According to a study published in the journal BMJ Open, solo artists are at an increased risk to die in comparison to artists performing in groups.

A group of researchers from the UK has said they have based their study on the assessment of 1,400 European and North American artists, who used to perform between 1956 and 2006.

After assessing them, the study researchers reached at a conclusion that chances of early death among solo artists were more than those who performed in groups. Some of the solo artists, who have died prematurely, are Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Jimi Hendrix and Amy Winehouse.

In order to derive complete knowledge of the artists, study researchers gathered information of their personal lives and childhood from different websites. To know their professional success, international polls were evaluated.

Honey Langcaster-James, a psychologist, who specializes in the celebrity behavior, said, "Even for the general population, psychology research has found that people with support have increased lifespan - and those in a band may benefit even more from this".

The researchers concluded by saying that the premature death risk was two times more among solo singers in comparison to group singers.