| MARIAHCAREY | Most successful recording artist of the 1990s, per "Billboard" |
| BOYZIIMEN | Top musical group of the 1990s, per Billboard |
| CAREY | World's best-selling recording artist of the '90s |
| BEYONCE | Top Female Artist of the 2000s, per Billboard |
| MADONNA | The top Hot 100 solo artist of all time, per Billboard |
| DION | World's best-selling contemporary female artist of all time, per Billboard magazine |
| JULIOIGLESIAS | Who is the best selling Spanish recording artist of all time? (5,8) |
| CELINE | _ Dion, the best-selling Canadian recording artist of all time (6) |
| RIHANNA | Stage name of Robyn Fenty, highestselling female recording artist of this century (7) |
| SMASH | Band retains source of mega successful recording (5) |
| BREE | English recording artist of Ghanaian descent, _ Runway (4) |
| CHARTTOPPER | Very successful recording (5-6) |
| BESTSELLERLISZT | Very successful recording by composer Franz? |
| ANDTHATSARAP | Hip-hop producer's words after a successful recording? |
| INHERIT | Take over popular and successful recording involving Queen? |
| HIT | Successful recording, perhaps (3) |
| HITS | Successful recordings (4) |
| TITIAN | Artist of the Venetian School who painted The Rape of Europa and The Death of Actaeon (6) |
| MICHELANGELO | Italian artist of the High Renaissance who is the renowned painter of the fresco The Last Judgement |
| ISHIGURO | Author of seven novels including An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go (8) |
