| 100% | MELTORME | 8 | Big band singer and composer nicknamed The Velvet Fog who died in 1999 |
| 36% | JEWEL | 5 | Singer and actress who played Sue Lee Shelley in 1999 film drama Ride with the Devil |
| 36% | DORISDAY | 8 | Big band singer and actress in Calamity Jane |
| 35% | TORME | 5 | Singer nicknamed the Velvet Fog |
| 34% | HULL | 4 | Rod —, entertainer who died in 1999, associated with the puppet Emu |
| 33% | GALLAGHER | 9 | English singer and frontman of the band Oasis, Liam, who released his debut solo album in October |
| 33% | MEL | 3 | Singer Tormé who was nicknamed "the Velvet Fog" |
| 32% | SCOTTJOPLIN | 11 | US pianist and composer associated with the ragtime style who died in 1917 |
| 31% | RODHULL | 7 | Entertainer associated with the puppet Emu who died in 1999 |
| 31% | TORME | 5 | Singer nicknamed "The Velvet Fog" |
| 31% | MELTORME | 8 | Singer nicknamed "The Velvet Fog" |
| 31% | STING | 5 | Singer and actor who played Baron Frankenstein in 1985 film fantasy The Bride |
| 30% | TORME | 5 | Singer Mel, nicknamed the "Velvet Fog" |
| 30% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | Singer and bass guitarist for the Beatles who was knighted in 1997: 2 wds. |
| 30% | AIMEE | 5 | Singer Mann who was once in the band 'Til Tuesday |
| 30% | KEMP | 4 | Gary —, singer and actor who portrayed Ronald Kray in 1990 biopic The Krays |
| 30% | TORME | 5 | Singer Mel nicknamed "The Velvet Fog" |
| 29% | BELAFONTE | 9 | Singer and actor Harry who died in 2023 aged 95 |
| 29% | CHER | 4 | Singer who was married to Sonny Bono and Gregg Allman in the 1970s |
| 29% | MEL | 3 | Singer Tormé nicknamed "the Velvet Fog" |
| 29% | GENE | 4 | Film critic Siskel who died in 1999 |
| 29% | NAIL | 4 | Jimmy —, singer and actor who played the title role in 1990s BBC TV drama series Spender |
| 29% | MORRISON | 8 | Doors singer who died young and is buried in Paris |
| 28% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "Selena" singer and actress who plays an ex-assassin in the new movie "The Mother": 2 wds. |
| 28% | STONE | 5 | Joss —, English singer and actress who portrayed Anne of Cleves in US television drama series The Tudors |
| 28% | ELO | 3 | Big '70s-'80s band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 |
| 28% | JLO | 3 | Nickname for the female singer who became an "American Idol" judge in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BAEZ | 4 | Singer Joan who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April |
| 28% | NICKIMINAJ | 10 | "Anaconda" singer who has lived in both Trinidad and the US: 2 wds. |