| 100% | REM | 3 | Band whose first hit single was "The One I Love" |
| 70% | REM | 3 | Band whose first top-10 hit was "The One I Love" |
| 58% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose first hit in the US was "Waterloo" |
| 57% | TOTO | 4 | Band whose first hit was 1978's "Hold the Line" |
| 53% | POISON | 6 | 1980s hair band whose first Top 20 hit was "Talk Dirty to Me" |
| 51% | MOTLEYCRUE | 10 | 1980s hair band whose first Top 20 hit was "Smokin' in the Boys Room" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | KESHA | 5 | Singer whose first hit single was "TiK ToK" |
| 50% | REM | 3 | Band with the 1987 hit "The One I Love" |
| 49% | ONEREPUBLIC | 11 | Pop band whose first hit was "Apologize" |
| 48% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose first US hit was "Waterloo" |
| 47% | REM | 3 | Band whose first single was "Radio Free Europe" |
| 47% | IGETAROUND | 10 | 1964 Beach Boys hit that was the band's first #1 single: 3 wds. |
| 46% | CARLPERKINS | 11 | Singer known as "The King of Rockabilly" whose first hit singles were with Sun Records (2 wds.) |
| 46% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | Musician whose first single "... Baby one more time" topped the charts in 1998 when she was just 17 years old: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop band whose first US hit was "Waterloo" |
| 45% | DOJACAT | 7 | Singer whose 2021 hit single "Kiss Me More" is nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 45% | REM | 3 | "The One I Love" band |
| 45% | REM | 3 | “The One I Love” band |
| 45% | LOOKWHATYOU | 11 | "___ Made Me Do," the first single from 16a that was released late August and is a huge hit: 3 wds. |
| 45% | AHA | 3 | Band whose biggest hit was "Take on Me": Hyph. |
| 44% | REM | 3 | "The One I Love" rock band |
| 44% | REM | 3 | Alternative rock band whose first single was 1981's "Radio Free Europe" |
| 44% | DEFLEPPARD | 10 | 1980s hair band whose first Top 20 hit was "Photograph" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | KINGSMEN | 8 | With “the,” band whose No. 2 hit “Louie Louie” was recorded in one take |
| 44% | WINGER | 6 | 1980s hair band whose first Top 20 hit was "Headed for a Heartbreak" |
| 43% | SIA | 3 | Australian whose first big hit in the US was "Chandelier" |
| 43% | RAP | 3 | Music genre whose first mainstream hit was by the Sugarhill Gang |
| 42% | LINE | 4 | "I Walk the ___," 1956 song by Johnny Cash that was his first number one hit on Billboard |
| 42% | TAKEITEASY | 10 | 1972 Eagles song that was the band's first single: 3 wds. |
| 42% | ASIA | 4 | 1980s band whose biggest hit was "Heat of the Moment" |