| MELLOW | "Have You Never Been ___," #1 album for Olivia Newton-John |
| HAVE | "- You Never Been Mellow" |
| IFNOT | _ _ For You, 1970 Bob Dylan song; a 1971 hit For Olivia Newton-John (2,3) |
| PHYSICAL | Hit for Olivia Newton-john, accompanied by a video of Olivia and friends in the gym, working up a sweat! (8) |
| XANADU | 1980 hit for Olivia Newton-John (6) |
| PLEASEMRPLEASE | 1975 hit for Olivia Newton-John |
| SOUR | 2021 debut album for Olivia Rodrigo that spawned two #1 hits |
| GUTS | Chart-topping sophomore album for Olivia Rodrigo (September, 2023) |
| LETITBE | #1 album, for four weeks, before "Woodstock" |
| IGOR | 2019 #1 album for Tyler, the Creator |
| MONKEES | #1 album for 13 weeks in 1966-67, with "The" |
| MORALE | "Mr. ___ & the Big Steppers," 2022 #1 album for Kendrick Lamar |
| WHITEONBLONDE | No 1 album for Scottish rock band Texas (5,2,6) |
| DOUBT | This wasn't certain to be a No 1 album for Jesus Jones (5) |
| RAM | UK No 1 album for Paul and Linda McCartney in 1971 (3) |
| HER | "___ Loss" (#1 album for Drake and 21 Savage) |
| BOOKENDS | #1 album for Simon and Garfunkel, and a hint to the theme of this puzzle |
| KISSED | Never Been ___ 1999 movie starring Drew Barrymore as copy editor Josie Geller |
| HUMILIATED | "A humble man will never be ___, and a greedy man will never be satisfied" (10) |
| RED | 2012 #1 album for Taylor Swift |