| 100% | SEAT | 4 | "A ___ at the Table" (Solange album that Pitchfork named the best album of 2016) |
| 76% | SOLANGE | 7 | Her "A Seat at the Table" was named the best album of 2016 by Pitchfork |
| 53% | SEAT | 4 | “A ___ at the Table” (2016 Solange album) |
| 51% | BEYONCE | 7 | Her "Lemonade" was named the third-best album of 2016 by Pitchfork |
| 50% | DAVIDBOWIE | 10 | His "Blackstar" was named the fourth-best album of 2016 by Pitchfork: 2 wds. |
| 50% | FRANKOCEAN | 10 | His "Blonde" was named the second-best album of 2016 by Pitchfork: 2 wds. |
| 48% | SOLANGE | 7 | One-named singer with the 2016 #1 album "A Seat at the Table" |
| 47% | SEAT | 4 | "A ___ at the Table" (Solange album) |
| 47% | TOPIMPA | 7 | With 48-Across, Kendrick Lamar album that won Best Rap Album at the 2016 Grammys: 3 wds. |
| 46% | RED | 3 | Color that's the name of a Taylor Swift album |
| 45% | VINICIUS | 8 | Official mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics that was named after a poet de Moraes |
| 45% | KOOL | 4 | Brand at a checkout counter that's also the name of a Phoenix radio station |
| 45% | SOLANGE | 7 | Singer with the 2016 #1 album "A Seat at the Table" |
| 45% | SOLANGE | 7 | Artist with the 2016 No. 1 album “A Seat at the Table” |
| 45% | SOLANGE | 7 | Grammy-winning artist with the 2016 album "A Seat at the Table" |
| 44% | ELEANOR | 7 | First name on a headstone at the graveyard of St. Peter's Church that inspired a Beatles song |
| 44% | ANGRY | 5 | ___ Birds, mobile game that inspired a 2016 animated comedy movie of the same name |
| 44% | CABBAGEPATCHKID | 15 | Doll at the center of 1983's Black Friday craze that eventually lent its name to a popular dance |
| 43% | SEAT | 4 | "A ___ at the Table" (Solange album with the single "Don't Touch My Hair") |
| 43% | ARE | 3 | "Diamonds ___ a Girl's Best Friend," song that Kylie Minogue performed at the opening ceremony of Fox Studios in Sydney |
| 43% | LIKEAPRAYER | 11 | 1989 pop rock song by Madonna that is a part of her fourth studio album of the same name: 3 wds. |
| 42% | STARBOY | 7 | The Weeknd's 2016 album, that has a single by the same name, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 42% | INC | 3 | Abbr. at the end of a company's name |
| 42% | CIE | 3 | Abbr. at the end of a French business name |
| 42% | USS | 3 | Letters at the start of a destroyer's name |
| 42% | ALTAR | 5 | Table at the end of a bridal path |
| 42% | INC | 3 | Abbr. at the end of a co. name |
| 42% | SEAT | 4 | Solange's "A __ at the Table" |
| 41% | HERMES | 6 | French luxury-goods maker that shares a name with the Greek messenger of the gods |
| 41% | OCEAN | 5 | Frank whose “Blonde” topped Pitchfork’s “200 Best Albums of the 2010s” list |