| 100% | TODDRUNDGREN | 12 | Singer who came up with "Bang the Drum All Day" in his sleep: 2 wds. |
| 65% | MICHAELSTIPE | 12 | Singer who came up with "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" in his sleep: 2 wds. |
| 64% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | Singer who came up with "Yesterday" in his sleep: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Candle in the Wind" singer who said of his upcoming farewell tour, "It's a way of going out with a bang": 2 wds. |
| 42% | FREDDIEMERCURY | 14 | Queen lead singer who shares his name with the smallest planet in the solar system (2 wds.) |
| 42% | MIRANDALAMBERT | 14 | "Vice" singer who came in third on the first season of "Nashville Star": 2 wds. |
| 41% | JIMMIEALLEN | 11 | "Best Shot" country singer who came in seventh place with partner Emma Slater on season 30 of "Dancing with the Stars" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | HARRYBELAFONTE | 14 | "Day-O" singer who was blacklisted for his leftist views in the Joseph McCarthy period: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ELVISCOSTELLO | 13 | Singer who recorded the 2013 album "Wise Up Ghost" with the Roots: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LUISFONSI | 9 | Singer who hit #1 in 2017 with the Spanish/English-language "Despacito": 2 wds. |
| 40% | SHEENAEASTON | 12 | "Strut" singer who Prince encouraged and collaborated with in the 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BILLYRAYCYRUS | 13 | "Some Gave All" country singer who came in fifth place with partner Karina Smirnoff on season 4 of "Dancing with the Stars" (3 wds.) |
| 40% | MASLOW | 6 | Psychologist Abraham who came up with his principle in 1966 that "if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" |
| 39% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | "7 Rings" singer who reimagined 18-Across in a 2024 hit with the same title: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SAMSMITH | 8 | British crooner who followed up his Grammy-winning debut album with "The Thrill of It All": 2 wds. |
| 38% | BRETTELDREDGE | 13 | "Somethin' I'm Good At" singer who topped the Billboard Country Albums chart with his latest LP: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MARYTRAVERS | 11 | Folk singer who, in a trio with Peter and Paul, sang the 1963 hit "Puff, the Magic Dragon": 2 wds. |
| 37% | HEISENBERG | 10 | Quantum mechanics pioneer Werner, who came up with his uncertainty principle in 1927 |
| 36% | BRUNOMARS | 9 | "Uptown Funk" singer who shares his name with the fourth planet from the sun (2 wds.) |
| 36% | JOHNFOGERTY | 11 | Creedence Clearwater Revival singer who appeared on "The Big Interview with Dan Rather" with his children, who recorded an album with him in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | NIALLHORAN | 10 | One Direction singer who's in his second season as a coach on "The Voice": 2 wds. |
| 36% | QUEENLATIFAH | 12 | Singer who played the Wiz in "The Wiz Live!": 2 wds. |
| 35% | LENAHORNE | 9 | Singer who played Glinda the Good Witch in "The Wiz": 2 wds. |
| 35% | JOHNLEGEND | 10 | "All of Me" singer who wrote a song in "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical": 2 wds. |
| 35% | MARYJBLIGE | 10 | Singer who made up the word "hateration" in her 2001 hit "Family Affair": 3 wds. |
| 35% | MILEYCYRUS | 10 | Singer who appears nude in the video of her 2013 single, "Wrecking Ball": 2 wds. |
| 35% | THEWEEKND | 9 | "The Hills" R&B singer who got his seventh #1 hit with 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | EDSHEERAN | 9 | Singer who collaborated with Beyoncé on the 2017 #1 hit "Perfect Duet": 2 wds. |
| 35% | BADBUNNY | 8 | Puerto Rican singer who acted in the film "Bullet Train": 2 wds. |
| 34% | JAMESBROWN | 10 | Rock singer who was the subject of the 2014 biopic "Get On Up": 2 wds. |