Winning a Grammy encourages an artist to amplify the unique aspects of their style

The paper speculates that non-winners may become conformists since they decide to switch strategies in order to win

Or they may be victims of the Silver-Medalist Effect of being scarred by not quite winning. (🥈winners in the Olympics die 2.5 years before 🥇& 4 less than 🥉) 2/2 pic.twitter.com/Vzye5oyLon

— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) August 13, 2022

H/t Ted Underwood.