| 100% | HATE | 4 | Death metal band "___ Eternal", formed in 1997 and released its album "Upon Desolate Sands" in October 2018 |
| 33% | ASG | 3 | Stoner metal band from Wilmington, NC, that released their album "Survive Sunrise" in June 2018 |
| 32% | GALLAGHER | 9 | English singer and frontman of the band Oasis, Liam, who released his debut solo album in October |
| 31% | CHEAPTRICK | 10 | "The Flame" rock band that released a self-titled album in both 1977 and 1997: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BACKSTREETBOYS | 14 | Boy band formed in 1993 with a popular eponymous debut album and are famous for their song "I Want It That Way": 2 wds. |
| 27% | INCITE | 6 | Phoenix groove metal band that released the studio album "Built to Destroy" in early 2019 |
| 27% | TOUR | 4 | What the bands in 16a, 33a, and 51a would go on after releasing an album |
| 27% | CREED | 5 | American rock band from the '90s that released their debut album "My Own Prison" in 1997 |
| 27% | LIMP | 4 | ___ Bizkit, '90s American rock band that released their debut album "Three Dollar Bill, Y'all" in 1997 |
| 26% | MOPES | 5 | The rock band "Say Hi" released albums "Numbers & Mumbles" in '04 and "Impeccable Blahs" in '06 with "Ferocious ___" in between |
| 26% | PARAMORE | 8 | "Ain't It Fun" alternative band who released a self-titled #1 album in 2013 |
| 25% | BADU | 4 | Actress and singer Erica Abi Wright, who released her first album (triple platinum) in 1997 under her stage name of Erykah ___ |
| 25% | TOURISTS | 8 | The —, rock band featuring Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart whose eponymous debut album was released in 1979 |
| 25% | DURANDURAN | 10 | "Rio" New Wave band that released a self-titled album in both 1981 and 1993: 2 wds. |
| 25% | YIPES | 5 | Milwaukee band whose first album (named after themselves) was in 1979 and their most recent album (named after themselves!) was in 2018 |
| 25% | FLEETWOODMAC | 12 | "Don't Stop" pop band that released a self-titled album in both 1968 and 1975: 2 wds. |
| 24% | BAS | 3 | Rapper who released the album "Milky Way" in August 2018 |
| 24% | ORE | 3 | Metal in its initial form |
| 24% | ORE | 3 | Metal in its original form |
| 24% | ORE | 3 | Metal in its raw form |
| 24% | TEARSFORFEARS | 13 | 19-Across and 31-Across band whose first album in 18 years, "The Tipping Point," will be released tomorrow (3 wds.) |
| 24% | AOL | 3 | ISP that released its Instant Messenger in 1997 |
| 24% | ORE | 3 | Metal in its just-mined form |
| 23% | IRE | 3 | Game company, started in 1997, that released the MUD "Starmourn" in 2018 (abbr.) |
| 23% | BLAKE | 5 | James ___, English singer who released the album "Assume Form" in 2019 |
| 23% | IRONMAIDEN | 10 | *"A Matter of Life and Death" heavy metal band |
| 23% | DENS | 4 | Baltimore-based indie band "Lower ___" who released their album "The Competition" in 2019 |
| 23% | THEWARONDRUGS | 13 | Band which won the Grammy for Best Rock Album in 2018: 4 wds. |
| 23% | TNT | 3 | Block that can be formed from Gunpowder and Sand, in Minecraft |
| 22% | BEACHBOYS | 9 | The ___, band behind "Good Vibrations" which was formed in 1961 and is still active: 2 wds. |