| 100% | ENVOGUE | 7 | "Hold On" R&B group formed in Oakland |
| 44% | ARABLEAGUE | 10 | Group formed in Cairo in 1945 |
| 44% | BTS | 3 | Group formed in Seoul in 2010 |
| 43% | ALANON | 6 | Support group formed in 1951 |
| 42% | NATO | 4 | Defense group formed in 1949: Abbr. |
| 42% | DRU | 3 | R. & B. group ___ Hill |
| 42% | NATO | 4 | International defense group formed in 1949: Abbr. |
| 42% | ONO | 3 | Plastic ___ Band (music group formed in 1969) |
| 41% | DRU | 3 | R & B group ___ Hill |
| 41% | LEON | 4 | US rock group formed in 1999, "Kings of ___" |
| 41% | TLC | 3 | “Unpretty” R. & B. group |
| 40% | MYA | 3 | R&B singer on "Dancing with the Stars" in 2009 [anagram of YAM] |
| 40% | MYA | 3 | R&B singer who placed second on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2009 |
| 40% | BETATHETAPI | 11 | Group formed at Miami University in 1839 |
| 40% | OMEGAPSIPHI | 11 | Group formed at Howard University in 1911 |
| 40% | ALPHACHIRHO | 11 | Group formed at Trinity College in 1895 |
| 40% | ENVOGUE | 7 | In fashion; a 90s R&B female group |
| 40% | BLACKSTREET | 11 | R. & B. group that sang “No Diggity” |
| 40% | MYA | 3 | R&B singer who placed second on "Dancing With the Stars" in fall 2009 |
| 40% | ACT | 3 | ___ Up, political group formed in response to the AIDS crisis |
| 40% | ENVOGUE | 7 | *R&B group with the 1990 hit "Hold On" |
| 39% | LINEA | 5 | Top thing filled in on an I.R.S. form |
| 39% | TAUDELTAPHI | 11 | Group formed at C.C.N.Y. in 1910 |
| 39% | JODECI | 6 | Group with five #1 R&B hits in the 1990s |
| 39% | THEMGS | 6 | Backup singers in a 1960's R & B group |
| 38% | DIANAROSS | 9 | R&B singer who headlined the Essence Festival in New Orleans on June 30: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TITO | 4 | Singer in the Jackson 5 whose sons formed the R&B group 3T |
| 37% | CULTHERO | 8 | Person held on a pedestal by a small group |
| 37% | CELLBLOCK | 9 | Group of holding rooms in a jail |
| 37% | JUNES | 5 | ___ Diary (girl group formed on the reality show “Chasing Destiny”) |