11 Of The Most Surprising Grammy Wins, And 10 Celebs Who Have Yet To Take Home The Award
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1.Phoebe Bridgers: 11 nominations, 0 wins.
Phoebe is up for seven Grammys this year for her work with boygenius and her feature on SZA's "Ghost in the Machine," so this might be about to change.
2.Don Cheadle: 3 nominations, 2 wins.
Don picked up a Best Spoken Word Album win in 2022 for his narration of the audiobook Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation from John Lewis. He also won Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media in 2016 for his work on Miles Ahead. He has received nominations for each EGOT award.
3.Victoria Monét: 10 nominations, 0 wins.
It might be surprising to hear that Victoria has been nominated 10 times given that she is up for Best New Artist this year, but she was first nominated for her non-performance work on Ariana Grande's Thank U, Next.
4.Baha Men: 1 nomination, 1 win.
Yes, "Who Let the Dogs Out" won Best Dance Recording in 2001.
5.Janelle Monáe: 10 nominations, 0 wins.
Janelle was first nominated in '09 for her song "Many Moons." She has two nominations for The Age of Pleasure this year, including Album of the Year.
6.Steve Martin: 15 nominations, 5 wins.
Steve's wins include Best Bluegrass Album, Best Country Instrumental Performance, and Best Comedy Recording.
7.Miley Cyrus: 8 nominations, 0 wins.
Six of those nominations are for the 2024 Grammys, so there's a chance things will change for Miley very soon.
8.Zach Braff: 1 nomination, 1 win.
Zach won the 2005 Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (phew) award for his work on his movie Garden State.
9.Björk: 16 nominations, 0 wins.
Björk was most recently nominated for Best Alternative Music Album in 2023, but lost out to Wet Leg's self-titled album.
10.Cynthia Nixon: 1 nomination, 1 win.
Cynthia is an Oscar short of an EGOT, having won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth in 2009.
11.ABBA: 5 nominations, 0 wins.
In fact, it took until 2022 for ABBA to even be nominated once.
12.Hillary Clinton: 2 nominations, 1 win.
Hillary won Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album for the 1996 book It Takes a Village. She was nominated again in 2004.
13.Nicki Minaj: 12 nominations, 0 wins.
Nicki has been vocal about losing Best New Artist to Bon Iver in 2012, tweeting in 2020, "Never forget the Grammys didn’t give me my best new artist award [...] They gave it to the white man Bon Iver." Nicki is nominated again this year for her song from the Barbie soundtrack, but her ongoing rants against Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion are getting the bulk of the attention.
14.Bradley Cooper: 3 nominations, 2 wins.
Perhaps it's not surprising that Bradley won some Grammys for his work on the A Star Is Born soundtrack — but it's worth keeping in mind that he's been nominated 12 times for an Oscar without winning.
15.Diana Ross: 13 nominations, 0 wins.
That being said, Diana did receive a Lifetime Achievement award in 2012.
16.Alvin and the Chipmunks: 8 nominations, 3 wins.
Ross Bagdasarian, aka the creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks, even won two awards at the very first Grammys — Best Recording for Children and Best Comedy Performance.
17.Lana Del Rey: 11 nominations, 0 wins.
Lana is nominated for five Grammys this year, including Song of the Year for "A&W," so there's a chance her luck might improve.
18.Kate Winslet: 1 nomination, 1 win.
Yes, the missing award in Kate's EGOT eligibility is actually a Tony — she won Best Spoken Word Album for Children for Listen to the Storyteller in 2000.
19.Jimmy Fallon: 2 nominations, 1 win.
Jimmy won the award for Best Comedy Album for his 2012 album Blow Your Pants Off, which featured artists like Paul McCartney, Justin Timberlake, and Dave Matthews.
20.Queen: 4 nominations, 0 wins.
The group lost their Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Group nomination for "Bohemian Rhapsody" to "If You Leave Me Now" by the band Chicago.
21.Eugene Levy: 1 nomination, 1 win.
Eugene won for the song he wrote for the 2003 mockumentary of the same name, "A Mighty Wind."
