| FRANKIELAINE | US crooner whose version of I Believe holds the UK record for total weeks at No 1 |
| WHITNEYHOUSTON | US vocalist whose version of I Will Always Love You was UK No 1 for ten weeks |
| KATHY | British sprinter who held the UK records for women's 100m, 200m and 400m for over 25 years (5,4) |
| COOK | British sprinter who held the UK records for women's 100m, 200m and 400m for over 25 years (5,4) |
| ANDYWILLIAMS | US crooner whose signature song became Moon River |
| MUSIC | - Week, trade publication for the UK record industry (5) |
| IBELIEVE | Frankie Laine ballad that spent a record 18 weeks at No 1 in 1953 |
| BTS | Group whose song "Butter" spent ten weeks at No. 1 in 2021 |
| HEYJUDE | Beatles' song that spent nine weeks at No. 1 in 1968 |
| VICDAMONE | Crooner whose real name is Vito Farinola |
| BUBLE | Michael ___, crooner whose hits include Haven't Met You Yet (5) |
| VIENNA | Ultravox single that spent four consecutive weeks at No 2 in the UK charts, never reaching No 1 (6) |
| ASWAD | Reggae group whose version of the song Don't Turn Around was a UK No. 1 hit in 1988 (5) |
| FUGEES | U.S. hip hop group whose version of Killing Me Softly was a UK No 1 hit in 1996 (6) |
| MATTHEWSSOUTHERNCOMFORT | Group whose version of Woodstock topped the UK singles chart in 1970 |
| COCKER | Whose version of With a Little Help from My Friends sound-tracked The Wonder Years? (6) |
| MINNELLI | Singer whose version of "New York, New York" used to be played when the Yankees lost |
| JAILHOUSEROCK | Elvis Presley's third film and its title song, the first record to enter the UK charts at No 1 |
| MUMFORDANDSONS | Folk rock group whose albums Babel and Wilder Mind debuted at No 1 in the UK and US |
| RICHMAN | Tommy with a song that spent 22 weeks at the top of the hip-hop charts this year, and which is expected to be nominated for at least one Grammy next month |
