| ONESTEPATATIME | The first of three 2009 UK hit singles by American Idol winner Jordin Sparks (3,4,2,1,4) |
| JUSTTHETWOOFUS | 1998 top-five UK hit single by Will Smith |
| NOSCRUBS | 1999 hit single by American girl group TLC |
| VALDOONICAN | Irish singer whose UK hit singles include Walk Tall and Elusive Butterfly |
| ABDUL | Some kebab duly eaten by American Idol's Paula (5) |
| SPARKS | "American Idol" winner Jordin |
| STOP | UK hit single by British pop group The Hollies, Bus ... |
| PELHAM | Denzel Washington/John Travolta movie, "The Taking of ___ 1 2 3" (2009) |
| ROUX | La _, synthpop duo with the 2009 UK No 1 single 'Bulletproof' (4) |
| BEAT | "___ Again", 2009 UK No. 1 hit for British boy band JLS (4) |
| DADDYCOOL | Title shared by 1970s hit singles by Boney M and Darts, both of which peaked at number 6 in the UK charts |
| SUPERSTAR | Title shared by hit singles by The Carpenters. Jamelia and Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos (9) |
| WISHINGWELL | Name shared by Top 10 hit singles by Free and Terence Trent D'Arby |
| WOULDILIETOYOU | Comedy game show which shares its name with singles by Charles and Eddie (1992) and Eurythmics (1985) |
| MASSACHUSETTS | First of the five UK No. 1 singles by the Bee Gees, released in 1967 (13) |
| HENRYIV | Son of John of Gaunt known as Bolingbroke; the first of three monarchs from the House of Lancaster (5,1,1) |
| FORSYTESAGA | The Man of Property is the first of three novels in The ____ |
| ATHOS | One of the fabulous fictional four, in 1844, somehow has to be the first of three! (5) |
| UNITED | The first of three collaborative albums by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell |
| ONACAROUSEL | The first of three hits in 1967 for The Hollies (2,1,8) |
