And you thought the list for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was bad.
But here it is, a list of 54 incredibly influential artists that have never won a Grammy (though in fairness, some have been retroactively inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame).
For fun, try searching a few artists on grammy.com’s ‘Past Winners’ database, here. The 54th Annual Grammy Awards kicks off this weekend.
1. The Doors
2. Queen
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. Led Zeppelin*
5. The Who
6. Tupac Shakur
7. Snoop Dogg
8. Bjork
9. Chuck Berry
10. The Grateful Dead
11. Diana Ross
12. Nas
13. The Beach Boys
14. Bob Marley
15. Janis Joplin
16. Buddy Holly
17. Notorious B.I.G.
18. (Eric B. &) Rakim
19. Rush
20. Run D.M.C.
21. Guns n’ Roses
22. Boston
23. Sam Cooke
24. Talking Heads
25. The Ramones
26. The Everly Brothers
27. Patti Smith
28. Public Enemy
29. Sly & the Family Stone
30. The Sex Pistols
31. Parliament &/or Funkadelic
32. The O’Jays
33. Creedence Clearwater Revival
34. The Stooges
35. Motley Crue
36. Kiss
37. Deep Purple
38. Journey
39. Jackson Browne
40. The Pretenders
41.Toby Keith
42. New Order
43. Depeche Mode
44. Tiesto
45. The Kinks
46. Morrissey
47. The Smiths
48. ABBA
49. Dusty Springfield
50. Teddy Pendergrass
51. Oasis
52. Curtis Mayfield
53. The Byrds
54. ZZ Top
*Both Page & Plant have separately won awards, but not as Led Zeppelin.
Actually Zeppelin did receive a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2005. Page and JPJ attended, Plant did not.
NARAS has a much bigger problem than the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame can just say, “Hey Alice Cooper, We’re Sorry! Here’s Your Award!” Problem solved, everyone forgets he was getting shafted after 10 years.
Grammys? Zeppelin needed to get that trophy in 1975 NOT some make good in 2005 when it is obvious to everyone they are one of the the greatest bands on earth. They need to be relevant NOW to tell us what matters, instead of choosing Baha Men and Milli Vanilli which mean NOTHING now. Which is why they’re trying to do stuff like Skrillex who might be remembered in 30 years. They have to get it right NOW not 2032
How is Joe Satriani not on your list? Second most nomination without a win.
Not sure how accurate this list is. I know for sure that Rush won a Grammy for YYZ as Best instrumental rock song in the early 80’s. Let’s check some more of these before getting to riled up!!
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Rush’s been nominated but never won.
“We’ve gotten nominated before in the rock instrumental category, but I guess overall we’re just not a typical Grammy band,” says Geddy Lee, , 55, whose gla
You guys should also cross reference against this list of top selling artists in the history of the RIAA
http://riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-100-albums
You might find a few more surprises.
This is ridic.
This list is pretty amazing, and pretty sad. Not a single Grammy award for any of them…
The Grammys are totally irrelevent and look no further thatn the artists they’re missing right now in dance, house, techno. Same thing happened when rock, rap and reggae (MARLEY?) were starting up. They missed it.
It’s not that the Grammy awards “missed” the arrival of rock: the creation of the Grammy awards was an attempt at counterrevolution by the Music Biz Establishment of the late 1950s-early 1960s. It was an attempt to create a showcase to say, dammit, us middle-of-the-road artists are still relevant, even if those new rock’n’roll guys are now grabbing the mindshare. Just look at the lists of Grammy winners from 1965-1970, when (to name a few) Dylan, Beatles, Stones, Led Zepplin, etc etc were recreating popular music and creating what may become work for the ages. It’s probably inevitable that the Grammys will always be about the previous generation.
Ha! Looking it up, I see that The Beatles won a Best New Artist award, and “Sgt. Pepper” won Album of the Year, and a couple of individual Beatles songs were recognized. Not much else from the prime classic rock era, though.
Snoop Dogg has never won a Grammy. That is the best news I have had all week.
The Doors? Led Zepplin? Janis Joplin? Interesting.
What was it that Chuck D said about the Grammys?
Now I see why the Beach Boys have to duet with (Insert flavor of the month here)
Politics?
Apparement je suis pas dans la liste.
Just a popularity contest really. Not so much about quality of music. Best thing I read all week was Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon saying F off to the show. I wasn’t a fan before, but he just went up a notch in my book
No Grammy for Zeppelin? That in itself is an indictment of the judges’ standards of taste.
– Versus
I wonder how many of those bands listed actually care that they have not won a Grammy. Do I have to remind you of Pearl Jam’s Grammy acceptance Speech! It’s a joke – who cares. What the Hell does a Grammy really mean. If you go out and sell out show after show from coast to coast or get on Stage in front of hundreds of thousands of People – That would mean far more then a stupid little trophy won at an award ceramony that is such a cliche in it’s self. I could go on and on but I think you get the point!
I wonder how many of those bands listed actually care that they have not won a Grammy. Do I have to remind you of Pearl Jam’s Grammy acceptance Speech! It’s a joke – who cares. What the Hell does a Grammy really mean. If you go out and sell out show after show from coast to coast or get on Stage in front of hundreds of thousands of People – That would mean far more then a stupid little trophy won at an award ceramony that is such a cliche in it’s self. I could go on and on but I think you get the point!
The Grammys are always behind the times.
They’re all amazing artists…
This article should tell us all something about the Grammys. No Zeppelin or 2pac? Really!!??