| 100% | ELI | 3 | Country singer Mike who's in a band with James Young |
| 42% | TROY | 4 | Country singer Gentry who died in a helicopter crash on September 8 |
| 38% | IRAN | 4 | Country with whom the US announced a deal in July |
| 36% | ALOE | 4 | Singer ___ Blacc who had a top-10 hit in 2014 with "The Man" |
| 36% | HANSON | 6 | Musician Zac who is in a pop band with his two brothers |
| 36% | ALAN | 4 | Singer Jackson who's in the Country Music Hall of Fame |
| 35% | DIDO | 4 | One-named singer who had a big hit with "Thank You" in 2001 |
| 35% | ETTA | 4 | Soul singer ___ James, who sang "At Last" on "Dancing with the Stars" in 2009 |
| 34% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Candle in the Wind" singer who said of his upcoming farewell tour, "It's a way of going out with a bang": 2 wds. |
| 34% | MIRANDA | 7 | With 43-Across, country singer who married Blake Shelton in 2011 |
| 34% | REBAMCENTIRE | 12 | Country singer with a hit sitcom |
| 33% | ACDC | 4 | Band with a voltage symbol in its logo |
| 32% | NICKS | 5 | Singer Stevie who performed with Tom Petty in London's Hyde Park in 2017 |
| 32% | REBA | 4 | Country singer McEntire who had a sitcom named after her |
| 31% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band with a lightning bolt in its logo |
| 31% | UGANDA | 6 | Country with a bird in its flag |
| 31% | GLEN | 4 | Country singer Campbell who received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 |
| 31% | TIMMCGRAW | 9 | Country singer who collapsed from dehydration while onstage in Dublin: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MATTEA | 6 | Country singer Kathy with the #1 "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" |
| 31% | ETTA | 4 | Singer James who was played by Beyoncé in a movie |
| 31% | SANTANA | 7 | Rock band with a record-tying eight Grammys in 1999 |
| 31% | ACDC | 4 | Australian rock band with a lightning bolt in its logo |
| 30% | RADIOHEAD | 9 | English rock band with hit albums like "OK Computer", who released their latest album "A Moon Shaped Pool" in 2016 |
| 30% | ALAN | 4 | Singer Jackson with a 2015 "Keepin' It Country" tour |
| 30% | AMY | 3 | Singer Winehouse who was profiled in a 2015 documentary |
| 30% | AIMEE | 5 | Singer Mann who was once in the band 'Til Tuesday |
| 30% | YMA | 3 | Singer who appeared with Charlton in "Secret of the Incas" |
| 30% | STYX | 4 | Band that had a #1 hit in 1979 with "Babe" |
| 30% | GEORGIA | 7 | Country that shares name with a state in the US |