Most Grammy nominations without winning

Susan Lucci is an iconic actress best known for her role in the soap opera series, All My Children.  She is forever known as the most Daytime Emmy nominated actress without a win - 18 nominations until her single win in 1999.  (Wikipedia)

In the music industry, the same experience can be said.

The most Grammy nominations without a win belongs to Morten Lindberg, with 26 - making this a record.  

Morten Lindberg is of Norwegian descent.  He is a sound engineer and music producer primarily in classical music production.  (Wikipedia)

Diana Ross completes the list of most Grammy nominations without a win - 12.  Her difference, though, is the number of honorable inductions -

1970 - NAACP Image Awards

1976 - Billboard Award

1982 - Hollywood Walk of Fame (Solo)

1993 - Guinness Book of World Records 

1994 - 

Hollywood Walk of Fame (The Supremes)

World Music Market

Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters*

*French recognition of significant contributions to the arts

1995 - Soul Train Music Awards

1996 - 

Billboard Music Magazine

Soul Train Hall of Fame

World Music Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award

1998 - Songwriter's Hall of Fame 

1999 - 

BET Hall of Fame

National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

2003 -

UK Capital Awards

National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters

2007 - 

BET Music Awards

Kennedy Center Honors 

2012 - Grammy Award*

*Lifetime Achievement Award  (solo artist)

2016 - Presidential Medal of Freedom

2017 - American Music Awards

(The full list of nominations, awards, and induction titles received by Diana Ross can be found on Wikipedia.)

My take away -

A win for an individual artist is honorable but perhaps a nomination among others within one or more categories is equally honorable as recognition has been given.  Recognition if only for a nomination is impressive in of itself.