Tommaso Boddi, Getty Images<\/span><\/p> A few of the artists listed below were honored but never won for proprietary work. For example, the\u00a0Cliffie Stone Award is the current legacy award presented to legends who’ve made an impact. It’s not decided in the same way as standard categories however, so we dismissed it for the purposes of this list.<\/p>\n Additionally, we didn’t include wins for an artist’s side project. The Highwaymen won ACM Awards, but neither Johnny Cash<\/a> nor Waylon Jennings<\/a> won for solo material, so they’re still found here.<\/p>\n Data was pulled from the ACM Awards repository<\/a> of past winners. This list is not exhaustive, meaning not every artist with multiple loses and zero wins is included. Instead, the focus is on legends and artists with a surprising streak.<\/p>\n Leading the list is a ’90s country icon who somehow never won an ACM despite 19 tries. Can you guess who it is?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n These 19 country singers have never won a Grammy Award, but it’s worse than that. Collectively, they’re 0-118!<\/p>\n This list includes two Country Music Hall of Famers and five more destined to get invited one day. Commercial success doesn’t equal Grammy success. Remember that. This list was updated after the 2026 Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCountry Artists Who Never Won an ACM, Explained<\/h3>\n
17 Country Legends Who\u2019ve Never Won an ACM Award<\/h2>\n
19 Country Stars Who’ve Never Won a Grammy, Ranked<\/h2>\n