Sometimes the Grammys take a long, long, long time to get to you. For instance, legendary country singer Tanya Tucker didn’t win until the two trophies she collected in 2020, when she was 61. This year there may be no artist more overdue than singer Diana Ross, who is 78 now and celebrating her 13th Grammy nom: Best Traditional Pop Album for “Thank You.” This is her first nomination in 40 years, and while she received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, she has never won competitively.

Ross’s nominations include bids for classics like “Baby Love” and “Stop in the Name of Love” with The Supremes, plus solo noms for “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Touch Me in the Morning,” and her Lionel Richie collab “Endless Love,” for which she received her only bid for Record of the Year. Now she’s up for “Thank You,” her 25th studio album which was...