| 100% | POLICE | 6 | Band whose final album, "Synchronicity," was their most popular, with "The" |
| 51% | VAST | 4 | Alternative rock band with the song "Touched" whose name is an abbreviation and also the title of their first album |
| 48% | REM | 3 | Band whose final album was 2011's "Collapse Into Now" |
| 46% | PAPAROACH | 9 | Hard rock band whose most recent album is "The Connection": 2 wds. |
| 46% | REM | 3 | Band whose final studio album was "Collapse Into Now" (2011) |
| 46% | REM | 3 | Band whose final studio album was 2011's "Collapse into Now" |
| 45% | MGMT | 4 | Rock band with the song "Kids" whose name is short for their original name, "The Management" |
| 45% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose new album "Voyage" is their first in 40 years |
| 45% | YIPES | 5 | Milwaukee band whose first album (named after themselves) was in 1979 and their most recent album (named after themselves!) was in 2018 |
| 44% | REM | 3 | Alt-rock band whose final studio album was 2011's "Collapse Into Now" |
| 43% | ACDC | 4 | Band whose most recent album was 2020's appropriately titled "Power Up" |
| 43% | REM | 3 | Band whose debut album, "Murmur," was Rolling Stone's 1983 Album of the Year |
| 42% | WAFFLE | 6 | Dessert whose Belgian variety are the most popular and may be served with maple syrup |
| 41% | BUDGRANT | 8 | NFL coach whose long stint with the Vikings was the most successful period of their history: 2 wds. |
| 41% | OKGO | 4 | Rock band whose name is two letters off from their 2005 album "Oh No" |
| 41% | GUNSNROSES | 10 | Band whose "Appetite for Destruction" was the best-selling debut album of all time |
| 41% | BACKSTREETBOYS | 14 | Five-member band whose "Millennium" was the best-selling album of 1999 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ACDC | 4 | Band whose "Back in Black" is the second-best-selling album of all time |
| 41% | CARLYRAE | 8 | With 15-Across, artist whose album The Loveliest Time was released today |
| 40% | IKEA | 4 | Store whose most popular product is the Billy bookcase |
| 40% | IKEA | 4 | Store whose most popular item is the Billy bookcase |
| 40% | PINKFLOYD | 9 | Rock band whose "The Dark Side of the Moon" album was released in 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | MODESTMOUSE | 11 | Band with the 2007 #1 album "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" |
| 39% | ARCADEFIRE | 10 | Indie rock band whose "The Suburbs" was the Grammys' 2010 Album of the Year |
| 39% | LILBABY | 7 | Rapper whose "My Turn" was the most-streamed album of 2020 |
| 38% | TOURISTS | 8 | The —, rock band featuring Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart whose eponymous debut album was released in 1979 |
| 38% | BASTILLE | 8 | Band with the album "Bad Blood" that was a first-time Grammy nominee for Best New Artist |
| 38% | ARMADILLO | 9 | Burrowing mammal of the Americas much of whose body is covered with strong horny plates |
| 38% | HEN | 3 | Bird whose eggs are the most popular |
| 37% | REM | 3 | Band whose final top-40 hit was "Bang and Blame" |