Huge artists that have never won a Grammy

[Naos]

Marilyn Manson and Joe Satriani come to mind here. They were nominated for 4 and 15 respectively. Katy Perry also, despite being nominated for 13.

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Diana Ross and Bjork have never won and both have received around a dozen or so nominations. Florence and the machine have never won a Grammy despite 7 nominations(8 if you count Florence Welch's nomination for Sweet Nothing with Calvin Harris).

[Troublemaker]

The ones that come to mind are Brian McKnight and Martina McBride with more than a dozen nominations each

[Sherane Lamar]

Flo Rida, despite being nominated 5 times.

[Sherane Lamar]

Jason Derulo (continuously snubbed).

[JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME]

Bjork
Depeche Mode
Journey
Justin Bieber
Nicki Minaj
Patti Smith

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

^ Not sure but I think Bieber have one

Sia, Tupac, Snoop Dogg...

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Nas. Living legend.

[greentoo]

I don’t think Sia’s ever won one

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Bob Marley
Jimi Hendrix
Guns N Roses
Notorious B.I.G.
Busta Rhymes
Morrissey
Run DMC
Iggy Pop
Led Zeppelin 

[Choco]

Katy should have gotten one during the Teenage Dream / PRISM eras. She had some of the best pop songs of those years.

I can't believe Nicki hasn't gotten one either, considering the amount of collabs she does.

Bieber has one for Where Are Ü Now. I think he has a fair chance to get one with Despacito.

[ilikemusic]

Avril Lavigne

[jenglisbe]

Katy Perry lost several of her awards to Adele, she lost one to "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga; hard to argue there. What specific award do people think she should have won?

[Love Plastic Love]

I don't know if there is a specific one I think she should have won, but in hindsight it is strange that an artist that was as big as her for a good stretch of time didn't somehow grab one of them somewhere even if it was a rando dance recording type win or something. Though, I guess Britney Spears was much the same except for nabbing one in 2005 for Toxic.

I am also surprised that Nicki hasn't won something somewhere even if it is, again, a semi random one or for a collaboration. She hasn't even been as nominated as I thought she would be.

[jenglisbe]

Jan 24, 2018 17:15:56 GMT -5 Love Plastic Love said:

I don't know if there is a specific one I think she should have won, but in hindsight it is strange that an artist that was as big as her for a good stretch of time didn't somehow grab one of them somewhere even if it was a rando dance recording type win or something. Though, I guess Britney Spears was much the same except for nabbing one in 2005 for Toxic.

I'm not sure Perry has ever submitted anything to Dance Recording. Britney finally got smart and did, and she got a Grammy. Rihanna has won there, too. Perry seems to always go Pop, and that's always a crowded field.

I am also surprised that Nicki hasn't won something somewhere even if it is, again, a semi random one or for a collaboration. She hasn't even been as nominated as I thought she would be.

Like with Perry and others, the combination of genders into the same category hurts. Minaj is always competing against the likes of Kendrick, Drake, Eminem, etc for Rap Performance. I'm not sure any of her albums stand up to the albums of those other artists either. I can see the Collaboration one a bit more, but again, if you look at her competition (Jay-Z/Kanye, Kendrick Lamar, etc) it makes sense.

[C.Ro]

One Direction
Snoop Dogg
Queen
Nickelback
Bob Marley
Tupac
Janice Joplin
The Ramones

[wjr15]

All I want is one Grammy win for Katy. It’s truly shocking that she never won one. She’s always up against strong competition though. I believe Firework and Wide Awake both had good chances of winning but she’ll never win against Adele.

2009
I Kissed A Girl lost to Chasing Pavements for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

2010
Hot N Cold lost to Halo for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

2011
Teenage Dream lost to The Suburbs for Album of the Year
Teenage Dream lost to Bad Romance for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
California Gurls lost to Imagine for Best Pop Collaboration
Teenage Dream lost to The Fame Monster for Best Pop Vocal Album

2012
Firework lost to Rolling In The Deep for Record Of The Year
Firework lost to Someone Like You for Best Pop Solo Performance

2013
Wide Awake lost to Set Fire To The Rain (Live) for Best Pop Solo Performance

2014
Roar lost to Royals for Song Of the Year
Roar lost to Royals for Best Pop Vocal Performance

2015
Dark Horse lost to Say Something for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Prism lost to In The Lonely Hour for Best Pop Vocal Album

[No Goodbye Coco, Hello Coco]

Queen.

[jenglisbe]

When I look at Perry's losses, there are few to none that seem like outright injustices. Obviously if she were more of a Grammys fave she'd win those tight races, but I can't say Adele, Lady Gaga, etc didn't deserve those wins.

[dbhmr]

I would have given the Grammy to "Dark Horse," but that's it. "California Gurls" was better than "Imagine," but the rightful winner of that group was "Telephone" imo so that's a wash.

Anyway, what was the question?

[jenglisbe]

Jan 26, 2018 14:49:18 GMT -5 dbhmr said:

I would have given the Grammy to "Dark Horse," but that's it. "California Gurls" was better than "Imagine," but the rightful winner of that group was "Telephone" imo so that's a wash.

Anyway, what was the question?

That category "CG" was in was really weak in general. I'd have given it to "Telephone," too. The reverse of that is the category "Dark Horse" was in was really strong, and I think about 4 of those nominees (including "DH") would have been a solid winner.

[KeepDeanWeird]

The SFTR (Live) is one of the bogus nominations, despite loving that song. It's like Hey Soul Sister (Live) and Happy (Live) winning after the original was snubbed. Unless a 'live' version of the song is somehow structural different musically or includes a feature, it shouldn't be eligible. So, WA is the one that Katy should've gotten - but Stronger was a pretty good nom that year. It's hard to argue the validity of the other winners. DH beating SS would've made me happy, but I get why that won.

[willapted33]

J. Cole has been snubbed a few times now. His 1 AOTY nomination was the same year as To Pimp a Butterfly, meanwhile Jay Z's Magna Carter Holy Grail and Drake's Nothing Was the Same were nominated over Born Sinner in 2014. And this year, Migos' Culture was nominated over 4 Your Eyez Only.

and also nearly all 90's rappers (Biggie, Pac, Nas)

[jenglisbe]

Jan 26, 2018 15:27:59 GMT -5 KeepDeanWeird said:

The SFTR (Live) is one of the bogus nominations, despite loving that song. It's like Hey Soul Sister (Live) and Happy (Live) winning after the original was snubbed. Unless a 'live' version of the song is somehow structural different musically or includes a feature, it shouldn't be eligible. So, WA is the one that Katy should've gotten - but Stronger was a pretty good nom that year. It's hard to argue the validity of the other winners. DH beating SS would've made me happy, but I get why that won.

I get your point about the live versions, though I disagree a bit with those examples. Technicalities kept the main versions of those songs being nominated, but I think most people recognize those were all popular songs that deserved a nomination and were screwed over by technicality. To that end, the live version was a way to get them nominated. Kudos. I view those different than when that live version of "Halo" was nominated the year after the original won. Also, wasn't the "Set Fire to the Rain" video the live performance of it? To that end, you can argue the live performance itself actually was popular.

But, yeah, if Adele wasn't there, the likely winner would have been Kelly Clarkson anyway. She won Pop Album, and "Stronger" was also nominated in Record and Song so I don't think Katy would have won regardless. Plus, "Call Me Maybe" was also nominated that year, and frankly I think it was the best recording of the entire group.

[johnm1120]

Kiss

[leonagwen]

Diana Ross