启发了我，也启发了全世界。”