| 100% | HENRY | 5 | ___ Mancini, American composer and conductor who received 72 Grammy nominations |
| 74% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Williams, American composer and conductor who has received 71 Grammy nominations |
| 49% | JONES | 5 | Quincy ___, American songwriter and composer who has received 80 Grammy nominations |
| 48% | ALANSILVESTRI | 13 | American composer and conductor who scored music for "Back to the Future": 2 wds. |
| 38% | SARGENT | 7 | Malcolm —, English composer and conductor who died in 1967 |
| 35% | STEVIE | 6 | ___ Wonder, American singer who has received 74 Grammy nominations |
| 35% | JAY | 3 | ___ Z, American rapper who has received 77 Grammy nominations |
| 34% | NADIA | 5 | Composer and conductor Boulanger who taught, among others, Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, and Quincy Jones |
| 34% | JOHNWILLIAMS | 12 | American conductor and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1982 movie "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | BERNSTEIN | 9 | Leonard __, American conductor and composer |
| 34% | BEYONCE | 7 | ___ Knowles-Carter, American singer who has received 70 Grammy nominations |
| 32% | FIONA | 5 | Actress Shaw who received Emmy nominations for "Killing Eve" and "Fleabag" in 2019 |
| 31% | FOSS | 4 | Composer and conductor Lukas |
| 31% | GEORGEMCOHAN | 12 | American composer and lyricist |
| 30% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | "Beloved" author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ELDOCTOROW | 10 | "Ragtime" author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2013: 3 wds. |
| 30% | MAHLER | 6 | Austrian composer and conductor |
| 30% | RBS | 3 | American football players who receive handoffs, catch passes and block: Abbr. |
| 30% | JOHNUPDIKE | 10 | "Rabbit, Run" author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2007: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BERLIOZ | 7 | Hector, legendary French composer and conductor |
| 29% | WAGNER | 6 | Richard, German composer and conductor born 1813 |
| 28% | EMINEM | 6 | 16-Across, 21-Across, and 42-Across rapper who has won 15 Grammy Awards from 44 nominations |
| 28% | IVES | 4 | American composer who pioneered in polytonality |
| 28% | HELENHAYES | 10 | American actress nicknamed "First Lady of American Theatre" who has won the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony): 2 wds. |
| 28% | VVEBDUBOIS | 10 | Historian, essayist and civil rights leader who was the first African American to receive a doctorate at Harvard |
| 27% | HERBIEHANCOCK | 13 | American bandleader and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1986 movie "Round Midnight" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | BERNSTEIN | 9 | Conductor and composer Leonard |
| 27% | ANDREWATTS | 10 | Classical pianist who received a 1963 Grammy |
| 26% | MARTHAGRAHAM | 12 | American dancer who was the first dancer to perform at the White House and to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom: 2 wds. |
| 26% | TAR | 3 | 2022 Oscar-nominated film starring Cate Blanchett as a composer and conductor |