| 100% | SARA | 4 | Singer Bareilles who wrote and composed the music for Broadway's "Waitress" |
| 67% | SARA | 4 | Singer Bareilles who wrote the music for the Broadway show "Waitress" |
| 67% | SARA | 4 | Singer Bareilles who wrote the music for the Broadway musical "Waitress" |
| 66% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway's "Waitress" |
| 59% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for "Waitress" |
| 56% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | "Love Song" singer who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "Waitress": 2 wds. |
| 54% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | Singer/songwriter who wrote music and lyrics for the stage adaptation of "Waitress" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | "Jolene" singer who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "9 to 5": 2 wds. |
| 51% | CYNDILAUPER | 11 | "Time After Time" singer who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "Kinky Boots": 2 wds. |
| 47% | BRIAN | 5 | ___ Tyler, composer who wrote original music for the 2010 action film "The Expendables" and also composed music for "Now You See Me" |
| 46% | SHEL | 4 | Silverstein who wrote the words and music for Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" |
| 45% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the songs for "Waitress" |
| 45% | ADLER | 5 | Richard who composed the music for "Damn Yankees" and "The Pajama Game" |
| 44% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Stephen who wrote the music and lyrics for "Sweeney Todd" |
| 44% | ELFMAN | 6 | Danny who composed the music for The Simpsons and The Nightmare Before Christmas |
| 41% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | Singer and actor for whom Paul Anka wrote the hit song "My Way": 2 wds. |
| 41% | KESHA | 5 | Singer who's written for Spears and Cyrus |
| 41% | ALAN | 4 | Menken who wrote the music for "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin" |
| 40% | STYNE | 5 | Jule —, composer of the music for Broadway musicals Gypsy and Hallelujah, Baby! |
| 39% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who played a baker in Waitress and a baker's wife in Into the Woods |
| 39% | ROTA | 4 | Nino who composed the music for "The Godfather" |
| 38% | RAVI | 4 | Shankar who composed the music for the Apu trilogy |
| 37% | CLEO | 4 | British singer Laine who is the only woman to be nominated for Grammys in the jazz, popular, and classical music categories |
| 37% | ELFMAN | 6 | Composer Danny who wrote the theme music for "The Simpsons" |
| 37% | TINA | 4 | Fey who wrote the dialogue for the "Mean Girls" Broadway musical |
| 36% | FEY | 3 | Comedian Tina who wrote the book for the Broadway musical "Mean Girls" |
| 36% | ROREM | 5 | Ned, who composed "Air Music: Ten Etudes for Orchestra", first played in '75 and winner of the Pulitzer in '76 |
| 36% | STYNE | 5 | Jule who wrote the music for "Funny Girl" |
| 36% | ENO | 3 | Brian who wrote the score for "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" |
| 36% | MIA | 3 | Soccer great Hamm who wrote "Go for the Goal" and "Winners Never Quit!" |