13 Famous Women Who Were Failed By The Music Industry

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Diana Ross doesn’t have a Grammy, and I’ll never understand why.

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How the music industry mistreated them: TLC had won two Grammys in 1996, were the biggest-selling female group by that point , but they were actually: "The trio has received less than 1% of the estimated $175 million in revenues that the group's music has generated around the world. Analysts say that's about 40 times less than the profit that has been divided among the management, production, and record companies that represent TLC.

Here are other notable women in music who've never received a Grammy Award: Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Jennifer Lopez, Patti Smith, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Debbie Harry, Björk, and Nina Simone. And here are other notable women who've never been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Cyndi Lauper, Cher, Dionne Warwick, Carly Simon, the Runaways, and Big Mama Thornton.

 

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That just proves how meaningless awards are.

Britney Spears has been snubbed by the Grammys as well. She only ever got one for Toxic

She’s beautiful and black in that order. Wasps can’t dig that

Coz she’s done nothing for 20yrs

Diana Ross has a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. DG

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