| 100% | EMI | 3 | Big Four record co. that broke up in 2012 |
| 63% | EMI | 3 | Big music label that broke up in 2012 |
| 57% | DAS | 3 | ___ Racist (alternative-rap trio that broke up in 2012) |
| 57% | EMI | 3 | Music conglomerate that broke up in 2012 |
| 53% | EMI | 3 | Recording giant broken up in 2012 |
| 46% | EMI | 3 | Former Big Four record co. |
| 46% | USSR | 4 | Country that broke up in 1991 |
| 45% | USSR | 4 | Superpower that broke up in 1991: Abbr. |
| 44% | USSR | 4 | Superpower that broke up in the early 1990s: Abbr. |
| 42% | MCA | 3 | Record co. that bought Motown in 1988 |
| 36% | IBM | 3 | Co. nicknamed Big Blue that announced a corporate spin-off in October, 2020 |
| 34% | ROAST | 5 | Sunday dinner that's "mixed up" in four answers |
| 34% | EMI | 3 | Former Big Four record company |
| 34% | PLOWS | 5 | Breaks up, in a way |
| 34% | DISBAND | 7 | Break up, in a way |
| 34% | USSR | 4 | It broke up in Dec. 1991 |
| 34% | SSRS | 4 | They broke up in 1991: Abbr. |
| 34% | USSR | 4 | It broke up in 1991 (Abbr.) |
| 34% | EMI | 3 | ___ Group ("big four" record co.) |
| 34% | EMI | 3 | Former “big four” record co. |
| 33% | PLOW | 4 | Farm machine that breaks up soil |
| 33% | HARROW | 6 | Agricultural tool that breaks up soil |
| 33% | HOE | 3 | Gardening item that breaks up soil |
| 33% | EMI | 3 | One of the "big four" record labels until its 2012 breakup |
| 33% | SEVENTY | 7 | McCartney announced Beatles break up in 19 __ |
| 33% | MABELL | 6 | ''She'' got broken up in the '80s |
| 33% | ERAS | 4 | “Taylor Swift: The ___ Tour” (movie that broke the record for highest-grossing concert film shortly after its release, in October, 2023) |
| 32% | PANGEA | 6 | It broke up in the age of dinosaurs |
| 32% | SUPERFREAKY | 11 | With 50-Across, 2022 Nicki Minaj hit that broke Spotify's record for a solo female rapper's biggest debut: 2 wds. |
| 32% | HOED | 4 | Broke up some clods in the garden |