| 100% | FRANKLIN | 8 | Aretha ___, "Respect" singer who was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Citation |
| 79% | MONK | 4 | Thelonious ___, "Round Midnight" musician who was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Citation |
| 79% | ELLINGTON | 9 | Duke ___, "Money Jungle" composer who was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Citation |
| 78% | GEORGE | 6 | ___ Gershwin, "Rhapsody in Blue" composer who was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Citation |
| 71% | DYLAN | 5 | Bob ___, "Mr. Tambourine Man" singer who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation |
| 70% | ARETHAFRANKLIN | 14 | "Respect" singer who was posthumously awarded a 2019 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation: 2 wds. |
| 62% | HANKWILLIAMS | 12 | "Your Cheatin' Heart" singer who was posthumously awarded a 2010 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation: 2 wds. |
| 56% | JOHNCOLTRANE | 12 | "Blue Train" jazz saxophonist who was posthumously awarded a 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation: 2 wds. |
| 47% | LAMAR | 5 | Kendrick ___, "Money Trees" rapper who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Music |
| 45% | IDA | 3 | ___ B. Wells, African-American civil rights leader who was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize special citation |
| 43% | SAGAN | 5 | Carl ___, astrophysicist who was the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and multiple Emmy Awards |
| 38% | OLIVIADEAN | 10 | "Messy" singer who was nominated for a 2023 Mercury Prize (2 wds.) |
| 37% | JESSIEWARE | 10 | "That! Feels Good!" singer who was nominated for a 2023 Mercury Prize (2 wds.) |
| 37% | JANETJACKSON | 12 | "Rhythm Nation" singer who was honored with a "Billboard" Icon Award in 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 36% | DRAKE | 5 | "Sticky" singer who is nominated for a 2022 American Music Award for Artist of the Year |
| 36% | EDITH | 5 | Wharton who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 36% | ZAPPA | 5 | Frank who was honored with a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997 |
| 35% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | "For Once in My Life" singer who was honored with a "Billboard" Icon Award in 2012 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ADELE | 5 | "Easy on Me" singer who is nominated for a 2022 American Music Award for Artist of the Year |
| 35% | PHOEBEBRIDGERS | 14 | 16-Across and 31-Across singer who was nominated for a 2020 Best New Artist Grammy Award (2 wds.) |
| 35% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | 15-Across and 27-Across singer who was the first woman honored with a "Billboard" Icon Award (2 wds) |
| 35% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | "Anti-Hero" singer who is nominated for a 2022 American Music Award for Artist of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MARYJBLIGE | 10 | "Be Without You" singer who was honored with a "Billboard" Icon Award in 2022 (3 wds.) |
| 35% | BOBDYLAN | 8 | Singer/songwriter who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ADELE | 5 | Singer who was awarded an M.B.E. in 2013 |
| 34% | AGEE | 4 | He won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 1958 |
| 33% | BOB | 3 | Singer-songwriter Dylan who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 33% | RUBINSTEIN | 10 | Polish-born musician who was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 33% | MORENO | 6 | Rita who was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004 |