| 100% | SUEME | 5 | "Well, sor-r-ry!" |
| 73% | SUEME | 5 | "Well, sor-r-r-y!" |
| 59% | PATTI | 5 | R&B singer LaBelle best known for "Lady Marmalade" |
| 57% | MACYGRAY | 8 | R&B singer best known for the song I Try |
| 56% | FOOLFORYOU | 10 | Best R&B Song Grammy winner for 39-Across: 3 wds. |
| 55% | CERE | 4 | Wizard: sor___r |
| 53% | HER | 3 | Singer with a 2018 Grammy for Best R&B Album |
| 53% | BEYONCE | 7 | 2021 Best R&B Performance Grammy winner for "Black Parade" |
| 52% | OJAYS | 5 | R&B band best known for "Love Train" and "Back Stabbers," with "the" |
| 52% | JAMIEFOXX | 9 | Winner of a best-actor Oscar and an R. & B. Grammy |
| 50% | HER | 3 | R&B artist who won a Best Original Song Oscar for "Fight for You" |
| 50% | TLC | 3 | Girl group that won a Best R&B Album Grammy for "FanMail" |
| 50% | MUNILONG | 8 | 2023 Best R&B Performance Grammy winner for "Hrs & Hrs": 2 wds. |
| 49% | ILIA | 4 | Fam___r: well-known |
| 47% | THEBOYISMINE | 12 | R&B duet that was the best-selling song in the US in 1998: 4 wds. |
| 47% | SOSIOUXME | 9 | Indian's "Well, sorr-r-ry!"? |
| 47% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Legend, American singer who won a Grammy for Best R&B Album in 2006 |
| 47% | HER | 3 | Artist whose self-titled debut won the 2019 Grammy for Best R&B Album |
| 47% | ELLAMAI | 7 | Singer whose “Boo’d Up” won the 2019 Grammy for Best R. & B. Song |
| 47% | JAZMINESULLIVAN | 15 | Singer whose “Heaux Tales” won the Grammy for Best R. & B. Album (April, 2022) |
| 47% | HER | 3 | Artist whose self-titled debut won a Grammy for Best R&B Album |
| 47% | RAYE | 4 | British R&B singer nominated for Best New Artist at the 2025 Grammys |
| 45% | TOGETHER | 8 | "We Belong ___," song by Mariah Carey that won the Grammy for Best R&B Song |
| 45% | BLACK | 5 | "___ Parade," single by Beyonce which won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance in 2021 |
| 45% | LONG | 4 | Muni ___, "Hrs & Hrs" female singer who won the 2023 Grammy for Best R&B Performance |
| 45% | NEEDEDME | 8 | 2016 Rihanna hit that received a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Performance: 2 wds. |
| 45% | GIRLONFIRE | 10 | Album by 40-Across that won a Grammy for Best R&B Album (3 wds.) |
| 43% | NEYO | 4 | Singer whose song won a Grammy award for the Best R&B Song "Miss Independent:" Hyph. |
| 43% | JEAN | 4 | "Billie ___," song by from 14a that won the Grammy for Best R&B Song in 1984 |
| 43% | JAZMINE | 7 | With 50-Across, 2022 Best R&B Performance Grammy co-winner for "Pick Up Your Feelings" |