| 100% | KENNYCHESNEY | 12 | Country music superstar who released his 20th studio album, "Born," in 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | DAVIDBOWIE | 10 | "Fame" and "Let's Dance" rock legend who released his first studio album in a decade in March: 2 wds. |
| 42% | GEORGESTRAIT | 12 | 18-Across and 29-Across singer who released his 30th studio album, "Honky Tonk Time Machine," in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | Liverpudlian music superstar who turned 70 in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 39% | KEITHRICHARDS | 13 | Rolling Stones guitarist who released his memoir "Life" in October 2010: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TERRYBRADSHAW | 13 | NFL star who released five country albums: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SNOOPDOGG | 9 | American rapper with hits like "Young, Wild & Free", who released his latest album "Coolaid" in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 38% | REBAMCENTIRE | 12 | Country music legend who played Colonel Sanders in commercials in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 38% | REBAMCENTIRE | 12 | Country music superstar born March 28, 1955 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | Country music superstar who wrote the novel "Run, Rose, Run " with 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Guetta, French DJ who released his seventh studio album "7" in 2018 |
| 37% | HOODIE | 6 | What the rapper who released his third studio album, "Artist 2.0," this year apparently wears |
| 37% | JACKHARLOW | 10 | 17-Across, 28-Across, and "Whats Poppin" rapper who released his second studio album, "Come Home the Kids Miss You," in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | MEGHANTRAINOR | 13 | 18-Across, 40-Across, and "All About That Bass" singer who released her sixth studio album, "Timeless," in 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | WILLIENELSON | 12 | Country music superstar who wrote the 2015 autobiography "It's a Long Story: My Life" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | Musician who announced his departure from 27-Across by releasing a self-titled solo album in April 1970 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | LADYGAGA | 8 | 15-Across, 9-Down, and 22-Down singer who released the studio album "Mayhem" in 2025 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | JUSTINBIEBER | 12 | Pop singer who released the #1 album "My World 2.0" in 2010, at age 16: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | Pop singer who released the #1 album "… Baby One More Time" in 1999, at age 17: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | Country music star who sang "Islands in the Stream" with 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ONCEAGAIN | 9 | Second studio album by John Legend released in 2006: 2 wds. |
| 35% | BILLIEEILISH | 12 | Singer who released "Birds of a Feather" in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 35% | BERLINTRILOGY | 13 | Name given to the three consecutive studio albums by singer-songwriter David Bowie which were released in the 70s: 2 wds. |
| 35% | OSCARDELAHOYA | 13 | Famed boxer nicknamed "Golden Boy" who released a self-titled Latin Pop album in 2000 - receiving a grammy nomination!: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | Country music star who plays salon owner Truvy in 1989's "Steel Magnolias" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | R&B singer who released the #1 album "Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius" in 1963, at age 13: 2 wds. |
| 34% | RANDYTRAVIS | 11 | Country music superstar who wrote the 2019 autobiography "Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | FETTYWAP | 8 | "Trap Queen" rapper who released a self-titled #1 album in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THOUSANDSUNS | 12 | "A ___," fourth studio album by Linkin Park which released in 2010: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BRADPAISLEY | 11 | Country music superstar who co-wrote the 2011 autobiography "Diary of a Player: How My Musical Heroes Made a Guitar Man Out of Me" (2 wds.) |