For better or worse!
The Icelandic star has been nominated a whopping 16 times, from 1993 to 2019. She's yet to win a Grammy though.
Between 2011 and 2024, Minaj was nominated for 12 Grammys. But she hasn't won any.
The singer has earned 13 nominations ever since her single 'I Kissed a Girl' hit airwaves in 2008. But no wins!
Yet another iconic musician who has won a Lifetime Achievement Award, but has no Grammys to his name. Hendrix was nominated for one in 1970, the same year he died.
The reggae legend was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2001, but never won a Grammy when he was alive.
Joplin was nominated twice in 1971, also after her death, but didn't win. Fast forward to 2005 and she won a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Can you believe that such an influential hip-hop group was nominated only once for a Grammy? And they didn't even win it!
Surprisingly, Freddie Mercury and his band only ever got nominated four times, and won none.
Can you believe Sia has had nine Grammy nominations and has won none?
Biggie was nominated for four Grammys; three of them posthumously, in 1997.
The legendary American punk rockers were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007 and won a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011, but were never nominated for a Grammy.
The country star was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2020, having previously earned a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. But she was never even nominated for a Grammy during her lifetime (the Grammys were first held in 1959, but she passed away in 1963 at the young age of 30).
Despite being one of the world's most influential rock acts, they were only nominated once, back in 1998. And, yup, they didn't win.
Tupac was nominated for the Grammys six times, including one posthumously, in 1999. Unfortunately, the rapper never won the award.
Can you believe the LA rockers never won a Grammy? Guns N' Roses were nominated three times though.
The British stars have been nominated five times, but still haven't won a Grammy.
It's hard to believe that the 'Don't Stop Believin'' band never won a Grammy. Actually, they were only nominated once, in 1996, for the song 'When You Love A Woman.'
The British rockers earned a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001, but of the two nominations they received for Grammys, they won none.
The same goes for NSYNC: eight nominations and zero Grammy wins. Justin Timberlake, on the other hand, has won 10 as a solo artist!
The artist won a Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously, in 2001. But out of his three Grammy nominations over the years, he didn't win any.
Sources: (Recording Academy) (Insider) (Us Weekly)
See also: Posthumous Oscars: The stars who earned nods and awards after death
Surprisingly, Lovato was only nominated twice: once in 2016, and then in 2018. No wins thus far.
It's safe to say that some of the greatest music artists in the world have never won a Grammy. Yes, despite selling millions of records, and going down in history as some of the greatest, many artists didn't receive the prestigious award by the Recording Academy.
While—despite multiple nominations in most cases—none of the music stars in this gallery won a Grammy, some did end up earning Lifetime Achievement Awards and being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Not bad!
Click through this gallery and find out which music stars have never won a Grammy.
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It's safe to say that some of the greatest music artists in the world have never won a Grammy. Yes, despite selling millions of records, and going down in history as some of the greatest, many artists didn't receive the prestigious award by the Recording Academy.
While—despite multiple nominations in most cases—none of the music stars in this gallery won a Grammy, some did end up earning Lifetime Achievement Awards and being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Not bad!
Click through this gallery and find out which music stars have never won a Grammy.