| 100% | REM | 3 | Georgia band whose first album was 1983's "Murmur" |
| 86% | REM | 3 | Band whose first album was 1983's "Murmur" |
| 73% | REM | 3 | Alternative rock band whose first album was "Murmur" in 1983 |
| 60% | REM | 3 | Band whose debut album, "Murmur," was Rolling Stone's 1983 Album of the Year |
| 58% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose first album was titled, appropriately, "High Voltage" |
| 51% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose new album "Voyage" is their first in 40 years |
| 51% | NAS | 3 | Rapper whose first album was 1994's "Illmatic" |
| 50% | REM | 3 | Band whose final album was 2011's "Collapse Into Now" |
| 50% | REM | 3 | Band whose last album was 2011's "Collapse Into Now" |
| 50% | TOTO | 4 | Band whose first hit was 1978's "Hold the Line" |
| 49% | TEARSFORFEARS | 13 | 19-Across and 31-Across band whose first album in 18 years, "The Tipping Point," will be released tomorrow (3 wds.) |
| 49% | YIPES | 5 | Milwaukee band whose first album (named after themselves) was in 1979 and their most recent album (named after themselves!) was in 2018 |
| 47% | KANYE | 5 | West whose first album was "The College Dropout" |
| 46% | ADELE | 5 | British singer/songwriter whose first album was called "19" |
| 46% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose first US hit was "Waterloo" |
| 45% | REM | 3 | Band whose first single was "Radio Free Europe" |
| 45% | REM | 3 | Alternative rock band whose first single was 1981's "Radio Free Europe" |
| 45% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose first hit in the US was "Waterloo" |
| 44% | REM | 3 | Band whose first hit single was "The One I Love" |
| 44% | REM | 3 | Band whose final studio album was 2011's "Collapse into Now" |
| 44% | REM | 3 | Band whose last studio album was 2011's "Collapse Into Now" |
| 44% | TOTO | 4 | Band whose tenth album was called "Tambu" (a Caribbean musical style) |
| 44% | REM | 3 | Band whose first top-10 hit was "The One I Love" |
| 43% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop band whose first US hit was "Waterloo" |
| 43% | ONEREPUBLIC | 11 | Pop band whose first hit was "Apologize" |
| 43% | ACDC | 4 | Band whose most recent album was 2020's appropriately titled "Power Up" |
| 43% | ARCADEFIRE | 10 | Rock band whose début album was “Funeral” |
| 42% | LIKEARGIN | 9 | Album whose first track was "Material Girl" |
| 42% | THEPRETENDERS | 13 | "Back on the Chain Gang" rock band whose first album debuted in January 1980 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | DEFLEPPARD | 10 | 1980s hair band whose first Top 20 hit was "Photograph" (2 wds.) |