Grammy Awards Betting Favorites Win Numerous Categories Including Record and Album of Year

The 61st Grammy Awards had a little something for everyone, and that led to heightened betting interest on who would win the biggest prizes in music.

Unlike last year s ceremony where men largely dominated, which prompted Recording Academy President Neil Portnow to controversially say women need to step up, last night s Grammy Awards was more split.

Dua Lipa won the award for Best New Artist. She had the second Bovada heading into last night s event. She was at +180 (implied odds of 35.7 percent), to favorite H.E.R. at -110 (implied odds 52.4 percent).

Lipa took time out of her acceptance speech to throw some shade at Portnow.

So many women! I guess this year we really stepped up, the 23-year-old declared.

Along with Lipa s win, females took Best Pop Solo Performance (Lady Gaga Joanne ), Best Pop Vocal Album (Ariana Grande Sweetener ), and Best R B Performance (H.E.R. Best Part ).

Cardi B also became the first solo woman to win Best Rap Album ( Invasion of Privacy ).

Lipa s Best New Artist win didn t go how oddsmakers and bettors thought, but they correctly picked the two biggest categories of the night.

Bovada had Kacey Musgraves the frontrunner for Album of the Year at +120. The country music singer beat out seven other nominees. As for Record of the Year, This is America was the frontrunner at -150. The Childish Gambino track is written by Donald Glover – who is Childish Gambino – along with Ludwig Göransson and Jeffrey Lamar Williams.

Sunday was a big night for Gambino (though he didn t attend the show). Along with Record of the Year, he also upset favorite Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper s Shallow for Song of the Year.

It s the first time in Grammy history that the same rap track has won both Song and Record of the Year.

From music to movies, the film industry s most important awards show will take place February 24. It will be the first Academy Awards to go without a designated host in three decades.

As for Best Picture, Roma is the frontrunner at -190. Green Book is next at +350, followed by longshots The Favorite (+1000), A Star is Born (+1600), BlacKkKlansman, Black Panther, and Bohemian Rhapsody (+1800), and finally Vice at +6600.

Bohemian Rhapsody s Rami Malek is the heavy odds-on favorite for Best Actor at -300. At those odds, you ll need to wager $300 to net $100. Christian Bale ( Vice ) is second at +200.

Glenn Close ( The Wife ) is an even stronger favorite for Best Actress (-500). Her next closest challenger is Olivia Colman in The Favorite (+400).

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