| 100% | WILLIE | 6 | With 40-Across, singer/songwriter who, at age 85, is still performing and touring |
| 46% | BETTY | 5 | With 40-Across, legendary actress and comedian who died at age 99 on 12/31/2021 |
| 39% | DRAKE | 5 | Singer of 15-Across, 28-Across, and 38-Across who was honored with the Artist of the Decade Award at the 2021 "Billboard" Music Awards |
| 37% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | Singer who signed with record company Motown when he was 11 and gave his first number-one hit at 13: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 46-Across, singer who was the top-earning dead celebrity of 2017, at $75 million |
| 36% | PHARRELL | 8 | With 42-Across, "Happy" singer who was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020 |
| 35% | NEILDIAMOND | 11 | "Song Sung Blue" singer who will no longer tour due to Parkinson's disease, but still plans to write and record music: 2 wds. |
| 35% | THOMASRHETT | 11 | Singer/songwriter who collaborated with 17-Across, 28-Across, Reba McEntire, and Keith Urban on the country hit "Be a Light" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 40-Across, singer who played the Scarecrow in "The Wiz" |
| 34% | NEKOCASE | 8 | Singer-songwriter who performs with the New Pornographers |
| 33% | DIERKSBENTLEY | 13 | Singer of 15-Across and 29-Across who was honored with an Academy of Country Music's Merle Haggard Spirit Award (2 wds.) |
| 33% | TOMPETTY | 8 | "Free Fallin'" singer/songwriter who cowrote and performed 34-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MAHALIA | 7 | Jackson who was the first gospel singer to perform at Carnegie Hall |
| 33% | JOE | 3 | With 40-Across, longtime Jets quarterback who was Super Bowl III MVP |
| 33% | JUSTINBIEBER | 12 | "Peaches" singer/songwriter who co-wrote and sings 36-Across with 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | MILEY | 5 | With 32-Across, "Party in the U.S.A." singer who was both the host and musical guest on 2013 and 2015 "SNL" episodes |
| 32% | NAS | 3 | Rapper who performed with Jay Z and Diddy at the 2014 Coachella festival |
| 32% | EDIE | 4 | Singer/songwriter Brickell who performs with the New Bohemians |
| 32% | EDIE | 4 | Singer/songwriter Brickell who performed with the New Bohemians |
| 32% | MATTHASSELBECK | 14 | Quarterback who was a starter with the Indianapolis Colts in 2015 at age 40: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ARNOLD | 6 | With 41-Across, golfer who was 2017's #2 earner among dead celebrities, at $40 million |
| 32% | BADBUNNY | 8 | "Soy Peor" singer who will perform at the halftime show of Super Bowl LX |
| 32% | HALSEY | 6 | Singer/songwriter who had a #5 hit in 2017 with "Bad at Love" |
| 32% | RITA | 4 | Actress and singer ___ Moreno who was honored at the 2017 Outfest Legacy Awards |
| 31% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | "Love Song" singer/pianist who performed a duet with 18-Across at the Grammy Awards in 2014 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | GLORIAESTEFAN | 13 | Songwriters Hall of Famer and Miami Sound Machine lead singer who was born September 1, 1957 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | JUSTIN | 6 | With 39-Across, "Peaches" singer who performs on 31-Across |
| 31% | SMOKEYROBINSON | 14 | 42-Across singer/songwriter who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | ANDRADAY | 8 | Singer who performed "Stand Up for Something" at the 2018 Oscars, accompanied by Common and various activists: 2 wds. |
| 31% | EDSHEERAN | 9 | "Shape of You" singer/songwriter who co-wrote and sings 36-Across with 28-Across (2 wds.) |