| 100% | JONIMITCHELL | 12 | 15-Across and 44-Across singer-songwriter who was honored with a Gershwin Award in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 63% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | 15-Across and 27-Across singer who was the first woman honored with a "Billboard" Icon Award (2 wds) |
| 58% | DIERKSBENTLEY | 13 | Singer of 15-Across and 29-Across who was honored with an Academy of Country Music's Merle Haggard Spirit Award (2 wds.) |
| 57% | JANETJACKSON | 12 | "Rhythm Nation" singer who was honored with a "Billboard" Icon Award in 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 57% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | "For Once in My Life" singer who was honored with a "Billboard" Icon Award in 2012 (2 wds.) |
| 57% | KALIUCHIS | 9 | 15-Across and 32-Across singer-songwriter who was honored as the Top Latin Female Artist at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards (2 wds.) |
| 54% | MARYJBLIGE | 10 | "Be Without You" singer who was honored with a "Billboard" Icon Award in 2022 (3 wds.) |
| 54% | MARIARESSA | 10 | Filipino American journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was honored with a 2024 Carnegie Great Immigrants award: 2 wds. |
| 53% | JOCELYNALO | 10 | Softball player who won two National Championships with the Oklahoma Sooners and who was honored with a Best College Athlete, Women's Sports ESPY Award in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ARTTATUM | 8 | Arthur, a blind 20th century jazz pianist, who was honored with a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989: 2 wds. |
| 52% | JANELLEMONAE | 12 | "Dirty Computer" pop funk singer who was honored with the 2023 Soul Train Spirit of Soul Award: 2 wds. |
| 51% | BOBBYRYDELL | 11 | "Volare" singer who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | GARRETTMORRIS | 13 | "2 Broke Girls" actor who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | MINDYKALING | 11 | "The Office" actress who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ELLENPOMPEO | 11 | "Grey's Anatomy" actress who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ELVISCOSTELLO | 13 | "Veronica" new wave singer who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | TANYATUCKER | 11 | "Delta Dawn" country singer who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | DRAKE | 5 | Singer of 15-Across, 28-Across, and 38-Across who was honored with the Artist of the Decade Award at the 2021 "Billboard" Music Awards |
| 50% | CYNDILAUPER | 11 | "Time After Time" singer who was honored with the "Billboard" Women in Music Icon Award in 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 49% | SAULBELLOW | 10 | "Herzog" author and Nobel Prize winner who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 49% | NELLYKORDA | 10 | LPGA player ranked World #1 in 2021 who was honored with a Best Athlete, Women's Golf ESPY Award in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 49% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "If You Had My Love" singer who was honored with the "Billboard" Women in Music Icon Award in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 49% | SHANIATWAIN | 11 | "That Don't Impress Me Much" singer who was honored with the "Billboard" Women in Music Icon Award in 2016 (2 wds.) |
| 48% | LADYGAGA | 8 | Singer of 15-Across, 9-Down, and 22-Down who will appear in the 2018 remake of "A Star Is Born" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | YOLANDAADAMS | 12 | "Be Blessed" gospel singer who was honored with the 2019 Soul Train Lady of Soul Award: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | "The Iron Lady" Oscar winner who was honored with Lincoln Center's Chaplin Award in 2008: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MAHALIAJACKSON | 14 | Gospel singer honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972 whose last name is a city in Mississippi (2 wds.) |
| 47% | HELENMIRREN | 11 | "The Queen" Oscar winner who was honored with Lincoln Center's Chaplin Award in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CATEBLANCHETT | 13 | "Blue Jasmine" Oscar winner who was honored with Lincoln Center's Chaplin Award in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MEGANTHEE | 9 | With 46-Across, "Savage" rapper who both hosted and was the musical act in a 2022 "SNL" episode: 2 wds. |