| 100% | BLONDIE | 7 | "Call Me" New Wave band who sold their music catalog in 2020 |
| 68% | THEKILLERS | 10 | "Mr. Brightside" alt-rock band who sold their music catalog in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 41% | JOHNLEGEND | 10 | "All of Me" R&B singer who sold his music catalog in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 37% | HAIM | 4 | Band who released Women in Music Pt. III in 2020 |
| 36% | SHAKIRA | 7 | "Waka Waka" pop singer who sold her music catalog in 2021 |
| 32% | SQUEEZE | 7 | New wave band known for Black Coffee in Bed |
| 32% | XTC | 3 | British New Wave band originally called Helium Kidz |
| 31% | ELVISCOSTELLO | 13 | "Veronica" new wave singer who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THOMPSONTWINS | 13 | British New Wave band with the 1984 hit "Hold Me Now": 2 wds. |
| 30% | EURYTHMICS | 10 | Duo who performed their song "Would I Lie to You?" to open the second MTV Video Music Awards, in 1985 |
| 29% | SIMPLEMINDS | 11 | Scottish New Wave band with the 1985 hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)": 2 wds. |
| 28% | DURANDURAN | 10 | "Rio" New Wave band that released a self-titled album in both 1981 and 1993: 2 wds. |
| 27% | OKGO | 4 | Band that danced on treadmills in their breakout music video: 2 wds. |
| 27% | KIKI | 4 | Dee who sings "I've Got the Music in Me" |
| 27% | DAFTPUNK | 8 | Get Lucky music duo who called it quits in 2021 |
| 27% | DEVO | 4 | Big name in new wave music |
| 27% | MODE | 4 | New Wave band Depeche ___ |
| 27% | OINGO | 5 | New Wave band ___ Boingo |
| 27% | OINGO | 5 | New wave band __ Boingo |
| 27% | HAIM | 4 | Pop band with the 2020 album "Women in Music Pt. III" |
| 27% | ZOE | 3 | Actress Saldana who appears in Sia's new "Free Me" video |
| 26% | BOBDYLAN | 8 | He sold his music to Universal for $300m in 2020 |
| 26% | BLACKPINK | 9 | "How You Like That" band who won Song of Summer at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards |
| 26% | AHA | 3 | Band that won six MTV Video Music Awards for "Take On Me" in 1986 (Hyph.) |
| 26% | BOTHAM | 6 | I T —, England Test cricketer who hit 138 against New Zealand at Wellington in 1984 |
| 26% | MCR | 3 | Band who reunited in LA on December 20, 2019 where over 5,000 tickets sold out in 4 minutes (abbr.) |
| 26% | ARTUROTOSCANINI | 15 | Who quipped "God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way" |
| 26% | OINGO | 5 | ___ Boingo (rhyming New Wave band) |
| 26% | CLUB | 4 | 1980s new wave band Culture ___ |
| 26% | OINGO | 5 | Eighties New Wave band ___ Boingo |