| 100% | CMA | 3 | Nashville org. that voted “Fast Car” its 2023 song of the year |
| 48% | CMA | 3 | Group that voted Luke Combs its 2021 Entertainer of the Year: Abbr. |
| 46% | CMA | 3 | Group that named "Buy Dirt" its 2022 Song of the Year: Abbr. |
| 46% | CMA | 3 | Org. that voted Keith Urban 2018 Entertainer of the Year |
| 46% | TRACYCHAPMAN | 12 | "Fast Car" songwriter who won Song of the Year at the 2023 Country Music Association Awards (2 wds.) |
| 43% | CMA | 3 | Org. that named Kacey Musgraves its 2019 Female Vocalist of the Year |
| 41% | WGA | 3 | Org. that went on strike over what its leaders called “existential issues,” including residuals and the use of generative A.I. (May-September, 2023) |
| 40% | ALLI | 4 | "___ Want For Christmas is You," song by Mariah Carey that topped the charts after 25 years of its release: 2 wds. |
| 40% | FASTCAR | 7 | 1988 Tracy Chapman hit that won Song of the Year at the 2023 Country Music Association Awards (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CMA | 3 | Nashville org. that hasn’t named a female Entertainer of the Year since Taylor Swift, in 2011 |
| 39% | BIRDS | 5 | This 2024 song of the year led the flock. Give it up for "___ of a Feather" by Billie Eilish! |
| 39% | JUSTLIKETHAT | 12 | Bonnie Raitt single that won the 2023 Grammy for Song of the Year: 3 wds. |
| 37% | REHAB | 5 | Song of the Year at the 2008 Grammys |
| 37% | ADS | 3 | Org. that names a "Word of the Year" |
| 37% | ARE | 3 | "We ___ Young" (2012 Song of the Year) |
| 37% | FBI | 3 | Govt. org. that had the same leader for its first 48 years (1924-72) |
| 36% | ABOUT | 5 | "All ___ That Bass," 2015 Grammy Song of the Year nominee |
| 36% | ADELE | 5 | 2017 Song of the Year winner for "Hello" |
| 36% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry song that lost Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammys |
| 36% | ELO | 3 | Rock band that fills in the blanks of its song "_vi_ W_man" |
| 36% | REHAB | 5 | Amy Winehouse track that won a Song of the Year Grammy |
| 36% | ADELE | 5 | Song of the Year winner for "Hello" at the 2017 Grammys |
| 36% | GRAMMY | 6 | Song of the Year award won by Lorde for 36-Across |
| 36% | HER | 3 | Song of the Year Grammy winner for "I Can't Breathe" |
| 36% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author of the book that Times readers voted the best of the last hundred and twenty-five years |
| 36% | YOUNG | 5 | "We are ___" (2013 Song of the Year Grammy winner) |
| 36% | TEARSINHEAVEN | 13 | 1993 Song of the Year Grammy winner (3 wds.) |
| 36% | REHAB | 5 | 2008 Grammy Song of the Year by Amy Winehouse |
| 36% | CMA | 3 | Entertainer of the Year org. |
| 36% | HAVANA | 6 | Hit song by Camila Cabello that shares its title with the capital of Cuba |