Not all chart-toppers are Grammy winners.
In fact, some of music’s biggest names have never won a golden gramophone despite their success on the airwaves.
Take Katy Perry, who has been nominated 13 times—including Teenage Dream for Album of the Year, “Firework” for Record of the Year and “Roar” for Song of the Year—without a single victory.
“To be honest, I always go by numbers, and they don’t lie,” she told Variety in a 2021 interview. “Everyone has an opinion and that’s wonderful, but numbers are numbers. Math is sacred.”
Likewise, her “California Gurls” collaborator Snoop Dogg has been up for the prestigious award over a dozen times, but to no avail.
“I got 20 nominations for Grammys,” the rapper quipped in a 2025 video with ESPN, “zero wins.”
And that’s why some several of these infamously snubbed stars are now taking their losses in stride. For example, eight-time nominee Blake Shelton believes his bad luck is actually a great motivator for others.
