| 100% | ARCADEFIRE | 10 | Rock band whose début album was “Funeral” |
| 86% | GUNSNROSES | 10 | US rock band whose 1987 debut album was Appetite for Destruction |
| 78% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose first album was titled, appropriately, "High Voltage" |
| 76% | ROSEROYCE | 9 | 1970s-'80s band whose debut album was the soundtrack to a Richard Pryor film |
| 75% | REM | 3 | Band whose debut album, "Murmur," was Rolling Stone's 1983 Album of the Year |
| 74% | REM | 3 | Alternative rock band whose first album was "Murmur" in 1983 |
| 72% | RADIOHEAD | 9 | English rock band, debut album was Pablo Honey |
| 71% | OKGO | 4 | Rock band whose name is two letters off from their 2005 album "Oh No" |
| 71% | PAPAROACH | 9 | Hard rock band whose most recent album is "The Connection": 2 wds. |
| 70% | LOSLOBOS | 8 | Chicano rock band whose major label debut was "How Will the Wolf Survive?" |
| 70% | PINKFLOYD | 9 | Rock band whose "The Dark Side of the Moon" album was released in 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 68% | GUNSNROSES | 10 | Band whose "Appetite for Destruction" was the best-selling debut album of all time |
| 68% | ARCADEFIRE | 10 | Indie rock band whose "The Suburbs" was the Grammys' 2010 Album of the Year |
| 65% | NAS | 3 | Rapper whose debut album was "Illmatic" |
| 64% | AKON | 4 | Rapper/singer whose debut album was "Trouble" |
| 64% | ELLA | 4 | Singer Henderson whose debut album was "Chapter One" |
| 64% | ICET | 4 | Rapper whose debut album was "Rhyme Pays": Hyph. |
| 64% | TORIAMOS | 8 | US singer whose debut album was Little Earthquakes |
| 64% | LITA | 4 | Ford whose debut album was "Out for Blood" |
| 63% | WEEZER | 6 | 14-Across, 19-Across, and 33-Across rock band whose self-titled albums are known by the colors of the album covers |
| 63% | DEMI | 4 | Singer Lovato whose debut album was "Don't Forget" |
| 63% | SAM | 3 | Smith whose debut album was "In the Lonely Hour" |
| 62% | THEWHO | 6 | English rock group whose 1965 debut album was My Generation |
| 62% | ICET | 4 | Rapper whose debut album was 1987's "Rhyme Pays": Hyph. |
| 62% | KEYS | 4 | Singer Alicia whose debut album was "Songs in A Minor" |
| 62% | REM | 3 | Band whose first album was 1983's "Murmur" |
| 62% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose name is an electrical term |
| 62% | REM | 3 | Alt-rock band whose final studio album was 2011's "Collapse Into Now" |
| 61% | VAST | 4 | Alternative rock band with the song "Touched" whose name is an abbreviation and also the title of their first album |
| 61% | DARYLHALL | 9 | Member of a pop duo whose debut album was titled "Whole Oats" |