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The nominees for this year鈥檚 Grammy Awards include such artists as The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, and, of course, Taylor Swift.

Rapper Lamar earned the most nominations overall, with his 鈥淎lright鈥� earning a nomination for song of the year. Ms. Swift's 鈥�1989,鈥� The Weeknd's 鈥淏eauty Behind the Madness,鈥� Lamar's 鈥淭o Pimp a Butterfly," rock group Alabama Shakes's 鈥淪ound & Color,鈥� and country singer Chris Stapleton's 鈥淭raveller鈥� earned nods for the prestigious Album of the Year award.

Swift wasn鈥檛 far behind Lamar in terms of overall nominations, with, among others, her song 鈥淏lank Space鈥� earning a nomination for the record of the year prize as well as the song of the year award and the pop solo performance category.聽

The Weeknd鈥檚 鈥淐an鈥檛 Feel My Face鈥� was nominated for record of the year and pop solo performance.

The Grammy Awards are given out by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, so the Grammys winners are decided upon by musicians, producers, and other people working in the industry.

Swift鈥檚 domination of awards shows and of the music business in general continues with this group of Grammy nominations. At last year鈥檚 Grammys, Swift did not have an album in the running, but her single 鈥淪hake It Off鈥� did well in the Record and Song of the Year categories. She also took prizes at the American Music Awards last month, as well as at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this year and the Billboard Music Awards this spring.聽

Success like Swift鈥檚 is obviously difficult to achieve. But is there anyone out there now who could do as well?聽

The Weeknd's song 鈥淔ace鈥� was extremely successful on the charts, and his song 鈥淭he Hills" still is.聽

As for Swift鈥檚 former genre, country music (she previously announced that 鈥�1989鈥� was her first official pop album), Chris Stapleton got a huge amount of attention after winning the major Album of the Year award as well as others at this year鈥檚 CMA Awards. His work 鈥淭raveller鈥� being nominated for Album of the Tear shows that this critical success is continuing.聽

While it seems as if singer Meghan Trainor has been around for some time since the release of her hit 2014 single 鈥淎ll About That Bass,鈥� she made the category this year and she continues to do well at awards shows.

Sam Hunt, another nominee in the Best New Artist category, is another one to watch. His album 鈥淢ontevallo鈥� is nominated in the best country album category for the upcoming Grammys and he has also done well at other awards shows this year.聽

What are these artists doing that is similar to how Swift achieved success?聽The success of The Weeknd's recent songs show that the artist can perform well on the charts like Swift does. His success at recent awards shows demonstrates that he's an important presence on this year's circuit like Swift.

As for Hunt and Stapleton, both are working in the country genre and聽an artist succeeding in the extremely popular country genre can gain visibility quickly.聽

With Trainor, the artist co-wrote the songs on her album "Title" and some critics praised her relatable lyrics, an aspect of her work that recalls the success of Swift's songs about romance.