Most Grammy Nominations In One Night Without A Win

Paul McCartney is a singer-songwriter, musician, film producer, and businessman from Liverpool, England. He played bass guitar for the Beatles.

His selection for the prestigious awards but could not win was in 1966. The nominated works were two albums: Help! and Yesterday.

A list of awards for which his work was nominated but unfortunately lost are as follows:

• Album of the Year
• Best Performance by a Vocal Group Performance
• Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance – Group (Vocal or Instrumental)
• Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show
• Record of the Year
• Song of the Year
• Best Vocal Performance, Male
• Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance – Male
• Best Contemporary (R&R) Single

Most Grammy nominations also include Rihanna who is a singer-songwriter from Saint Michael, Barbados. She is also an actress and businesswoman.

Robyn Rihanna Fenty's 8 one night nominations happened in 2017 and they are as follows:

• Record of the Year
• Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
• Best R&B Performance
• Best R&B Song
• Best Urban Contemporary Album
• Best Recording Package
• Album of the Year
• Best Rap/Sung Performance

Kanye West has one of the most Grammy nominations in one night. He is a rapper, singer-songwriter, and fashion designer too.

West has been nominated for 75 Grammys, out of which the following are choices without a win in the year 2017:

• Album of the Year
• Best Rap Performance for That Part and Pop Style
• Best Rap Song for Famous
• Best Rap/Sung Performance for Famous and Ultralight Beam
• Best Rap Song
• Best Rap Album

In total there are eight nominations.

Jay-Z missed the most Grammys in one night by three additional nominations. He is a rapper, songwriter, and media proprietor.

His birth name is Shawn Corey Carter and is professionally known as Jay-Z. Among 88 total selections, he has won 24 Grammys.

His Grammy selection in one night without gain was 8 nominations in total in 2018. The nominees were:

• 4:44- Studio Album
• The Story of O.J.- A song from 4:44 album
• Family Feud - A song featuring American singer Beyonce

Most Grammy nominations without a win consist of singer-songwriter Justin Bieber. He was born in 1994 and his full name is Justin Drew Bieber.

Bieber was nominated for 23 Grammy Awards and won two of them. The eight selections that he could not win were in 2022 and the nominees were:

• Justice - Sixth Studio Album
• Peaches- Fifth Single
• Lonely- Second Single from Justice
• Anyone - Third single

Stevie Wonder is among those artist who has the most Grammy nominations. He was born in Michigan and is a record producer in addition to singer-songwriter.

Even though he is visually impaired, he has won 25 Grammys out of which three were for consecutive album releases. The election in one night without a victory was in 1983.

In that year, the seven nominations and awards were:

• Best Rhythm & Blues Song for two songs
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
• Record of the Year
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

India Arie is an American singer-songwriter. She has won four Grammys out of 23 nominations. Her full name is India Arie Simpson.

Simpson's award without a win in one night in 2002 are:

• Album of the Year
• Best R&B Album
• Record of the Year
• Song of the Year
• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
• Best R&B Song
• Best New Artist

Kendrick Lamar is one of the most influential hip-hop artists of his time. He has won 17 Grammy Awards including Best Rap Album.

Lamar was nominated for 7 awards in 2019 but could not win. Those awards were for Black Panther: The album, All the Stars, King's Dead, and Win.

Those awards were:

• Album of the Year
• Record of the Year
• Song of the Year
• Best Rap/Sung Performance
• Best Song Written for Visual Media
• Best Rap Performance
• Best Rap Song

Billie Eilish is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Her genres are Pop, Alt-pop, Electropop, and Pop Rock. She has won seven Grammy Awards.

Eilish was nominated for seven awards in the year 2022 but got none. Those awards were:

• Album of the Year
• Best Pop Vocal Album
• Record of the Year
• Song of the Year
• Best Pop Solo Performance
• Best Music Video
• Best Music Film

Henry Mancini was an American composer, songwriter, and arranger who died in 1994. He won twenty Grammy Awards out of seventy-two nominations.

Mancini's one and only work 'More Music from Peter Gunn' was nominated for 5 categories and Mr. Lucky was selected for Best Arrangement in 1959. These six nominations were in one night without any gain.

Thomas Z. Shepard is an American composer, pianist, record producer, and conductor. He was nominated for six awards in 1970 but could not win the title.

He has won twelve Grammys including four songs from Stephen Sondheim. His works which were nominated in 1970 night are:

• Company
• The Sesame Street Book & Record
• Scrooge
• The Rothschilds
• Two by Two

Lionel Richie's full name is Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. He is an American singer-songwriter and television personality.

In 1982, she was nominated for six awards but could not win any title. Those categories were Song of the Year, Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, Grammy Award for Producer of the Year (non-classical), and many more.

David Foster is a Canadian musician, composer, and record producer. Out of 47 nominations, he won sixteen Grammy Awards.

He won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 1980. His six selections in 1986 were as performer, writer, and producer.

Those nomination awards were for the following nominees:

• We Are the World
• "Through the Fire"
• "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire"
• St. Elmo's Fire: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• David Foster

Mariah Carey is a singer, songwriter, and actress from New York. She won Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist at the 1996 American Music Awards but could gain any Grammy Awards.

She has won five Grammy Awards throughout her career. In 1996, she was nominated for six awards for her following work.

• Daydream
• "Fantasy"
• "One Sweet Day" (with Boyz II Men)
• "Always Be My Baby"

50 Cent, rapper and songwriter won a Grammy Award in 2010 for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group. He was nominated for six categories in 2006.

In 2006, he was nominated for his following works but could not win any Award for the year.

• Disco Inferno
• Encore
• Hate It or Love It
• Candy Shop
• The Massacre

Bruno Mars is an American singer. His music style includes Pop, Rock, Funk, Soul, and Disco. He has won 15 Grammy Awards.

In 2012, he was nominated for 6 categories as follows:

• Record of the Year
• Best Pop Solo Performance
• Album of the Year
• Best Pop Vocal Album
• Song of the Year
• Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

However, he won none, thus his inclusion on this list.

Roddy Ricch's birth name is Rodrick Wayne Moore Jr. He has earned a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance. He is also a singer-songwriter.

He has been nominated for 99 categories altogether to date. However, his Grammy nominations were six without a win in one night in 2021.

His spectacular work in 2021 includes The Box and Rock Star. They are listed in Grammy Awards for 2021.

Giveon is an R&B singer-songwriter from California. He was nominated for various Grammy Awards in 2021 and 2022.

His six nomination categories for the year 2022 are:

• Album of the Year
• Record of the Year
• Song of the Year
• Best R&B Performance
• Best Music Video
• Best R&B Song

Mary J. Blige aged 52 is a singer-songwriter and actress. She is also known as Queen of Hip-Hop Soul and has won 9 Grammys.

Her exceptional work on Good Morning Gorgeous and Here with Me led her to Grammy Award nominations in 2023. She was selected for 6 categories as follows:

• Album of the Year
• Best R&B Album
• Record of the Year
• Best Traditional R&B Performance
• Best R&B Song
• Best R&B Performance

DJ Khaled is a DJ, record producer, and executive from Louisiana. His full name is Khaled Mohammed Khaled, and he was recognized as a radio host in 1990.

He won a Grammy Award in 2020 for Best Rap/Sung Performance. He was selected for 6 categories as follows:

• Album of the Year
• Song of the Year
• Best Rap Performance
• Best Rap Song
• Best Melodic Rap Performance
• Best Rap Album