| 100% | SOUND | 5 | With 5- and 1-Down, 2015 Album of the Year nominee by Alabama Shakes |
| 42% | AJA | 3 | 1978 Album of the Year Grammy nominee that features "Josie" and "Peg" |
| 37% | HAIM | 4 | Rock band with the 2020 Album of the Year nominee "Women in Music Pt. III" |
| 36% | MONAE | 5 | 2019 Album of the Year Grammy nominee, for “Dirty Computer” |
| 36% | BECK | 4 | He won Album of the Year at the 2015 Grammys |
| 36% | CHEMISTRY | 9 | 2023 album by 28-Across with the hit singles "Mine" and "Favorite Kind of High" |
| 36% | ADELE | 5 | She won Album of the Year honors in 2012 and 2017 |
| 34% | LOVEFORSALE | 11 | 2021 collaborative album with the single "I Get a Kick Out of You" by Lady Gaga and 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 33% | HER | 3 | Singer nominated for Album of the Year Grammys in 2019 and 2020 (and whose name spells a pronoun) |
| 33% | ADELE | 5 | Artist with two Record of the Year and two Album of the Year Grammys |
| 33% | JJWATT | 6 | Three-time N.F.L. Defensive Player of the Year (2012, 2014 and 2015) |
| 33% | CARLI | 5 | Soccer great Lloyd who was FIFA Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016 |
| 33% | UNFORGETTABLE | 13 | Song of the Year Grammy winner (1992) sung by Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole |
| 33% | NOVAKDJOKOVIC | 13 | Serbian tennis player who was Laureus sportsman of the year 2016 and 2015: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TITO | 4 | Member of the Jackson 5 with Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael |
| 32% | LUKEBRYAN | 9 | "Strip It Down" singer and 2015 CMA Entertainer of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 32% | LETITBE | 7 | The name of a song and album by the Beatles |
| 32% | BLUEMONDAY | 10 | Most depressing date of the year, first declared in 2005 and contrived by many pseudo-scientific formulas |
| 32% | KAZZIA | 6 | 2002 winner of the Oaks and 1,000 Guineas ridden by Frankie Dettori |
| 32% | BRUNOMARS | 9 | Singer with the 2017 Album of the Year "24K Magic" [planets] |
| 31% | REM | 3 | Group with the No. 1 album "Out of Time" |
| 31% | REM | 3 | Band with the albums "Out of Time" and "Green" |
| 31% | REM | 3 | Band with the albums "Murmur" and "Out of Time" |
| 31% | BECK | 4 | Rocker whose "Morning Phase" won the 2015 Album of the Year |
| 31% | REM | 3 | Band with the multiplatinum albums "Out of Time" and "Monster" |
| 31% | CRAZYSEXYCOOL | 13 | 1994 TLC album with the #1 hits "Creep" and "Waterfalls" whose title is a mash-up of three adjectives |
| 31% | SAINT | 5 | With 79 Down, canonized Norwegian king and the namesake of a Minnesota college |
| 31% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 31% | ENERO | 5 | First month of the year, to many a 5-Down character |
| 31% | SELENAGOMEZ | 11 | Singer with the #1 albums "Stars Dance" (2013) and "Revival" (2015) |