| 100% | BJORK | 5 | Icelandic singer whose name's third letter has an umlaut |
| 39% | KESHA | 5 | Singer whose name once had a ''$'' |
| 39% | BJORK | 5 | Singer whose name is Icelandic for "birch" |
| 39% | BJORK | 5 | Icelandic singer whose last name is Gudmundsdottir |
| 39% | JOANBAEZ | 8 | "Diamonds & Rust" singer whose name's first and last letters sound like "Jay-Z": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ANDRE | 5 | Man's name whose last letter often has an accent |
| 38% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "On the Floor" singer whose name's first and last letters sound like "Jay-Z": 2 wds. |
| 38% | NENA | 4 | "99 Luftballons" singer whose name is an anagram of two of Henry VIII's wives |
| 36% | ALGREEN | 7 | Singer whose name is an anagram of the word "general": 2 wds. |
| 36% | THEWEEKND | 9 | 2016 Earned It singer whose name is missing an E! |
| 36% | OAHU | 4 | Island whose name has an okina |
| 36% | LBS | 3 | Units whose name's first letter stands for an ancient-Roman unit of measurement |
| 35% | AKON | 4 | Singer whose name becomes a city if you add an "R" in the middle |
| 35% | BALI | 4 | "___ Ha'i" ("South Pacific" song whose title includes an Indonesian island's name) |
| 35% | ERIE | 4 | Only Great Lake whose name has four letters |
| 35% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | Pop singer whose name is an anagram of the word "Presbyterians": 2 wds. |
| 34% | AKON | 4 | Singer whose name becomes a place in Hawaii if the first letter moves to the end |
| 34% | FOUR | 4 | It has an apt number of letters in its name |
| 34% | STROMAE | 7 | "Papaoutai" singer whose stage name is an anagram of maestro |
| 34% | RIAL | 4 | Currency whose name can become its country's name by changing its last letter to an N and scrambling |
| 34% | KRIS | 4 | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |
| 33% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name together with its capital city has only eight letters |
| 33% | OTTO | 4 | "Beetle Bailey" dog whose name has the same letters as 19-Across |
| 33% | CHADKROEGER | 11 | Nickelback lead singer whose first name is an African country: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CHUBBYCHECKER | 13 | Singer whose name is based on Fats Domino's name |
| 33% | DDT | 3 | Insecticide whose spelled-out name has 31 letters |
| 33% | HAITI | 5 | Country whose name anagrams to an island when its fourth letter is doubled |
| 33% | HER | 3 | Oscar- and Grammy-winning R&B singer whose stage name is an acronym |
| 33% | OPRAH | 5 | Mogul whose birth name has the second and third letters switched |
| 32% | SPINALTAP | 9 | Band name that has an umlaut over the "n" |