Sportsbook.com Releases Grammy Odds

NEW YORK – (PRESS RELEASE) -- The nominations for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced - and Sportsbook.com has odds on the fan favorite categories for the music lover in us all. The awards will take place on February 8th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Mariah Carey was back on top of the music charts this year, and tops Sportsbook.com's early Record of the Year award odds with her ballad We Belong Together the 8-5 favorite. Kanye West follows closely behind at 9-5 with the humorous R & B tune Gold Digger and Green Day rounds out the top contenders with their radio request hit Boulevard of Broken Dreams listed at 2-1.

Carey and West each have eight nominations and will battle it out in the Album of the Year category as well. Oddsmakers have the Glitter star on top for The Emancipation Of Mimi at 13-10 and West's Late Registration at 8-5. Love. Angel. Music. Baby. by soon-to-be mom Gwen Stefani is listed at 7-2, U2's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb at 9-2 and Paul McCartney's Chaos n Creation in the Backyard at 10-1 complete the list of odds for the Album of the Year.

Bono of U2 recently won the TIME magazine's People of the Year award, and according to oddsmakers, the trophy case still has room for more accolades. The Irish mainstay band's 14th album: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb has topped oddsmakers charts in the Best Rock Album category with odds of 13-10. U2 has 16 Grammy awards to their credit. Best Album wins include All That You Can't Leave Behind and The Joshua Tree, Best Alternative Music Album was awarded to U2 for Zooropa.

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