| 100% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | Singer played by Naomi Ackie in the 2022 musical biopic "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | TINATURNER | 10 | Singer played by Angela Bassett in the 1993 musical biopic "What's Love Got to Do with It" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ARETHAFRANKLIN | 14 | Singer played by Jennifer Hudson in the 2021 musical biopic "Respect" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | LORETTALYNN | 11 | Country singer played by 44-Across in the 1980 biopic "Coal Miner's Daughter": 2 wds. |
| 41% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Singer played by Val Kilmer in the music biopic "The Doors" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | NINASIMONE | 10 | Singer played by Zoe Saldaña in a 2016 musical biopic (2 wds.) |
| 40% | RITCHIEVALENS | 13 | Singer played by Lou Diamond Phillips in the music biopic "La Bamba" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BRIANWILSON | 11 | Singer played by Paul Dano and John Cusack in the music biopic "Love & Mercy" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | WITHSOMEBODY | 12 | "I Wanna Dance ___ (Who Loves Me)," number-one hit by Whitney Houston that was featured in the film "13 Going on 30": 2 wds. |
| 35% | JACKIEROBINSON | 14 | Baseball superstar played by Chadwick Boseman in the 2013 biopic "42": 2 wds. |
| 34% | JAMES | 5 | With 50-Across, soul singer played by Chadwick Boseman in the 2014 biopic "Get On Up" |
| 33% | SHERYLCROW | 10 | "All I Wanna Do" singer who collaborated with Kid Rock on his biggest pop hit, "Picture," in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 33% | GLADYSKNIGHT | 12 | Grammy-winning singer honored by the 50-Across with a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | SHERYLCROW | 10 | "All I Wanna Do" singer who won the Best New Artist and Record of the Year Grammys in 1995: 2 wds. |
| 33% | BOB | 3 | Singer Dylan played by Cate Blanchett in the biopic "I'm Not There" |
| 32% | MANDYMOORE | 10 | Singer of the hit 2000 single "I Wanna Be With You", who also voiced the role of Rapunzel in the animated film "Tangled": 2 wds. |
| 31% | ELTON | 5 | Singer John played by Taron Egerton in the biopic "Rocketman" |
| 31% | LITTLERICHARD | 13 | "Long Tall Sally" singer played by Brandon Mychal Smith in "Get On Up": 2 wds. |
| 31% | DOLORESHUERTA | 13 | Civil rights leader, played by Rosario Dawson in the 18-Across biopic, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JESSEPINKMAN | 12 | Character played by Aaron Paul in "Breaking Bad", who was a crystal meth dealer and worked with the character played by 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ELVIS | 5 | "Hound Dog" singer played by Austin Butler in a 2022 biopic |
| 30% | KASI | 4 | "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody" director Lemmons |
| 30% | JACKSPARROW | 11 | Pirate played by Johnny Depp in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies: 2 wds. |
| 30% | HEATHERLEE | 10 | Character played by Alicia Vikander in the action spy movie "Jason Bourne": 2 wds. |
| 30% | EDITHBUNKER | 11 | Housewife played by 29-Across in "All in the Family": 2 wds. |
| 30% | BENEKING | 8 | Singer with the 1961 and 1986 hit "Stand by Me": 3 wds. |
| 30% | POKERFACE | 9 | Hit song by 42-Across with the lyrics "I wanna hold 'em like they do in Texas, please" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | SWEENEYTODD | 11 | Barber played by Johnny Depp in the movie subtitled "The Demon Barber of Fleet Street": 2 wds. |
| 30% | SHERYLCROW | 10 | "All I Wanna Do" singer who performed the theme to "Tomorrow Never Dies": 2 wds. |
| 30% | GLORIASTEINEM | 13 | Feminist journalist played by 15-Across and Alicia Vikander in a 2020 biopic based on the memoir "My Life on the Road" (2 wds.) |