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TIL that The Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Queen, Janis Joplin, Guns N' Roses, Tupac, The Doors, and the Grateful Dead - some of the biggest names/groups in music history - have a collective ZERO competitive Grammy wins.

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