52nd Academy of Country Music Awards 2017 Betting Odds
–The Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards have been held every year since 1966.
–The ACM Awards will move to the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for this year’s show.
–The ACM Awards will be broadcast live on CBS on Sunday, April 2, 2017.
The Academy of Country Music Awards was first held in 1966 becoming the first major awards show recognizing the genre. The show decided on a hat motif for the award in 1968 and it became iconic–it’s been used ever since.
The ACM Awards is one of the most popular award shows among the general public and they’ve always gone out of their way to accommodate the fans. In 2003, the awards moved from Los Angeles to the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. It would stay at the Mandalay Bay until 2006 when it moved across the street to the MGM Grand Garden Arena where it would stay until 2014. In 2015, the show was held at AT&T Stadium in Dallas–in the process they broke the record for ‘Most Attended Awards Show’ with a crowd of 70,252.
The show returned to the MGM Grand Garden Arena for 2016 but will move to the new T-Mobile Arena for 2017.
One unusual note about the 2017 ACM Awards–the winners in the three ‘Best New Artist’ categories were announced on March 14, 2017 in a co-promotion with T-Mobile.
52ND ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS BETTING ODDS
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Luke Bryan: -150
Carrie Underwood: +350
Keith Urban: +450
Jason Aldean: +600
Florida Georgia Line: +750
TOP FEMALE VOCALIST
Carrie Underwood: -200
Maren Morris: +450
Miranda Lambert: +500
Kelsea Ballerini: +750
Kacey Musgraves: +750
TOP MALE VOCALIST
Keith Urban: -120
Chris Stapleton: +250
Jason Aldean: +500
Dierks Bentley: +650
Thomas Rhett: +650
TOP VOCAL DUO
Florida Georgia Line: -325
Brothers Osborne: +650
Dan and Shay: +650
Big and Rich: +750
Maddie and Tae: +800
TOP VOCAL GROUP
Little Big Town: -250
Old Dominion: +500
Eli Young Band: +700
Lady Antebellum: +700
Rascal Flatts: +700
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
‘Hero’ by Maren Morris: -135
‘The Weight of These Wings’ by Miranda Lambert: +250
‘Ripcord’ by Keith Urban: +500
‘Dig Your Roots’ by Florida Georgia Line: +750
‘Black’ by Dierks Bentley: +750
SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR
‘My Church’ by Maren Morris: -150
‘Humble and Kind’ by Tim McGraw: +350
‘Vice’ by Miranda Lambert: +450
‘H.O.L.Y’ by Florida Georgia Line: +600
‘Blue Ain’t Your Color’ by Keith Urban: +750
SONG OF THE YEAR
‘Humble and Kind’ by Tim McGraw: -160
‘Vice’ by Miranda Lambert: +450
‘Blue Ain’t Your Color’ by Keith Urban: +750
‘Tennessee Whiskey’ by Chris Stapleton: +750
‘Die a Happy Man’ by Thomas Rhett: +750
‘Kill a Word’ by Eric Church feat. Rhiannon Giddens: +900
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
‘Forever Country’ by Artists of Then, Now and Forever: -200
‘Fire Away’ by Chris Stapleton: +450
‘Vice’ by Miranda Lambert: +600
‘Humble and Kind’ by Tim McGraw: +600
‘Peter Pan’ by Kelsea Ballerini: +750
TOP VOCAL EVENT
‘Forever Country’ by Artists of Then, Now and Forever: -250
‘Setting the World on Fire’ by Kenny Chesney and Pink: +450
‘Different for Girls’ by Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King: +600
‘Think of You’ by Chris Young with Cassadee Pope: +600
‘May We All’ by Florida Georgia Line feat. Tim McGraw: +750
The winners of the following awards have already been announced:
NEW FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR: Maren Morris
NEW MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR: Jon Pardi
NEW DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR: Brothers Osborne