| YOYOMA | Polar Music Prize recipient of 2012 |
| FEY | Mark Twain Prize recipient of 2010 |
| OBAMA | Nobel Peace Prize recipient of 2009 |
| SELLARS | Peter ?, US theatre director; a 2014 recipient of the Polar Music Prize |
| JARRETT | Pennsylvania-born US jazz pianist and composer; 2003 Polar Music Prize winner (5,7) |
| KEITH | Pennsylvania-born US jazz pianist and composer; 2003 Polar Music Prize winner (5,7) |
| KEITHJARRETT | Pennsylvania-born US jazz pianist and composer; 2003 Polar Music Prize winner |
| GIL | Gilberto ?, Brazilian guitarist and singer-songwriter; a 2005 Polar Music Prize winner |
| ABBA | Group signed by Polar Music |
| BLOSSOMS | Band from Stockport whose self-titled debut album was one of the twelve albums nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2017 |
| DEBBYFRIDAY | 2023 winner of Canadian albums honour the Polaris Music Prize for her album 'Good Luck': 2 wds. |
| BARRYADAMSON | Former member of Magazine and the Bad Seeds whose third solo album, Soul Murder, was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize in 1992 (5,7) |
| ROREM | Pulitzer music prize winner: 1976 |
| IVOR | __ Novello Award (British music prize) |
| POLARIS | __ Music Prize, Canadian album honour |
| TAGAQ | Tanya ___, 2014 Polaris Music Prize winner |
| NED | Rorem who won the '76 Pulitzer Music Prize |
| LIDOPIMIENTA | 2017 Polaris Music Prize winning singer/ songwriter: 2 wds. |
| CMA | Nashville music prize, briefly |
| PULITZER | US literary and music prize founder |
