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Diana Ross - While Ross was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 and again in 2023, she has never won a Grammy. She was nominated 13 times in total.

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Katy Perry -

The singer has earned 13 nominations ever since her single 'I Kissed a Girl' hit airwaves in 2008. But no wins!

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Snoop Dogg - From 1993 to 2015, Snoop Dogg has had a whopping 16 Grammy nominations, but, unfortunately, zero wins.

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The Beach Boys - Like Diana Ross, the Beach Boys also received a Lifetime Achievement Award, in 2001. But when it comes to Grammys, all they have is four nominations.

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Björk -

The Icelandic star has been nominated a whopping 16 times, from 1993 to 2019. She's yet to win a Grammy though.

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Nicki Minaj -

Between 2011 and 2024, Minaj was nominated for 12 Grammys. But she hasn't won any.

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Jimi Hendrix -

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.

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Queen -

Surprisingly, Freddie Mercury and his band only ever got nominated four times, and won none.

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Janis Joplin -

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.

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Run-D.M.C. -

Can you believe that such an influential hip-hop group was nominated only once for a Grammy? And they didn't even win it!

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Oasis - The Gallagher brothers only received two Grammy nominations, and not even 'Wonderwall' got them the award in 1996.

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Bob Marley -

The reggae legend was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2001, but never won a Grammy when he was alive.

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Blake Shelton - Yes, the country star also hasn't received a Grammy, even though he has been nominated eight times.

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Demi Lovato -

Surprisingly, Lovato was only nominated twice: once in 2016, and then in 2018. No wins thus far.

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Sia -

Can you believe Sia has had nine Grammy nominations and has won none?

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The Ramones -

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.

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Tupac Shakur -

Tupac was nominated for the Grammys six times, including one posthumously, in 1999. Unfortunately, the rapper never won the award.

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Notorious B.I.G. -

Biggie was nominated for four Grammys; three of them posthumously, in 1997.

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KISS -

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.

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Guns N' Roses -

Can you believe the LA rockers never won a Grammy? Guns N' Roses were nominated three times though.

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Depeche Mode -

The British stars have been nominated five times, but still haven't won a Grammy.

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Journey -

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.'

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The Who -

The British rockers earned a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001, but of the two nominations they received for Grammys, they won none.

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Martina McBride - The country star is yet win a Grammy. She has  been nominated 14 times over the years.

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Backstreet Boys - Did you know that the boy band was nominated eight times? Sadly, they haven't won a Grammy to date.

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NSYNC -

The same goes for NSYNC: eight nominations and zero Grammy wins. Justin Timberlake, on the other hand, has won 10 as a solo artist!

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Patsy Cline -

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).

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Sammy Davis Jr. -

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

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