15 artists/bands that surprisingly have never won a GRAMMY

Hall of Fame FILE PHOTO: Toby Keith (L) and Blake Shelton perform onstage during the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 15, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Keith will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame later this year. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

By Jay Edwards

January 30, 2025 at 10:02 am EST

The GRAMMYs are coming up this weekend in LA (Sunday 2/2) are there are quite a few familiar names that have been nominated. Some of them will be first-time winners like Morgan Wallen and some have won several already, like The Beatles.

However, there are so many amazing artists that have been putting out hit after hit for decades that have never won a GRAMMY. For example, Luke Bryan has 30 #1 songs and not only has he never won a GRAMMY, he’s never even been nominated!

Here are 15 artists that I was pretty surprised to see they’ve never won a GRAMMY:

1. KISS

2. The Beach Boys

3. Blake Shelton

4. Bob Marley

5. Jason Aldean

6. Guns N’ Roses

7. Toby Keith

8. Journey

9. Def Leppard (Never even been nominated!)

10. Kenny Chesney

11. Queen

12. Rush

13. Martina McBride (14 nominations, no wins!)

14. Snoop Dogg

15. Eric Church

Mental Floss has even more GRAMMY snubs, if you want to check it out.

Jay Edwards

Jay Edwards is an Orlando native and proud to call Central Florida his home! He has lived in Seminole County since the age of 2 and attended school at Lake Brantley High School, Seminole Community College, and then graduated with a Radio/TV degree from UCF.