| FUGEES | U.S. hip hop group whose version of Killing Me Softly was a UK No 1 hit in 1996 (6) |
| FASTLOVE | Song by George Michael that was a UK No. 1 hit in 1996 (8) |
| ASWAD | Reggae group whose version of the song Don't Turn Around was a UK No. 1 hit in 1988 (5) |
| MATTHEWSSOUTHERNCOMFORT | Group whose version of Woodstock topped the UK singles chart in 1970 |
| FLACK | Roberta ___, singer of Killing Me Softly with His Song (5) |
| COOLIO | U.S. hip-hop artist noted for his 1995 rap song Gangsta's Paradise (6) |
| COCKER | Whose version of With a Little Help from My Friends sound-tracked The Wonder Years? (6) |
| SHAGGY | Stage name of Orville Richard Burrell, who had a hit in 1996 with The Train Is Coming (6) |
| RUNDMC | New York hip hop group whose founder members include the late Jam Master Jay (3-3) |
| ICECUBE | Stage name of O'Shea Jackson, U.S. hip-hop artist and record producer, born Los Angeles 1969 (3,4) |
| WHITNEYHOUSTON | US vocalist whose version of I Will Always Love You was UK No 1 for ten weeks |
| CLAPTON | Eric whose version of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" became a #1 hit on September 14, 1974 |
| OUTKAST | U.S. hip hop duo of Andre Benjamin and Antwan Patton (7) |
| BLACKEYEDPEAS | Hip-hop group whose songs "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling" were simultaneously #1 and #2 in 200 |
| DELASOUL | Hip-hop group whose album "3 Feet High and Rising" is in the National Recording Registry despite being permanently out of print |
| FRANKIELAINE | US crooner whose version of I Believe holds the UK record for total weeks at No 1 |
| WUTANGCLAN | Influential US hip-hop group whose members include RZA and GZA |
| ONEOFUS | Song by Joan Osborne that was a hit in 1996 (3,2,2) |
| MINNELLI | Singer whose version of "New York, New York" used to be played when the Yankees lost |
| ROBERTAFLACK | Late American singer of hits including 1973's Killing Me Softly With His Song (7,5) |
