The Grammys has already served up their nominees in lump of coal style.Here are the categories, with predicted winners in the text.
格萊美獎(jiǎng)已經(jīng)為大家獻(xiàn)上了它的各獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)候選人名單，又冗長(zhǎng)又雜亂，如同一堆煤塊。下文是各獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)的類別，外加對(duì)獲獎(jiǎng)人的推測(cè)。

Album of the Year
年度最佳專輯

Morning Phase – Beck
Beyoncé – Beyoncé
x – Ed Sheeran
In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
G I R L – Pharrell Williams

Note: Taylor Swift’s 1989 came out after the STUPID cutoff date of October 1st, so it isn’t eligible until next year’s Grammy’s. It would be a runaway win for her otherwise.
注：泰勒·斯威夫特的專輯《1989》是在格萊美的隱性截止日期、10月1日之后才發(fā)行的，所以在明年的格萊美評(píng)獎(jiǎng)活動(dòng)之前這張專輯不具資格。或者今年她也可能繼續(xù)獲獎(jiǎng)。

Double note: “Shake It Off” was released as a single before that cutoff, so it IS eligible this year.
再注：?jiǎn)吻栋萃小肥窃诮刂谷掌谥鞍l(fā)行的，所以泰勒今年確實(shí)是有資格的。

Record of the Year
年度最佳唱片

“Fancy” – Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX
“Chandelier” – Sia
“Stay with Me” (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith
“Shake It Off” – Taylor Swift
“All About That Bass” – Meghan Trainor

Note: First, Sam Smith is the hot, new artist with some legitimate talent that makes old-ish style, traditional music that the Grammy committee will latch onto (PUN VICTORY!) for his entire career.. Taylor Swift is a million-record selling, established powerhouse primed to win Grammys yearly.
注：首先，山姆·史密斯是熱門選手，這名新人所卓識(shí)具有的天才，老式而傳統(tǒng)的音樂風(fēng)格會(huì)讓格萊美的評(píng)委們熱衷，并在他的音樂生涯中一直對(duì)他加以關(guān)注（也就是獲獎(jiǎng)啦?。?，泰勒·斯威夫特的專輯發(fā)行量過百萬，這位多產(chǎn)的歌手注定要年年獲得格萊美獎(jiǎng)。

Song of the Year
年度最佳單曲

“All About That Bass” – Meghan Trainor
“Chandelier” – Sia
“Shake It Off” – Taylor Swift
“Stay with Me” (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith
“Take Me to Church” – Hozier

Note: “All About that Bass” scares me a ton,because it’s the kind of song that would sneak this win. For my sanity, I’m going to rule it out, but I won’t be surprised at all if it wins. This one comes down to Swift, Smith, and Sia , and because of the next award, I think they spread the love and give it to Sia.
注：《關(guān)于那個(gè)胖女的一切》讓我很震撼，因?yàn)樗悄欠N可能僥幸獲勝的歌曲。為了不至驚嚇過度，我打算將它除名，不過如果它獲獎(jiǎng)了，我一點(diǎn)也不會(huì)感到驚訝。那么還剩下斯威夫特、史密斯和西婭，出于下一個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)的考慮，我覺得評(píng)委會(huì)會(huì)大發(fā)慈悲，把這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)?lì)C給西婭。

Best New Artist
最佳新人獎(jiǎng)

HAIM
Bastille
Sam Smith
Iggy Azalea
Brandy Clark

Note: Does anyone other the Sam Smith make sense? No. Ok, Sam Smith is winning.
注：除了山姆·史密斯還有誰應(yīng)該獲獎(jiǎng)呢？沒有了，所以山姆·史密斯贏定了。

Best Pop Solo Performance
最佳流行歌手

“All of Me (Live)” – John Legend
“Chandelier” – Sia
“Stay with Me” (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith
“Shake It Off” – Taylor Swift
“Happy (Live)” – Pharrell Williams

Note: There are so many overlapping Grammy trends here, you can’t sort it. The hot new artist, the actually performed well song, many established Grammy approved artists, live performances of previous Grammy-winning songs, etc. Ugh. Please give it to Sam Smith.
注：這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)包含了許多關(guān)于格萊美偏好變化趨勢(shì)的信息，這些信息相互交疊，難以分辨其中包括熱門的新人、確實(shí)堪稱佳作的歌曲、已經(jīng)獲得過格萊美認(rèn)可的藝人、先前獲得過格萊美獎(jiǎng)的歌曲的新現(xiàn)場(chǎng)版等等。呃，拜托還是頒給山姆·史密斯吧。

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
最佳流行樂隊(duì)/組合

“Fancy” – Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
“A Sky Full of Stars” – Coldplay?
“Say Something” – A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera
“Bang Bang” – Jessie J, Ariana Grande, & Nicki Minaj
“Dark Horse” – Katy Perry feat. Juicy J

Note: Logically, “Fancy” picks up the win here, as it’s nominated for Record of the Year, but logic isn’t something the academy likes all that much. Watch for a Coldplay upset.
注：按道理來說，《幻想》應(yīng)該摘得此獎(jiǎng)，因?yàn)樗搏@得了今年最佳流行專輯的提名，不過評(píng)委會(huì)不太喜歡按照道理來行事。注意酷玩樂隊(duì)今年可能要失望啦。

Best Pop Vocal Album
最佳流行演唱專輯

Ghost Stories – Coldplay
Bangerz – Miley Cyrus
My Everything – Ariana Grande
Prism – Katy Perry
x – Ed Sheeran
In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith

Note: The committee might as well feel responsible for pushing the less successful, lesser known artist more sales, and hand this one to In the Lonely Hour and Sam Smith.
注：評(píng)委會(huì)或許會(huì)覺得有責(zé)任為那些較為落魄，知名度較低的歌手能賣出更多專輯助一臂之力，因而將此獎(jiǎng)?lì)C給山姆·史密斯的《孤獨(dú)時(shí)刻》。

Best Dance Recording
最佳舞曲唱片

“Never Say Never” – Basement Jaxx
“Rather Be” – Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne
“F For You” – Disclosure feat. Mary J. Blige
“I Got U” – Duke Dumont feat. Jax Jones
“Faded” – Zhu

Note: Based on the Grammy tradition of awarding remade songs from years past and re-awarding long-time established artist, look for Disclosure and Mary J Blige to take this one.
注：根據(jù)格萊美的傳統(tǒng)，他們喜歡把獎(jiǎng)?lì)C給那些對(duì)數(shù)年前的老歌的翻唱作品，頒給早已成名的歌手。這一獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)上發(fā)掘樂隊(duì)和瑪麗·布萊姬的聯(lián)合陣容。

Best Dance/Electronic Album
最佳電子/舞曲專輯

Syro – Aphex Twin
While (1<2) – Deadmau5
Nabuma Rubberband – Little Dragon
Do It Again – Royksopp & Robyn
Damage Control – Mat Zo

Note: This is an eclectic bunch of albums. I don’t think the voters have much love for Aphex Twin, despite it being the best album on this list. I imagine Deadmau5 will win, since he’s the only artist here that would care about it.
注：這些專輯都風(fēng)格迥異啊。我覺得評(píng)委們不太喜歡愛飛克斯雙胞胎，雖然他們的專輯可能是這些候選專輯中最棒的。我猜想Deadmau5可能會(huì)勝出，因?yàn)樗沁@些候選人中唯一會(huì)在乎這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)的人。

Best Rock Performance
最佳搖滾演奏

“Gimme Something Good” – Ryan Adams
“Do I Wanna Know?” – Arctic Monkeys
“Blue Moon” – Beck
“Fever” – The Black Keys
“Lazaretto” – Jack White

Note: All these songs, save Arctic Monkeys’, are nominated for Best Rock Song too, so that doesn’t help clarify anything. So is it going to be a BlackKeys or Jack White kind of year?
注：除了北極猴子樂隊(duì)的歌曲，所有其他的候選歌曲都同時(shí)被提名為最佳搖滾歌曲，所以在此很難判斷。也許今年黑鍵樂團(tuán)或者杰克·懷特會(huì)贏也說不定。

Best Metal Performance
最佳金屬演奏

“Neon Knights” – Anthrax
“High Road” – Mastodon
“Heartbreaker” – Motorhead
“THe Negative One” – Slipknot
“The Last in Line” – Tenacious D

Note: Anthrax has been nominated every year since 2007. The winner in 2006? Slipknot. The winner in 2005? Motorhead. Mastodon has been nominated a ton, but has never won. It comes down to Motorhead and Slipknot, and I think the latter is more the academy’s view on metal’s preference.
注：炭疽樂隊(duì)自2007年以來每年都會(huì)獲得提名。2006年的贏家是誰？Slipknot。2005年的贏家是誰？乳齒象樂隊(duì)無數(shù)次獲得提名，但是從來沒有獲獎(jiǎng)過。那么獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)邞?yīng)該在Motorhead 和Slipknot兩者之間，我覺得后者更符合評(píng)委會(huì)對(duì)金屬音樂的眼光和偏好。

Best Rock Song
最佳搖滾歌曲

“Ain’t It Fun” – Paramore
“Blue Moon” – Beck
“Fever” – The Black Keys
“Gimme Something Good” – Ryan Adams
“Lazaretto” – Jack White

Note: Beck being nominated for Album of the Year confuses things more. I’m going to stick with my Jack White clean sweep.
注：Beck也獲得了年度最佳唱片的提名，所以事情就更撲朔難辨了。我還是堅(jiān)持一邊倒的觀點(diǎn)，支持杰克·懷特獲勝吧。

Best Rock Album
最佳搖滾專輯

Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
Morning Phase – Beck
Turn Blue – The Black Keys
Hypnotic Eye – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Songs of Innocence – U2

Note: Again, logic dictates a Beck win, and that’s what I’m going with, but someone else winning wouldn’t surprise me at all.
注：再一次，按道理beck應(yīng)該會(huì)贏，我就認(rèn)定他會(huì)贏吧。不過如果贏家另有其人，我也絲毫不會(huì)感到意外。

Best Alternative Music Album
最佳另類音樂專輯

This Is All Yours – alt-J
Reflektor – Arcade Fire
Melophobia – Cage the Elephant
St. Vincent – St. Vincent
Lazaretto – Jack White

Note: That sneaky Jack White; he entered his rock album in a different category! Sly devil. You earn yourself a win for that!
注：狡猾的杰克·懷特將自己的搖滾專輯歸入了另一個(gè)類別！真是個(gè)滑頭的壞蛋！為了你的小伎倆你也應(yīng)該獲獎(jiǎng)！

Best R&B Performance
最佳R&B歌手

“Drunk in Love” – Beyoncé feat. Jay Z
“New Flame” – Chris Brown feat. Usher & Rick Ross
“It’s Your World” – Jennifer Hudson feat. R Kelly
“Like THis” – Ledisi
“Good Kisser” – Usher

Note: A Jennifer Hudson/R Kelly combo is intriguing, but I think Beyoncé takes this
注：珍妮佛·哈德森與羅伯特·凱利聯(lián)手的陣容非常有誘惑力，不過我認(rèn)為還是碧昂斯會(huì)獲獎(jiǎng)。

Best R&B Song
最佳R&B歌曲

“Drunk In Love” – Beyoncé feat. Jay Z
“Good Kisser” – Usher
“New Flame” – Chris Brown feat. Usher & Rick Ross
“Options (Wolfjames Version)” – Luke James feat. Rick Ross)
“The Worst” – Jhene Aiko

Note: Fill up that trophy case, Beyoncé!
注：滿載而歸吧，碧昂斯！

Best Rap Performance
最佳說唱歌手

“3005” – Childish Gambino
“0 to 100 / The Catch Up” – Drake
“Rap God” – Eminem
“I” – Kendrick Lamar
“All I Need Is You” – Lecrae

Note: By Grammy standards, it’s Eminem versus nobody, so Eminem wins.
注：從格萊美的評(píng)獎(jiǎng)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來看，這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)阿姆無人能及，所以阿姆贏定了。

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
最佳說唱歌曲合作

“Blak Majik” – Common feat. Jhene Aiko
“The Monster” – Eminem & Rihanna
“Tuesday” – I Love Makonnen feat. Drake
“Studio” – Schoolboy Q feat. BJ the Chicago Kid
“Bound 2″ – Kanye West & Charlie Wilson

Note: Well, at least this one has competition: Eminem’s legacy versus Kanye’s. Eminem gets a step up because of Rihanna’s inclusion, though Bound 2 made the bigger splash via its ridiculous music video.
注：好吧，還好這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)上有點(diǎn)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)性：這是阿姆的權(quán)威性與卡內(nèi)的權(quán)威性之間的較量。阿姆由于蕾哈娜的加盟更勝一籌，雖然Bound 2 滑稽的音樂視頻得到了更多的關(guān)注。

Best Rap Song
最佳說唱歌曲

“Anaconda” – Nicki Minaj
“Bound 2″ – Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
“I” – Kendrick Lamar
“We Dem Boyz” – Wiz Khalifa
“0 to 100 / The Catch Up” – Drake

Note: Here’s the thing: if I don’t know rap, the Grammy’s sure don’t know rap. Wiz Khalifa wins.
注：事實(shí)是這樣的：如果我不了解說唱音樂的話，格萊美獎(jiǎng)就更不了解說唱音樂了。Wiz Khalifa 肯定會(huì)贏。

Best Rap Album
最佳說唱專輯

The New Classic – Iggy Azalea
Because the Internet – Childish Gambino
Nobody’s Smiling – Common
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – Eminem
Oxymoron – ScHoolboy Q
Blacc Hollywood – Wiz Khalifa

Note: Last year, this category was Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Drake, Jay Z, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (one of these things is not like the other…. and was the winner). We have, if I put it lightly, a slight downgrade this year.
注：去年這一獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)的角逐者包括Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Drake, Jay Z和 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (由于與其他候選者都不同，最終獲獎(jiǎng))。委婉的說，今年的參賽者質(zhì)量有所下滑。

Best Urban Contemporary Album
最佳當(dāng)代城市專輯

Sail Out – Jhené Aiko
Beyoncé – Beyoncé
X – Chris Brown
Mali is… – Mali Music
G I R L – Pharrell Williams

Note: Welcome to the world as ruled by Beyoncé. No one else is even going to sniff this award.
注：歡迎來到碧昂斯統(tǒng)治的國(guó)度！除她之外壓根沒人在乎這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)。

Best Country Solo Performance
最佳鄉(xiāng)村歌手

“Give Me Back My Hometown” – Eric Church
“Invisible” – Hunter Hayes
“Automatic” – Miranda Lambert
“Something in the Water” – Carrie Underwood
“Cop Car” – Keith Urban

Note: If I know the Grammy’s, they like Underwood and Lambert a lot, so I’m picking Eric Church.
注：如果我對(duì)格萊美的了解是正確的話，他們非常喜歡Underwood和Lambert ，所以我還是猜Eric Church或贏吧。

Best Country Song
最佳鄉(xiāng)村歌曲

“American Kids” – Kenny Chesney
“Automatic” – Miranda Lambert
“Give Me Back My Hometown” – Eric Church
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” – Glen Campbell
“Meanwhile Back at Mama’s” – Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill

Note: Shouldn’t Tim McGraw be dueting with Nelly or LL Cool J or something? And isn’t Faith Hill retired after her Sunday Night Football gig? Whatever, Eric Church wins again.
注：Tim McGraw 為什么沒有跟Nelly 或者 LL Cool J來個(gè)二重唱呢？Faith Hill 不是在她的《周日足球夜》之后就退出歌壇了嗎？無論如何，應(yīng)該又是埃里克·丘奇贏了。

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
最佳鄉(xiāng)村樂隊(duì)/組合

“Gentle on my Mind” – The Band Perry

“Something Bad” – Miranda Lambert with Carrie Underwood
“Day Drinking” – Little Big Town
“Meanwhile Back At Mama’s” – Time McGraw feat. Faith Hill
“Raise ‘Em Up” – Keith Urban feat. Eric Church

Note: Nobody wins in this category, but Lambert and Underwood together combine to be the least-loser.
注：這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)上沒有勝者，不過Lambert與Underwood的組合可能是敗得最不慘烈的候選人。

Best Country Album
最佳鄉(xiāng)村專輯

Riser – Dierks Bentley
The Outsiders – Eric Church
12 Stories – Brandy Clark
Platinum – Miranda Lambert
The Way I’m Livin’ – Lee Ann Womack

Note: EVERYONE’S A WINNER! Eric Church, collect your prize!
注：每個(gè)人都是贏家！埃里克·丘奇，格萊美喊你來拿獎(jiǎng)啦！

Best Comedy Album
最佳喜劇專輯

Mandatory Fun – Weird Al Yankovic
obsessed – Jim Gaffigan
Oh My God – Louis CK
Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time – Patton Oswalt
We Are Miracles – Sarah Silverman

Note: Weird Al’s genius marketing and good album should lock up this award for him.
注：Weird Al卓有成效的宣傳策略和這張專輯的質(zhì)量確保了他會(huì)獲得此獎(jiǎng)。

Best Song Written for Visual Media
最佳影視歌曲

“Everything Is Awesome!!!” – Tegan and Sara feat. The Lonely Island (Lego Movie)
“I See Fire” – Ed Sheeran (The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug)
“I’m Not gonna Miss You” – Glen Campbell (Glen Campbell, I’ll Be me)
“Let It Go” – Idina Menzel (Frozen)
“The Moon Song” – Scarlett Johansson & Joaquin Phoenix (Her)

Note: It has to be Frozen, right? As much fun as a Lego Movie song winning, it won’t beat out the most popular song for humans under the age of 16 in a decade.
注：獲獎(jiǎng)的必須是《冰雪奇緣》，不是嗎。假如樂高電影的主題曲獲獎(jiǎng)倒會(huì)很有趣，不過這首歌曲在十年之內(nèi)肯定是不能擊敗《冰雪奇緣》中那支受到16歲以下觀眾最為鐘愛的歌曲的。

Best Music Video
最佳音樂錄影帶

“We Exist” – Arcade Fire
“Turn Down For What” – DJ Snake & Lil Jon
“Chandelier” – Sia
“Happy” – Pharrell Williams
“The Golden Age” – Woodkid feat. Max Richter

Note: Nothing would make me happy than that if it is the video for “Turn Down For What” to win, but it’s probably going to “Chandelier.”
注：假如Turn Down For What的音樂錄音帶能贏，我會(huì)感到莫大的快意，不過獲勝的很可能還是《尚德利耶》。