| 100% | THESMITHS | 9 | Band with a 1985 U.K. #1 album titled "Meat Is Murder" |
| 38% | CRAZYSEXYCOOL | 13 | 1994 TLC album with the #1 hits "Creep" and "Waterfalls" whose title is a mash-up of three adjectives |
| 38% | BTS | 3 | K-pop band with the #1 album "Be" |
| 38% | BASTILLE | 8 | Band with the album "Bad Blood" that was a first-time Grammy nominee for Best New Artist |
| 37% | THELUMINEERS | 12 | Denver-based folk rock band with a self-titled 2012 debut album: 2 wds. |
| 36% | VAST | 4 | Alternative rock band with the song "Touched" whose name is an abbreviation and also the title of their first album |
| 36% | MODESTMOUSE | 11 | Band with the 2007 #1 album "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" |
| 35% | SANTANA | 7 | Carlos's band with a 1999 hit album Supernatural |
| 35% | ACDC | 4 | Band with the aptly titled album "Powerage" |
| 35% | IMAGINE | 7 | ___ Dragons, band that performed a song along with 8a which was featured on the "Suicide Squad" soundtrack album |
| 35% | TOTO | 4 | Band with a self-named 1978 debut album |
| 34% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band with a 1980 album that went 25x platinum |
| 34% | IVER | 4 | Bon ___, indie band with a platinum debut album of 2008 |
| 34% | ACDC | 4 | Band with the aptly titled debut album "High Voltage" |
| 33% | BEYONCE | 7 | Famous singer with a hit album titled Lemonade |
| 33% | QUARTERTO | 9 | With 16-Across, title time in a 1961 #1 hit by Gary U.S. Bonds |
| 33% | ACDC | 4 | Band with the aptly titled albums “High Voltage” and “Power Up” |
| 33% | ASHANTI | 7 | Singer with a self-titled #1 album in 2002 |
| 33% | ERESTU | 6 | 1974 hit with a Spanish title meaning "You are" |
| 32% | KANE | 4 | Danity ___, girl group with a self-titled 2006 #1 album |
| 32% | OMAR | 4 | Actor Epps with a recurring role on "This Is Us" |
| 32% | ILLER | 5 | A k___ is someone who has murdered someone |
| 32% | GIRLONFIRE | 10 | Song from Alicia Keys' fifth studio album which was a commercial hit with over 4 million paid downloads in the U.S.: 3 wds. |
| 32% | EISNER | 6 | Will __, US comics artist of A Contract with God |
| 31% | WILCO | 5 | Alt-rock band with the Grammy-winning album "A Ghost Is Born" |
| 31% | NSYNC | 5 | Boy band with the No. 1 hit "It's Gonna Be Me" |
| 31% | AGHA | 4 | Title a Kurdish tribal chieftain will usually be addressed with |
| 31% | FIVE | 4 | With 1-Down, what a posh hotel might be given |
| 31% | REM | 3 | Band with the #1 album "Monster" |
| 31% | AJA | 3 | 1977 album with a palindromic title |