| SOLANGE | Singer with the 2016 #1 album "A Seat at the Table" |
| GWENSTEFANI | Singer with the 2016 #1 album "This Is What the Truth Feels Like" |
| SIA | One-named singer with the 2014 #1 album "1000 Forms of Fear" |
| BEYONCE | Singer with the 2016 #1 album "Lemonade" |
| ZAYN | One-named singer with the 2016 #1 hit "Pillowtalk" |
| RAE | ___ Sremmurd, hip-hop duo with the 2016 #1 hit "Black Beatles" |
| JLO | Singer/actress with a simultaneous #1 album and #1 film, familiarly |
| BRANDYCLARK | Country singer with the 2016 album "Big Day in a Small Town" |
| SISQO | One-named R&B singer with the 1999 6x platinum album "Unleash the Dragon" |
| BELUSHI | Only person to have the #1 movie, #1 album and #1-rated late-night TV show all in the same week |
| RUNNING | Looking for a seat at the track and field event (7) |
| SHIRLEYCHISHOLM | She said, "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair" |
| SITE | Since you want a place, take a seat at the end (4) |
| TABLE | "If they don't give you a seat at the ___, bring a folding chair" (Shirley Chisholm) |
| SHIRLEY | "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair": ___ Chisholm |
| CLINTBLACK | Country singer with the #1 album and single "Killin' Time" [New Hampshire] |
| USHER | R&B singer with the 2016 album "Hard II Love" |
| LOVEMEDO | Track #1 on the Beatles compilation album "1" |
| SADE | One-named singer with the album "Lovers Rock" |
| CHISHOLM | 1972 Presidential-primary candidate who said, "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair" |