| 100% | TRES | 4 | "___ Hombres," first Top 40 album by ZZ Top |
| 51% | ABBA | 4 | Pop group whose first Top 40 album was, appropriately, "Arrival" |
| 43% | TRES | 4 | "___ Hombres" (ZZ Top album) |
| 40% | LICENSED | 8 | "___ to Ill," debut album by Beastie Boys that became the first rap album to top the Billboard charts |
| 40% | EATIT | 5 | First Top 40 hit for "Weird Al" |
| 39% | EATIT | 5 | First Top 40 hit for Weird Al Yankovic |
| 39% | LEGS | 4 | 1984 hit song by ZZ Top |
| 39% | BORNTORUN | 9 | Springsteen's first Top 40 hit |
| 39% | THESEEDSOFLOVE | 14 | 1989 studio album by 42-Across whose opening track is the Top 40 hit single "Woman in Chains" (4 wds.) |
| 39% | PIANOMAN | 8 | Billy Joel's first Top 40 hit |
| 39% | UPONCRPLECREEK | 14 | The Band's first Top 40 hit |
| 38% | ROCKMEBA | 8 | B.B. King's first Top 40 hit |
| 38% | AMIE | 4 | Pure Prairie League's first Top 40 hit |
| 37% | FALSEPROPHETS | 13 | 2016 Top 40 single by J. Cole (2 wds.) |
| 37% | LEGS | 4 | ZZ Top song covered by Kid Rock |
| 37% | TRES | 4 | “___ Hombres” (ZZ Top album title that’s also a description of the band) |
| 37% | MIDNIGHTS | 9 | 2022 album by Taylor Swift whose singles made her the first artist to occupy the entire Top 10 of the "Billboard" Hot 100 |
| 37% | ODE | 3 | "___ to My Family" (1994 Top 40 song by the Cranberries) |
| 37% | MUSICOLOGY | 10 | 2004 top-5 album by Prince (1958-2016) |
| 37% | YOURSTRULY | 10 | First studio album by 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THEFIGHTER | 10 | 2016 Top 40 duet by Carrie Underwood and 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | LIFTED | 6 | "Love ___ Me," first solo studio album by Kenny Rogers that released in 1976 |
| 35% | ELLOCO | 6 | ZZ Top album whose name is Spanish for “The Crazy One” |
| 35% | RAPPERSDELIGHT | 14 | First hip-hop single to enter Billboard's Top 40 chart |
| 35% | LABAMBA | 7 | Top 40 hit whose first two words translate to "to dance" |
| 34% | RED | 3 | 2012 Taylor Swift album with six Top 40 hits |
| 34% | ITSMYLIFE | 9 | Top 40 hit from the 2000 Bon Jovi album "Crush" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | PLEASE | 6 | First album released by The Beatles, __ Please Me |
| 33% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose new album "Voyage" is their first in 40 years |
| 33% | NOROLEMODELZ | 12 | Top 40 single from the J. Cole album "2014 Forest Hills Drive" (3 wds.) |