| 100% | PAPAS | 5 | Group with "The Mamas" in music |
| 71% | ARCO | 4 | With the bow, in music |
| 68% | ACDC | 4 | Group with the 22x platinum album "Back in Black" |
| 67% | ARCO | 4 | Played with the bow, in music |
| 66% | ASCAP | 5 | Songwriters' group with the slogan "We Create Music" (Abbr.) |
| 65% | TYMES | 5 | Group with the 1963 #1 hit "So Much in Love," with "the" |
| 63% | JODECI | 6 | Group with five #1 R&B hits in the 1990s |
| 63% | DEF | 3 | ___ Leppard (rock group with hits in the 1980s) |
| 62% | TLC | 3 | Girl group with four #1 hits in the 1990s |
| 62% | ABBA | 4 | Musical group with cameos in the "Mamma Mia!" films |
| 62% | ABBA | 4 | Pop group with cameos in the "Mamma Mia!" films |
| 62% | CDS | 3 | Music holders with holes in the middle |
| 61% | ONBOARD | 7 | In agreement with the group |
| 61% | MINIM | 5 | In music, a note with the time value of half a semibreve |
| 60% | THREESTOOGES | 12 | With "The," group in the 1944 short film "Gents Without Cents" |
| 60% | NSYNC | 5 | Band with the highest first-week album sales in music history |
| 60% | HAIM | 4 | Pop band with the 2020 album "Women in Music Pt. III" |
| 59% | SEMIQUAVER | 10 | In music, a note with the time value of one-sixteenth of a semibreve |
| 58% | PLO | 3 | Mideast group with observer status in the UN: Abbr. |
| 58% | SCHERZO | 7 | Brisk lively movement in music developed from the minuet, with a contrastive middle section |
| 57% | THE | 3 | With 35- and 36-Across, second-largest galaxy in the Local Group |
| 57% | HAIM | 4 | Rock band with the 2020 Album of the Year nominee "Women in Music Pt. III" |
| 57% | SHANANA | 7 | Doo-wop group with a TV variety show in the 1970s and 1980s (3 wds.) |
| 56% | ABBA | 4 | Group with the hit "Waterloo" |
| 55% | REM | 3 | Group with the hit CD "Monster" |
| 55% | ABBA | 4 | Group with the 1976 hit "Fernando" |
| 55% | PEARLJAM | 8 | Group with the #1 album "Vitalogy" |
| 55% | BEATLES | 7 | Group with the four circled members |
| 55% | NSYNC | 5 | Group with the 2002 hit "Girlfriend" |