| TAIOCRUZ | English singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer who topped the charts with Break Your Heart in 2009 and Dynamite in 2010 (4,4) |
| LABRINTH | English singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer born Timothy Lee McKenzie in 1989 (8) |
| TAIO | Cruz who hit No. 1 with "Break Your Heart" |
| SNOOP | Rapper & record producer who stars in the film adaptation of Starsky & Hutch, ___ Dogg |
| ADRIANBAKER | English singer, songwriter and record producer who had a 1975 top ten hit with Sherry |
| DOZIER | Lamont ___, songwriter and record producer who formed a prolific partnership with Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr. that helped define the Motown sound |
| PRINCE | American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer who released his debut album, For You, in 1978 |
| OCEAN | British singer who topped the charts with 'When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going' in 1985 (5,5) |
| PLATH | Poet who wrote "I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am" |
| ENO | Brian, musician and record producer who coined the term ambient music (3) |
| SPECTOR | Phil ___, songwriter and record producer who died in prison in 2021 after being convicted of murder (7) |
| BRIANENO | Musician and record producer who coined the term ambient music (5,3) |
| RASCAL | Showtime was the second album for British rapper and record producer, Dizzee ... |
| BILLY | Trinidad-born singer who topped the charts with When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going in 1986 (5,5) |
| LEARNINGTOFLY | Tom Petty song with the lines, "Well some say life will beat you down / Break your heart, steal your crown" |
| ALESSO | Swedish DJ and record producer who won Best Remix at the 2018 International Dance Music Awards for Something Just Like This |
| JOHNPEEL | Influential DJ, radio presenter and record producer who died in 2004 (4,4) |
| DAVIDGUETTA | French DJ and record producer who has had more than 30 billion streams on Spotify (56) |
| TYLER | _, The Creator, rapper and record producer (5) |
| MARSHALL | ____ Mathers, real name of U.S. rapper and record producer Eminem (8) |
