JAN 25 FAMOUS MUSICIANS WHO NEVER WON A GRAMMY

JAN 25 FAMOUS MUSICIANS WHO NEVER WON A GRAMMY

Don't forget! The Grammy Awards are this Sunday night! It's special, because this year marks the 60th time they'll mess it up. See, music is the toughest genre to judge. Tastes vary and every band has a vocal fan base who believes their music is...like...the best EVER! That said, the Grammy's have a knack for passing up legitimate superstars. Instead, bands like Toto end up winning. Let's look at six surprise losers:

LED ZEPPELIN. Although the band has sold in 200 million albums and has legions of fans, the hard rock legends do not have any Grammy's. In fact, they've never even been nominated for an award. Wow! However, a big part of the band's lure lies in their image as rebels, so this diss has likely helped the group. NOTE: When first heard, Roger Daltry predicted the band would sink like a Lead Zeppelin. The 'e' was dropped so people wouldn't say it as "leed." 

BOB MARLEY. To be fair, there was no 'Reggae' category when Bob released his albums. But other mediums and radio stations nationwide noticed the legend.  His 1975 album 'Rastaman Vibration' was a Top Ten hit. The next year, the Wailers were Rolling Stone's Band of the Year. Yet Bob never won a Grammy or a Billboard Top 40 single. At least his 70 million in album sales netted him one important award: The Jamaican Order of Merit.

KATY PERRY. Usually if you have nine #1 singles and 100 million in album sales...you'll get a Grammy or two. Sorry, Katy! Despite seven attempts, the perky songstress from Santa Barbara still has no stereo trophies to put on her shelf. However, she has fared better in other award shows. She owns a staggering 14 People's Choice Awards.

JIMI HENDRIX. From 1966 to 1970, Hendrix headlined the hard rock movement. Perhaps realizing the mistake made in never nominating rock music's most talented guitarist, Jimi received the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992, twenty-two years after his death. It's ironic because his lifetime was so short: He died at age 27.

SNOOP DOGG. Although the rapper from Long Beach won't have the lasting legacy of the others on the list, Snoop deserves to be in this blog. Why? Simply because no one has been nominated more times and not won. How many times? A staggering sixteen nominations and no wins. Fo shizzle!

DIANA ROSS. Like Snoop, the first woman of pop has been nominated again and again (12 times) and never won. Her first attempt came in 1964 when the Supremes hit "Baby Love" was passed up and "The Days of Wine & Roses" took home the gold. Sigh. At least she was able to pick up her Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. Better late than never!

Finally, we hope that this year's Grammy's don't mess it up again. This time, it's in the Song of the Year category. With 16 weeks at #1, Despacito is the biggest song EVER on the Billboard charts and should be a shoo-in. But we have a strange feeling JAY-Z will win..