This is great news. I know Radiohead and Trent Reznor had similar results, but to avoid selection bias[1], does anybody know of an artist/musician/producer/etc

This is great news. I know Radiohead and Trent Reznor had similar results, but to avoid selection bias[1], does anybody know of an artist/musician/producer/etc that tried this and failed[2]? [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_bias [2]: or at least wasn't as enormously successful as these three