| 100% | BLUES | 5 | Music genre for Elton John's first band that he formed in 1962 |
| 34% | HIPHOP | 6 | Music genre for Tupac Shakur that's also known as disco rap, which originated in the Bronx in the mid-1980s: 2 wds. |
| 32% | AHA | 3 | Band that won six MTV Video Music Awards for "Take On Me" in 1986 (Hyph.) |
| 32% | LYNYRDSKYNYRD | 13 | American rock band formed in 1964 that still performs live and is best known for popularizing the Southern rock genre: 2 wds. |
| 31% | PRINCESSOFWALES | 15 | Elton John's dedicatee for "Candle in the Wind 1997" |
| 31% | PUNK | 4 | ___ rock, music genre for the Ramones and the Sex Pistols that you will see gaining prominence in the 1970s |
| 31% | OKGO | 4 | Band that danced on treadmills in the 2006 music video for "Here It Goes Again": 2 wds. |
| 30% | WANT | 4 | "I ___ Love," 2001 song by Elton John that features Robert Downey Jr. in the music video |
| 30% | PARAMORE | 8 | Band that played its song “Misery Business” in 2022 for the first time since retiring it four years earlier |
| 29% | EGOT | 4 | Awards quartet that Elton John completed in January, for short |
| 29% | EGOT | 4 | Awards quartet that Elton John completed in 2024, for short |
| 29% | VAMPIREWEEKEND | 14 | Indie rock band that won a Best Alternative Music Album Grammy in 2020 for "Father of the Bride": 2 wds. |
| 29% | NEWAGE | 6 | Music genre for Yanni or John Tesh: 2 wds. |
| 29% | EMO | 3 | Music genre for the band Sunny Day Real Estate |
| 28% | SKA | 3 | Music genre that originated in Jamaica |
| 28% | EMPTYSKY | 8 | Debut album for Elton John, devoid in the heavens |
| 28% | JAZZ | 4 | Music genre that originated in New Orleans |
| 28% | EMO | 3 | Music genre that originated in the eighties |
| 28% | BEATLES | 7 | Band that John Lennon was in: The ___ |
| 28% | AFROPOP | 7 | Music genre that originated in Nigeria and Ghana |
| 28% | ABBA | 4 | Band that provided the music for "Mamma Mia!" |
| 28% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | Elton John hit that was #7 on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1973: 2 wds. |
| 28% | OSCAR | 5 | Hollywood award that Elton John won twice for Best Original Song, in 1994 and 2019 |
| 27% | COUNTRY | 7 | Music genre for Carrie Underwood, which originated in Bristol, Tennessee, in the 1920s |
| 27% | ONED | 4 | Band that formed on The X Factor, for short |
| 27% | RAP | 3 | Music genre first honored at the Grammys in 1989 |
| 27% | EMO | 3 | Music genre that took off in the early 2000s |
| 27% | EMO | 3 | Music genre that might put you in your feels |
| 27% | SKA | 3 | Music genre that originated in Jamaica (anagram of "ask") |
| 27% | TECHNO | 6 | Electronic music genre that developed in Detroit |