| 100% | EVIL | 4 | "___ Ways" (Santana's first Top 10 hit song) |
| 67% | BORDERLINE | 10 | Madonna's first top 10 hit |
| 66% | SPANISHHARLEM | 13 | Ben E. King's first Top 10 hit |
| 64% | WHATYOUNEED | 11 | INXS's first top 10 hit, from 1986: 3 wds. |
| 64% | BORDERLINE | 10 | Madonna's first top 10 song |
| 63% | PEOPLE | 6 | Barbra Streisand's first Top 10 song |
| 60% | ADIA | 4 | Top 10 hit song for Sarah McLachlan |
| 59% | BEVERLYHILLS | 12 | Single from the album "Make Believe" that was 42-Across's first Top 10 hit (2 wds.) |
| 59% | SULTANS | 7 | First top 10 hit for Dire Straits: __ of Swing |
| 58% | STILLINTOYOU | 12 | 2013 single that was Paramore's first Top 10 hit on the "Billboard" Mainstream Top 40 chart (3 wds.) |
| 58% | ATEENAGERINLOVE | 15 | Dion and the Belmonts' first Top 10 hit |
| 57% | KISSME | 6 | Top 10 hit song for Sixpence None the Richer (2 wds.) |
| 57% | GTO | 3 | "Little" car in a 1964 top 10 hit song |
| 57% | NAVY | 4 | The Village People Top 10 hit song "In the ___" |
| 57% | BROKENHEARTED | 13 | 1995 top 10 hit by Brandy, about a teenager's first disappointment in love |
| 57% | MAGICMAN | 8 | 1976 Heart song that was their first top 10 hit: 2 wds. |
| 57% | DONTSTARTNOW | 12 | Top 10 hit song by Dua Lipa on "Future Nostalgia" (3 wds.) |
| 56% | SPINNINGWHEEL | 13 | 1969 Top 10 hit song by Blood, Sweat & Tears (2 wds.) |
| 56% | BADMOONRISING | 13 | 1969 Top 10 hit song by Creedence Clearwater Revival (3 wds.) |
| 56% | ISTARTEDAJOKE | 13 | 1969 Top 10 hit song by the Bee Gees (4 wds.) |
| 56% | ONLY | 4 | Word before "Sixteen," "Time" and "You" in top 10 hit songs |
| 54% | CELINEDION | 10 | Singer whose first top 10 hit was "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" |
| 54% | BLACKMAGICWOMAN | 15 | Colorful Top 10 Santana hit |
| 54% | YOUNGERNOW | 10 | 2017 album by 38-Across featuring the Top 10 hit song "Malibu" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | CALLOUTMYNAME | 13 | 2018 Top 10 hit song by The Weeknd included on 49-Across (4 wds.) |
| 54% | BETTER | 6 | 2018 song that was 17-Across's first solo top 10 hit |
| 53% | SARA | 4 | Singer Bareilles with the 2007 top 10 hit "Love Song" |
| 53% | EVIL | 4 | Santana hit song "___ Ways" |
| 52% | CALLOUTMYNAME | 13 | 2018 Top 10 hit song by 50-Across on the "My Dear Melancholy" EP (4 wds.) |
| 52% | IFEELITCOMING | 13 | 2016 Top 10 hit song by The Weeknd and Daft Punk included on 49-Across (4 wds.) |