Taylor Swift is a nominee in three of the “Big Four” categories at this year’s Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n
Oddsmakers expect her to win two of those races.<\/p>\n
According to the latest lines from Bovada, Swift’s “1989” is the clear favorite for Album Of The Year. Her “Blank Space,” meanwhile, is the favorite for Song Of The Year.<\/p>\n
The lines also peg Meghan Trainor and Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk (featuring Bruno Mars)” as likely “Big Four” victors. The former is a favorite in the race for Best New Artist, while the latter is heavily favored in the Record Of The Year category.<\/p>\n
The accuracy of the odds will be revealed during Monday’s 58th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony. The three-and-a-half-hour broadcast begins at 8PM ET\/5PM PT.<\/p>\n
Recent history provides reason to take the lines seriously. \u00a0It also provides reason to question the oddsmakers’ ability to\u00a0go four-for-four. Four of the previous five Grammy Awards ceremonies featured at least one major\u00a0upset in a\u00a0Big Four race. \u00a0The 2013 ceremony featured a\u00a0slight upset in the Record Of The Year battle.<\/p>\n
In 2015, Beck’s “Morning Phase,” which had the fourth-longest odds, won Album Of The Year. It defeated betting favorite “Beyonce” (by Beyonce).<\/p>\n
2014 saw Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories,” the third-longest selection, win for Album Of The Year. \u00a0Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “The Heist” was the clear favorite.<\/p>\n
As noted, the 2013 ceremony featured a slight upset in the Record Of The Year battle. \u00a0Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” bested fun’s narrowly favored “We Are Young.”<\/p>\n
2012 featured an upset in the Best New Artist race. \u00a0The oddsmakers anticipated a Nicki Minaj victory, but it was Bon Iver — the #2 pick — who accepted the trophy.<\/p>\n
The 2011 ceremony was a rough one for oddsmakers; upsets occurred in each of the “Big Four” races. \u00a0Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” topped Eminem’s convincingly favored “Recovery” for Album Of The Year. \u00a0Greatly underestimated by the lines, Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” won both Song and Record Of The Year, besting Eminem’s favored “Love The Way You Lie” for Record and Cee-Lo’s favored “F**k You” for Song. \u00a0“Need You Now” was given the longest odds in the latter race.<\/p>\n
That ceremony also featured Esperanza Spalding’s famous upset victory for Best New Artist. \u00a0She was given the least chance by oddsmakers, who were confident Justin Bieber would be the one accepting the trophy.<\/p>\n
Odds for this year’s show (as of 6:45PM ET) and those of the past few ceremonies follow. \u00a0(For those unfamiliar, odds work as follows:\u00a0negative number = how much you have to bet to win $100 |\u00a0positive number = how much you win if you bet $100)<\/p>\n
Album of the Year – 2016<\/strong><\/em> 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 <\/p>\n Record Of The Year – 2016<\/strong><\/em> 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 <\/p>\n Song Of The Year – 2016<\/strong><\/em> 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 <\/p>\n Best New Artist – 2016<\/strong><\/em> Last Year 2014 2013 2012 2011
\nTaylor Swift’s 1989: -250 (favorite)
\nKendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly: +300
\nAlabama Shakes’ Sound & Color: +750
\nThe Weeknd’s Beauty Behind The Madness: +1200
\nChris Stapleton’s Traveller: +2000<\/p>\n
\nBeyonce’s Beyonce: +125 (favorite)
\nSam Smith’s In The Lonely Hour: +175
\nEd Sheeran’s x: +425
\nBeck’s Morning Phase: +700 (winner)<\/strong>
\nPharrell Williams’ GIRL: +1000<\/p>\n
\nMacklemore & Ryan Lewis’ The Heist: -200 (favorite)
\nKendrick Lamar’s Good Kid, MAAD City: +450
\nDaft Punk’s Random Access Memories: +500 (winner)<\/strong>
\nTaylor Swift’s Red: +900
\nSara Bareilles’ The Blessed Unrest: +1200<\/p>\n
\nMumford And Sons’ Babel: -250 (favorite) (winner)<\/strong>
\nThe Black Keys’ El Camino: +250
\nFrank Ocean’s Channel Orange: +1000
\nfun.’s Some Nights: +1000
\nJack White’s Blunderbuss: +1500<\/p>\n
\nAdele’s 21: -400 (favorite) (winner)<\/strong>
\nBruno Mars’ Doo-Woops & Hooligans: +500
\nFoo Fighters’ Wasting Light: +700
\nLady Gaga’s Born This Way: +1000
\nRihanna’s Loud: +1500<\/p>\n
\nEminem’s Recovery: -200 (favorite)
\nLady Gaga’s The Fame Monster: +250
\nArcade Fire’s The Suburbs: +400 (winner)<\/strong>
\nKaty Perry’s Teenage Dream: +700
\nLady Antebellum’s Need You Now: +1000<\/p>\n
\nMark Ronson’s Uptown Funk: -500 (favorite)
\nTaylor Swift’s Blank Space: +600
\nThe Weeknd’s Can’t Feel My Face: +600
\nEd Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud: +1400
\nD’Angelo & The Vanguard’s Really Love: +2500<\/p>\n
\nSam Smith’s Stay With Me: -110 (favorite) (winner)<\/strong>
\nSia’s Chandelier: +325
\nIggy Azalea’s Fancy ft. Charli XCX: +400
\nTaylor Swift’s Shake It Off: +450
\nMeghan Trainor’s All About That Bass: +1500<\/p>\n
\nDaft Punk’s Get Lucky ft. Pharrell: +125 (favorite) (winner)<\/strong>
\nLorde’s Royals: +175
\nBruno Mars’ Locked Out Of Heaven: +500
\nImagine Dragons’ Radioactive: +600
\nRobin Thicke’s Blurred Lines ft. Pharrell & TI: +1200<\/p>\n
\nfun.’s We Are Young ft. Janelle Monae: +150 (favorite)
\nGotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know: +175 (winner)<\/strong>
\nThe Black Keys’ Lonely Boy: +450
\nKelly Clarkson’s Stronger: +650
\nTaylor Swift’s We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together: +1000
\nFrank Ocean’s Thinking Bout You: +1200<\/p>\n
\nAdele’s Rolling In The Deep: -350 (favorite) (winner)<\/strong>
\nMumford And Sons’ The Cave: +450
\nBruno Mars’ Grenade: +750
\nBon Iver’s Holocene: +750
\nKaty Perry’s Firework: +1500<\/p>\n
\nEminem’s Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna: even (favorite)
\nJay-Z’s Empire State Of Mind ft. Alicia Keys: +130
\nLady Antebellum’s Need You Now: +500 (winner)<\/strong>
\nBoB’s Nothin On You ft. Bruno Mars: +500
\nCee-Lo Green’s F**K You: +600<\/p>\n
\nTaylor Swift’s Blank Space: -140 (favorite)
\nEd Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud: +200
\nWiz Khalifa’s See You Again ft. Charlie Puth: +600
\nKendrick Lamar’s Alright: +900
\nLittle Big Town’s Girl Crush: +2000<\/p>\n
\nSam Smith’s Stay With Me: -130 (favorite) (winner)<\/strong>
\nHozier’s Take Me To Church: +350
\nSia’s Chandelier: +500
\nTaylor Swift’s Shake It Off: +600
\nMeghan Trainor’s All About That Bass: +900<\/p>\n
\nLorde’s Royals: +125 (favorite) (winner)<\/strong>
\nMacklemore & Ryan Lewis’ Same Love: +200
\nPink & Nate Ruess’ Just Give Me A Reason: +500
\nBruno Mars’ Locked Out Of Heaven: +500
\nKaty Perry’s Roar: +1200<\/p>\n
\nfun.’s We Are Young ft. Janelle Monae: +125 (favorite) (winner)<\/strong>
\nCarly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe: +160
\nKelly Clarkson’s Stronger: +400
\nEd Sheeran’s The a Team: +700
\nMiguel’s Adorn: +1000<\/p>\n
\nAdele’s Rolling In The Deep: -500 (favorite) (winner)<\/strong>
\nKanye West’s All Of The Lights ft. Rihanna & Kid Cudi: +400
\nMumford And Sons’ The Cave: +700
\nBruno Mars’ Grenade: +2000
\nBon Iver’s Holocene: +2000<\/p>\n
\nCee-Lo Green’s F**k You: +150 (favorite)
\nRay LaMontagne’s Beg, Steal or Borrow: +300
\nMiranda Lambert’s The House That Built Me: +300
\nEminem’s Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna: +300
\nLady Antebellum’s Need You Now: +350 (winner)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nMeghan Trainor: -125 (favorite)
\nJames Bay: +200
\nSam Hunt: +500
\nCourtney Barnett: +800
\nTori Kelly: +2000<\/p>\n
\nSam Smith: -700 (favorite) (winner)<\/strong>
\nBastille: +1000
\nBrandy Clark: +1200
\nIggy Azalea: +1200
\nHAIM: +1500<\/p>\n
\nMacklemore & Ryan Lewis: -300 (favorite) (winner)<\/strong>
\nKendrick Lamar: +700
\nKacey Musgraves: +700
\nEd Sheeran: +900
\nJames Blake: +1000<\/p>\n
\nFrank Ocean: +175 (co-favorite)
\nfun.: +175 (co-favorite) (winner)<\/strong>
\nHunter Hayes: +250
\nThe Lumineers: +500
\nAlabama Shakes: +1500<\/p>\n
\nNicki Minaj: even (favorite)
\nBon Iver: +250 (winner)<\/strong>
\nThe Band Perry: +275
\nJ. Cole: +650
\nSkrillex: +1200<\/p>\n
\nJustin Bieber: -110 (favorite)
\nFlorence + The Machine: +175
\nMumford And Sons: +300
\nDrake: +500
\nEsperanza Spalding: +650 (winner)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047],"tags":[2784,3116,40,74,3144,2474,145,3216],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n