| 100% | ISAACHAYES | 10 | Oscar winning singer and songwriter who really didn't get shafted |
| 39% | CARLY | 5 | Singer/songwriter Simon who won a Grammy and an Oscar for "Let the River Run" |
| 37% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | "Love Song" singer-songwriter who recorded the duets "Love Won't Let You Get Away" and "Baby, It's Cold Outside" with 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | LIZA | 4 | Singer/actress Minnelli who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony |
| 35% | ALICE | 5 | ___ Cooper, singer and songwriter who is also a golf enthusiast |
| 35% | SMITH | 5 | Patti ___, singer and songwriter who wrote the song "Dancing Barefoot" |
| 34% | STEVIE | 6 | ___ Nicks, singer and songwriter who was a member of Fleetwood Mac |
| 34% | SISSY | 5 | Oscar winning actress and singer, ___ Spacek |
| 33% | RICKASTLEY | 10 | English singer and songwriter who recorded 1987 no 1 debut album Whenever You Need Somebody |
| 32% | JOEL | 4 | Actor/singer Grey who won a Tony Award and an Oscar for "Cabaret" |
| 31% | ADELE | 5 | English singer-songwriter who won Grammy Awards for "25" and 14-Across |
| 31% | ADELE | 5 | Singer who won an Oscar for "Skyfall" |
| 31% | CHER | 4 | Singer who won an Oscar for "Moonstruck" |
| 31% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer/actor who was born 100 years ago today: 2 wds. |
| 31% | SAM | 3 | Singer Smith who won an Oscar in 2016 |
| 31% | CHER | 4 | Singer/actress who won an Oscar for "Moonstruck" |
| 31% | DJKHALED | 8 | Record producer and songwriter who got his start as a Miami radio host: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JACKNICHOLSON | 13 | Actor who won three Oscars, for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Terms of Endearment," and "As Good as It Gets": 2 wds. |
| 31% | ICET | 4 | Singer and actor who played T-Saint in 1995 action film Tank Girl |
| 30% | CHER | 4 | Singer who won a Best Actress Oscar for "Moonstruck" |
| 30% | PEABOBRYSON | 11 | Singer/songwriter who won Grammy Awards for 34-Across and the "Beauty and the Beast" theme (2 wds.) |
| 30% | SINATRA | 7 | Singer who won an Oscar for From Here to Eternity |
| 30% | ADELE | 5 | Singer who won an Oscar for the theme to "Skyfall" |
| 30% | CHER | 4 | "Believe" singer who won an Oscar for "Moonstruck" |
| 30% | ALEC | 4 | Guinness who won an Oscar and a Tony |
| 29% | HER | 3 | Singer who won the most recent Oscar for Best Original Song |
| 29% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | Oscar-, Emmy-, and Tony-winning actress who plays lawyer Annalise Keating on "How to Get Away with Murder" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | LIZA | 4 | Minnelli who's won the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony |
| 29% | SOPHIA | 6 | Loren who's won an Oscar and a Grammy |
| 29% | PENN | 4 | Sean who won Oscars for "Mystic River" and "Milk" |