It’s been 12 years since the Grammys made a choice for best new artist that will likely haunt the Recording Academy for the rest of its days. Macklemore is hardly the first musician to win best new artist, then fail to replicate that early-career Grammy high. The first best-new-artist winner, Bobby Darin, died at the age of 37, 14 years after taking home the award. The Carpenters took home the award over Elton John in 1971; the group’s subsequent years were marked by health struggles and drug abuse. A Taste of Honey won over Elvis Costello, who went on to become one of the most admired songwriters of his generation.