(AP) – The exclusion of The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” at the 2021 Grammy Awards shocked many, but he’s in good company: Prince’s “When Doves Cry” never scored a nomination either.
Here’s a look at every Billboard No. 1 hit of the year since 1958, Grammy-nominated or not.
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2020: The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights”
2019: Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road” (Won Grammy)
2018: Drake, “God’s Plan” (Won)
2017: Ed Sheeran, “Shape of You” (Won)
2016: Justin Bieber, “Love Yourself” (Grammy-nominated)
2015: Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk” (Won)
2014: Pharrell Williams, “Happy” (Won)
2013: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz, “Thrift Shop” (Won)
2012: Gotye featuring Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used to Know” (Won)
2011: Adele, “Rolling In the Deep” (Won)
2010: Kesha, “Tik Tok”
2009: Black Eyed Peas, “Boom Boom Pow” (Won)
2008: Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, “Get Low” (Nominated)
2007: Beyoncé, “Irreplaceable” (Nominated)
2006: Daniel Powter, “Bad Day” (Nominated)
2005: Mariah Carey, “We Belong Together” (Won)
2004: Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, “Yeah!” (Won)
2003: 50 Cent, “In Da Club” (Nominated)
2002: Nickelback, “How You Remind Me” (Nominated)
2001: Lifehouse, “Hanging by a Moment”
2000: Faith Hill, “Breathe” (Won)
1999: Cher, “Believe” (Won)
1998: Next, “Too Close”
1997: Elton John “Candle In the Wind 1997” (Won)
1996: Los del Río, “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)”
1995: Coolio, “Gangsta’s Paradise” (Won)
1994: Ace of Base, “The Sign” (Nominated)
1993: Whitney Houston, “I Will Always Love You” (Won)
1992: Boyz II Men, “End of the Road” (Won)
1991: Bryan Adams, “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (Won)
1990: Wilson Phillips, “Hold On” (Nominated)
1989: Chicago, “Look Away”
1988: George Michael, “Faith”
1987: The Bangles, “Walk Like an Egyptian”
1986: Dionne Warwick & Friends, “That’s What Friends Are For” (Won)
1985: Wham!, “Careless Whisper”
1984: Prince, “When Doves Cry”
1983: The Police, “Every Breath You Take” (Won)
1982: Olivia Newton-John, “Physical” (Nominated)
1981: Kim Carnes, “Bette Davis Eyes” (Won)
1980: Blondie, “Call Me” (Nominated)
1979: The Knack, “My Sharona” (Nominated)
1978: Andy Gibb, “Shadow Dancing”
1977: Rod Stewart, “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)”
1976: Wings, “Silly Love Songs”
1975: Captain & Tennille, “Love Will Keep Us Together” (Won)
1974: Barbra Streisand, “The Way We Were” (Won)
1973: Tony Orlando and Dawn, “Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Ole Oak Tree” (Nominated)
1972: Roberta Flack, “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (Won)
1971: Three Dog Night, “Joy to the World” (Nominated)
1970: Simon & Garfunkel, “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (Won)
1969: The Archies, “Sugar, Sugar”
1968: The Beatles, “Hey Jude” (Nominated)
1967: Lulu, “To Sir with Love”
1966: SSgt. Barry Sadler, “Ballad of the Green Berets”
1965: Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs, “Wooly Bully” (Nominated)
1964: The Beatles, “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (Nominated)
1963: Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs, “Sugar Shack”
1962: Acker Bilk, “Stranger on the Shore” (Nominated)
1961: Bobby Lewis, “Tossin’ and Turnin’”
1960: Percy Faith, “Theme from A Summer Place” (Won)
1959: Johnny Horton, “The Battle of New Orleans” (Won)
1958: Domenico Modugno, “Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)” (Won)