| 100% | JOHNDENVER | 10 | "Annie's Song" singer whose surname is Colorado's capital: 2 wds. |
| 62% | JOEJACKSON | 10 | "Shoeless" White Sox outfielder whose surname is Mississippi's capital: 2 wds. |
| 62% | JOAQUINPHOENIX | 14 | "Joker" actor whose surname is Arizona's capital: 2 wds. |
| 55% | DUALIPA | 7 | Pop singer whose "Levitating" was Billboard's best-performing song of 2021: 2 wds. |
| 52% | PAULACOLE | 9 | Singer whose "I Don't Want to Wait" was the theme song for "Dawson's Creek": 2 wds. |
| 51% | MISSYHIGGINS | 12 | Australian singer (birthday today) whose signature song is "Scar": 2 wds. |
| 51% | JACKSONBROWNE | 13 | "Doctor, My Eyes" singer whose first name is the capital of Mississippi: 2 wds. |
| 50% | PETESEEGER | 10 | Folk singer whose anti-Vietnam War song on 15-/51-Across's show was censored by CBS: 2 wds. |
| 50% | CHRISTINAPERRI | 14 | American singer (birthday today) whose signature song is "A Thousand Years": 2 wds. |
| 49% | CELINEDION | 10 | Singer whose 1998 song "My Heart Will Go On" debuted at #1: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ALJARREAU | 9 | Singer whose "Moonlighting" was the theme song for the TV show of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ALB | 3 | ___ Sure! (singer whose top-selling song was 1988's "Nite and Day": 2 wds. |
| 48% | SINEADOCONNOR | 13 | Singer whose "Nothing Compares 2 U" was a #1 song for four weeks in 1990 (2 wds.) |
| 48% | THEWEEKND | 9 | Canadian singer whose "Blinding Lights" was the #1 song on Spotify in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 48% | CABCALLOWAY | 11 | Big-band leader and jazz singer whose signature song was "Minnie the Moocher": 2 wds. |
| 47% | TRACYCHAPMAN | 12 | Singer whose song "Fast Car," from her self-titled debut album, was a #6 hit in 1988: 2 wds. |
| 47% | LADYGAGA | 8 | Singer-songwriter whose song "Shallow" from the movie "A Star Is Born" won her an Oscar in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JANETJACKSON | 12 | Singer whose "Escapade" was a #1 song for three weeks in 1990 (2 wds.) |
| 46% | FAITHHILL | 9 | Country singer whose song "Breathe" was named the #1 single on Billboard's year-end countdown in 2000 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SARAHMCLACHLAN | 14 | Canadian singer of "Adia" whose name's only vowels are A's: 2 wds. |
| 45% | CYNDILAUPER | 11 | Singer/songwriter whose first #1 hit song was 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ALGREEN | 7 | Singer whose name is an anagram of the word "general": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ALANNAHMYLES | 12 | Singer whose "Black Velvet" was a #1 song for two weeks in 1990 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | MACYGRAY | 8 | "I Try" singer, whose last name is a color: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MITTROMNEY | 10 | 2012 Republican candidate whose campaign song was Kid Rock's "Born Free": 2 wds. |
| 44% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "Jenny from the Block" singer whose birthday it is today: 2 wds. |
| 44% | RANDYNEWMAN | 11 | Singer whose song "I Love L.A." is played after home victories at Dodgers Stadium (2 wds.) |
| 44% | TONESANDI | 9 | Australian singer whose "Dance Monkey" was the #2 song on Spotify in 2020: 3 wds. |
| 44% | KIRSTIEALLEY | 12 | "Cheers" actress whose surname is a place for bowling: 2 wds. |
| 44% | DRPHIL | 6 | Daytime talk show host whose surname is McGraw: 2 wds., abbr. |