| EILISH | Billie, Bad Guy U.S. singer/songwriter (6) |
| ARIANA | ___ Grande, U.S. singer/songwriter (6) |
| CARTER | June, U.S. singer/songwriter and second wife of Johnny Cash (6) |
| SHERYL | ___ Crow, U.S. singer/songwriter noted for All I Wanna Do (6) |
| NELSON | Actual surname of U.S. singer/songwriter and musician Prince (6) |
| LUTHER | ____ Vandross, U.S. singer/songwriter who won eight Grammy Awards (6) |
| DENVER | John ---, U.S. singer-songwriter (6) |
| LIONEL | --- Richie, U.S. singer-songwriter (6) |
| MATHIS | Johnny, U.S. singer/songwriter who released Merry Christmas album in 1958 (6) |
| NEWSOM | Joanna, U.S. singer/songwriter who released the album Divers in 2015 (6) |
| JOPLIN | Janis, U.S. singer/ songwriter who sang in Big Brother And The Holding Company (6) |
| VERNON | Justin, U.S. singer/ songwriter and front man of indie rock band Bon Iver (6) |
| GLORIA | _ _ _ _ _ _ Estefan, Cuban-U.S. singer/songwriter who was originally in Miami Sound Machine (6) |
| ALICIA | ___ Keys, U.S. singer/ songwriter who collaborated on the 2008 Bond theme Another Way To Die (6) |
| SPEARS | Britney, U.S. singer/ songwriter whose albums have included Circus and Femme Fatale (6) |
| TAYLOR | ___ Swift, U.S. singer/ songwriter noted for her album Fearless released in 2008 (6) |
| WONDER | Stevie, U.S. singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born Stevland Judkins in 1950 (6) |
| PORTER | Gregory, U.S. singer/songwriter who was nominated for Best R&B album Grammy in 2020 for All Rise (6) |
| PRINCE | U.S. singer/songwriter noted for his album Sign O' The Times released in 1987 (6) |
| LAUPER | Cyndi, U.S. singer/songwriter noted for her hits Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Time After Time (6) |
