| 100% | DESREE | 6 | One-named singer of "You Gotta Be" |
| 70% | DESREE | 6 | "You Gotta Be" singer of 1994 |
| 68% | DIDO | 4 | One-named singer of "Thank You" |
| 68% | ADELE | 5 | One-named singer of "Someone Like You" |
| 66% | ADELE | 5 | One-named singer of 2011's "Someone Like You" |
| 65% | BRANDY | 6 | "Have You Ever?" singer who was one half of 18-Across's duet |
| 65% | LOEB | 4 | "Stay (I Missed You)" singer Lisa ___ whose name is an anagram of "lobe" |
| 65% | KESHA | 5 | One-named singer of "Your Love Is My Drug" |
| 62% | SYD | 3 | Name of a 2000 Summer Olympics official mascot (the one that was a platypus, in case you were wondering) |
| 61% | ADELE | 5 | One-named singer whose last name is Adkins |
| 60% | DUALIPA | 7 | Singer of New Rules, Be the One |
| 60% | ENYA | 4 | One-name Irish singer who sang "May It Be" for "The Fellowship of the Ring" |
| 60% | RIHANNA | 7 | One-named singer whose real first name is Robyn |
| 60% | ENYA | 4 | One-named singer whose real first name is Eithne |
| 60% | CAREY | 5 | Singer of All I want for Christmas is You |
| 59% | BRUNO | 5 | ___ Mars, singer of "Just the Way You Are" |
| 59% | WHITNEY | 7 | ___ Houston, singer of "I Will Always Love You" |
| 58% | MICHAELBUBLE | 12 | "Haven't Met You Yet" singer who was one of Tony Bennett's duet partners on his "Duets II" album: 2 wds. |
| 58% | COHEIR | 6 | One of several named in a will |
| 58% | DESREE | 6 | "You Gotta Be" singer |
| 58% | DESREE | 6 | “You Gotta Be” singer |
| 57% | DI{DOT} | 7 | French printer Firmin ___ (Hint: If you didn't know of him, his name is one letter off from a word in this clue) |
| 57% | MEATLOAF | 8 | US singer of "What You See Is What You Get" |
| 57% | CAREY | 5 | Mariah ___, singer of "All I Want for Christmas Is You" |
| 57% | DESREE | 6 | "You Gotta Be" soul singer |
| 57% | DESREE | 6 | "You Gotta Be" singer, 1994 |
| 57% | REE | 3 | "You Gotta Be" singer Des'___ |
| 57% | KESHA | 5 | One-named singer whose name used to be spelled with a dollar sign |
| 56% | LOBO | 4 | 1970s singer of Me and You and a Dog Named Boo |
| 56% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | US singer of Just the Way You Are and Piano Man |