100% | SZA | 3 | Singer who released her sophomore album, “SOS,” more than five years after her critically acclaimed début, “Ctrl” (December, 2022) |
34% | SYD | 3 | Single named singer who released her debut R&B album "Fin" in February 2017 |
33% | CARLYRAEJEPSEN | 14 | "Call Me Maybe" singer who released her sixth studio album, "The Loneliest Time," in 2022 (3 wds.) |
32% | PARTON | 6 | Artist who released her first-ever rock album, "Rockstar," a year after being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
31% | SMOKEY | 6 | Singer Robinson who released “Gasms,” his first album of new material in more than a decade, in April, 2023 |
30% | JEWEL | 5 | Singer who released her "Picking Up the Pieces" album in 2015 |
30% | ADELE | 5 | Singer who titles her albums after her age |
29% | LORDE | 5 | Single-named singer who debuted her second album, "Melodrama," on June 16 |
29% | CAREY | 5 | Singer Mariah who released her 15th studio album in 2018 |
29% | AXL | 3 | Rock singer Rose who has a vocal range of more than five octaves |
29% | ANI | 3 | Singer who made her Broadway debut this year as Persephone in Hadestown |
29% | KHALID | 6 | US singer-songwriter who released 2017 debut album American Teen |
28% | LEA | 3 | Actress and Singer ___ Michele, who released her third album, "Christmas in the City" in 2019 |
28% | SCARLETT | 8 | ___ Johansson, "The Avengers" actress who released her debut album "Anywhere I Lay My Head" in 2008 |
28% | AZALEA | 6 | Rapper Iggy ___, who released her second studio album "In My Defense," last year |
27% | ALICIA | 6 | Keys who won five Grammys for her debut album |
27% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | Pop singer who released the #1 album "… Baby One More Time" in 1999, at age 17: 2 wds. |
27% | CAMILACABELLO | 13 | Cuban-American singer-songwriter who released her first solo album in 2018 (2 wds.) |
27% | BADU | 4 | Actress and singer Erica Abi Wright, who released her first album (triple platinum) in 1997 under her stage name of Erykah ___ |
27% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | R&B singer who released the #1 album "Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius" in 1963, at age 13: 2 wds. |
27% | KHALID | 6 | US singer-songwriter who released the 2017 debut album American Teen |
27% | JON | 3 | ___ Batiste, "We Are" singer who won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2022 |
27% | LAST | 4 | "___ Christmas," hit song by pop duo Wham! which topped the UK Singles Chart more than 36 years after its initial release |
27% | FIONAAPPLE | 10 | 18-Across, 25-Across, and 38-Across singer who released her fifth studio album "Fetch the Boltcutters" in 2020 (2 wds.) |
27% | MEGHANTRAINOR | 13 | 18-Across, 40-Across, and "All About That Bass" singer who released her sixth studio album, "Timeless," in 2024 (2 wds.) |
26% | NYRO | 4 | Laura —, US singer-songwriter whose 1967 album debut was More Than a New Discovery |
26% | NYRO | 4 | Laura —, US singer-songwriter whose albums include 1967 debut More Than a New Discovery |
26% | PANG | 4 | Acclaimed debut album of Caroline Polachek, aka "CEP" or "Ramona Lisa", released in October of last year |
25% | CAMILACABELLO | 13 | "Havana" singer who took her time recording her debut solo album, declaring "There can't be any filler": 2 wds. |
25% | GALLAGHER | 9 | English singer and frontman of the band Oasis, Liam, who released his debut solo album in October |