| 100% | LAMAR | 5 | Kendrick ___, "Money Trees" rapper who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Music |
| 51% | DYLAN | 5 | Bob ___, "Mr. Tambourine Man" singer who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation |
| 50% | ELLINGTON | 9 | Duke ___, "Money Jungle" composer who was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Citation |
| 48% | FRANKLIN | 8 | Aretha ___, "Respect" singer who was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Citation |
| 48% | MONK | 4 | Thelonious ___, "Round Midnight" musician who was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Citation |
| 47% | GEORGE | 6 | ___ Gershwin, "Rhapsody in Blue" composer who was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Citation |
| 47% | DAMN | 4 | Kendrick Lamar's album that was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music |
| 44% | LAMAR | 5 | Rapper Kendrick who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 |
| 43% | ARETHAFRANKLIN | 14 | "Respect" singer who was posthumously awarded a 2019 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation: 2 wds. |
| 43% | LAMAR | 5 | 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music winner Kendrick |
| 43% | JOHNCOLTRANE | 12 | "Blue Train" jazz saxophonist who was posthumously awarded a 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation: 2 wds. |
| 43% | HANKWILLIAMS | 12 | "Your Cheatin' Heart" singer who was posthumously awarded a 2010 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DRAKE | 5 | "Sticky" singer who is nominated for a 2022 American Music Award for Artist of the Year |
| 42% | ADELE | 5 | "Easy on Me" singer who is nominated for a 2022 American Music Award for Artist of the Year |
| 41% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | "Anti-Hero" singer who is nominated for a 2022 American Music Award for Artist of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 41% | NAS | 3 | Rapper who was nominated for a Grammy for "Daughters" |
| 39% | MERIT | 5 | Pulitzer Prize is awarded for this in literature |
| 39% | EDITH | 5 | Wharton who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
| 39% | SNOOP | 5 | Rapper who was a special correspondent for NBC at the Paris Olympics, familiarly |
| 39% | SHAW | 4 | Caroline who won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music |
| 38% | UPTON | 5 | Sinclair who won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 38% | OLDS | 4 | Sharon who has a Pulitzer Prize for poetry |
| 38% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 38% | POE | 3 | Whom a mystery award is named for |
| 38% | CONAN | 5 | O’Brien who was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, in 2025 |
| 38% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Beloved" |
| 38% | ADAM | 4 | ___ Sandler who was nominated for a SAG Award for "Hustle" |
| 37% | FEY | 3 | Comedian Tina who was nominated for a 2018 Tony Award |
| 37% | THURBER | 7 | Whom a humor-writing prize is named for |
| 37% | OHENRY | 6 | Whom a short-story award is named for |