| 100% | JLO | 3 | Superstar with the confusingly titled album This Is Me ... Then, for short |
| 39% | NIGHTFEVER | 10 | 1978 #1 hit with the lyrics "Here I am, praying for this moment to last": 2 wds. |
| 36% | STUPID | 6 | With 40-Across, Lady Gaga hit that begins, "You're the one that I've been waiting for / Gotta quit this crying" |
| 35% | ALICIA | 6 | Singer Keys with the album "As I Am" |
| 35% | NSEC | 4 | 10 of these is the half-life of lithium-12, for short |
| 34% | ELO | 3 | Band with the 2015 album "Alone in the Universe," for short |
| 34% | REBA | 4 | Singer McEntire with the 2010 album "All the Women I Am" |
| 34% | ALICIAKEYS | 10 | Singer with the #1 albums "As I Am" and "Girl on Fire" |
| 33% | NIN | 3 | Rock band with the 1994 4x platinum album "The Downward Spiral," for short |
| 33% | AUTOMATIC | 9 | 1992 R.E.M album was this For The People |
| 32% | DMX | 3 | Rapper with the 5x platinum album "... And Then There Was X" |
| 32% | LEONA | 5 | Lewis with the 2015 album "I Am" |
| 32% | MEMORY | 6 | Broadway classic with the lyrics "I can smile at the old days / I was beautiful then" |
| 32% | CIS | 3 | Like one whose gender identity corresponds with the sex they were assigned at birth, for short |
| 32% | ADELE | 5 | British singer whose albums are titled for her age at the time |
| 32% | PAUL | 4 | I co-wrote "This Is It" with Michael Jackson and also composed the theme for "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" |
| 32% | SIA | 3 | Singer with the 2016 platinum album "This Is Acting" |
| 32% | BASTILLE | 8 | Band with the album "Bad Blood" that was a first-time Grammy nominee for Best New Artist |
| 32% | IMSODONE | 8 | "This is the last straw for me" |
| 32% | GET | 3 | With 90 Down, James Brown biopic whose title could be a title for this puzzle |
| 32% | HLMFFWVDMRV | 11 | Title for this puzzle ... which the answers to the eight starred clues will help explain |
| 32% | JLO | 3 | Singer whose "This Is Me ... Now" album dropped in 2024, for short: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ELO | 3 | Band with the 1979 hit "Don't Bring Me Down," for short |
| 31% | BIL | 3 | Comedian Dwyer with the 2020 album "Am I Yelling?" |
| 31% | MEMORY | 6 | Barbra Streisand hit song with the lyrics "I can smile at the old days / I was beautiful then" |
| 31% | JUSTTHETWOOFUS | 14 | 1981 hit with the lyric "We can make it if we try" ... or a possible title for this puzzle |
| 31% | LETSDANCE | 9 | Classic David Bowie song with the lyric "Put on your red shoes," and an apt title for this puzzle |
| 31% | MAEWEST | 7 | “When I was born with this face, it was the same as strikin’ oil” speaker |
| 31% | BRAFF | 5 | "Wish I Was Here" star/director Zach who raised money for the movie with Kickstarter |
| 31% | FRIENDS | 7 | TV series with the theme "I'll Be There for You" |