| 100% | SALTNPEPA | 9 | "Foodie" rap group with the 1986 debut album "Hot, Cool & Vicious": Hyph. |
| 46% | BEASTIEBOYS | 11 | Rap group with the classic 1986 album "Licensed to Ill" … or a description of 17-, 24-, 48- and 57-Across? |
| 45% | BANANARAMA | 10 | "Foodie" pop group with the 1983 debut album "Deep Sea Skiving" |
| 37% | ONYX | 4 | Rap group with the 1993 hit "Slam" |
| 35% | ICET | 4 | Rapper with the debut album "Rhyme Pays" (Hyph.) |
| 35% | BANANARAMA | 10 | Girl group with the 1986 #1 hit "Venus" |
| 35% | BANANARAMA | 10 | Female group with the 1986 #1 single "Venus" |
| 35% | PEARLJAM | 8 | Group with the #1 album "Vitalogy" |
| 35% | BANANARAMA | 10 | All-female group with the 1986 #1 hit "Venus" |
| 34% | MDS | 3 | Force ___ (R&B group with the 1986 hit "Tender Love") |
| 34% | REM | 3 | Group with the #1 album "Out of Time" |
| 34% | ELO | 3 | Group with the '79 double-platinum album "Discovery" |
| 34% | JETHROTULL | 10 | Group with the 1971 3x platinum album "Aqualung" |
| 34% | REM | 3 | Group with the monster 1994 album "Monster" |
| 34% | BTS | 3 | Group with the 2020 #1 album "Be" |
| 33% | SADE | 4 | Group with the 2010 chart-topping album "Soldier of Love" |
| 33% | REM | 3 | Group with the No. 1 album "Out of Time" |
| 33% | ABBA | 4 | Group with the hit 1978 album "The Album" |
| 33% | MOTLEYCRUE | 10 | Group with the 6x platinum album "Dr. Feelgood" |
| 33% | RASCAL | 6 | ___ Flatts (country group with the 2014 album "Rewind") |
| 33% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group with the 2021 album "Voyage" |
| 33% | ACDC | 4 | Group with the 22x platinum album "Back in Black" |
| 33% | DEFLEPPARD | 10 | Rock group with the 12-time platinum album "Hysteria" |
| 33% | REM | 3 | Band with the 1983 debut album "Murmur" |
| 33% | SADE | 4 | Singer with the 1986 #1 album "Promise" |
| 33% | ONED | 4 | Group with the 2012 chart-topping album "Up All Night," to fans |
| 32% | GOGOS | 5 | Group with the 1981 #1 album "Beauty and the Beat" |
| 32% | AHA | 3 | Norwegian group with the 1985 song "Take On Me": Hyph. |
| 32% | AHA | 3 | Norwegian group with the 1985 hit "Take on Me": Hyph. |
| 32% | AHA | 3 | Pop group with the 1985 hit "Take On Me": Hyph. |