84% — 2026 Grammy nominees for Song of the Year
Leader: Choosin' Texas at 84% · Kalshi 84% · 9 contracts · $0 volume · medium confidence
Updated 2026-09-22 00:24:08 UTC

Tracks the leading outcome in a winner-take-all prediction market set with 9 outcomes.

Why this matters:
The Song of the Year category at the 2026 Grammy Awards will feature ten nominated songs determined by the Recording Academy's selection process. Current market pricing suggests 'The Fate of Ophelia' has approximately a 90% probability of being nominated, while 'drop dead' and 'Choosin' Texas' are priced in the 78-83% range. The probability reflects trader assessments based on available information about streaming performance, critical reception, and historical Grammy voting patterns. The Grammy Awards nomination announcement—scheduled for November 2026—will resolve this question definitively. Until then, market movement depends on factors including artist eligibility confirmation, final eligibility deadline compliance, and any updated industry metrics or awards precedents that might influence voting outcomes.

Key factors:
- Song eligibility must comply with Recording Academy submission deadlines and requirements; ineligible tracks would be disqualified regardless of market expectations
- Streaming volume and playlist placement data through the eligibility window directly correlates with Grammy voter awareness and nomination likelihood
- Historical Grammy voting patterns show variation between critical acclaim and commercial performance; songs with strong metrics in one dimension sometimes face headwinds in the other
- The Recording Academy's voting body composition can shift year-to-year, potentially changing which genres and styles receive nominations
- Nomination announcement in November 2026 will immediately resolve all uncertainty for the ten selected songs and eliminate all contracts

Contracts:
- 2026 Grammy nominees for Song of the Year?: Choosin' Texas — 84¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 0%)
- 2026 Grammy nominees for Song of the Year?: I Just Might — 76¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 0%)
- 2026 Grammy nominees for Song of the Year?: drop dead — 75¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 0%)
- 2026 Grammy nominees for Song of the Year?: Man I Need — 60¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 0%)
- 2026 Grammy nominees for Song of the Year?: hate that i made you love me — 57¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 0%)
- 2026 Grammy nominees for Song of the Year?: WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! — 54¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 0%)
- 2026 Grammy nominees for Song of the Year?: the cure — 24¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 0%)
- 2026 Grammy nominees for Song of the Year?: The Fate of Ophelia — 11¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 100%)
- ... and 1 more

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## Methodology

SimpleFunctions aggregates live YES-side prices from Kalshi and Polymarket contracts bound to this question. For binary topics the headline is the liquidity-weighted mid-price (weight = log(1 + 24h volume) × freshness, where freshness is 1.0 if updated <24h, 0.7 if <7d, 0.4 otherwise). For multi-outcome (winner-take-all) topics the headline is the current leader's price — disjoint outcomes are never arithmetically averaged. Snapshots refresh every 5 minutes during market hours.

## SF Signal

- SF Index, regime, and 30d Brier calibration are computed separately and surfaced at https://simplefunctions.dev/admin/calibration.
- No SimpleFunctions index / regime / calibration signal is bound to this topic yet — the headline above is market-derived only.

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*Last verified: 2026-09-21T23:20:59.518Z*

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