| 100% | USHER | 5 | R&B singer with hits like "My Boo" and "U Got It Bad" |
| 42% | CIARA | 5 | R&B singer with the 2004 #1 hit "Goodies" |
| 40% | THEWEEKND | 9 | "The Hills" R&B singer who got his seventh #1 hit with 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ADELE | 5 | Singer with the hits "Hello" and "Somebody Like You" |
| 35% | GOMEZ | 5 | Selena, US actress and singer with hit album Rare |
| 34% | USHER | 5 | “U Got It Bad” singer |
| 33% | LOU | 3 | Singer Rawls with the hit “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” |
| 32% | MONKSEAL | 8 | Sea creature whose name sounds like a mash-up of a jazz pianist and an R&B singer |
| 32% | SWV | 3 | R&B trio with the 1993 No. 1 hit "Weak" |
| 31% | HER | 3 | R&B singer whose 2021 debut album was "Back of My Mind" |
| 31% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | "Thank U, Next" pop singer who got her seventh #1 hit with a remix of 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | CHLOEXHALLE | 11 | "Do It" R&B duo with the Bailey siblings: 3 wds. |
| 30% | BIEBER | 6 | Singer with the #1 hits "Sorry" and "Love Yourself" |
| 29% | ADELE | 5 | Artist with the hits "Someone Like You" and "Easy on Me" |
| 29% | MARVINGAYE | 10 | Motown artist with the 1973 hit "Let's Get It On": 2 wds. |
| 29% | ICRY | 4 | Flo Rida hit with the lyric "Champagne buckets still got two tears in it" |
| 29% | MOREMOREMORE | 12 | Disco hit with the repeated lyric "How do you like it?" |
| 29% | HER | 3 | R&B singer whose stage name is pronounced like a pronoun |
| 29% | RITAORA | 7 | British singer with the hits "How We Do (Party)" and "Poison" |
| 28% | MAROON | 6 | ___ 5, American pop rock band with hits like "Sugar" and "Moves Like Jagger" |
| 28% | | 0 | Country singer Tenille with the hit "Somebody Like That" |
| 27% | PETSOUNDS | 9 | Classic 1966 album with the tracks "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "Sloop John B" |
| 27% | HEYMA | 5 | 2002 Cam’ron hit with the lyric “and we gon’ get it on tonight” |
| 27% | HER | 3 | Oscar-, Emmy-, and Grammy-winning R&B singer |
| 27% | WHITE | 5 | *The ___ Stripes, rock duo with six Grammy Awards and hits like "Seven Nation Army" |
| 27% | TLC | 3 | R&B trio with the album "CrazySexyCool" |
| 27% | CHANTEMOORE | 11 | R&B singer with the 1992 gold debut album Precious |
| 27% | MIAMI | 5 | U.S. metropolis with neighborhoods like South Beach and Little Havana |
| 27% | USHER | 5 | "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" singer and former coach on NBC's "The Voice" |
| 26% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish group with hits like "Waterloo" and "Dancing Queen" who defined the "disco-era" of the '70s |