| 100% | JEWEL | 5 | "Foolish Games" singer who wrote the poetry volume "A Night Without Armor" |
| 44% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Singer who wrote the poetry collection "The Lords and the New Creatures" |
| 44% | PATTISMITH | 10 | "Because the Night" singer-songwriter who wrote "Babel," a book of poetry and drawings (2 wds.) |
| 42% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Rock star who wrote the poetry collection "The American Night" |
| 42% | OCEAN | 5 | Vuong who wrote the poetry collection “Time Is a Mother” |
| 40% | LFRANKBAUM | 10 | *Best-selling novelist who wrote the children's poetry volume "Father Goose" |
| 39% | MASHA | 5 | Gessen who wrote the 2012 Putin biography "The Man Without a Face" |
| 39% | OCEAN | 5 | Vuong who wrote the elegiac poetry collection “Time Is a Mother” (April, 2022) |
| 38% | HOYLE | 5 | Edmond who wrote a treatise on the game of whist |
| 38% | JOHNLEGEND | 10 | "All of Me" singer who wrote a song in "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ANI | 3 | Singer DiFranco who wrote a book of poetry called "Verses" |
| 36% | SINEADOCONNOR | 13 | Singer who got banned from "Saturday Night Live" for ripping up a picture of the pope: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TOI | 3 | Derricotte who wrote the poetry collection “Tender” |
| 35% | BAEZ | 4 | Folk singer Joan who wrote the memoir "And A Voice to Sing With" |
| 35% | SAMSMITH | 8 | Singer who wrote The Writing's on the Wall in 2015 |
| 35% | JEWEL | 5 | "Foolish Games" singer who hosted the Bravo reality series "Platinum Hit" |
| 35% | JONIMITCHELL | 12 | "Both Sides Now" singer-songwriter who wrote "Morning Glory on the Vine," a book of poetry and drawings (2 wds.) |
| 35% | CHER | 4 | One-named singer who wrote the memoir "The First Time" |
| 34% | BILLIEEILISH | 12 | "Bad Guy" singer who was both the host and musical guest on a 2021 "Saturday Night Live" episode: 2 wds. |
| 34% | POE | 3 | Who wrote the line "Once upon a midnight dreary ..." |
| 34% | GAYE | 4 | Singer Marvin who performed a memorable version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game |
| 33% | PETERGABRIEL | 12 | "Big Time" singer who won 10 MTV Video Music Awards in 1987, the most wins ever in a single night: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SARA | 4 | Paretsky who wrote the 2018 detective novel "Shell Game" |
| 33% | MITSKI | 6 | Singer who wrote the lyric "Give me one good movie kiss and I'll be alright" |
| 33% | PATTILABELLE | 12 | "New Attitude" singer who wrote the cookbook "Recipes for the Good Life": 2 wds. |
| 33% | CIARDI | 6 | John who wrote the textbook "How Does a Poem Mean?" |
| 32% | WALTERBENJAMIN | 14 | German philosopher who wrote, “The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope” |
| 32% | RONNIEJAMESDIO | 14 | Black Sabbath lead singer who wrote the 2021 memoir "Rainbow in the Dark" (3 wds.) |
| 32% | PELE | 4 | Athlete who wrote the memoir "My Life and the Beautiful Game" |
| 32% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote the opening line "Once upon a midnight dreary ..." |